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Automated DD Market Survey 04 19 Bcomeaux
Automated DD Market Survey 04 19 Bcomeaux
Automated DD Market Survey 04 19 Bcomeaux
Strongly Agree 9 7
Agree 3 3
Neutral 1 1 SvcCos
Operators
Disagree 1
Strongly Disagree
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
What direction do you believe the industry is moving in, in
terms of automation?
Automated rig processes like automatically controlling toolface
on a mud motor
Strongly Agree 8 6
Agree 6 4
Neutral 1 1 SvcCos
Operators
Disagree 1
Strongly Disagree
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
What direction do you believe the industry is moving in, in
terms of automation?
Automated directional drilling with conventional motors, with
slide/rotate sequences automatically controlled by surface system
based on feedback from downhole MWD measurements.
Strongly Agree 8 4
Agree 6 6
Neutral 1 SvcCos
Operators
Disagree 2
Strongly Disagree
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
What direction do you believe the industry is moving in,
in terms of automation?
Rotary steerable automatically drilling along a downloaded
programmed well design
Strongly Agree 9 3
Agree 5 4
Neutral 1 2 SvcCos
Operators
Disagree 1 1
Strongly Disagree 1
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
What direction do you believe the industry is moving in, in
terms of automation?
Downhole and rig sy stem completely integrated to drill entire
well without personnel, only with remote monitoring.
Strongly Agree 5 2
Agree 3 2
Neutral 4 4 SvcCos
Operators
Disagree 4 3
Strongly Disagree
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Survey Question 2
Next Level – automation workflow changes the way people look at the problem
A u t o m a t i c V ib r a t io n M i t i g a t i o n , a u t o m a t e d t o p d ri v e p l u s d o w n h o l e
measurements for stick-slip avoidance
Rotary Steerables, systems like Motive – will take a lot of mistakes out of it,
m i n i m i z e r is k o f l o w e r s k i l l d i r e c t i o n a l d ri l l e r ( m a y b e a r e m o t e g u y ) . D o m o r e
with fewer people.
Instrumented Mud Motor – more dependable and cheaper than a rotary
s t e e ra b l e . W e a r e t r a in i n g d r i l l e r s w i t h a d v i s o r y s y s t e m s , a n d s l i d i n g a m o t o r
w i l l b e c o m e m o r e e f f ic ie n t . A r o b u s t , r e l i a b l e m o t o r w i t h s u rf a c e c o n t r o l . S l i d e
m a n u a l l y o r s l id e a u t o m a t i c a l l y .
Most Commonly Utilized Automation Technology In 5 Years?
D r i l l i n g p a r a me t e r s a u t o ma t i c a l l y c h os e n b a s e d o n r e a l t i me d ow n h ol e
r es p o n s e
R e m ot e O p e r a t i on s / r e m o v i n g DD f r om r i g ; S o p h i s t i ca t e d s u r f a ce s ys t e m
t h a t a u t o m a t i c a l l y d r i l l s l a t e r a l , t h en l a t e r v e r t i ca l s e c t i o n s , a n d f i n a l l y
curve
A u t o m a t ed Di r e c t i o na l D r i l l i n g w i t h m o t o r s a n d R S S ; R e mo t e o p e r a t i o ns b u t
n o t e n t i r el y w i t h o ut r i g s i t e p e r s on n e l ; A u t om a t e d w e l l s a f e gu a r d i n g , ea r l y
e v en t d e t e c t i o n a n d mi t i g a t i on ( e .g . , s t u ck p i p e, h o l e c l e a n i ng , e t c . )
S ys t e m s t h a t a r e r i g s y s t e m a g n os t i c a nd d e s i g n e d t o ge n e r i ca l l y “ p l u g a n d
p l a y ” i n t o a ny A C r i g P L C s y s t e m a n d d r i v e t h e r i g s y s t em s c on n e ct e d t o i t .
T h e s y s t em s wi l l t a k e d a t a f r o m t h e r i g ’s D A S f o r t h e i n p u t t o t he i r
c on t r o l a l g o r i t h m s .
Most Commonly Utilized Automation Technology In 5 Years?
OPERATOR RESPONSES
Motive/H&P
Nabors
S he l l S C A D A d r i l l / N A M
R i g M i n d e r Cr i t e r i o n
Hawkeye 3D
IA Driller
Corva
Sperry
Schlumberger + Pason + Omron + Precision Drilling
Precision minus SLB + NOV NOVOS / Ampion system
Survey Question 4
H&P / Motive 7 6
Nabors 4 3
Trinidad 1
SLB 2 SvcCos
Operator
Baker 2
Pason 1
OXY 1
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Leaders In Automated Directional Drilling
SERVICE COMPANY & DRILLING CONTRACTOR RESPONSES
H&P / M o t i ve
– “Motive got out in front of everyone. I don’t see anyone else actively challenging
them.”
B a ke r H ug he s
Schl um b e r ge r
N OV I nt e lli Se r v – “ p e op l e a r e b u yi n g s t r i ng s [of w i r ed p i p e ] fr om N OV
N a b o rs
P a s on D i r ec t i on a l D r i ll er ’s T oo lk i t – “ op e ns d oo r f or ma n-l e s s
o p er a t i ons ”
Survey Question 5
W h a t d ir e c t i o n d o y o u b e l i e ve t h e in d u s tr y sh o u l d b e m ovi n g i n , i n
t e r m s o f a u t om a t i on , i n t h e ne x t 3 - 5 y e a rs ?
Fully Automated Directional Drilling - Closed-loop wellbore construction packages,
including the measurements required to make decisions and the system to act with
onsite or remote supervision.
Reducing the number of decisions that humans are allowed to make, to remove
variability and improve consistency – Lean philosophy
High rate data measurements taken downhole. Drilling mechanics solution
products.
Open Source software – drilling models and rig controls
Downhole intelligence and automated manipulation of BHA
Rig Sensors – more sensors, better sensors, better data QC
What direction do you believe the industry should be
moving in, in terms of automation, in the next 3-5 years?
SERVICE COMPANY & DRILLING CONTRACTOR RESPONSES
Fu l l y A u t o m at ed D ir e ct io n al Dr il l i ng
W e sho ul d st art l o o k ing at th e sur fa ce, an d auto mate par ts o f th e
de cisio n t h at ar e m ade at the su rf ace so the y can start re duc ing
h e adc o u nt . Le an p r o ce sse s – ne ed to l o o k at h o w we m ak e co n n ectio ns,
e v e ry pro ce ss. Can t ak e away so m e o f th e v ari abil ity in th e pro ce ss by
r e du cin g t he n u mb e r o f decisio ns that indiv idu al s are al l o we d to mak e .
Cl o se d- l o o p w el l b o r e co nstr uc tio n pack age s, in cl udin g the
m e asur e me nt s re q uir ed to mak e deci sio n s an d the system to act with
o n site o r re m o t e su pe r v isio n . High r ate data m easu r em e nts tak en
do wn ho l e . D ril l in g me ch anics so l utio n pro du cts.
O pe rato rs wil l r e al iz e ho w v al u abl e th e data is an d w il l dem an d to o w n
it and do n’ t wan t t o b e he l d ho stage by j ust a co upl e o f big in teg rate d
dr il l ing e n tit ie s.
Direction Industry Should Be Moving In
SERVICE COMPANY & DRILLING CONTRACTOR RESPONSES
OPERATOR RESPONSES
Integration of downhole and surface parameters
Top drive-controlled systems governed by downhole MWD platforms
More automation/reduction of personnel
Fully autonomous drilling rig. There is a lot to this including the
logistical and support functions. The automation process could go
quite far.
System that incorporates closed-loop with minimal intervention
from surface
Open source – go the way of the software industry.
Survey Question 6
– No – all the pieces are there. Just need someone to pull them all together.
Technology Gaps
There are great companies that understand and are going in this
direction. We need integration and collaboration. It’s not rocket
science. We may need to throw away some of the traditional job
positions.
Technology Gaps
OPERATOR RESPONSES
No
Linking with downhole sy stems economically
Communication from downhole
The technology exists, the struggle is to integrate the pieces
together.
Directional companies understanding what the operators really
want; Some operators may not understand their own needs
No, just the adaptation gap. We are locked into incremental
improvement and not transformational improvement.
Survey Question 7
SLB Orbit 6 4
BHI AutoTrak 5 2
HAL iCruise 3
DoubleBarrel 1 SvcCos
Operator
SLB Archer 1
TerraVici 1
Kinetic 1
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
New systems were just entering the market but lacked data / run history.
Most Advanced Rotary Steerable System
“ i C r ui s e ha s d o wn h ole p ro c es s i ng , m ul t i p le s ur v ey -q ua li t y s e n s o rs , h a s
g yr os b u i lt i n . C on t i n uo u s a zi m ut h . W e a re s li g h t ly m or e a d va n ce d th a n
t he B a k e r t oo l . I t h i nk ha vi ng a zi m u th b ui lt i n w i l l b e a b i g a d va nt a ge
fo r us . Our t oo l wi l l h a ve s om e o t he r s m a r t s – he a lt h m o ni t o r i ng – t o
d e t er m i n e a n d p r ed i c t r u n l en gt h . I t ’s ve r y m od u la r . Yo u ca n p ut a fl ex
i n be t w e en o r j u s t s c re w t h e m t og e t he r .” (Ha ll i b u rt o n)
Schl um b e r ge r A r ch e r/ Or b i t “ m o s t p ro ve n” “ m os t r e li a b le ” (m ul t i p le
r es p ond en t s )
“ B a ke r A u t oT r a k C u r ve i s t h e m os t a dv a nc e d I k now of. T h ey p l ug i n a
d o gl eg a nd t h e t oo l d oe s i t .”
Most Advanced Rotary Steerable System
OPERATOR RESPONSES
Kinetic
Double Barrel
Schlumberger Orbit
New systems were just entering the market but lacked data / run history.
Survey Question 8
OPERATOR RESPONSES
– Getting all of the players to play together, or getting someone who is willing to commit the
CAPEX required to take all of the measurements required to automate the control system
– Convincing the best Company Men (or DD’s, or drillers, etc.) to contribute their expertise,
not become blockers. Give them new challenge of making new system successful
– Liabilities: direct rig control by a 3rd party software; Well plan corrections – decision
workflows; Safety-anti-collision control
– Rig connectivity-standardization; Rig safeguarding; Rig and Service KPI alignment (wellbore
quality, drilling performance, dayrate/performance)
Most Difficult Non-technology-related Hurdle
Convincing the best Company Men to contribute their expertise, not become
blockers. Give them new challenge of making new system successful
D D ’ s a r e n o t o n b o a r d w i t h t h i s a n d a r e a c t u a l l y h i n d e ri n g t h i s .
Most Difficult Non-technology-related Hurdle
E q u i p m e n t a v a i l a b i l i t y , t h e r i g h t p e o p l e , a n d a l l o w i n g t h e p r o vi d e r s t o m a k e
money
Business Model – drivers are not aligned (day rate makes everyone reluctant to
go too fast). Biggest problem is the metrics and compensation are not aligned
across all players. Service companies want their equipment run in spec, DC and
Operators don’t care. Operators can’t do this alone. They should be aligned
with a partner.
OPERATOR RESPONSES
Communication; Drilling Fluids Monitoring; Culture of mistrust of
automation
Cost
Has to be cost effective
Proprietary blockers; Lack of knowledge – you have to go below a 1-
second data acquisition. You need to go to 100 Hz or faster. We are
barely scratching the surface with analy tics.
Survey Question 10
A d d i n g t e c h n o l o g y an d i n c r e a s i n g c o m p l e x i t y l e d t o l o w e r r e l i a b i l i t y . C a n y o u
d o i t a t an ac c e p t a b l e c o s t w i t h e n o u g h a d d e d v a l u e . P a y b a c k l o o k s b e t t e r
with the old way.
H o w t o p l u g a n d p l a y a l l o f t h e m e as u r e m e n t s a n d d i f f e r e n t p r o v i d e r s ’
equipment. The integration is the challenge right now.
Rig Contractors 2 1
0 1 2 3 4
Business Model – Industry Desire
W h ic h o f t h e s e d o y o u b e li e ve wil l b e t h e mos t i mp o rt a n t v a lu e
p r op o si t io n f o r s u ch a p r o d u c t ?
Repeatability 3 1
Staff Productivity
0 1 2 3 4
Industry Growth
Increase Significantly
Increase Moderately
Decrease Significantly
0 1 2 3 4 5
Impact On Adoption Rate
Assuming the industry experiences a significant boom, what
impact do y ou think this will have on the adoption of more
automated directional drilling?
Accelerate it
0 1 2 3 4 5
Other Comments
New kids don ’t have s ame preconceiv e d not ions against trying
n ew t hings
A lon g-s t ring s ens ors and aut omat ion hav e edu cat ed pe ople on
r ig
Do w n h o l e s e i s m i c c o u p l e d w i t h di r e c t i o n a l d e e p s e n s i n g
resistivity
L o o k a h e a d o f t h e bi t ( g a m m a / r e s i s t i v i t y )
A zi m u t h a l G a m m a R a y w i t h g o o d c o r r e c t e d s u r v e y s
G a m m a r a y a n d/ o r u l t r a s o n i c i m a g e , c o n t i n u o u s i n c l i n a t i o n ,
st e e r t o w a r d h a r d e s t r o c k o r K e r o g e n -r i c h , s o n i c fo r h a r dn e s s ,
sp e c t r a l g a m m a f o r h i g h e s t t h o r i u m r e a d i n g s f o r m a x i mu m T O C
Most advanced now: High resolution electrical imaging tool,
c o m bi n e d w i t h a t bi t i n c l i n a t i o n f o r u n c o n v e n t i o n a l r e se r v o i r s .
De e p a z i m u t h a l r e s i s t i v i t y f o r c o n v e n t i o n a l r e s e r v o i r s – I f i t
were available – look ahead sonic
Dr i l l i n g P a r a m e t e r s t h a t c a n b e c o n v e r t e d t o D e n s i t y
Other Comments
OPERATOR RESPONSES