BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct.20
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
The US-based Chevron company continues to use technology to drive increased well performance, the company told Trend.
“In 2019, the company achieved a milestone of more than four million feet drilled using remote directional drilling in the Permian. By leveraging the remote operations center’s digital infrastructure and technology, remote directional drilling brings a standardized approach to drilling execution, providing more consistent, repeatable performance and increased collaboration with co-located directional drillers and geosteerers.
“Chevron has developed and deployed a suite of digital applications supporting shale and tight development activity in the Permian Basin focused on automation and integration of cross-functional workflows. The portfolio of applications currently includes 15 tools employing a broad array of proprietary machine learning, artificial intelligence and data science solutions supporting portfolio prioritization, rig and fracturing scheduling, and benchmarking and production/ EUR forecasting. Over the past five years, the program has contributed to the Permian’s success by automating workflows, improving well performance and driving strategic insights for capital allocation, prioritization, and pursuit of superior basin performance.
“In Tengizchevroil operations, geofencing technology keeps employees away from high-risk areas through field integrated planning and Simultaneous Operations (SimOps) visualizations. The SimOps visualization and analysis automatically identifies scheduling conflicts, enabling teams to manage risk, assess timing of future activities in the field and mitigate production losses. Real-time personnel safety devices are providing the foundation for an automated and standardized process for locating and monitoring workforce safety across Chevron’s operations.
“In Chevron’s Gulf of Mexico operations, the workforce has access to low-risk digitized training environments to practice highconsequence tasks without impacting safety or production and streamlines knowledge capture and sharing at scale across the organization. Chevron’s workforce also has access to real-time support from internal and external subject matter experts, leveraging its offshore mobile networks using assistive devices such as augmented reality headsets. The company’s operational workforce can directly communicate with Chevron engineers and external vendors to receive on-demand support, diagnostics and troubleshooting, resulting in improved productivity, less production and equipment downtime, and fewer trips offshore,” the company said.
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