Drilling Contractor, Official Magazine of IADC

The data in the most recent IADC Incident Statistics Program (ISP)represent 71 drilling contractors reporting on nearly 377.7 million manhours worked in 2023, compared with 76 contractors reporting on nearly 330.1 million manhours in 2022. Read more interesting facts in our latest issue, available digitally here! https://lnkd.in/eEZhxqv2

Simon Leiper of Viking Completion Technology talks about the challenge of balancing energy demand alongside the impact of carbon emissions on global sustainability and net zero efforts in our latest issue - read about it here! https://lnkd.in/eN7PZrtY

Looking ahead, InWell.ai aims to become the platform for testing remote-controlled operations, applying recommended drilling parameters at rig sites without human intervention. The goal is to automate rotary drilling operations, so that ML model outputs drive operations with data-driven decisions. Drilling automation will also maximize parameter adoption, with a relevant impact on performance based on verified ROP increases from full compliance. This project is under development, and technical feasibility has been confirmed. https://lnkd.in/eYDbUsVK

Automating repetitive manual tasks, such as traditionally manual S2W & W2S sequences, has shown improved procedural compliance. This reduces variability in performance among drillers, both on the same rig and across multiple rigs. In some cases, the success of these systems are leading operators and drilling contractors to examine the effectiveness and consistency of their procedures, and even whether they are implementing the right procedure at various points in the drilling process. https://lnkd.in/eJj5f3tj

When thinking of oil and gas, however, the systems powering Siri, Apple’s digital assistant, probably do not come to mind. At this year’s IADC/SPE International Drilling Conference, however, Patterson-UTI’s Data Science Manager, Alex Groh, discussed just that: how speech recognition technology is being used to detect drillstring breakover and optimize drilling tasks. https://lnkd.in/e45KuHbv

Technology developers see the algorithms that fall under the AI umbrella as the key enablers that allow automated systems to optimize drilling operations. Read more about this exciting concept in the current issue of DC, available online! https://lnkd.in/eEQReb6U

“Gas is an important fuel for Malaysia and the world, providing a secure form of energy for heating, cooling and power generation. We are delighted the venture has reached this milestone,” said Zoë Yujnovich, Shell’s Integrated Gas and Upstream Director. https://lnkd.in/ee8ZA-cV

ADNOC has announced the deployment of RoboWell, AIQ’s pioneering artificial intelligence (AI) autonomous well-control solution, in its operations at the offshore NASR field. https://lnkd.in/eH5c7FMR

As Brazil looks to push further growth of exploration and production activity going into the next decade, it is incumbent on the industry to continue making inroads with people who could potentially make up the workforce of the future. https://lnkd.in/eQiAc8wN

DC's Drilling & Completion Tech Digest, with news from The DNV Group , Halliburton , and Expro. Read all about it! https://lnkd.in/dpUZ5QCJ