Offshore staff
HOUSTON — SLB has made a significant step toward fully autonomous drilling operations at Equinor's Brazilian Peregrino C platform.
SLB digital technologies for surface automation, autonomous on-bottom drilling, and directional drilling were combined to enable 99% of a 2.6-km section to be drilled in autonomous control mode. Over a five-well program, a 60% increase in rate of penetration was achieved, resulting in faster well delivery while reducing cost and carbon emissions, according to SLB.
The companies collaborated to design and implement interconnected autonomous workflows, enabling the system to drill the section. On the rig floor, manual pipehandling and equipment sequencing tasks were automated with DrillPilot software. On-bottom drilling performance was maximized using AI-driven technology in the DrillOps automation technology. Neuro autonomous tools determined the optimum trajectory and delivered the well plan, adjusting steering sequences and drilling parameters to reach the target as designed by the DrillPlan coherent well construction planning technology.
The DrillOps and DrillPlan tools are cloud-based applications on the Delfi digital platform. The platform is designed to combine apps, AI, physics-based science and free-flowing data to accelerate and improve exploration, development, drilling, production and new energy operations.
01.30.2024
