Session 2: Expanding the Envelope: Advancing MPD/UBD/DGD Technology
The session aims to highlight proven technologies alongside new ideas, concepts, and advancements in Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD), Underbalanced Drilling (UBD), and Dual Gradient Drilling (DGD) equipment, with the goal of advancing these technologies to new levels of excellence.
Discussions will focus on enhancing the efficiency and safety of systems and equipment, strengthening the foundation of MPD, UBD, and DGD technologies, and fostering innovation through the development of groundbreaking ideas.Target technical related paper themes:
- Automated remote-controlled or remote monitoring systems,
- Automated well control solutions,
- Simplified system designs that reduce footprint and minimise rig or online time,
- New or improved materials for manufacturing MPD systems to enhance reliability, and
- The development and deployment of AI in MPD, UBD, and DGD engineering, analysis, and planning.
Session Manager: Tengku Ahmad Faizal Tengku Aziz, Halliburton; Mohd Syahmi Mohd Yusof, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd.