Drilling Simulation

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Welcome.ARI Simulation is a leading global developer of advanced

simulation systems used in the training of personnel in both

marine and non-marine industries.

CLASS A

Our extensive range of simulation products

cover a wide variety of functional areas

including ship handling and navigation;integrated warship simulation; propulsion plant

and power generation systems; cargo handling

systems for oil, chemical and cryogenic cargo;

offshore oil field vessel operations; oil and gas

drilling on land and offshore; communications

systems; crane handling systems; port

operations and much more.

Our simulation tools are also used in

undertaking feasibility studies for new ports,new vessels and in pilot training initiatives for

port and terminal infrastructure even before

they are built.

Founded in 1994 and headquartered in New

Delhi, India, the ARI group is also engaged in

the development of e-governance systems for

maritime administrations and - through its

maritime colleges - is also one of the largest

providers of training solutions to the

international maritime industry.

ARI brings together the expertise and

experience of more than 400 highly skilled

professionals in the fields of software

engineering, systems integration, industry

domain experience, business management,

finance, occupational and workplace

psychology and human resource

management.

Our simulators have been certified to the

highest Class A standard by DNV as well as

having been approved by a broad range of

international regulatory and certifying

authorities.


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ARI Drilling Simulation.ARIs Drilling Simulator offers a powerful series of simulation

training capabilities to those involved in the oil and gas drilling

industry.

Using the latest technologies in high-fidelity

graphics and engineering simulation, Drilling

Simulator provides a complete and detailed

immersive simulation experience of the start-

to-finish drilling operations on a virtual rig

including pipe-handling, tripping in, tripping

out, drilling, mud system operation, cementing

operations and well control training.

Combined with theARI Downhole Simulator

the simulator provides a complete experience

from surface tools to well geology and

accurately models all the forces across the

system, providing a compelling well-control

and contingency training environment. And

because downhole geological parameters can

be modified on-the-fly, instructors can

introduce extremely challenging trainingscenarios.


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ARIs Drilling Simulator is available in a range of

modular configurations, from small scale,

portable solutions (suitable for remote and on-

rig training), to containerized solutions

providing transportable full mission simulation

and right up to multi-trainee completely full

mission installations suitable for deployment in

training centres and academic institutions.

Depending on customer requirements,

systems can be supplied based on generic

rigs and generic tools, or may be completely

customized to recreate in every detail a

customers own rigs, tools and workprocesses.

The system supports multiple rig types

including land rigs, offshore jack-up rigs,

offshore semisubmersible rigs, drill-ships, drill

barges, modular rigs and platform rigs - all

within the same software and hardware

environment.

It can be installed to use actual rig control

equipment if required to add a layer of

complete realism to the operation of the

systems.

Drilling simulator is today being used by some

of the leading manufacturers of rig equipment,colleges, drilling contractors and some of the


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Welcome to the (virtual) drill floor.Drilling Simulator puts trainees where they need to be - on the

actual drill floor of a working rig, with controls, visuals and

sound so precisely modeled and accurately reproduced -theyll believe they are actually there.

Suitable for use in procedural, operations and well

control training, Drilling SImulator provides a completely

immersive environment based around the driller and

assistant driller workstations in the drillers cabin on the

drill floor. With control and monitoring systems that

exactly replicate those found on a real rig, including the

display and SCADA systems and with virtual CCTV

monitoring, training and assessments are conducted in

an entirely realistic environment.

Drilling Simulator simulates a large range of rig tools,

accurately modeling control systems, sensors and the

mechanics and forces of such tools in operation

including active heave compensation. Simulated rig

tools include:

Catwalk

Pipe ArmTop Drive

Automated Wrench (Iron Roughneck)

Automated Slips

Drill floor environment

Cementing Unit

...and more

The simulator allows trainees to carry out all major

operations on the rig including drilling (vertical and

directional); tripping in; tripping out; pipe-handling; stand-

building, casing and riser running and gives complete

control of the mud systems on the rig.

A full range of drilling parameters are provided to trainees

including ROP, WOB, Torque on Bit and Delta-P.

Supported well control features include Wait and Weight

Method; Drillers Method; and Volumetric Method.

Drilling Simulator is also designed to fully support use of

actualrig control hardware. Supported control/feedbacksystems include Cyberbase and Amphion.

Simulated drill floor environment showing iron roughnecks

and topdrive.

Detail of iron roughneck tool. Individual rig tools are

fully modeled, including all sensors and subsystems

Virtual cameras provide dynamic fly around viewsallowing operations to be seen and experienced from

many different perspectives.


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MUD SYSTEMS.

The mud system simulates the entire mud path

and can realistically simulate each of the

following (in isolation or in combination):

Pressure drop in the whole mud path

Pressure at specific positions including

stand-pipe, bottom hole, choke line

etc...

Multiphase flow Drill cutting transport

Mud velocity information

Drill string washout

Bit washout

Mud return

Lost Circulation

Surge/Swab effects

Trainees are provided with controls which allowthem to configure and manage the mud

systems, including manifolds, mud pumps, tank

line ups etc... Trainee parameters for mud

systems include:

Mud pump speed

Mud Type

Mud Efficiency

Mud Capacity

Mud pit volumes

Drillers chair controls and SCADA closely mimicing those found on actual rig control chair systems

ARI generic feedback and monitoring screen

Real drillers chairs can be integrated with the simulator


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Well Control training applications.Drilling Simulator is capable of a full range of well control

training applications and has been built to conform to the

IWCS and IADC standards for well control training.Drilling Simulator includes ARIs Standard

Edition Downhole Model, which models

pressure, temperature and other conditions in

the well into the surface feedback and

monitoring systems. Most well control training

scenarios can be created using this

configuration.

For more sophisticated well control

applications, ARI offers the Advanced

Downhole Module, which supports rheology

models, pressure calculations, drill cutting

transportation and filter cake formations.

Downhole data can be returned to the surface

using LWD or MWD techniques.

The filter cake formation model takes into

consideration mud properties, flow rate and

the surrounding bore hole porosity and

permeability. The rock cutting transport modelconsiders rock cutting size, sphericity, density

and mud rheological properties, all of which

can be adjusted in the mud control system.

Complete well profiles can be defined to

provide multi-dimensional training features.

Special consideration has been given to the

modeling of drill string dynamics with full

support for effects

like drill string

whirling, vibration,

twist, torsional stick

slip, bit bouncing

and more.

Instructors are also

able to dynamically

configure the

geological profile of

the well including

adjustments for rock

hardness, rock

porosity, rock

permeability,formation pressure profiles and other factors

which accurately then affect drilling parameters

such as rate of penetration, lost mud

circulation and other relevant parameters.

ARIs advanced downhole simulator module is

unique in providing instructors with the ability

to make on-the-fly adjustments to the

downhole situation, in realtime, providing an

extremely powerful and dynamic training and

contingency management environment for

trainees.

Well control parameter setting screen

Mud return flow monitoring

Intellilink showing link data and vectors


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VIRTUAL WELL PLAN.

VirtualWellPlan is a module which allows

complete well plans to be entered into the

system and stored as VirtualWellscenarios.

A complete range of geological, pressure and

temperature information can be entered and

stored into the well plan library in the simulator

mission control application. VirtualWellPlan

has an easy to use graphical interface, andsupports vertical, directional and multi-lateral

wells and sections.

Individual training exercises can then be

created from the entered well plan. This

allows for en entire well to be practiced for,

often with a focus on higher risk sections,

such as predicted transitions from low

temperature - low pressure conditions, to

HPHT type conditions.

ARI VirtualWellPlan is also useful for rig team

management training exercises where larger

teams can be actively engaged in the process

of drilling a well, in some cases over multiple

sessions. VirtualWellPlancan also provide

useful coordination for well-on-papertype

exercises, planing and working through the

entire drilling operation before the project

commences, often with the complete team of

contractors involved in the drilling and project

process.

VirtualWellis also suitable for deployment inDrilling Simulator installations on board rigs,

where data from the active well can be

updated into the simulator giving the

opportunity for Drillers to orientate themselves

to the changing parameters of a well and

practice their drilling objectives prior to actually

carrying them out.

VirtualWellPlan entry and editing window

VirtualWellPlans simple wizard driven interface includes context

sensitive help


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Instructor Features.The Drilling Simulator mission controller system provides

instructors with a powerful toolkit for designing, building,

managing, executing training exercises.

The Drilling Simulator Mission Controller

system is an integrated software suite

providing instructors with the ability to fully

control, supervise and monitor the Drilling

Simulator. Within this system instructors can

design, build and save their own training

exercises; coordinate and manage training

sessions; access and modify a large range of

operating parameters during a mission; inject

faults and failures into an active training

session; alter and change downhole

parameters to create challenging and relevant

well control situations as well as manage the

recording of training missions, assessment of

trainees and the post session debriefing and

analysis process.

During a training mission, the instructor can

introduce a broad range of faults and failuresinto the surface tools and equipment including:

Sensor Failures

Hydraulic Pressure Failures

Drive Failures

Intermittent equipment failures

Feedback and monitoring partial or

complete failures

The entire downhole model* is available for on-

the-flyediting during a session. Editable

downhole parameters include:

Rock hardness

Rock porosity Formation Pressure Profile

Temperature & Pressure

ROP

WOB

Torque on Bit

Differential pressure across bit

Stand pipe pressure

Bit RPM

LWD & MWD support

All instructor controlled parameters are

faithfully modeled to correctly impact the entire

system. Geological and rheological inputs

made by the instructor are processed by the

core physics and geophysics simulation

engine and produce entirely realistic effects

across all aspects of the system. The

instructor is thus free to tweak the well

geology and create dynamic challenges for

trainees in the confidence that the system will

respond exactly as it would in real life.

* - Parameters will vary depending on whether the standard or advanced downhole model is installed.


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Trainee sessions are logged into the instructor

database, and assessment (both instructor

and system auto-assessments) are stored

against trainee records. Each time a trainee

runs a mission, the results are added to that

trainees record and the instructor system

builds a profile of the capabilities, progress and

weaknesses of that trainee. This information

can be used effectively to manage skillsdevelopment across the drilling workforce, as

well as to assess and screen new personnel.

Instructors can build and create their own

assessment frameworks, imposing their own

company standards into the system and

assessing for compliance with such standards.

After any mission, the entire recording of that

mission is available for replay in a debriefing

context, enabling instructors to lead traineesback through their performance during the

exercise. At any point in a debrief mode, the

mission can be re-started from that point and

trainees can be asked to refine their responses

and actions in an intuitive and powerful fashion

- maximizing the learning capabilities of the

platform.

The instructor system includes a

comprehensive reports system which canproduce detailed reports on trainee sessions

as well as tracking reports showing trainee

progress and trends over multiple sessions.

Additionally groups of trainees can be

analysed to assist in identification of group

trended strengths and weaknesses, assisting

in the development of relevant training

objectives.

MISSION DESIGN TOOLS

With the Mission Controller, instructors can

construct trainee missions and exercises and

save these into the central mission library.

All parameters for the simulation can be set to

instructor designed start points for each

exercise including all pipehandling equipment,

drilling tools, mud systems and the full well

geological profile. Exercises can commence at

any point in a well drilling operation.

In addition to defining the starting position for

an exercise, the mission designer can also set

trigger points for faults, and cascade points for

additional faults should a given fault not be

managed correctly.

In this way instructors can build and create

MissionDesigner - Pipehandling system start position

MissionDesigner - Geo parameters wizard


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CustomisationARI can provide custom built

models of specific rigs and their

equipment to order.

ARI Drilling Simulator can be supplied with generic

rig models covering most major types of land and

offshore rig as well as tools typically found on such

rigs. ARI can also design, build and deliver

completely custom models of rigs, based around

customers own rigs and tools.

These high fidelity, fully functional models support

the complete package of well control and drilling

training modules and can also be provided with

ARIs unique VirtualRig Immersion Station feature,

allowing users to navigate around the entire rig,

inside and out - even whilst a drilling or tripping

operation is underway in the main simulator.

This can be useful in leading induction training

sessions - orientating personnel to the rig,

familiarisation with the location of muster stations

and emergency equipment; operations around the

helideck etc... It can also be used to prepare

personnel for contingencies and emergencies

including H2S, fires and rig evacuations. For

Offshore Rigs, It is also capable of traveling down to

the seabed, providing high resolution visualisations

of rig anchors, risers and subsea BOPs.

ARIs high definition modeling and fully interactive

ImmersionStation technologies provide a uniquetraining and orientation environment with almost

unlimited applications.

Your Rig, Your Tools, Your Processes

SEMI SUBMERISBLE

JACK UP

LAND RIG

DRILL SHIPImmersionStation - Underwater view of BOP and riser


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A Dynamic PlatformFrom small scale mobile solutions up to complete training

centers, Drilling Simulators dynamic architecture supports a

broad range of installation options, to meet both budgetaryand functional requirements.

All versions of Drilling Simulator can be

competitively upgraded to grow with customer

requirements.

Architectured from the outset to support

hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) functionality, the

system can also be employed to work with

pre-commissioning of actual rig hardware.

RIGMIRROR

ARIs RIgMirrormodule makes it possible to

stream a live feed of data from rigs working in

the field into the Drilling Simulator. RigMirror

reproduces the operating situation of the rig

itself on the simulator and can be very useful in

troubleshooting problems in the field from an

office location. Streamed RigMirrordata can

also be stored and subsequently loaded and

replayed in the simulator at any point in thefuture.

INTEGRATED TRAINING

Drilling Simulator is compatible with ARIs other

sImulation products, allowing it to be deployed

in conjunction with ARIs Rig Crane Simulators

and Offshore Simulators. When used with

these products a fully integrated procedure

simulation training system can be deployed

where crane operators; supply boat teams and

anchor handling teams can all train with rig

teams in the same joint missions. For

emergency training, including firefighting, this

provides a very powerful integrated approach

to training across multiple disciplines in the

same operations space.

* RigMirrorrequires compatible on-rig systems. For more information please contact our technical team.


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