This brief update is posted to provide a new timetable for the 2022 Guidelines. The Challenge Team is meeting 30 September to finalize the new guidelines. They should be posted the next day. There should be no appreciable changes from the 2021 guidelines except to clarify some …
Guidelines
Updated FAQs 8 Feb
The FAQs for the 2021 competition was updated 8 Feb to address questions from several teams. An example of the questions include: Do we simulate a consolidated virtual rig to drill a well, or only model the 7 items mentioned in the guidelines? Do we also model drilling a well? Do …
How do you “measure” WOB?
Reading through a number of design reports, I often see the statement that one of the measurements is surface weight on bit (WOB or SWOB). I doubt it. If a team can measure surface WOB you should patent it. It is more likely that you are making an indirect measurement that leads to …
