Real-time models for drilling process automation: Equations and applications

SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1218-1233

  Florence, Fred ^a   Iversen, Fionn ^b  

^a NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO   (United States)

^b Drilltronics Rig Systems

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; INFILL DRILLING;

CALCULATION SPEED; DRILLING AUTOMATION; DRILLING OPERATION; DRILLING PROCESS; ENHANCED SURFACE; EXTRACT INFORMATIONS; REAL TIME MODELING; REAL-TIME MODELS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 77954191452     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/128958-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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