Machine learning for drilling applications: A review

R Zhong, C Salehi, R Johnson Jr - Journal of Natural Gas Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the past several decades, machine learning has gained increasing interest in the oil and
gas industry. This paper presents a comprehensive review of machine learning studies for …

Digital transformation: a review on artificial intelligence techniques in drilling and production applications

AL D'Almeida, NCR Bergiante… - … International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The use of digital and artificial intelligence technologies has expanded and influenced
business models and the opening of opportunities for the generation of value in several …

A review of technological advances and open challenges for oil and gas drilling systems engineering

EI Epelle, DI Gerogiorgis - AIChE Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The ever‐increasing quest to identify, secure, access, and operate oil and gas fields is
continuously expanding to the far corners of the planet, facing extreme conditions toward …

Constructing deep closed-loop geothermal wells for globally scalable energy production by leveraging oil and gas ERD and HPHT well construction expertise

E van Oort, D Chen, P Ashok, A Fallah - SPE/IADC Drilling Conference …, 2021 - onepetro.org
Deep closed-loop geothermal systems (DCLGS) are introduced as an alternative to
traditional enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) for green energy production that is globally …

Downhole quantitative evaluation of gas kick during deepwater drilling with deep learning using pilot-scale rig data

Q Yin, J Yang, M Tyagi, X Zhou, N Wang, G Tong… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gas kick occurs frequently during deep-water drilling operations caused by the lack of safe
margin between pore pressure and leakage pressure. The existing research is limited to gas …

Time series data analysis for automatic flow influx detection during drilling

H Tang, S Zhang, F Zhang, S Venugopal - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Automatic and early detection of flow influx during drilling is important for improving well-
control safety. In this paper, a new method that can automatically analyze real-time drilling …

[HTML][HTML] Early gas kick detection in vertical wells via transient multiphase flow modelling: A review

AK Sleiti, G Takalkar, MH El-Naas, AR Hasan… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2020 - Elsevier
Gas influx from reservoir into the wellbore during drilling, tripping, or other operations, is a
hazard. In the early stages, the influx may be nearly undetectable, but the kick can rapidly …

A new methodology for kick detection during petroleum drilling using long short-term memory recurrent neural network

A Osarogiagbon, S Muojeke, R Venkatesan… - Process Safety and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Kick is a downhole phenomenon which can lead to blowout, and so early detection is
important. In addition to early detection, the need to prevent false alarm is also useful in …

Fault diagnosis based on feature clustering of time series data for loss and kick of drilling process

Z Zhang, X Lai, M Wu, L Chen, C Lu, S Du - Journal of Process Control, 2021 - Elsevier
With the increase of drilling depth, complicated geological environments lead to a high risk
of loss and kick. Fault diagnosis plays an essential role in minimizing the financial and …

Digital twins for real-time scenario analysis during well construction operations

GS Saini, AH Fallah, P Ashok, E van Oort - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Well construction is a complex multi-step process that requires decision-making at every
step. These decisions, currently made by humans, are inadvertently influenced by past …