In pursuit of increased quality and profitability, many in the manufacturing industry have found success in automating processes. The oil and gas industry is looking for ways to replicate this strategy for drilling. Drilling automation may hold the key to efficiently performing intricate and high-speed tasks and thus make complex wells technically and economically feasible. When a drilling project involves large numbers of wells drilled through well-documented lithologies and pressure regimes, operators can capitalize on the repetitive nature of automated drilling to eliminate costs associated with the performance variability typically exhibited from one well to the next within a drilling program.
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