Top-drive sensors, monitors provide real-time preventive maintenance

摘要

Drilling contractors can plan routine equipment maintenance and prevent downtime, providing near-instantaneous information to monitoring personnel. Strides within the industry to keep drilling equipment fully operational often result in pushing equipment beyond its design limits and impacting the ability to ensure it is running at optimal condition. Typical maintenance programs rarely coincide with fast-paced drilling cycles and accelerated rig moves. Furthermore, with the industry use of pad drilling, few hours are left between the end of drilling one well and starting the next one, the time that traditionally allows maintenance to take place. To address the industry's concern, Tesco Corp. (TESCO) developed the Equipment Health Monitoring (EHM) system, a sophisticated system of sensors, communication infrastructure and real-time monitoring support. Using the array of features within the EHM, drilling contractors can plan routine equipment maintenance and prevent downtime. This preventive maintenance allows drilling contractors to more realistically meet scheduled operational deadlines and reduce nonproductive time (NPT), ensuring the quality of its equipment over the product's lifetime.