The Status of WITSML as an Intelligent Energy Real-Time Enabler

Skarbo, Rune Arnt; Chmela, William; Kolstad, Borge Richard; Gibson, Noula

doi:10.2118/112208-ms

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DOI: 10.2118/112208-ms

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The Status of WITSML as an Intelligent Energy Real-Time Enabler

Rune Arnt Skarbo

William Chmela

Borge Richard Kolstad

et al.

Abstract: The XML based Wellsite Information Transfer Standard Markup Language (WITSML) wellsite data exchange format provides the hydrocarbon extraction industry with a bandwidth efficient, real-time drilling data management and exchange format. Drilling data can be supplied to the data consumer within seconds, regardless of their global location.With recent industry talk of the big demographic bulge or crew change being due within five years and ongoing difficulty in sourcing new recruits into the hydrocarbon extracti… Show more

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New Real-Time Casing Running Advisory System Reduces NPT

Mason

Igland²,

Streeter

et al. 2013

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Casing, liner and completion running operations are key activities during the well construction process. Failure to reach the required setting depth may have a significant impact on well economics due to additional construction costs, deferred production and lost reserves. A substantial proportion of NPT (Non-Productive Time) associated with these operations is due to stuck pipe, and over many years the industry has made a concerted effort to reduce this. A new advanced advisory system has been developed to enhance the monitoring of running tubulars into a wellbore. This web based system integrates real-time data, analytical capability and informative displays to identify early warning indicators associated with stuck pipe, mud losses and other anomalies. The system has been used to actively monitor more than seventy casing, liner and completion running operations in offshore wells located in the Caspian Sea, offshore Trinidad, the North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Early benefits that have been realised include improved responses to stuck pipe early warning indicators, closer control of trip schedules, greater collaboration between offshore and onshore communities, and better informed and more impactful decision making. The system is currently being deployed at scale to offshore drilling rigs and is expected to bring additional benefits of standardisation, embedment of good practice and know how, and enhanced organisational capability. As the industry drills longer, deeper, and more complex wells, the installation of longer and heavier tubulars into close tolerance wellbores will be required. This means that a deeper knowledge of the underlying physics and a better understanding of the limitations of tubular running equipment are required. It is envisioned that this advisory system will prove to be a mechanism to gain deeper insights into the casing running process, generate ideas for better designs and drive enhanced operational decision making. This paper describes the concept, system design and infrastructure requirements. Case studies from various field deployments are illustrated and conclusions from experience to date summarised.

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New Real-Time Casing Running Advisory System Reduces NPT

Mason

Igland²,

Streeter

et al. 2013

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Optimizing Well Delivery in Real-Time from Spud to Completion through Intelligent Use of Applied Data Management and Standards

Regan¹,

Igland²,

Andresen³

2013

SPE/IADC Middle East Drilling Technology Conference &Amp; Exhibition

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Today, even relatively basic drilling operations generate substantial amounts of real-time data, both at surface and downhole, all paid for by the Operator. This data can stagnate as a commodity, archived in a database or a drawer. Or it can be transformed into an asset enabling optimized well delivery through immediate, informed, collaborative decision-making. This transformation from data object to value-adding asset is made by intelligent use of real-time data management that drives ergonomic data display -the right data to the right people at the right time -applied automated data analysis and monitoring by exception, and correlative and predictive techniques comparing real-time with planned, historical and 'what-if' data. Such sophisticated data management only becomes truly and consistently effective when governed by industry-accepted standards, provided in a vendor-neutral manner that makes the raw data source irrelevant. This paper describes the ongoing evolution of an independent real-time data management infrastructure, service and solution. This includes acquisition-to-application dataflow, all wholly within industry standards, powering a variety of data management and monitoring modules optimizing various well operations. Real world examples highlight how such solutions support the performance of wellbore construction teams to achieve their key goal: to deliver wells safely, quickly, accurately, consistently and cost-effectively. IntroductionDrilling for oil and gas is costly, dangerous and complex. Errors made during the wellbore construction can potentially damage a company's reputation. The stakes are already high, but inefficient well delivery can cause a significant financial impact. With the risks well understood, Operators are under pressure to improve their efficiency in well delivery and find ways to predict situations that could have a negative impact on HS&E or the bottom line.

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Developing Remote Operations Capabilities in the US Land Market

Huckeby

2017

SPE/IADC Drilling Conference and Exhibition

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The development of remote operations work in the US land market has occurred more slowly than in other markets because of resistance to change at the rig site, continually evolving approaches to drilling programs, and significant increases in penetration rates over the past several years. Because the barriers to entry in the US land directional and measurement-while-drilling (MWD) market are low and the accessibility to the wellsite is high, typical risk mitigation and personnel retention aspects of remote operations play a smaller role in the acceptance of remote operations. The decrease in oil prices from late 2014 to 2016 renewed interest in remote operations to reduce cost. Successful remote operations in the US land market required revising the traditional remote operations model. Several factors remained similar to the established practices, such as efficient communication networks and intelligent backups of these systems, reducing on-site personnel, and establishing dedicated remote operations center (ROC) workstations. Other factors, however, have changed, including staging a single operator at the wellsite to troubleshoot and maintain interpersonal communication, and developing software solutions to enable the remote operator to operate up to four jobs simultaneously at instantaneous penetration rates of more than 1,000 ft/hr (300 m/hr). A large service company successfully performed more than 140 MWD remote-operations wells in the Midwest/Rocky Mountain area during the first year of remote operation. During implementation, it was discovered that remote operations are less a technical challenge, and more a value challenge requiring buy-in from all stakeholders. In terms of drilling efficiency, the results seen during this project were significant, with one-third fewer trips for MWD failure, as well as significant reductions in MWD downtime while drilling. This paper discusses the implementation of remote operations, resulting lessons learned, and optimization opportunities. These lessons learned and optimization opportunities include the challenges of integrating remote operations into a ROC and why personnel selection is crucial to the long-term success of remote operations. The paper also describes how the integration of specialists from several disciplines enhances both remote-operations efficiency and customer experience. Finally, it provides a long-term outlook on US land remote-operations development.

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The Status of WITSML as an Intelligent Energy Real-Time Enabler

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New Real-Time Casing Running Advisory System Reduces NPT

New Real-Time Casing Running Advisory System Reduces NPT

Optimizing Well Delivery in Real-Time from Spud to Completion through Intelligent Use of Applied Data Management and Standards

Developing Remote Operations Capabilities in the US Land Market

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