Use of collaborative agents and autonomous systems within Oil and Gas Saturn 2012 – Einar Landre, Harald Wesenberg

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Framing the

Challenge

Failed Safety Critical

Operations

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We believe more supple information systems and efficient man-machine interaction is the key

Evolution of drilling control

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Analogue Remote Digital

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Architectural Concepts

Levels of computer control

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1: Everything done by human

4: Computer chooses action and performs if human agrees

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

6: Computer choose action and performs unless human disapprove

10: Fully controlled by computer

Control level defined by situation

Delegation & Negotiation

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• Task assignment • Negotiation • Collaboration • Supervision

Negotiation

• Task assignment • Anomaly reports • Supervision • Negotiation

Negotiation

Delegation & Negotiation

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• Task assignment • Negotiation • Collaboration • Supervision

• Task assignment • Anomaly reports • Supervision • Negotiation

Negotiation

Negotiation Make the machine more

human

Variable Autonomy

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< 5 % - Just do it

5<X<15% - Do it and inform

> 15 % - Request Approval

Variable Autonomy

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< 5 % - Just do it

5<X<15% - Do it and inform

> 15 % - Request Approval

Human operator is responsible and always in control

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Agents

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Can be tasked

Can delegate

Can form teams Can report

Can sense

Can learn

Complex System of Systems

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Software mirrors system hierarchy

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Reservoir

Driller

Mud Engineer

Mud

Driller

BOP Handler Mud

Handler Pipe Handler

Drill bit Mud Pump Mud Blender

BOP

Pipe Engineer

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Application

Manual Digital Drilling

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Drilling Control System Pipe

Handling Mud

Control Blow-out preventer

Bit

Manual control - Interpret state - Perform task

Partly automated machine controls

Computer guided drilling

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Drilling Control System Pipe

Handling Mud

Control Blow-out preventer

Bit

Drilling Advisor Drilling Model

Real-Time Data

State & Events

Contextualized Advice

Manual control - Interpret state - Perform task

Syntetic driller

Autonomous drilling

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Drilling Control System Pipe

Handling Mud

Control Blow-out preventer

Bit

Drilling advisor Drilling Model

Manual intervention

Tasking &

Guiding

Increased situational awareness

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Increased compliance

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Improved decision quality

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Increased trust

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Reduced operational risk

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Use of collaborative agents and autonomous systems within oil and gas

Einar Landre Leader IT, Drilling and Well E-mail einla@statoil.com Tel: +47 414 70 537 Harald Wesenberg Leading advisor E-mail hwes@statoil.com Tel: +47 995 79 083 www.statoil.com

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