LUKOIL Uzbekistan has launched round-the-clock real-time monitoring of drilling at North Shady drilling rigs

In practice this complex allows provision of real-time monitoring of drilling on the monitor screens of Well Drilling Section employees in LUKOIL Uzbekistan office, which is 800 kilometers off the facilities.

Used explosion-proof rotating cameras of video surveillance, manufactured for safe application at oil and gas facilities, with all-around coverage radius of 360 degrees and vertical coverage of 270 degrees allow monitoring of all details of works in complicated directionally drilled wells.

Transmitted process variables of drilling from geological and technological station are processed at computer workstations with help of RTLeuza software. When mode is switched graphic representation is given, where a specialist will read bottomhole depth, number of rotor revolutions, average progress, inlet pressure, drilling mud density and other important data.

The working team, introducing this technology, is comprised of A.Baranov, Head of Well Drilling Section, I. Tenyachkin, Head of Well Drilling Process Department, D.Turkeyev, Supervisor of IT and Communication Support Group, V.Lyubichev, Supervisor of Information Security Group, R. Nurmukhamedova, Chief Specialist of Service of Automation, Instrumentation and Control and IT Manager, D.Aitov, Supervisor of Security Systems Group.

“We see a reservoir being drilled in, headway and may, for instance, optimize drilling rate”, commented Alexandr Baranov, Head of LUKOIL Uzbekistan Well Drilling Section, showing work of the new system on a large screen of plasma TV-set.

In the nearest future remote monitoring will be arranged at Kuvachi-Alat block of Kandym group of fields.

But what is advantage of the new method, used in Uzbekistan for the first time? Applied wireless technologies allow avoiding expensive satellite data transmission channels and lengthy approval of their use in the governmental bodies, at the same time they allow high rates of data transmission.

It results in greater promptness and efficiency of data transmission systems at the Drilling rig – Customer’s office section, provides visual control over well drilling process and on-line receipt of drilling data, strengthens control over adherence to process safety requirements.

It is worth mentioning that video surveillance and data transmission equipment is dismantled and mounted at new facilities together with drilling equipment. Besides upon completion of the current task existing video surveillance systems may be easily equipped with the equipment. In addition monitoring complex will help to save means of LUKOIL Uzbekistan in the process of future placement of cellular communication equipment.

We can only add that LUKIOL Uzbekistan intends to continue introduction of new technologies and solutions for technological development of the Company and the Republic of Uzbekistan.