DF-06Foundational
SCADA/Historian Connectivity & TSDB
Gets the live sensor data out of the control system safely and stores it at full resolution, which almost nothing else on this site does.
Data FoundationIoTIT
DR-01IntermediateWave 2AIDomain
Real-Time ROP Optimization
In one sentence
Rate of penetration is how fast the bit makes hole. This recommends the weight and rotation speed that make it fastest without wrecking the bit.
The problem
Driller parameters are usually set from the offset well and then left alone for the rest of the section. When the formation changes, the parameters do not, and the rig spends hours drilling at a fraction of what the bit could deliver.
On a typical land well, three hours of avoidable slow drilling per section is normal. Across a twenty-well campaign that is a rig-month.
How it works
Mechanical Specific Energy is computed from surface WOB, torque, RPM and ROP at 1 Hz and tracked against a rolling formation-specific floor. A gradient-boosted model trained on the operator’s own offset wells proposes a WOB/RPM pair; a physics guard rejects any proposal that pushes the string past its torque-and-drag envelope.
Recommendations are advisory by default and appear on the driller’s screen with the expected ROP gain and the reason. Closed-loop control is available only where the rig control system supports a supervised setpoint channel.
Data required
- WITSML 1.4/2.0 real-time channels: hookload, surface torque, RPM, standpipe pressure, block position, bit depth, hole depth
- Mud logging: ROP, gas readings, lithology picks
- Bit record and IADC dull grading from the current and offset wells
- Directional survey and the planned trajectory
- At least six offset wells in the same field with usable time-based data
What you get
- Live WOB and RPM recommendation on the driller and company-man displays, refreshed every 10 seconds
- MSE track added to the real-time log viewer, with founder-point and bit-balling flags
- Per-section ROP-gain report appended to the daily drilling report
What it cannot do
Gains come almost entirely from the rotating interval. In slide-drilling with a mud motor the model has little useful authority, and on wells where the section is dominated by sliding the measured benefit falls close to zero. It also needs six or more usable offset wells; in a frontier area it should not be sold.
Every capability page states a real limitation. If a vendor cannot tell you where their product stops, you are not being told the truth about where it starts.
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