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Safe Drilling Control

Safe Drilling Control is a control framework within autonomous drilling systems that ensures operational safety by actively monitoring, predicting, and mitigating downhole hazards such as kicks, bit sticking, and formation fracture through real-time adaptive decision-making and constraint-enforced drilling parameter regulation.

19

Publications

544

Citations

48

Authors

26

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

6

Parents

Publications

19

Drilling-Systems Automation: Current State, Initiatives, and Potential Impact

John Macpherson, John P. de Wardt, Fred Florence et al. · SPE Drilling & Completion · 2013 · 62 citations

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Evaluation of control methods for drilling operations with unexpected gas influx

Liv A. Carlsen, Gerhard Nygaard, Michael Nikolaou · Journal of Process Control · 2013 · 60 citations

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Drilling Systems Automation: Current State, Initiatives and Potential Impact

John Macpherson, John P. de Wardt, Fred Florence et al. · SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition · 2013 · 39 citations

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Automatic control of managed pressure drilling

Øyvind Breyholtz, Gerhard Nygaard, Michael Nikolaou · 2010 · 36 citations

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Chemical Scavengers for Sulfides in Water-Base Drilling Fluids

R.L. Garrett, Richard Clark, Leroy L. Carney et al. · Journal of Petroleum Technology · 1979 · 34 citations

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Authors

48

  1. MN
    Michael Nikolaou

    University of Houston, United States

    5 publications · 162 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. GN
    Gerhard Nygaard

    International Research Institute of Stavanger, Norway

    4 publications · 141 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. ØB
    Øyvind Breyholtz

    International Research Institute of Stavanger, Norway

    4 publications · 102 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. EC
    Eric Cayeux

    International Research Institute of Stavanger, Norway

    3 publications · 71 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. FF
    Fred Florence

    National Oilwell Varco (United States), United States

    3 publications · 132 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

26

  1. International Research Institute of Stavanger

    Stavanger, Norway

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    420 citations

  2. University of Houston

    Houston, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    174 citations

  3. National Oilwell Varco (United States)

    Alice, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    168 citations

  4. Institute for Radiological Image Sciences

    Myersville, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    122 citations

  5. Baker Hughes (United States)

    Houston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    101 citations

  6. ExxonMobil (United States)

    Irving, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    59 citations

  7. Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)

    Road Town, British Virgin Islands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    101 citations

  8. Ta Solutions (China)

    Hong Kong, China

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    38 citations

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Venues

  1. SPE Drilling & Completion

    4 publications · 147 citations

    4

    h-index

  2. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

    Conference · 2 publications · 51 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. Process Safety and Environmental Protection

    1 publications · 29 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. Journal of Petroleum Technology

    JPT · 1 publications · 34 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. SPE/IADC International Drilling Conference and Exhibition

    Conference · 1 publications · 18 citations

    1

    h-index

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