Rosneft is implementing an artificial intelligence system on its drilling rigs operating on the fields in Orenburg Region. Specialists from Orenburgneft have conducted successful pilot tests of Russia’s first automated drilling management system.
The automated drilling management system operates like an autopilot for drilling. Using the initial parameters, the system makes timely corrections to the drilling process management. The intellectual system’s key advantage is security. Every 10 milliseconds it scans the sensor readings and responds quickly. Once the critical values are reached, the system stops the works itself and informs the drill master by means of a light and sound alarm. Also, depending on the type of drilling, the automated drilling management system independently calculates the maximum speed corresponding to the technical limit.
The new development has reduced mechanical well drilling time by one day. The economic effect of drilling one well is about RUR 5 mio ($81K). The main parameter to evaluate the efficiency of the system is an increase in the mechanical speed of penetration. During pilot tests, specialists have enhanced this indicator by 15% on average.
The technology has been proposed for running on other facilities of company’s oil and gas production.