Bit Guidance System™ Technology
Optimize directional drilling decisions and wellbore placement to maximize directional drilling efficiency
Outcomes
Compatibility
Drilling horizontal wells is key to unlocking unconventional oil and gas resources, but it’s a complex and costly process – often up to ten times more expensive than drilling vertical wells. One major challenge is the difficulty directional drillers face in staying on the precise well path designed by geologists and engineers. Constant downhole changes require frequent manual corrections, which can lead to missed targets, inefficiencies and unnecessary costs.
H&P’s Bit Guidance System™ software (BGS) is an advanced directional drilling advising system built to drive smarter decisions based on economics. By reducing human variability in the decision-making process, BGS helps lower drilling costs and increase production.
It tackles directional drilling challenges by automating and enhancing steering decisions. The system delivers real-time, turn-by-turn guidance to the driller and provides continuous performance feedback—improving accuracy, reducing costs and increasing overall drilling efficiency.
Features & Benefits
Directional drilling decision making
Benefit
Customer-defined constraints and real-time data enable BGS to guide optimal directional drilling decisions.
Provides monitoring both onsite as well as from remote operating centers
Benefit
Communicates in real time automated course corrections, reducing variability in directional performance
Analytics and visual aids on the BGS MotiView® software dashboard
Benefit
Improve execution of slide drilling & make adjustments in real-time.
How it Works
Using advanced processors and self-learning algorithms, H&P's Bit Guidance System software evaluates millions of possible steering adjustments in real-time and selects the most cost-effective, optimized path, helping lower drilling costs while increasing production. It delivers clear, turn-by-turn guidance directly to the driller and continuously provides performance feedback, helping reduce costs, improve accuracy and boost overall drilling efficiency.
Next-Level Directional
Drilling Performance
The H&P Bit Guidance System, when combined with AutoSlide® technology, helps reduce the number of personnel required to drill a well by automating key tasks in the directional drilling process.
The Bit Guidance System uses forward modeling, task automation and real-time decision-making to guide the driller in accurately positioning the bit in horizontal wells. The AutoSlide™ control system receives these sliding instructions and automatically controls rig equipment to orient and maintain toolface - executing the slide with a true single-button operation.
This combined technology reduces directional drilling costs in two main ways: by cutting overall drilling time and lowering the risk associated with complex boreholes. It also delivers boreholes with twice the accuracy, enhancing the well’s potential for hydrocarbon production.
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