NOV

This paper describes an approach to creating a digital, interconnected workspace that aligns sensor data with operational context to place the completions engineer back into a central role.

Improved bit and bottomhole-assembly technologies and designs have helped turn what used to be record-breaking drilling runs into routine expectations.

This paper describes a machine-learning approach to accurately flag abnormal pressure losses and identify their root causes.

This paper discusses cases from the North Sea and offshore California in which high-fidelity pressure and dynamics measurements, combined with high-speed telemetry, helped overcome complex geotechnical challenges.

In today’s era of asset management, digital twins are changing risk management, optimizing operations, and benefitting the bottom line.

This article is the fourth in a Q&A series from the SPE Research and Development Technical Section focusing on emerging energy technologies. In this piece, David Reid, the CTO and CMO for NOV, discusses the evolution and current state of automated drilling systems.

Bad vibes are being addressed by contractors as operators push to go faster, deeper, and longer with unconventional wells.

Gautam Swami, manager of corporate R&D at NOV and SPE member, shares his experiences in building a career in oil and gas R&D, discusses how innovation is shaping the industry, and offers guidance to young professionals.

This paper discusses the development of a multientry, multistage fracturing system and its advantages over traditional openhole multistage fracturing solutions.

Closed-loop geothermal systems have entered the new-energy arena to generate electricity using the underground as a heat exchanger.