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Prospects for directional drilling in hard rocks

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The study is focused on the existing methods of long directional borehole drilling in hard rocks in high-viscous oil and natural bitumen field development. The authors suggest improving the hard rock mass drilling process by combining percussion–rotary drilling and positioning systems.

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  1. Chinakal Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnyi pr. 54, Novosibirsk, 630091, Russia

    A. S. Kondratenko, V. V. Timonin & A. V. Patutin

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Original Russian Text © A.S. Kondratenko, V.V. Timonin, A.V. Patutin, 2016, published in Fiziko-Tekhnicheskie Problemy Razrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, 2016, No. 1, pp. 124–131.

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Kondratenko, A.S., Timonin, V.V. & Patutin, A.V. Prospects for directional drilling in hard rocks. J Min Sci 52, 129–134 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062739116010212

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