HOW WE HELP We accelerate well delivery and maximize well lifespan for energy operators through physics-based modeling and drilling expertise AWE offers constant performance improvement for the client by leveraging the extensive experience of our engineering team and DrillScan® digital solutions. BitScan™ Software for auto processing, validation & export of PDC...

Friday night lights… tailgating Saturdays… and of course, armchair quarterbacking Sundays. It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Now, imagine if your favorite football team had to play a championship game with the same gear they used a century ago. The game would be drastically different—less safe, less efficient, and much more dangerous....

H&P INTRODUCES THE DRILLSCAN® SOFTWARE FORCED VIBRATION MODULE TO HELP SELECT THE OPTIMAL BOTTOMHOLE ASSEMBLY (BHA) DESIGN Drillstring vibrations habitually cause downhole BHA failures. While the drillstring will always be subject to these vibrations, H&P has developed a physics-based module that selects the optimal BHA design to enhance overall drilling performance.

Working together to deliver better drilling outcomes:  Planning and Preparation: Meticulous planning and preparation centered around operator’s performance goals  Field-Proven Technology: H&P’s FlexFusion technology package enhanced consistency and reduced flat time  Seamless Collaboration: Customer, rig crews, on-site leadership & remote support...

AN INDUSTRY-FIRST THAT ENABLES SMOOTH DRILLING USING DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE H&P’s advanced drawworks control system smoothly controls block velocity while regulating inputs from differential pressure, torque and/or weight on bit (WOB). The Autodriller® Pro control system accomplishes an industry-first by seamlessly transferring to/from WOB and differential pressure,...

FlexFusion is an elevated advancement in drilling automation that seamlessly integrates cutting-edge technologies with Helmerich & Payne’s industry-leading FlexRig® fleet to deliver unparalleled performance and consistency. While it is not the first automation solution, it is the most comprehensive on the market today, designed to help operators achieve greater...

KCA Deutag is a diverse global drilling company. The company has a significant land drilling presence in the Middle East, which represents approximately two-thirds of the company’s calendar year 2023 Operating EBITDA, with additional operations in South America, Europe and Africa. In addition to its land operations, KCA Deutag has asset-light offshore management contract operations...

LOWER EMISSIONS AND ENHANCE SUSTAINABILITY Delivering on H&P’s commitment to further sustainability efforts, the Engine Management solution helps operators reduce excess engine hours, lowering fuel consumption and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. By targeting a minimum engine count, H&P can communicate to the driller when there are excess engines online, so...

PROACTIVE STICK SLIP MITIGATION Fluctuations in rotary speed and damaging lateral vibrations can result in stick slip, whirl, and overall downhole tool failure. H&P’s FlexTorque® technology actively responds to torque fluctuations by adjusting top drive RPM to help mitigate stick slip and other BHA failures. Avoiding trips, stuck pipe, fishing jobs, and damaged BHAs...

BY AUTOMATING SPEED, QUALITY, AND SAFETY H&P HELPS REDUCE TIME TO TARGET AND HUMAN VARIABILITY You plan your well to be safe, but when deviations from plan inevitably occur an updated analysis must be performed to confirm that the new execution plan is still safe. Traditional risk management processes can sometimes work against your desired outcome by being inefficient and creating...

SKILLED ENGINEERS ENHANCE THE WELL DELIVERY PROCESS, WHILE MEETING SAFETY AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS Helmerich & Payne’s Advanced Well Engineering team offers a comprehensive suite of drilling engineering services designed to support a range of energy projects, including those within the Oil & Gas and Geothermal sectors. The Well Delivery service covers the entire...

The drilling industry faces challenges when it comes to implementing physics-based decisions in real-time, resulting in missed opportunities to improve drilling performance and maximize value. Helmerich & Payne’s Advanced Well Engineering Real-Time Advisory service bridges the gap and helps deliver the highest possible value throughout the entire well cycle. That’s...

Today, Drillers and Drilling Engineers are faced with significant challenges in effectively managing drilling parameters and mitigating risks associated with drilling dysfunction. An underlying risk that should be considered in any drilling program is the presence of excessive vibration in the BHA, especially those that coincide with the natural resonant frequencies of the drillstring....

H&P’s Advanced Well Engineering service combines the vast experience of their engineering team and DrillScan® digital solutions, an industry-leading technology, to optimize the delivery of high-performance wells for operators. Our comprehensive solutions are tailored to help you achieve your desired outcome by addressing critical areas such as drilling performance,...

The primary goal of a rig move is to relocate a drilling rig from one spot to the next. These moves are crucial for exploration and production activities to continue at a rapid pace and align with well program objectives and milestones, while ensuring safe activities occur the entire time. While they are consistently done safely, rig moves can introduce potential for a serious injury or...

Procedures exist for a reason. They are designed to promote efficiency, safety, and quality. In your everyday life, you may follow a specific routine when you get ready for the day or complete tasks to ensure you’re starting off on the right foot. Procedures provide a set of guidelines that everyone can follow, regardless of their level of expertise or experience. In the oil and gas...

Drilling the optimal number of horizontal wells to efficiently drain ultralow-permeability reservoirs is critical to achieving economic value in shale and tight oil plays. In any development project, the goal is to drill the fewest number of horizontal wells required to maximize reservoir drainage. That means spacing laterals at a distance sufficient to minimize overlapping drainage areas...

The use of basic torque and drag modeling as well as the application of industry-standard buckling formulae can limit the options for well design. Advanced buckling modeling, and a fundamental understanding of the effects of buckling, can be used to generate lighter well architectures, resulting in significant savings in cost and CO2e emissions, without compromising well integrity and zonal...

Recent efforts on API RP 78, an upcoming recommended practice for wellbore placement, have provided guidelines for calculating safe separation distances and engineering considerations for those calculations. A major milestone was the publication of a separation rule (Sawaryn, et al. 2019) standardizing a formula for separation factor (SF), which in turn defines the minimum allowable separation...

Effectively automating drilling a stand while minimizing human variability requires a scalable control system, providing adaptability, seamless implementation, and improved operational outcomes. The system requires high- and low-level process control components to effectively control rig machinery within the bounds of the machine limit controls. By using automation sequences while engaging and...

With the high rates of penetration achieved by today’s drilling contractors, directional drillers have little time to make optimal steering decisions in a continually changing environment. Even when proper directional drilling decisions have been made, flawless execution of each decision can be difficult to perform. Performance related to drilling speed, drilling accuracy, and...

Since Helmerich & Payne’s adoption of Actively C.A.R.E.™, our serious injury or fatality (SIF)-based safety program, dropped objects have stayed at the top of SIF exposures that our workers face daily. With so many different items located throughout the drilling rig with the potential to become a dropped object, we must stay constantly vigilant in our assessments to...

Helmerich & Payne, Inc. and Aramco made a recent seven-rig deal official at a signing ceremony last month. The H&P team was honored to join Aramco Upstream President Naser Al-Naimi in this momentous occasion. “We are extremely pleased to be working with Saudi Aramco and supporting their unconventional gas drilling campaign,” noted John Lindsay, president and...

The drilling and completion of oil and gas wells is a collaborative business, involving employees from many contractors working together. Well construction generates many documents that are shared cross-functionally between these different groups. A regulator may receive an as-drilled plat from a well planner, using surveys from an MWD operator, based on a pipe tally from a rig contractor. In...

Maybe we’ve let a kid lay down in the back of a car because they are sleepy and grumpy – after all, the back seat is safer, isn’t it? The whole group wants to ride together, and someone sits on a lap in order to fit in one car – it’s fine, though, we’re only going down the street. Momentary decisions can have lifelong impact. My...