Advancing Drilling Safety and Environmental Stewardship Through Real-Time Fluid Monitoring and Predictive Analytics

• Author(s): Kenneth Effam
• Paper ID: 1700226
• Page: 396-409
• Published Date: 29-04-2018
• Published In: Iconic Research And Engineering Journals
• Publisher: IRE Journals
• e-ISSN: 2456-8880
• Volume/Issue: Volume 1 Issue 9 March-2018

Abstract

In drilling operation, instabilities of the fluid, torque increase, and circulation loss pose a major threat in terms of safety of life, time consumption in drilling, and potential environmental impact. In order to solve these crucial problems, this work focuses on the integration of real time monitoring systems and predictive technologies in the optimization of the fluid handling in drilling operations. The core of this innovation lies in an intelligent monitoring system capable of constantly measuring a group of crucial parameters of the drilling fluid including viscosity and pressure as well as flow rates and capability of detecting or even predicting the occurrence of various failures. With machine learning and IoT incorporated into the platform, the system monitors and analyses huge data flow in real time, thus providing operators with relevant information to eliminate risks and improve choice-making. In order to assess the system, the research uses a number of simulating and case study approaches, which prove that the system increases safety standards, decrease non-productive time and compliance of extreme embodied environmental standards. Promising results show high accuracy in assessing situations with wellbore instability and circulation losses and decision-making time, minimizing the effects of possible stopping events on operations. It provides a great reference point for the growth of future breakthroughs in the oil and gas industry particularly in facing challenges and risks associated with high risk environment for drilling while at the same time spurring innovations towards a more sustainable form of operation.

Citations

IRE Journals:
Kenneth Effam "Advancing Drilling Safety and Environmental Stewardship Through Real-Time Fluid Monitoring and Predictive Analytics" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals Volume 1 Issue 9 2018 Page 396-409

IEEE:
Kenneth Effam "Advancing Drilling Safety and Environmental Stewardship Through Real-Time Fluid Monitoring and Predictive Analytics" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, 1(9)