Rakesh Rai Weatherford

1. AUTONOMOUS OIL FIELD
Rakesh Rai
August 24-25, 2022
DIGITAL OILFIELDS USA 2022
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THE CHALLENGE
Enhance
Production
Maximize
Uptime
Improve
Efficiency
Carbon
Neutrality

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DRIVING INDUSTRY 4.0 CONCEPTS TO PRODUCTION
I o T
C L O U D
A N A L Y T I C S
PRODUCTION 4.0

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EVOLUTION IS ESSENTIAL
I M P R O V E E F F I C I E N C Y
M A X I M I Z E U P T I M E
E N H A N C E P R O D U C T I O N
P L A T F O R M
I o T P L A T F O R M

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Autonomous Control
Models on the Edge
Optimization
Communication
Control
IoT based instant Notifications
Data High-Frequency Data & Storage
Edge Automation
IoT based Optimization and Control

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ENHANCE CONTROL WITH FLEXIBLE DEPLOYMENT
OR AS AN
ADDITION TO
YOUR EXISTING
EQUIPMENT
INSTALLS
AS A
STANDALONE
DEVICE

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FORESITE EDGE DEPLOYMENT

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INTEGRATED ASSET MANAGEMENT
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Surveillance &
Alarms Management
Production
Overview
Inflow Performance/
Well-test
Well Analysis
Well Allowable
Network
Management
Forecasting &
Optimization
Operations
Management
Surveillance Evaluate
Plan
Execute
Measure/
Control

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FAILURE MODEL: MINIMIZE PRODUCTION DEFERMENT
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Failure Date
Deferment
Installation
One Workover Cycle
Job Scheduling Installation
Diagnosis
Potential Gains
Deferment
New Well Commissioning
ESP Well Life
Rig Availability / Mobilization
Job Scheduling
Failure confirmed
Early Failure Prediction
Rig Availability / Mobilization
Conventional Decision Making
Analytics based Decision Making
Production
Production
Failure Date New Well Commissioning
ESP Well Life
Deferment
Installation
One Workover Cycle
Rig Availability / Mobilization
Job Scheduling
Failure Confirmation
▪ ESP Failure: Loss of a High Production Artificial Lift System
▪ Capital Intensive Installation
▪ Daily Challenge: Reactive only on lagging failure indicators

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BUSINESS IMPACT – FAILURE MITIGATION STRATEGY
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Pump Optimization by Exception
• Irreversible in nature
TUBING LEAKS
• Imminent cases of failure
MOTOR FAILURES
• Highly abrupt in nature
CABLE FAILURES
• Best candidates for improving well operation.
• Precise scope for extending run life of the well
PUMP FAILURES

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MODEL VALIDATION: SCORING METHODOLOGY
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Machine
Learning
Analytics
Prediction
Routine
Check
Failure threshold
Common Monitoring
Parameters
Complete
Parameters
Engineered Features
Failure Probability

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ADVANCED ESP ANALYTICS
IN ACTION
98%
Predictive
Precision
28%
Reduction In
Deferred
Production
50 DAYS
More Uptime
Per Pump
SPE-197806-MS