SPE Drilling systems automation technical section—DSATS

摘要

John de Wardt kicked off the 2013 SPE Drilling systems automation technical section meet last month in New Orleans earlier this year with a recap of its objectives. Drilling automation is seen as transformative technology, with the potential to address the issues of an aging workforce and the current 'severe attrition' of drilling personnel. One poster child for DSATS is RioTinto's mine of the future (1101). Another source of inspiration is the Federal roadmap for robotics (1102). de Wardt mentioned en passant that the SPE's connect social network has scrapped its SharePoint site and migrated to a Higher Logic-based portal (1103).