Efficient & consistent process execution
- A fully integrated reflexive drilling system
- Automating repetitive drilling activities
- Optimized, repeatable, consistent performance on every well
Precision Drilling has the largest install base of process automation control systems and has drilled more than 1,000 customer wells utilizing our AlphaAutomation™ platform. Our highly-trained rig crews complete an intense training program on our Alpha-enabled training rigs and are supported around the clock by our Alpha Remote Optimization Center.
AlphaAutomation leverages the industry leading NOVOS platform which combines the best safety and drilling practices for both onshore and offshore drilling rigs. The level of control the system offers is unparalleled in the industry as all rig equipment, machine control systems and automation platforms are seamlessly integrated. It also features a reflexive drilling system designed to perform a predetermined series of actions when prompted, just as human reflex responds to a specific stimulus.
AlphaAutomation helps bridge the gap between drilling engineer’s well plan and execution by ensuring compliance to the drilling envelope. During execution 14 different built-in Core Apps enable Precision to automate all of the major drilling activities. In addition, the system offers the ability to set 122 different configuration points for every action, this way every activity can be finetuned and then repeated in precisely the same manner every time. The drilling optimization process is simplified by system’s ability to learn from the most optimized sequences as performed by the driller, in the exact details with the right situational awareness, once learned, AlphaAutomation performs them over and over again with impeccable consistency.
The same optimized sequences are portable to other rigs with AlphaAutomation, enabling a broader learning network of rigs - thus resulting in significantly reducing learning curves and improved drilling efficiencies across our fleet of rigs servicing the same customer. This results in an efficient and consistent process execution every time, across different drillers on the same rig and across the fleet of rigs working in the same area for the same customer.