Ongoing Research Activities: Drilling Automation · Dr. Robello Samuel Executive Director and Chief Advisor, WERCIA Chief Technical Advisor & Technology Fellow, Halliburton [email protected]

Ongoing Research Activities on Drilling Automation at WERCIA, University of Houston

Automation Workshop | Technology Collaboration Center of Houston

Ongoing Research Activities: Drilling Automation

Vikrant LakhanpalAssistant Director

Well Engineering Research Center for Intelligent AutomationDrilling Center of Excellence, University of Houston



I’m coming…



With Great Data comes a

Greater Responsibility!



Oil and Gas Industry has been Innovative.

&It will innovate again.



The Hype Curve

The Adoption

Rate



WERCIA, a Drilling Center of Excellence

at University of Houston, has taken the initiative of

doing this initial heavy lifting.



Swamp of Continued Use

Trash Heap of Failures

Roundabout of

Repackaging

We understand our responsibility and are ready for the

consequences…

Even if it means building the curve again



Research Eco and Real-time Assistive Systems

• To Change Paradigm

from Porespace to

Pipeline.

• Focus on real world

problems.

• Find an economical and

commercialized

solution.



Inter-disciplinary Research Advisors



Inter-disciplinary Research – Example 1Engineering Models Optimization Data Analytics Automation

Reliability & Integrity Analysis• Analyze the performance of barrier (production

casing) in terms of change in reliability caused by changing effectiveness (collapse, burst, and tensile strength)

• Propose a model for computing well reliability accounting for the factors that affect performance of well barriers, including changing well conditions (induced loads)

• Incorporate engineering calculations during prediction of reliability

Engineering Models Optimization Data Analytics Automation




Visual Data Analytics: Morphological Image Processing Approach on the Evaluation of Foamed Cement Quality

• To develop a methodology for evaluation of foamed cement quality

• To emphasize the significance of image-processing techniques combined with cluster analysis in the petroleum industry




Automating the Calculation of Invisible Loss Time / Invisible Non productive Time

• To develop a methodology for evaluation of foamed cement quality

• To emphasize the significance of image-processing techniques combined with cluster analysis in the petroleum industry




Deconvolution and Adaptive Data Analytics for Failure Prediction

Warning

generated

100 ft.

before the

bit reaches

it’s

maximum

wear.

Empirical Mode

Decomposition




Using Mechanical and Geometrical Parameters to Design an Automated Downhole Path Correction Tool

• Algorithm to find optimal path to return to planned path using Samuel’s criterion

• Utilize survey methods like Natural Curve, Minimum Curvature and Balanced Tangential method and utilizing smooth curves like Catenary, Clothoid and Cubic Spline to bridge the actual path and planned path.



Collaboration?

• We combine “inside the box” concepts with “out of the box” thinking to solve all kinds of industrial problems.

• How the technology collaboration will help?

• We have used some technologies in the past which were actually used in the

other sectors.

• We should never forget the First Principles of Physics.

• Understand the basis of each principle and apply accordingly.



Contacts

Dr. Robello SamuelExecutive Director and Chief Advisor, WERCIAChief Technical Advisor & Technology Fellow,

Halliburton

[email protected]

Vikrant LakhanpalAssistant Director, WERCIA

Production Engineer, Proline Energy Resources Inc.

[email protected]

Thanks!

Documents

Ongoing Research Activities: Drilling Automation · Dr. Robello Samuel Executive Director and Chief Advisor, WERCIA Chief Technical Advisor & Technology Fellow, Halliburton [email protected]