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Engineering Experience Meets Modern Tools

Directional drilling knowledge. Practical software. Real-world results.

DDChallenge is the everyday name of Directional Drilling Challenge OÜ, established in Estonia in 2014. We combine decades of hands-on directional drilling experience with modern software to develop practical tools, training and engineering solutions for rig-site professionals.
Alexey Pertsev

Alexey (Alexie) Pertsev

Founder

Decades of field experience, applied to practical drilling software and engineering tools.

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Experience

Alexey (also known as Alexie) graduated from Ufa State Petroleum University in 1982. After 13 years in Siberia as a research engineer, directional driller, drilling engineer and programmer, he spent the following three decades mainly in West Africa with Schlumberger. Today he puts that field experience into practical rig-site software and engineering tools.

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AI-Assisted Development

Modern development tools, guided by real drilling experience and human decisions.

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AI-Assisted Development

AI assists with designing, coding and refining this website and its software tools. It helps turn practical ideas into working solutions. Engineering knowledge, technical direction and final decisions remain human.

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Stabilizer Measurement* Instructions

*Inspired by Hafedh Kotti's softCaliper, © 2006

  1. Prepare a small 10 ft / 3 m measuring tape.
    • Its total overblade circumference:
    • The thickness of a single blade:
  2. If the measuring tape the stabilizer body while wrapping, 
    then the result is directly below:
12
13
16
"
(300mm)

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Disclaimer: The Multipoint Caliper performs calculations based on well-known and century-proven trigonometric formulas. While the software is designed to produce accurate results based on the input data, Directional Drilling Challenge OÜ shall not be responsible for any outcomes, decisions, or damages resulting from its use, inaccuracies, or the quality of the input data provided by the user.

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