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To What Extent Can the Notion of an Effective Length Be Reliable to Assess the BHA Lateral Behavior?

Practical Challenges to Consider for Model-Based Engineering in Drilling Automation

Recovery Control - Closing the Loop in Automated Control Systems

Achieving ISCWSA MWD+IFR1 Tool Codes Without Airborne Magnetic Surveys

Blind Trust: Challenges in Data Sharing for Oil and Gas Well Construction

Fully Automated Directional Drilling for Consistency and Improved Performance

The Value of Process and Application Consistency in Drilling Automation

An Analysis of Drilling Projection Uncertainty and Implications for Collision Avoidance Management Systems

Application of Advanced Buckling Model Leads to Lighter Well Architecture for Deepwater Development, Saving Cost and CO2 Emissions

Technology Optimizes Lateral Spacing

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Oil Drilling Automation: Revolutionizing the Industry for Efficiency and Safety

Navigating Mother Nature's Challenges: Ensuring Safety in Offshore Drilling Operations

Drilling in Tornado Alley: A firsthand account of a rig manager who had to take cover

Drilling Rig Automation: Revolutionizing Efficiency in Drilling Rig Companies

Drilling Surveys: Strategies for Precise Wellbore Surveys and Placement

Asking “What If?” A Simple Concept with a Big Impact

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StallAssist® software prolongs life of weak motor to avoid unplanned trip

Operator utilizes Survey management to help ensure accurate survey data

Oklahoma operator enhances bit and BHA integrity, reduces failure and repair costs

H&P’s bit guidance system Saves an average of $70,000 Per Well

Midland Operator increases Footage per day by almost 94% & Enhances BHA Reliability

Texas operator sees an average savings of $42,000 at $70,000 spread rate

Operator increases rotating ROP and enhances bit and BHA integrity with Flexdrill® technology

61% average ROP improvement reduces operator’s time to target

Permian basin operator achieves 15% higher ROP and 21% improvement in back to drilling time

Integrated drilling solutions Break records while reducing operator’s time to target

Comprehensive solution increases ROP while curving and maximizes footage to boost production

Adding value through automation

Automated, real-time forward monitoring outperforms traditional mathematical projections

Next-level drilling automation lowers drilling costs and results in better hydrocarbon production potential

Operator saves 2.38 days of drilling time, equating to a savings of over $140,000 per well

By mitigating motor failures and the associated time lost, operator saved $105,000 per well

Drillscan® software identifies drilling dysfunction causes in complex, multilateral ERD well

By working with the operator, H&P reduced the average curve time by 3 hours

Removal of one casing string from well architecture projected to save Tullow oil $4m per well

Automated high torque wrench leads to 60% less deformation when applying force to drillpipe

Modelling the Economic Impact of Spacing Uncertainty in Unconventional Long Laterals Due to Common Survey Practices

A Better Set of Eyes: Computer Vision Technology to Monitor Safety Zones andAutomate Drill Pipe Tally

StallAssist® software prolongs life of weak motor to avoid unplanned trip

Combining Downhole Axial and Surface Oscillation Tools, What Are the Consequences on Tool Face Control Performance?

Foothills Drilling Performance Improvement – A New Transversal Approach

StallAssist® software prolongs life of weak motor to avoid unplanned trip

Detailed Dynamics Modeling Helps to Assess the Effect of Stabilizer Design on Drillstring Vibrations

A Comparison of High-Resolution Trajectory Methods and Their Impact on Drilling Data Analysis

Fluid Circulation Effects on Torque and Drag Results, a New Take on an Old Subject

Drilling Three-Mile Laterals Tighter and Safer with a New Magnetic Reference Technique

Modeling of Axial Rotary Drilling Dynamics as a Step Towards Drilling Automation

Casing Wear: Prediction, Monitoring, Analysis and Management in the Culzean Field

Drilling Performance Contract: An Evolution in the Partnership Between Operator and Rig Contractor

How Motor Bend Affects Stick-Slip Vibrations: Modeling and Case Study

Ensuring Success of Complex Liner Deployment Over Complete Field Development Campaign

Directional Drilling Automation: Human Factors and Automated Decision-Making

Challenges and Solutions for Accurate Wellbore Placement in the Barents Sea

Validation of Directional Survey Data Against Positional Uncertainty Models

Application of Purpose Built Rig Technology Results in Step Change in Drilling Time, Cost, and Opportunities

Continuous Improvement in Wellbore Position Accuracy: Ultra-Extended-Reach Drilling in Far Eastern Russia

Using Hybrid Propulsion Autonomous Marine Vehicles to Better Characterize Geomagnetic Fields Offshore

Improving Directional Survey Accuracy through Real-Time Operating Centers

Magnetic Referencing and Real-Time Survey Processing Enables Tighter Spacing of Long-Reach Wells

Optimizing Lateral Well Spacing by Improving Directional Survey Accuracy

Using Autonomous Marine Vehicles to Enable Accurate Wellbore Placement in the Arctic

Improving Wellbore Placement Accuracy Using Stratigraphic Misfit Heatmaps

Automated Sliding: Efficiencies Achieved in the Next Stage of Drilling Automation

Empirical Analysis of Lateral Spacing Uncertainty in North America Due to MWD Survey Error

Stiff String Casing Design: Tortuosity and Centralisation

Fifty Ways to Leave Your Wellbore: An Honest Look at the Causes and Costs of Unplanned Sidetracks

Automating Anti-Collision Calculations for Autonomous Drilling Systems

Optimizing Wellbore Trajectories for Closed Loop Geothermal Operations

When Slick is Not Smooth: Bottom-Hole Assembly Selection and Its Impact on Wellbore Quality

Holistically Leveraging Automation Technologies Across a Uniform Suite of Rigs

Early Identification of Drilling Collision Risk Using MWD Survey Quality Data

Towards a Novel Approach to Consider Casing Wear in Well Designs

Application of a Forced Vibration Modeling Approach to Better Quantify the Role of Downhole Vibrations and Excitation Tools

Enhanced Wellbore Placement Accuracy Using Geomagnetic In-Field Referencing and Multi-Station Correction

Casing Wear and Stiff String Modeling Sensitivity Analysis - The Contribution of DP Pipe-Body and Tool-Joint on Casing Contact

How the Bit Profile and Gages Affect the Well Trajectory

PDC Bit Steerability Modeling and Testing for Push-the-bit and Point-the-bit RSS

How Drillstring Rotation Affects Critical Buckling Load?

Drill Pipe Stress and Cumulative Fatigue Analysis in Complex Wells Drilling: New Approach in Fatigue Optimization

Axial Force Transfer of Buckled Drill Pipe in Deviated Wells

A New Buckling Severity Index to Quantify Failure and Lock-up Risks in Highly Deviated Wells

Creating Open Source Models, Test Cases, and Data for Oilfield Drilling Challenges

Modeling the Effect of Axial Oscillation Tools in Torque and Drag Computations

RSS and Motor Directional Analysis: Modelling the Effect of Local Doglegs on RIH of Completions and Casing

Simulation Validation, Calibration and Fidelity of a Dynamic Downhole Drilling Phenomenon

Dynamics Vibration Prediction and Comparison with Downhole Data Measurements in Unconventional Wells

Learning Curve Benefits Resulting From the Use of a Unique BHA Directional Behavior Drilling Performances Post-Analysis

Nonlinear Dynamics of a Drillstring Immersed in a 3D Curved Well, Simulations and Experiments

Mitigating and Understanding Stick-Slip in Unconventional Wells

Using Aluminum Drill Pipe with Axial Oscillation Tools to Significantly Improve Drilling Performance

Simulation of Recovery Losses Due to Positional Errors in Wellbore Placement

Use of Mechanical Specific Energy Calculation in Real-Time to Better Detect Vibrations and Bit Wear While Drilling

Real-Time Directional Survey Quality Improvement Using Web-Based Technologies

Micro Dogleg Detection with Continuous Inclination Measurements and Advanced BHA Modeling

Web-based Technologies for Real-time Directional Survey Quality Improvement

Fatigue Tracking for Mud Motors and MWDs in Unconventional Wells

Improving Surface Oscillation Tools Performance Using Time-Domain Dynamics and Torque and Drag Models

H&P Saves Operator 9+ days