Automation & Control
News
August 17, 2021
Leveraging an intelligent and dynamic downhole automated control system that instantly interprets and acts on data, Schlumberger continues to advance its digital offering enhancing well construction performance.
Article
June 2021
New analysis tools and improved technology enable operators to tailor an initial drawdown strategy for every well in real time, leading to improvements in short- and long-term production.
Article
June 2021
Historically, operators have employed piecemeal strategies to optimize components of the production value chain. However, achieving autonomous operations will require a holistic approach, integrating traditionally disparate data sources to create a single digital twin that can be delivered with relatively small up-front investment.
Article
June 2021
The oil and gas industry survived the one-two punch of Covid-19 and an historic downturn. Our future hinges on modernizing what we do.
Article
May 2021
Real-time oil in water monitoring can optimize processes in produced water treatment. A field trial enabled an operator to recover crude and required no capital investment to achieve the improvements.
News
May 13, 2021
DNV has launched a new collaborative research project to develop an automated data processing procedure for verification of detected wind turbine blade defects, with the aim of building trust and generating broader acceptance of automated data processing techniques across the industry and to inform future regulation.
Article
May 2021
The combination of an innovative autonomous inflow control device and gravel pack completions is effectively preventing sand production and controlling water while improving oil recovery rates, compared to analog wells.
News
May 10, 2021
Schlumberger and NOV announced a collaboration to accelerate automated drilling solutions adoption by oil and gas operators and drilling contractors. The agreement will enable customers to combine Schlumberger surface and downhole drilling automation solutions with NOV’s rig automation platform to deliver superior well construction performance.
Webcast
Automation and digitalization to maximize efficiency in frac fluid delivery and flowback operations
May 05, 2021
Cameron
The dynamic evolution of hydraulic fracturing operations is driving constant changes in the operators’ economics, expectations and priorities. Enhancing performance agility and doing more with less is key to succeed in this evolving environment. With more than 100 years in the market, Cameron, backed by Schlumberger, is supporting the customers’ production journey wit fit-for-purpose groundbreaking technologies that are redefining fracturing and flowback. Learn how these technologies have been and will help you achieve your financial, productivity, efficiency and sustainability targets in a constantly changing environment.
Article
April 2021
The need to digitally transform — by taking actions such as streamlining and automating business processes, managing data across the organization and overseeing remote workers — is only greater in the face of COVID-19 developments.
News
April 10, 2021
Halliburton has signed an eight-year contract with the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to deploy and operate Diskos, the Norwegian national repository of seismic, well, and production data for the oil and gas industry.
News
April 07, 2021
The strategic alliance between Halliburton and Optime Subsea will jointly commercialize and deploy innovative and efficient subsea interventions and controls.
News
March 25, 2021
Tenaris is scaling up industrial activity at its Conroe, Texas plant, adding about 140 employees onboard to support the facility’s ramp up, which includes a $600,000 investment in IT and automation infrastructure.
Article
March 2021
A wired drill pipe system enables real-time data transmission and sends constant information to decision-makers during drilling and tripping. North Sea case studies demonstrate how combining multiple downhole tool technologies has improved drilling efficiency and prevented various issues.
Webcast
Beyond Automation in Well Construction
March 24, 2021
Schlumberger
Learn how we are taking well construction beyond automation and into autonomy. The great strides that have been made in well construction automation are delivering good results, but the complex and dynamic environment of well construction requires more than automation to deliver consistent performance improvements. Our expert presenters will explain how we are achieving this by maximizing the capability with Autonomous systems, both in rig operations and downhole drilling.
News
February 02, 2021
The initiative provides a framework for energy operators, service providers, equipment providers, and independent software vendors for energy services to offer interoperable solutions, including AI and physics-based models, monitoring, diagnostics, prescriptive actions, and services, powered by the BHC3™ AI Suite and Microsoft Azure.
Article
January 2021
Improve efficiencies, reduce asset downtime and protect critical knowledge with AI-based production technologies.
News
January 14, 2021
Siemens Energy AS and BPT have been successfully working together for the past two years, as part of the Oil and Gas Technology Centre’s ‘Facility of the Future’ study, developing and maturing Floating Normally Unattended Installation technology.
News
January 13, 2021
Following successful six-month operational trials on Stena Spey and Stena Carron rigs, IDS will deploy its data driven TourNet Pro drilling contractor reporting service and drilling performance monitoring service, Anova DPM, across Stena Drilling’s fleet in Q1 2021.
Article
January 2021
Well construction can benefit from available intelligent technologies, taking AI capabilities close to the action, where it encodes knowledge and captures learnings to improve drilling efficiency.
