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PG8503

Automated Drilling

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Credits 7.5
Level Doctoral degree level
Course start Autumn 2024
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Report with presentation

About

About the course

Course content

In this course, the main goal is digitalizing the drilling operation with the purpose of remote drilling and fully automated operation (the end goal is reducing the CO2 footprint). This can be done by focusing on the new innovation and technology (wired pipe system and its accessories) and using it for transferring a high amount of information from the downhole to the surface in real-time. Sending and receiving information via Wired Pipe will help to detect faults and symptoms downhole and mitigate issues in real-time.

Wired drill pipe will also help all the drilling services perform more accurate and remote operation while drilling.

In this course different drilling services (like managed pressure drilling, control mud level system, directional drilling etc.) and the connection to wired pipe will be discussed.

The plan in this course is to use programming any kind like Matlab, Python etc. for the topics and exercise that is going to be given.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

At the end of semester students will have deep understanding of data transfer from surface to downhole and vice versa, and also the tools and equipment to use for this process. Students will have the ability to use the wired pipe system to plan for automated operation for different drilling services.

Learning methods and activities

The course is given as self-study, with colloquia, discussions and small projects.

Further on evaluation

The course requires that a report (small project) need to be submitted based on the defined topics in the course. The student have to give a presentation based on the report. There will be one joint grade for both the report and presentation. To pass the course, a score of at least 70 percent is required.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Engineering (PHIV)

Required previous knowledge

Requires admission to the PhD programme Engineering.

Course materials

Books, compendium and selected articles.

Digitalization: Python Application for Drilling & Geoscience Engineer, Behzad Elahifar, Erfan Hosseini, ISBN-13: 9786206184225

Subject areas

  • Petroleum Engineering - Production Engineering
  • Petroleum Engineering - Drilling Engineering
  • Petroleum Engineering

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Geoscience