Drilling automation
This research aims to develop a fluid-advisory system that provides recommendations for optimal amounts of chemical additives needed to maintain desired fluid properties in various drilling-fluid systems.
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This paper presents the development of a digital tool for automatically analyzing the readiness of a borehole to accept casing. The tool integrates data-driven and physics-based models to indicate locations of risk along the wellbore.
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The complete paper presents a process used to successfully implement a rig-based drilling advisory system (RDAS) across a mixed group of rig contractors. -
The complete paper presents a drilling semantic framework that allows software solutions to achieve automatic and versatile self-configuration.
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In the current work, a rig advisory system is developed to continually improve rate of penetration (ROP) and drilling performance. An intelligent drilling advisory system (IDAS), based on a soft closed-loop solution with multiple regression analysis has been established.
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Drilling change requires training drillers. Leadership matters, as does motivation, engaging displays, and understanding office politics. Four different looks at the human side of drilling productivity improvement.
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Corva’s challenge is to change the behavior of drillers who work for somebody else. The fast-growing company has no shortage of users.
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Moving their directional drillers into their Houston real-time remote operations centers has improved drilling efficiency for two of the top shale producers.
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Norway’s oil and gas major, Equinor, made headlines in October 2018 following its launch of the world’s first fully automated wellhead platform, the Oseberg H. Here, Claudia Jarrett, US country manager of parts supplier EU Automation, explains the challenges of unmanned automation in oil and gas.
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The contract is helping to solidify Europe’s offshore sector as the focal point for the rise of automated drilling technology.
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Drilling systems automation requires a digital backbone. One segment of that backbone is the interval between the drill bit and the surface. Wired pipe removes both the bandwidth and latency barriers of the available measurement-while-drilling telemetry systems.
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In this paper, the application of a real-time T&D model is demonstrated. The process of T&D analysis was automated, and the time and cost required to run physical models offline was reduced or, in some cases, eliminated.
