Time, pressure and temperature dependent rheological properties of drilling fluids and their automatic measurements

E Cayeux - SPE/IADC Drilling Conference and Exhibition, 2020 - onepetro.org
The rheological properties of drilling fluids are very important for the precise estimation of
the frictional pressure losses during drilling operations. The first experiences of inline …

Drilling-systems automation: Current state, initiatives, and potential impact

JD Macpherson, JP de Wardt, F Florence… - SPE drilling & …, 2013 - onepetro.org
Drilling automation is the control of the drilling process by automatic means, ultimately
reducing human intervention to a minimum. The concept of automating the drilling process …

Continuous high-frequency measurements of the drilling process provide new insights into drilling-system response and transitions between vibration modes

A Bowler, R Harmer, L Logesparan, J Sugiura… - SPE Drilling & …, 2016 - onepetro.org
The oil-and-gas industry has become increasingly interested in drilling dynamics and
vibration as causes of drilling inefficiency and reduced drilling performance. Generally …

Toward drilling automation: On the necessity of using sensors that relate to physical models

E Cayeux, B Daireaux, EWW Dvergsnes… - SPE Drilling & …, 2014 - onepetro.org
Current topside and downhole instrumentation at the wellsite has been developed to
manually conduct drilling operations. The emergence of automatic drilling-analysis software …

Drilling modeling and simulation: Current state and future goals

J Sugiura, R Samuel, J Oppelt… - SPE/IADC Drilling …, 2015 - onepetro.org
The process of drilling a borehole is very complex, involving surface and downhole drilling
systems, which interact with the drilling fluid and the surrounding rocks. Modeling and …

Autonomous Decision-Making While Drilling

E Cayeux, B Daireaux, A Ambrus, R Mihai, L Carlsen - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The drilling process is complex because unexpected situations may occur at any time.
Furthermore, the drilling system is extremely long and slender, therefore prone to vibrations …

On the importance of boundary conditions for real-time transient drill-string mechanical estimations

E Cayeux - SPE/IADC Drilling Conference and Exhibition, 2018 - onepetro.org
The extraction of mechanical friction, during drilling operations, is an important source of
information to estimate whether the downhole conditions are sub-optimal, for instance …

Early symptom detection on the basis of real-time evaluation of downhole conditions: Principles and results from several north sea drilling operations

E Cayeux, B Daireaux, E Wolden Dvergsnes… - SPE Drilling & …, 2012 - onepetro.org
During drilling operations, downhole conditions may deteriorate and lead to unexpected
situations that can result in significant delays. In most cases, warning signs of the …

Demonstration of Autonomous Drilling on a Full-Scale Test Rig

R Mihai, E Cayeux, B Daireaux, L Carlsen… - SPE Annual Technical …, 2022 - onepetro.org
During recent years there has been an increased focus on automating drilling operations
and several solutions are in daily use. We describe here results and lessons learned from …

A technical approach to safe mode management for a smooth transition from automatic to manual drilling

E Cayeux, R Mihai, L Carlsen, M Ørevik… - SPE/IADC Drilling …, 2021 - onepetro.org
Unexpected situations and system failures during well construction operations are always
possible. In the context of drilling automation, or even autonomous drilling, proper automatic …