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Numerical simulations as well as laboratory tests have been carried out in order to better understand the mechanisms of PDC bits deviation and to evaluate the most impor...

64% reduction in the average torque standard deviation, indicating a smaller severity of torque swings Intermediate Section BHA Count 66% reduction in total intermediate...

ADIPEC is one of the largest and most prestigious events in the oil and gas industry and is a great opportunity to connect with a vast number of our customers and peers...

Our Automation Sequencer systematically shifts between each of the functions of drilling a stand-minimizing the human inefficiencies. Moreover, it reduces flat times bet...

PROACTIVE STICK SLIP MITIGATION Fluctuations in rotary speed and damaging lateral vibrations can result in stick slip, whirl, and overall downhole tool failure. H&P's Fl...

AUTOMATICALLY UPLOAD AND EXECUTE ON THE DRILLING ROADMAP The workflow around drilling roadmaps that exists today is a manual process that lacks real-time communication a...

The condensed box-on-box substructure of the Flex3 reduces the number of rig move loads, allowing for an efficient rig down and rig up. No cranes are needed to move the...

One of the largest and longest operating onshore drilling and technology companies in the world, known for our signature. FlexRig® fleet, unmatched efficiency gains, and...

The fast computation of the frequency analysis can provide efficient and accurate predictions and, therefore, could be employed to optimize the BHA design and drilling p...

As our industry continues to innovate and automate, eliminating once manual tasks, there will also be a reduction in inconsistencies due to human variability. Reliable i...

The automated interpretations showed nearly 100% agreement with human geosteerers in terms of estimated formation strata drilled through. There were a small number of se...

Advanced modeling and simulations optimize drilling operations and increase well integrity by providing in-depth analysis for well planning, well integrity, BHA and bit...

BY AUTOMATING SPEED, QUALITY, AND SAFETY H&P HELPS REDUCE TIME TO TARGET AND HUMAN VARIABILITY You plan your well to be safe, but when deviations from plan inevitably oc...

AutoSlide technology was used for 88.5% of the lateral section. Significant increases were seen in both lateral onbottom rotating rate of penetration (ROP) and lateral s...

The configurable and consistent bit engagement enabled through H&P's FlexDrill software helped ensure optimal contact with the formation, resulting in a 61% average rate...

As the intermediate section was being drilled, the key formation tops were detected as coming in much shallower than the geological prognosis had predicted. As a result...

This survey has been conducted annually since 2007 and reflects feedback from more than 4,000 respondents that use products and services of global oilfield suppliers. Th...

The drilling industry faces challenges when it comes to implementing physics-based decisions in real-time, resulting in missed opportunities to improve drilling performa...

H&P's FlexDrill is a technology-based tool that automates the detection of and response to a host of downhole conditions. With FlexDrill technology, wells are able to ma...

This paper will show the benefits of using a stiff string model, taking into account a 3D oriented casing contact, while performing casing wear calculations and which co...