Systems Architecture
Drilling Machines and Equipment
Robin Macmillan National Oilwell Varco
Challenge Team Members • • • • •
Clay Flannigan, South West Research Institute Randy Mutch, Ensign Energy Services Kenneth Mikalsen, Robotic Drilling Systems Tony Beebe, Consultant Robin Macmillan, National Oilwell Varco
IADC ART Workshop Vienna June 2014 Systems Architecture Presenter: John de Wardt
The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency. Bill Gates IADC ART Workshop Vienna June 2014 Systems Architecture Presenter: John de Wardt
Which one can be automated
IADC ART Workshop Vienna June 2014 Systems Architecture Presenter: John de Wardt
Design for Automation? Robot vs. dishwashing machine
“It’s a Map”
IADC ART Workshop Vienna June 2014 Systems Architecture Presenter: John de Wardt
Hardware To be developed, improved or applied; • Sensor-friendly elevators and finger boards • Precise stabbing/doping machine • Rack and pinion, permanent magnet hoisting? • RFID drill-string management • Fluid cleaning – super-centrifuges? • Cuttings-volume trend monitor • Sack-handling robots • New human-machine interfaces • More remote monitoring IADC ART Workshop Vienna June 2014 Systems Architecture Presenter: John de Wardt
Way Ahead • Which machines / equipment can currently be automated? • Which machines / equipment requires to be re-designed for automation?
IADC ART Workshop Vienna June 2014 Systems Architecture Presenter: John de Wardt
Robin Macmillan National Oilwell Varco
Challenge Team Members • • • • •
Clay Flannigan, South West Research Institute Randy Mutch, Ensign Energy Services Kenneth Mikalsen, Robotic Drilling Systems Tony Beebe, Consultant Robin Macmillan, National Oilwell Varco
IADC ART Workshop Vienna June 2014 Systems Architecture Presenter: John de Wardt
The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency. Bill Gates IADC ART Workshop Vienna June 2014 Systems Architecture Presenter: John de Wardt
Which one can be automated
IADC ART Workshop Vienna June 2014 Systems Architecture Presenter: John de Wardt
Design for Automation? Robot vs. dishwashing machine
“It’s a Map”
IADC ART Workshop Vienna June 2014 Systems Architecture Presenter: John de Wardt
Hardware To be developed, improved or applied; • Sensor-friendly elevators and finger boards • Precise stabbing/doping machine • Rack and pinion, permanent magnet hoisting? • RFID drill-string management • Fluid cleaning – super-centrifuges? • Cuttings-volume trend monitor • Sack-handling robots • New human-machine interfaces • More remote monitoring IADC ART Workshop Vienna June 2014 Systems Architecture Presenter: John de Wardt
Way Ahead • Which machines / equipment can currently be automated? • Which machines / equipment requires to be re-designed for automation?
IADC ART Workshop Vienna June 2014 Systems Architecture Presenter: John de Wardt
