March 25 (offshore-energy.biz) As the industry’s shift from automation-assisted drilling to repeatable, scalable well construction automation continues, the U.S.-headquartered oilfield services player Halliburton has tucked a new milestone under its belt by pooling resources with ExxonMobil, Sekal, Noble, and the Wells Alliance Guyana team to advance digital well construction off the coast of Guyana.
The companies have delivered what Halliburton describes as “a groundbreaking step forward” in digital well construction to achieve “the industry’s first fully automated geological well placement with complete rig automation” offshore Guyana.
The U.S. player explains that this project combined rig automation, automated subsurface interpretation and well placement, and real-time hydraulics to establish a new benchmark for well construction performance, reservoir contact, and execution efficiency.
The achievement is perceived to advance the FutureWell initiative in the Wells Alliance Guyana’s effort by unifying subsurface insight, automation, and rig systems to improve execution.
Halliburton claims to have used LOGIX orchestration and automated geosteering with the EarthStar ultra-deep resistivity service and Sekal’s DrillTronics to create an integrated closed-loop system, steering the well within reservoir boundaries and autonomously optimize drilling and tripping operations.
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