Blar i UiS Brage på forfatter "Sui, Dan"
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A temperature model for Extended Reach Drilling applications
Langåker, Vebjørn (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)Ensuring precise estimation of temperature is a critical process for well planning and real-time drilling operations, especially for Extended Reach Drilling (ERD). Therefore, a temperature model has been developed to predict ... -
Adaptive Observer Design for Linear Hyperbolic System in Managed Pressure Drilling
Kurnia, Hafiz (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06)Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) is a drilling technology that has been developed to manage and control the downhole pressure in the well in order to minimize drilling-related problems. This technology uses a pressurized ... -
An investigation into the heat transfer process in petroleum wells, and a comprehensive modeling study investigating the temperature distribution in production wells
Horpestad, Thomas (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)When producing hot fluid from a reservoir, the production well experiences changing temperatures with depth for the different tubing, casing, cement and wellbore interfaces. To what extent the temperatures change is depending ... -
APPLICATION OF REINFORCEMENT LEARNING IN MANAGED PRESSURE DRILLING
Usama, Muhammad (Master thesis, 2022)Automation in any industry has a control system as its base, and control systems are composed of a controller. In recent years an area of machine learning known as reinforcement learning (RL) has been focused on solving ... -
Automated Characterization of Non-Newtonian Fluids Using Laboratory Setup
Sui, Dan; Vidaur, Juan Carlos Martinez (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07)The automation towards drilling fluid properties’ measurement has been pursued in the recent years in order to increase drilling efficiency with less human intervention. Adequately monitoring and adjusting density and ... -
Automated Drill Plan Using Reinforcement Machine Learning
Ofosu-Budu, Gideon (Master thesis, 2023) -
Automated MPD level in the oil and gas industry and development possibility
Majeed, Qassim Hameed (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06)Automation is introduced to the industrial field long time ago, but still in its first steps in the oil and gas industry. There are many reasons led to this slow of automation in this industry. These reasons related to the ... -
Autonomous Trajectory Design Considering the Limitation of Torque and Drag Forces
Suleman, Muhammad (Master thesis, 2023)In the oil and gas industry, designing well trajectories is an important part of drilling operations that affect well construction, completion, and production. But the current trajectory planning process works in isolation ... -
Controller design for back pressure Managed Pressure Drilling when using oil based mud in long wells.
Nepal, Sima Alise (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-14)In all drilling operations, downhole pressure requires to be closely monitored and measured at all times. Mainly, drilling fluid is used to balance the formation pressure downhole, a pressure that is created so that formation ... -
Data and control tuning of a laboratory-scale autonomous drilling rig
Klæhaug, Ken Andre (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IDE/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)The main focus of this thesis is to tune a lab scale autonomous drilling rig. The rig requires a robust control architecture that can manage unforeseen risks and problems, and at the same time optimize the systems performance ... -
DATA DRIVEN BHP PREDICTION DURING NORMAL DRILLING AND KICK
Kjølle, Herman Hanzal (Bachelor thesis, 2023)Accurate bottom hole pressure (BHP) prediction during drilling with and without kick play crucial roles in maintaining the safety and efficiency of drilling operations in the oil and gas industry. Traditional methods for ... -
Data Driven ROP Modeling - Analysis and Feasibility Study
Encinas Quisbert, Mauro Andres (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-07-15)Increasing the drilling speed in wells while maintaining the operational safety standards is a challenge that many Petroleum Engineers have undertaken. In recent years, high complexity wells (Horizontal, Extended Reach, ... -
Data-driven Approach for Kick Detection and Trend Analysis in Drilling Operations
Jørgensen, Axel (Bachelor thesis, 2023)In the rapidly evolving landscape of the oil and gas industry, maintaining operational safety and optimizing drilling efficiency in complex wells, such as horizontal, extended reach, and HPHT wells, have emerged as paramount ... -
Data-Driven Approaches Tests on A Laboratory Drilling System
Løken, Erik Andreas; Løkkevik, Jens; Sui, Dan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In recent years, considerable resources have been invested to exploit vast amounts of data that get collected during exploration, drilling and production of oil and gas. Data-related digital technologies potentially become ... -
Data-driven sensitivity analysis of complex machine learning models: A case study of directional drilling
Tunkiel, Andrzej Tadeusz; Sui, Dan; Wiktorski, Tomasz (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12)Classical sensitivity analysis of machine learning regression models is a topic sparse in literature. Most of data-driven models are complex black boxes with limited potential of extracting mathematical understanding of ... -
Design and Optimization of an Autonomous Laboratory-Scale Drilling Rig and Bit Design for Directional Drilling
Hagen, Håkon; Sandvik Jakobsen, Andreas (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-07-15)This report documents the work that has gone into the design and optimization of a laboratory-scale drilling rig and bit design for the purpose of directional drilling and to participate in the Drillbotics competition. ... -
Digital Twin Development for an In-House Drilling Simulator
Magalhães, Melissa Rezende (Master thesis, 2021)Digitalization is a process that has become inevitable due to the broad economic benefits brought to its assets. The automation and digitalization of the drilling process have advanced greatly throughout the years. The ... -
Directional Drilling: Trajectory Design and Position Uncertainty Study for a Laboratory Drilling Rig.
Khadisov, Magomed (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06-19)This thesis investigates how trajectory optimisation and position uncertainty calcu- lations can be performed on a laboratory drilling rig. The improvements made are to be used on the drilling rig designed and ... -
Downhole Temperature Modeling for Non-Newtonian Fluids in ERD Wells
Sui, Dan; Langåker, Vebjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Having precise information of fluids' temperatures is a critical process during planning of drilling operations, especially for extended reach drilling (ERD). The objective of this paper is to develop an accurate temperature ... -
Drillbotics 2016: Management of drilling incidents while drilling heterogeneous formation rocks.
Alani, Omar (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-29)The purpose of the thesis is to analyse the abnormal incidents on the drill pipe. The reason for this research is to apply the learned theories into the reality by building an automated rig and detect the problems. Also, ...