automation

Artificial intelligence can do some things faster and better than humans can. But that may allow engineers to focus on higher-value tasks.

This paper presents lessons learned regarding design, testing, and installation of a completely integrated managed-pressure-drilling (MPD) control system on a deepwater drilling rig.

Moving their directional drillers into their Houston real-time remote operations centers has improved drilling efficiency for two of the top shale producers.

Marathon Oil says its shale fields are producing more oil and gas with less hands-on work from company personnel thanks to a growing arsenal of digital technologies and workflows.

Adoption of digital technologies will continue to improve the offshore sector, including improved well efficiency, real-time directional drilling, lower maintenance costs, and safer operations.

Robots have been a part of industrial production for decades, but the interface between humans and robots has changed as automation technologies increased in complexity, scope, and scale. Once a novelty, collaborative robots are projected to become a significant element of the automation landscape.

The two technology startups aim to bring scale to the visual side of oilfield automation with a new deal that will cover 90% of US energy assets.

Falling oil prices are the acid test of drilling efficiency. SPE Technical Director Jeff Moss of ExxonMobil talks about ways to build in lasting savings as part of this special report.

The latest example of the offshore sector's march toward automated wellbore construction will take shape later this year in the North Sea.

A contest where teams of college students design and build an automated drilling rig able to deal with hazardous obstacles in a test block, showed how a small change can be engineered to matter.