45 Drilling Optimization

Wednesday, 5 October

0830 - 1155

362 A-C

Technical Session

Optimizing well placement and drilling efficiency while minimizing bit/equipment damages and avoiding drilling hazards is of utmost importance. This session showcases the advancements in downhole/surface technologies and techniques for efficient drilling, improved wellbore placement and automated post-run bit-condition evaluation.

Session Chairperson(s)

Nicholas Lyons - Baker Hughes

Okurerie Ogedegbe - Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria (SPDC)

Sarah Kern - Helmerich & Payne Inc.

0830-0855 210312
Auto Driller Improvements And Open Source Modeling Reduce Drilling Time And Trips

P.E. Pastusek, ExxonMobil Upstream Integrated Solutions Co; P. Barajas, ExxonMobil UIS; A. Hinojosa, ExxonMobil; P. Clayton, ExxonMobil UIS; M.F. Whatley, Nabors Drilling USA; S. Soni, Nabors Drilling Solutions; M.R. Manocha, Nabors Corporate Services; S. Saxena, Nabors Industries; R. Dixit, ExxonMobil Services & Technology Pvt Ltd; G.S. Payette, Exxon Mobil Corporation
0855-0920 210249
Drilling Limiters, Drilling Process Automation, And Drilling Data - Relating Downhole Measurements To Surface Process Automation

M.R. Isbell, Hess Corp.; I.S. Fonseca, S.G. Boone, Nabors Drilling USA; D. Avdeev, Nabors Drilling Solutions; J. Neal, Hess Corp.; B. Farrow, Nabors Corporate Services
0920-0945 210369
Using AI Cuttings Load Classification To Assess Hole Cleaning And Wellbore Stability

C. Holt, DrillDocs Company; F. Ruel, DrillDocs
0945-1010 210195
Finally, A Low Cost And Autonomous Method Of Generating Corrected Mechanical Specific Energy For Improved Decision Making, Drilling Performance, And Rock Property Characterization

J. Kilb, B.C. Brame, K. Anderson, Ovintiv (formerly Encana)
1040-1105 210105
Real-time Mud Motor Stall Detection Using Downhole And Surface Data For Improved Performance Management And Failure Mitigation

M.H. Alameer, A. Patni, A.d. Germain, N. Wang, P. Ashok, E. van Oort, The University of Texas At Austin; S. Abe, R. Sato, JOGMEC
1105-1130 210361
Automating Log Interpretation For Optimal Well Placement And Increased Drilling Efficiency

F. Jonsbraaten, Baker Hughes Norway; M. Iversen, K. Røsvik Jensen, M.V. Constable, H. Haktorson, Equinor; D. Holbrough, S. Wessling, Baker Hughes
1130-1155 210340
Challenging Standard Practices: How A Review Of Standard Practices Resulted In An Improvement In BHA Reliability

C.N. Marland, Chevron Corporation; D.A. Gonzalez, Chevron; J.W. Koy, Chevron North America E&P
Alternate 210135
Design Mud Weight And Control Breakout Width Based On Angle Of Intersection Analysis

J. Zhang, BP America Inc; S. Edwards, BP America
Alternate 210084
Novel Multi-Station MWD Survey Correction

K. Bulychenkov, MWD STD Inc

2022 Technical Program

45 Drilling Optimization