In a recent article in SPE’s Journal of Petroleum Technology Molly Giltner, senior drilling engineer at Occidental Petroleum, is quoted while discussing the value of large scale, high speed data analysis, “If you do not translate that knowledge to the person on the joystick, he doesn’t do anything different, so what have you accomplished?” Take a few minutes to read this article with respect to data analytics, modeling and automated drilling. Think about the importance of creating systems that use human-in-the-loop processes. It applies to Drillbotics and so much more.
You may also find some interesting articles and discussion at SPE’s Human Factors Technical Section.
