by Juliana Bond | Sep, 2020 | 2020, homepage
Collaboration to Create First-Ever Integration of Managed Pressure Drilling, Automated Well Control Technology HOUSTON, September 23, 2020 – Weatherford International plc (OTC Pink: WFTLF) announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Safe Influx,...
by Juliana Bond | Sep, 2020 | 2020, homepage
Last week, we released a comparative human factors analysis carried out by Marex Marine and Risk Consultancy for the use of the Safe Influx Automated Well Control System against traditional well control methods employed in the oil and gas industry. This analysis...
by Juliana Bond | Sep, 2020 | 2020, homepage
Recently, Marex Marine and Risk Consultancy carried out a comparative human factors study for the use of the Safe Influx Automated Well Control System against traditional well control methods employed in the oil and gas industry, revealing astonishing results. This...
by Juliana Bond | Aug, 2020 | 2020, homepage
The LOAT (Level of Automation Taxonomy) is a useful tool for assessing Drilling Systems Automation (DSA). The process is derived from the Aviation industry and adapted for the drilling industry with permission from DSA Roadmap. The LOAT chart below shows, in the...
by Juliana Bond | Jul, 2020 | 2020, homepage
In our collective experience, of nearly 100 years of working across eight Operators’ organisations, no well’s AFE has ever carried provision for blowouts nor for serious well control incidents. However, for the drilling of every well, series of wells or development,...
by Juliana Bond | Jun, 2020 | 2020, homepage
Safe Influx has now developed a model to assist Operators and other clients in assessing their forward-looking risked costs associated with well control. This can be applied to a single well, a series of wells, or indeed a field development. Safe Influx has developed...