Remote Operations and Digital Transformation: A Solution for Business Continuity During Covid-19 Pandemic

Tossapol Tongkum, Khamawat Siritheerasas, Feras Abu Jafar, Chulakorn Yosakrai, A. Abbasgholipour
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Mubadala Petroleum conducts a fast-paced drilling program in the Gulf of Thailand, where rapid response resolutions are often required. This paper demonstrates the Remote Operation (RO) approach, which is an integrated approach comprised of people, software, network, and technology to transform operations, and moves analytical activities to safer office-based environments (Figure 1). The approach provides a high level of performance, leveraging global domain expertise, real-time collaboration, data visualization techniques, and intelligent planning within the restrictive context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Figure 1 Remote Operation relevant function RO is the ability to operate a system at a distance. This is an adopted innovation and technology in the oil and gas industry, which is a completely new way of working. The principal concept for introducing the RO approach was to reduce the Personnel on Board (POB) and the HSE exposure, which was particularly relevant during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The approach relied on leading-edge digital technology, as the RO was required to handle real-time directional drilling (DD), measurements, and logging while drilling (MLWD). During the implementation, the crew was trained in multi-skilling related to the DD/MLWD function, while working with the necessity of digital technology. Digital transformation is emerging as a driver of sweeping change in the world around us. Today, the Oil and Gas industry has redefined its boundaries through automation and digitalization. The potential benefits of going digital are clear, including increased productivity, safer operations, and significant cost savings. This exercise, it allowed us to reduce the POB on-site by 40% while maintaining both drilling efficiency and service quality. The drilling data can be monitored in real-time. The Remote Operation Center (ROC) has the capacity to execution and montor directional drilling, formation evaluation, programming, and dumping data from various tools. An experienced crew were assigned to the RO team ensuring competencies and familiarity with drilling operation in specific field characterization. This transformation supported our business continuity objectives by reducing the number of people traveling offshore during the COVID-19 pandemic while allowing us to achieve all our drilling performance objectives. In this new environment, following the turmoil of pandemics, this exercise indicates an opportunity to make fundamental improvements to the way business is conducted using the Remote Operations approach. RO takes a significant step towards the future for highly traditional industry. Preparing the industry toward the future may prove to be the most important outcome of the application of RO during the COVID-19 pandemic. The application of RO during the COVID pandemic has confirmed the possibility of more permanent improvements and increased resilience against future pandemics and other challenging events, as well as a new and more effective way of working during normal times.
远程操作和数字化转型:Covid-19大流行期间业务连续性的解决方案
Mubadala石油公司在泰国湾进行了一个快节奏的钻井项目,在那里经常需要快速的响应决议。本文展示了远程操作(RO)方法,该方法是一种由人员、软件、网络和技术组成的集成方法,用于转变运营,并将分析活动转移到更安全的基于办公室的环境中(图1)。该方法提供了高水平的性能,利用全球领域专业知识、实时协作、数据可视化技术以及在COVID-19大流行的限制性背景下的智能规划。图1远程操作相关功能RO是指远程操作系统的能力。这是油气行业采用的一项创新技术,是一种全新的工作方式。引入RO方法的主要概念是减少船上人员(POB)和HSE风险,这在COVID-19大流行爆发期间尤为重要。该方法依赖于先进的数字技术,因为RO需要处理实时定向钻井(DD)、测量和随钻测井(MLWD)。在实施过程中,工作人员接受了与DD/MLWD功能相关的多技能培训,同时需要使用数字技术。数字化转型正在成为我们周围世界彻底变革的驱动力。如今,油气行业通过自动化和数字化重新定义了自己的界限。数字化的潜在好处是显而易见的,包括提高生产率、更安全的操作和显著的成本节约。通过这项作业,我们在保持钻井效率和服务质量的同时,将现场POB降低了40%。可以实时监测钻井数据。远程操作中心(ROC)具有执行和监控定向钻井、地层评估、规划和从各种工具转储数据的能力。一个经验丰富的工作人员被分配到RO团队,以确保在特定领域的钻井作业能力和熟悉度。这一转变通过减少COVID-19大流行期间的海上人员数量来支持我们的业务连续性目标,同时使我们能够实现所有钻井性能目标。在这种新环境中,在大流行病动荡之后,这项工作表明有机会从根本上改进利用远程操作方法开展业务的方式。RO为高度传统的行业的未来迈出了重要的一步。为行业的未来做好准备可能是在COVID-19大流行期间应用RO的最重要成果。在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间,RO的应用证实了更持久的改善和增强抵御未来大流行和其他具有挑战性事件的能力的可能性,以及在正常时期更有效的新工作方式。
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