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DRILLING AUTOMATION using DIGITAL TWIN technology

Analyze & Control to Perform

Knowledge Forum – AOG 201913th March 2019

3/13/2018 / 2 / Copyright © 2018 Sekal AS. All rights reserved.

Preface – Why Drilling Automation?

Focus :- Reducing Non-productive time

- Increasing Efficiency

- Safer operation

Way forward :

After successful digitisation

Automation

Rising demands

(explore deep resources)

Constant fluctuation in Oil Price


Today’s Drilling Control

Systems are directly

operated by the driller.

• No account of comprehensive well situation

• Relies on driller competence to stop and react correctly

Drilling Automation – Status quo


Drilling Automation – Concept

Safety

Predictable

Efficient

Wellbore Condition

Digital Twin Technology

Safety Limits Deviations

Safety Triggers

ML & AI

Safe Automated

Sequencing

DrillTronics®

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Digital Twin

Actual Operation

WITSML

Drilling Automation – Digital Twin


Drilling Automation – DrillScene® – Generate Safety limits


DrillTronics® - Drilling Automation Software

✓ Fully integrated with the DCS

✓ Operated from the Drilling Control System into which it is embedded

✓ Enable or Disable by Driller

✓ Controls the drilling machinery

✓ Objective is to:

/ Prevent incidents

/ Optimize drilling operations

Reads well conditions and operates the drilling

machinery based on the downhole understanding of

wellbore conditions.

• Automation capability performs smart tasks

improving process efficiency.

• Delivers higher levels of repeatability and

consistency across crew.

• Minimizes the risks of inadequate safety

margins or damage to the well.


DrillTronics® - Drilling Automation Software

• Calculating the safe operating

windows in real time – Safe Guards

• Then applying these windows to the

Drilling Control – Safety Triggers

• Automatic Functions

▪ Automatic start/stop of mud

pump

▪ Automatic tripping

▪ Automatic reciprocation

▪ Automatic friction tests


Without DrillTronics With DrillTronics

Tripping (POOH) safeguarding – DrillTronics®


Without DrillTronics With DrillTronics

Pump start up safeguarding – DrillTronics®


Friction test Automatic Sequencing– DrillTronics®

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Automatic Mud Pump Start Automatic Sequencing – DrillTronics®


Equinor awarded Sekal third license April 2017 for the Semi-Submersible Songa Enabler and in January 2019 for the remaining 3 Transocean cat D rigs.

The First Use Report (Equinor) indicated increased efficiency (up to 12%) and operational consistency across all crews.

Equinor awarded Sekal the second license summer 2016

Equinor awarded Sekal the forth license October 2018 for the Mariner field in UK

Wintershall awarded Sekal the fifth license December 2018 for the SeaDrillSemi-sub West-Mira

Transocean awarded Sekal the 9th license January 2019 for the Transocean Semi-sub Transocean Spitsbergen

DrillTronics® - Adaptation


DrillTronics® - Digital Twin Technology based Drilling Automation Software

Combining the capability of Digital

Twin technology & Adaptive

automation results in Automated

Drilling Control (ADC) to give

ultimate client valve by making

drilling operation;

✓Safer

✓More consistent

✓Optimized & efficient

✓Predictable

Optimises the reaction of drilling machinery inline with the dynamic and changing downhole conditions

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