As part of our traditional English Speaking Club, members of our chapter took part in the SPE webinar Automated Trajectory Drilling for Rotary Steerable Systems. Directional drilling today is still a manual process characterized by monitoring drilling parameters and trends, predicting the future wellbore trajectory and adjusting steering parameters as required. When drilling with a rotary steerable system (RSS) in the bottom-hole assembly (BHA), the trajectory control system is distributed between surface and downhole. The surface control makes use of downhole measurements and capabilities of the rotary steerable BHA, and in turn is used to control the downhole components, forming a ‘directional drilling control loop’ and allowing the efficient drilling of a quality wellbore. Traditionally, the directional driller assumes the surface control, whereas downhole control is performed by the RSS-BHA allowing drilling certain parts of a section automatically.

We learned a lot of new and interesting information and received certificates.

We combine formal and informal education!

Thank you Society of Petroleum Engineers for such a wonderful webinar.