钻井系统自动化涉及多个代理和组件，在不同的自动化水平上提供各种功能。De Wardt and Company 创始人 John de Wardt 表示，当前自动化系统数据输入的分类法并未完全解决钻井作业中常见的复杂性问题，需要对这些复杂性进行更好的分类，以创建真正的自主系统。 。

在 3 月 7 日于德克萨斯州加尔维斯顿举行的 2024 年 IADC/SPE 国际钻井会议的视频采访中，de Wardt 先生讨论了他与人合着的一篇论文，该论文概述了适用于钻井系统自动化的分类法的开发。这种分类法区分了在复杂钻井环境中工作的多个代理，他说这有助于减少不同代理之间沟通不畅的可能性。

Drilling systems automation involves multiple agents and components delivering various functions at different levels of automation. Current taxonomies of the data input into automation systems do not fully address the complexities commonly seen in drilling operations, and there is a need to better classify these complexities in order to create truly autonomous systems, said John de Wardt, Founder of De Wardt and Company.

In this video interview from the 2024 IADC/SPE International Drilling Conference in Galveston, Texas, on 7 March, Mr de Wardt discusses a paper he co-authored outlining the development of a taxonomy applicable to drilling systems automation. This taxonomy distinguishes the multiple agents working in a complex drilling environment, which he said can help reduce the chance of miscommunication among different agents.