Institute employees show web app assisting in well construction

The development is being carried out as part the Strategic Academic Leadership Program Priority 2030.

Today, the oil and gas industry is faced with a continuous search for ways to improve efficiency and reduce costs. One of the most important aspects of this process is drilling automation. This topic became a key one at the SPE Symposium: Drilling Efficiency and Sustainability through Digital Transformation.

The event was held from December 3 to 4 in the city of Al-Khobar (Saudi Arabia). Institute employees Airat Yarullin and Sergey Usmanov presented an innovative web application that automatically generates an optimal well construction schedule.

The key goal of the developed application is to help oil and gas companies minimize the time and cost of drilling, increase the accuracy of planning and improve the coordination of all stages of construction work. The development is an important tool for improving the decision-making process and project management in conditions of uncertainty.

The application analyzes huge amounts of data, including geological characteristics of the region, access conditions and site preparation, as well as technical parameters of the equipment. Based on these parameters, an optimal well construction schedule is generated. The developers used modern optimization and modeling algorithms that automatically adapt to changing conditions and provide the user with the most advantageous planning option. Now it has become possible to not just plan, but to do it based on real data in real time, which allows to significantly increase the accuracy and flexibility in the design of large fields, especially at a late stage of development.

Many attendees noted the high efficiency of the application. The scientists also took part in discussions on the topic of future technologies of drilling.