Real-time fault and symptoms detection in drilling operations with wired pipe

PhD Candidate Mostafa Gomar

Main Supervisor Behzad Elahifar

Sponsor: NTNU

The objective of this PhD project is to develop systems and methods to reduce drilling and well construction time. This includes improvements in safety. The focus is on the utilization of wired drill pipe, which provide means for high-speed communication of real-time downhole measurements. These measurements provide the basis for (big) data analytics tools for real time decision support. The solution to deal with big data during drilling includes both data science techniques and physics-based models for the prominent non-productive activities during drilling.