Bottom hole assembly: A Bottom hole assembly is a component of a drilling rig.

It is the lower part of the drill string, extending from the bit to the drill pipe. The assembly can consist of drill collars, subs such as stabilizers, reamers, shocks, hole-openers, and the bit sub and bit. The bottom-hole assembly (BHA) can be: 1. slick with no stabilizers 2. a pendulum bottom-hole assembly for reducing the deviation of a well 3. packed with stabilizers for a straight hole 4. a fulcrum for increasing the deviation of the well Bottom-hole assemblies are also described as, a) specialized, such as articulated, b) steerable, and c) oriented or non-oriented.

It also consists of (from the bottom up in a vertical well) the bit, bit sub, a mud motor (in certain cases), stabilizers, drill collars, heavy-weight drillpipe, jarring devices (jars) and crossovers for various threadforms. the bottomhole assembly must provide force for the bit to break the rock (weight on bit), survive a hostile mechanical environment and provide the driller with directional control of the well. oftentimes the assembly includes a mud motor, directional drilling and measuring equipment, measurementswhile- drilling tools, logging-while-drilling tools and other specialized devices. a simple bha consisting of a bit, various crossovers, and drill collars may be relatively inexpensive (less than $100,000 us in 1999), while a complex one may cost ten or more times that amount. Terms Related to Bottom hole assembly

Packed-hole assembly A bottomhole assembly consisting of stabilizers and large-diameter drill collars arranged in a particular configuration to maintain drift angle and direction of a hole.

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Sub A short, threaded piece of pipe used to adapt parts of the drilling string that cannot otherwise be screwed together because of differences in thread ...

Back-off To unscrew drillstring components downhole. the drillstring, including drillpipe and the bottomhole assembly, are coupled by various threadforms known as connections, or tool joints. often ...