Jennifer Pallanich，Hart Energy 高级技术编辑：能源行业正在许多领域追求自动化，其中之一就是水力压裂。我和哈里伯顿公司的威廉·鲁尔 (William Ruhle) 一起在这里解释路线图上的内容。但首先，自动化骨折面临哪些挑战？

Will Ruhle，哈里伯顿战略业务经理：自动化骨折具有挑战性，因为我们有很多复杂的机械。我们的流程非常复杂，有很多人参与运营。自动化就是将所有这些东西整合在一起。控制系统需要将过程设备和人员聚集在一起。这是一项具有挑战性的任务。此外，您还必须推动大量变革管理。行业中的某些文化已经习惯了长期以来的做事方式，因此您必须能够通过产品来推动这种文化。

JP：好的。那么哈里伯顿现在在这一切中处于什么位置呢？在压裂自动化方面，你们提供什么？

WR：对于压裂自动化，我们专注于价差的自动化是第一步。因此，我们在北美的所有车队现在都作为一个单一系统运行，这意味着从运行压裂操作的指挥中心，处理者或控制该设备的个人可以像处理厂一样控制它。他们不再控制单个单位，而是像单个系统一样运行压裂车队。

JP：有一个平台吗？

WR：是的，Octiv智能压裂平台是我们部署的系统。

JP：好的。未来的路线图有哪些？

WR：路线图令人兴奋。下一步实际上是压裂作业的自动化，因为我们做出的所有决策以及泵如何升压、它们如何离线、如何与油藏相互作用、我们如何处理某些问题（例如筛出），这些都是事情我们所关注的，这正是勘探与生产公司正在寻找的。

JP：对于哈里伯顿来说，这听起来是一个非常激动人心的时刻。谢谢你跟我讲这件事。

沃：谢谢。

JP：这就是我，詹妮弗·帕拉尼奇，与哈特能源独家合作。

Jennifer Pallanich, senior technology editor, Hart Energy: The energy industry is chasing automation in a lot of areas, one of them being hydraulic fracturing. I’m here with William Ruhle of Halliburton to explain what is on the roadmap over here. But first, what are some of the challenges when it comes to automating fractures?

Will Ruhle, strategic business manager, Halliburton: Automating fractures is challenging in that we have a lot of complex machinery. We have very complex processes and we have a lot of people involved in the operation. Automation is about bringing all those things together. Control systems need to bring process equipment and also people together. That has been a challenging task. In addition, you have to drive a lot of change management. There are certain cultures in the industry that are used to the way things have been done for a long time, so you have to be able to drive that with the product.

JP: Okay. And so where is Halliburton in all of this right now? What are you guys offering when it comes to frac automation?

WR: For frac automation, we focused on the automation of the spread is the first step. So all of our fleets here in North America now operate as a single system, meaning that from the command center where the frac operation is run, the treater or the individual who controls that equipment, controls it like a processing plant. No longer do they control individual units, they run a frac fleet, like a single system.

JP: And there’s a platform for that?

WR: Yeah, Octiv intelligent fracturing platform is the system we have deployed.

JP: Okay. And what’s on the roadmap going forward?

WR: The roadmap is exciting. The next step is really the automation of the frac job in that all the decisions we make and how pumps are ramped, how they come offline, how that interacts with the reservoir, how we navigate certain issues such as screen outs, those are the things we’re focused on, and that’s really what the E&Ps are looking for.

JP: Sounds like a very exciting time for Halliburton. Thanks for talking me through it.

WR: Thank you.

JP: And that’s me, Jennifer Pallanich, with this Hart Energy Exclusive.