Drilling

The failure of the Raptor rig to drill its first-ever well offers a short history of the challenges that came with creating the first automated drilling rig.

Drilling automation is not “there” yet, but it no longer seems like a pipe dream.

This paper describes how severe rig limitations were overcome through an optimization plan in which an optimal bottomhole assembly was designed and drilling practices were customized.

This paper presents a methodology that aims to allows the anticipation of problems such as mechanically stuck pipe or lockup situations when running casing or completion strings in hole.

Schlumberger and Russia’s Gazprom Neft have agreed to jointly develop software and promote other upstream services to be commercialized across Russia and internationally.

The fresh investment will result in the manufacture of new drilling-related equipment to assist the national oil company in boosting production capacity.

Although offshore drilling demand is slowly getting better, headwinds remain.

Union of rival contract drillers will create one of the largest offshore rig companies.

The 2021–2022 Drillbotics competition will require the contestants to integrate human factors engineering considerations into their automated drilling rigs for the first time.

Recent developments in drilling-systems automation provide a multitude of opportunities to have real-time monitoring of drilling-fluid properties and early diagnosis of drilling-fluid-related complications that might arise while drilling. Coupled with closed-loop control of surface and downhole drilling-fluid properties, automated monitoring of fluid properties would …