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Machine learning techniques are nowadays often used to analyze historical well data, allowing drilling contractors and operators to optimize performance while drilling new wells and predict outcomes in real time. In this interview with DC from the 2022 IADC Advanced Rig Technology Conference in Austin, Texas, on 31 August, Allan Nandlal, Product Manager at Well Data Labs, and Malini Manocha, Director of RigCLOUD at Nabors Industries, discuss the results of a collaborative project in which the two companies developed a machine learning model to help predict and optimize well planning and real-time operations. The two speak about the methodology used

Digital technologies have become an increasingly important part of the driller’s safety toolbox. In particular, companies are looking to AI-based monitoring systems and wearable alert devices to better track and manage crew movement on the rig, enhancing their capability to keep people away from potential hazards.More and more, leveraging these high-tech devices is also seen as an important part in the continued modernization of drilling rigs – something that is enabling companies to “assemble the crews of the future,” said Travis McGuire, Operations Performance Manager at Transocean. Today’s drilling rigs are changing fast, he said, and companies incorporating augmented learning

Drilling Systems, a branch 3t Energy Group, has delivered a well control training lab to Western Texas College (WTC) in Snyder, Texas, installed with simulators. The new lab will provide well control training for petroleum technology students, petroleum industry clients and well-servicing employees in drilling, workover, intervention, and operational procedures.Following the award of a grant to WTC, Drilling Systems installed simulation technology in well control education at the college’s Opportunity Center, allowing students to utilize the interactive virtual environment onsite during in-person classes taught by IADC-certified instructors.“We are delighted to be working closely with Western Texas College on its new

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $32 million in funding toward the research and development of new monitoring, measurement, and mitigation technologies to help detect, quantify and reduce methane emissions across oil and natural gas producing regions of the United States.After carbon dioxide, methane is the most abundant greenhouse gas (GHG) warming the planet, and methane emissions contribute significantly to the GHG intensity of natural gas. The DOE said in a statement that the projects awarded through this funding opportunity announcement “will help ensure an efficient, resilient, and leak-tight U.S. natural gas infrastructure, while supporting US President

Nabors Industries has been at the forefront of automated drilling systems in recent years, with the company deploying, among other things, a fully automated land rig featuring its SmartROS operating system. In a presentation at the IADC World Drilling 2022 Conference in Paris, Ram Murthi, the company’s Senior Manager of Controls and Automation, said these initiatives have been a part of Nabors’ pathway to enabling fully autonomous drilling at scale. Speaking to DC in this exclusive interview, Mr Murthi explains how close the industry is to seeing that ambition turn into reality, as well as the biggest remaining hurdles. Mr

Baker Hughes unveiled its MS-2 annulus seal at the 2022 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston in May. It saves substantial operational rig costs by lowering overall wellhead installation costs due to reduced rig trips, according to the company. In this interview with DC from the OTC exhibition floor on 4 May, Dan Barton, Offshore Business Leader at Baker Hughes, talks about what makes the MS-2 unique compared with other annulus seals, as well as the impact the seal can have on the well over the course of its life.