The registration is now open for the 2022-2023 competition of Drillbotics®. Again, this year, there are two categories: Group A will not require any rig construction; it requires a model of a full scale rig, the well, and a directional drilling technique. Group B will build and operate a physical rig. You may download the new Guidelines and access the team registrations forms from the Guidelines page.
For Group A, teams have two options: they may continue to model the rig and the directional drilling process to virtually drill a 3D directional well similar to last year’s contest. They also have an option to use their rig model to interface with a well control simulation provided by Norce using the OpenLab app and following the D-WIS interface methodology. Group B will use their physical rig to drill a 2D directional well.
The prize is a travel grant to attend the SPE/IADC Drilling Conference to present a paper. This year, the committee will submit an abstract for both Group A and Group B, and the Conference program committee will select which paper best fits into their technical program. The Drillbotics committee will continue to support publication of the second winning team to have their paper published, too.
The Drillbotics committee will organize webinars to help teams understand the 2023 challenge, access resources, and learn about the Norce and D-WIS interfaces. These webinars will be scheduled starting in October. Meanwhile, if teams have any questions, please contact the committee via Competition@Drillbotics.com.
