Why would oil drillers call the Hughes Rock Bit the “rock eater”?


• It blows up dense rocks.
• Its cutting parts look like teeth.
• It chews dense rocks as it drills for oil.
• It drills for oil that is hard to pump out.

Oil drillers call the Hughes Rock Bit the "rock eater" because its cutting parts look like teeth and it chews through dense rocks as it drills for oil.