Level of Automation Taxonomy (LOAT)

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...

Safe Influx and the Total Cost of Risk

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,...