Today, the buzzword we hear about drilling often mentions drilling a well autonomously. This focus led SPE DSATs to establish the Drillbotics Competition three years ago. Last year, SPE DSATs gave seven tertiary institutions the opportunity to design and deploy novel ideas to test their engineering skills through the Drillbotics competition. University teams competed with a rig that must drill hands-free. The seven schools utilized their multidisciplinary teams to build a miniature automated robotic drilling rig inside a lab, and when they finished, used the rig to drill a test formation provided by DSATS. The DSATs committee evaluated the results and four schools were awarded prizes based on the scope of design, its applications and performance.
This webinar will showcase 4 out of the seven schools, their design models, how they overcame challenges, and their final presentations. See how they dealt with drilling dysfunctions and what they learned that is not in the text books.
To learn more and to register for the free webinar, please see
https://webevents.spe.org/products/drillbotics-3
The webinar this morning was very interesting and informative for the audience and for the DSATS organizing committee. Three student teams described their recent efforts and fielded questions from participants around the world. There were 150 people attending the live webinar, including some in rather large groups. One group of 28 individuals logged in from Ecuador!
If you missed the live webcast, you can still listen to the archive. Just follow the link above.