AutoSlide® Technology
Simultaneous, Accurate Execution
Outcomes
- Directional Drilling Automation
Compatibility
- FlexRig® Fleet
Optimize Sliding in Deviated & Horizontal Drilling
Today’s oil and gas operations face tighter budgets, more complex formations, and faster timelines – requiring every move to be calculated while making precision in steering the bit more important than ever.
AutoSlide® technology automates the process of controlling bit orientation while sliding, a task that typically requires constant manual calculations and adjustments.
By handling these adjustments in real time, AutoSlide helps reduce risk and variability, improving consistency and drilling performance.
Features & Benefits
Smart Control
When paired with Bit Guidance System™ technology , AutoSlide™ Control System analyzes a host of parameters including well economics, toolface data, drillstring dynamics
Benefit
Optimizes sliding and reduces your time to target
Remote Monitoring
Provides monitoring both onsite as well as from remote operating centers
Benefit
Reduce variability through automated real-time course corrections
Parameter Automation
Controls drawworks, top drive and mud pump parameters while sliding
Benefit
Improve wellbore placement and maximize frac stags by landing curve at target vertical.
How it Works
The AutoSlide® system automatically executes slide sequences using a data-driven plan from the Bit Guidance System software. By automating surface equipment control and steerable mud motor operation, AutoSlide technology enhances performance in deviated and horizontal wells. This improves:
> Slide Quality and Accuracy
> Wellbore Quality
> ROP Performance
> Overall ROI
Reduce Human Variability
In addition to the direct benefits of automating the directional drilling process, the H&P Bit Guidance System, partnered with AutoSlide technology, decreases the number of personnel needed to drill the well.
The Bit Guidance System uses task automation, forward modeling and automated decision making to guide the driller for more accurate positioning of the bit while drilling horizontal wells. AutoSlide technology receives the sliding instructions from the Bit Guidance System and automatically orients and holds toolface by controlling the rig equipment. The technology performs the slide in a true single-button execution.
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