Applying a Real-Time Engineering Methodology To Drill Ahead of Potential Undesirable Events

Tellez, Carlos Pérez; Rosas, Reginaldo Rodriguez; Ramírez, I. E.; Martinez, Rafael Angel Bermudez; Cham, Carlos Alberto Palavicini

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“…Booth (2010) The establishment of RTOCs has dominantly been a private venture, with some of the more notable state-owned petroleum companies following suit in more recent years (Khudiri et al, 2008, Khudiri et al, 2009, Pérez-Téllez et al, 2012. Shell has been at the forefront of the development of RTOCs in the 21st century and has a documented history of implementing continuous remote real-time monitoring on a global scale , Hamed et al, 2007.…”

Section: Industry Experience With Remote Data Monitoring Centersmentioning

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Improved Regulatory Oversight Using Real-Time Data Monitoring Technologies in the Wake of Macondo

Carter

Oort

Barendrecht

2014

Day 1 Wed, September 10, 2014

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As shown by the Macondo blowout, an uncontrolled deepwater well control event can result in loss of life, damage to the environment, and significant damage to company and industry reputation. Consistent adherence to safety regulations is a recurring issue in deepwater well construction. The two federal entities responsible for offshore U.S. safety regulation are the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG). The regulatory authority of these two bodies spans well planning, drilling, completions, emergency evacuation, environmental response, etc. The wide range of rules these agencies are responsible for cannot be comprehensively verified with the current infrequency of on-site inspections. Offshore regulation and operational safety could be greatly improved through continuous remote real-time data monitoring. Many government agencies have adopted monitoring regimes dependent on real-time data for improved oversight (e.g. NASA Mission Control, USGS Earthquake Early Warning System, USCG Vessel Traffic Services, etc.). Appropriately, real-time data monitoring was either re-developed or introduced in the wake of catastrophic events within those sectors (e.g. Challenger, tsunamis, Exxon Valdez, etc.). Over recent decades, oil and gas operators have developed Real-Time Operations Centers (RTOCs) for continuous, pro-active operations oversight and remote interaction with on-site personnel. Commonly seen as collaborative hubs, RTOCs provide a central conduit for shared knowledge, experience, and improved decision-making, thus optimizing performance, reducing operational risk, and improving safety. In particular, RTOC's have been useful in identifying and mitigating potential well construction incidents that could have resulted in significant non-productive time and trouble cost. In this paper, a comprehensive set of recommendations is made to BSEE and USCG to expand and improve their regulatory oversight activities through remote real-time data monitoring and application of emerging real-time technologies that aid in data acquisition and performance optimization for improved safety. Data sets and tools necessary for regulators to effectively monitor and regulate deepwater operations (Gulf of Mexico, Arctic, etc.) on a continuous basis are identified. Data from actual GOM field cases are used to support the recommendations. In addition, the case is made for the regulator to build a collaborative foundation with deepwater operators, academia and other stakeholders, through the employment of state-of-the-art knowledge management tools and techniques. This will allow the regulator to do "more with less", in order to address the fast pace of activity expansion and technology adoption in deepwater well construction, while maximizing corporate knowledge and retention. Knowledge management provides a connection that can foster a truly collaborative relationship between regulators, industry, and non-governmental organizations with a common goal of safety assurance and without confusing lines of authority or responsibility. This solves several key issues for regulators with respect to having access to experience and technical know-how, by leveraging industry experts who would not normally have been inaccessible. On implementation of the proposed real-time and knowledge management technologies and workflows, a phased approach is advocated to be carried out under the auspices of the Center for Offshore Safety (COS) and/or the Offshore Energy Safety Institute (OESI). Academia can play an important role, particularly in early phases of the program, as a neutral playing ground where tools, techniques and workflows can be tried and tested before wider adoption takes place.

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Section: Industry Experience With Remote Data Monitoring Centersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Improved Regulatory Oversight Using Real-Time Data Monitoring Technologies in the Wake of Macondo

Carter

Oort

Barendrecht

2014

Day 1 Wed, September 10, 2014

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The Integration of Drilling Sensor Real-Time Data with Drilling Reporting Data at Saudi Aramco using WITSML

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The Wellsite Information Transfer Standard Markup Language (WITSML) is a global open standard for the exchange of geotechnical data in the upstream oil and gas industry.Saudi Aramco has embarked upon a project to implement the transfer and storage of all wellsite real-time data using the latest released WITSML specification. This project is called the Real-Time Data Transmission and Viewer Service (RTDTVS). Through this project the data from all rigs will be captured and transmitted back to the Drilling Real-Time Data Hub (DRTDH), which runs on an Oracle platform with triple redundancy.Drilling sensor data has not in the past been transmitted back for monitoring purposes; instead, Saudi Aramco has previously left the drilling contractor to manage the drilling process. On exploration wells a mud logging contractor is often used, and real-time data has been available to the different asset teams; but on development wells, a mud logging contractor is not used, making the need to capture the drilling sensor data vital not only for safety monitoring, but also for the optimization of the drilling process to reduce well drilling costs.To make accurate calculations of drilling performance indexes it is necessary to have access to some information that is typically not transmitted as part of a real-time data stream, but is available instead through daily reporting and other mechanisms. This paper discusses how the use of the WITSML Open Standard has enabled drilling sensor data stored in the DRTDH to be integrated with report data available through the Saudi Aramco Drilling Knowledge Database (SADK) to provide more efficient and safer drilling practices. IntroductionWITSML is a continually developing open standard for the transmission of real-time, historical and contextual drilling and completions information.

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Achieving Drilling Excellence through Next Generation Workflows Enabled by Integrating Historical Drilling Data and Real Time Data

Mohan

Bermudez

Aillud

2014

Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference

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In the quest of increasing production capacity to meet future demands E&P companies have embarked in the journey of re-developing their matured assets. This is enabled using several field development programmes that include in-fill drilling, horizontal drilling, underbalanced drilling and drilling unconventional reservoirs. These programmes require high quality offset well data along with real time data for better planning and execution to successfully manage drilling risk, reduce non-productive time and cost to achieve the field development objective.Historically a huge volume of operational data has been acquired from the large number of wells drilled. Data include well trajectories, casing points, casing analysis, drilling risks, drilling events, BHA performance, operational window, cost, time etc. Maintaining the historical offset drilling data systematically in a well organized manner is vital to unlock its business value and enable better drilling data analysis along with real time data. Technology aided programs such as collaborative well planning, geo steering, real time operations center, require offset well data integrated into real time data for integrated and optimized workflows during planning and execution. This includes building better engineering models and earth models. This paper discuss present data challenges and the approach towards building an Drilling Integrated Workflow Environment (DIWE) comprising of high quality drilling knowledge base, real time data enabled by data standards and the framework to support next generation well planning and drilling workflows.DIWE enables improved planning and execution by supporting integrated workflows that aim to mitigate drilling hazards, improve operational awareness, optimize well design, cost effective construction, and better well placement moving towards achieving drilling excellence

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Applying a Real-Time Engineering Methodology To Drill Ahead of Potential Undesirable Events

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Improved Regulatory Oversight Using Real-Time Data Monitoring Technologies in the Wake of Macondo

Improved Regulatory Oversight Using Real-Time Data Monitoring Technologies in the Wake of Macondo

The Integration of Drilling Sensor Real-Time Data with Drilling Reporting Data at Saudi Aramco using WITSML

Achieving Drilling Excellence through Next Generation Workflows Enabled by Integrating Historical Drilling Data and Real Time Data

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