ReedHycalog™: bits equipped with TReX cutters can improve drilling performance in any PDC bit application. Significant improvements can be achieved in highly abrasive environments that reduce the life of conventional PDC bits. The abrasion-resistant characteristics of TReX cutters make them ideally suited for drilling demanding formations such as sandstone and shale. The extremely wear-resistant diamond lip design also allows the TreX cutter to stay sharper and drill longer in less abrasive formations, such as limestone and chalk.

The drilling record for a Panola County Cotton Valley well has been broken for the fourth time using a ReedHycalog 7 7/8 in. DSX259 "Ring" bit design equipped with TReX cutters. The bit drilled 2,761 ft. through the Travis Peak formation at an average of 30.7 fph, more than twice the penetration rate of insert bits. Formerly drilled with IADC 647-837 insert bits, the TReX DSX259 has revolutionized drilling in this area, reducing the number of days to drill a well from 18 to a record of 6 days.

In Australia's Cooper Basin (Hutton Formation), TReX cutters increased footage drilled by 38%, allowing the operator to complete an entire section in one trip. The challenge was to complete 3,800 ft. of easily drilled siltstone, sands and occasional claystones (>25 Kpsi) and then survive 300 to 400 ft. of the hard, abrasive Hutton sandstone 25–40 Kpsi). TReX cutters have drilled more footage in the Hutton Formation than any conventional PDC bit.

A ReedHycalog DSX210 TReX cutter bit run in Converse County, Wyoming set a new world record for the longest ever 7 7/8 in. PDC run. It drilled 11,035 ft. in 182 hrs at an average penetration rate of 60.8 ft/hr and was dull graded 0-1-CT-S-X-I-NO-TD. This run beat the previous world record of 10,463 ft. held by a ReedHycalog TReX-equipped DSX199.