Nabors Industries 和 Independence Contract Drilling (ICD) 发布了在 ICD 钻机上部署两个自动化系统的合作的初步结果。Nabors 的 SmartROS 钻机操作系统和 SmartDRILL 技术安装并部署在德克萨斯州西部的 ICD 钻机上，使重量连接提高了 34%，总连接时间提高了 24%。在德克萨斯州东部，Nabors 的 REVit 顶驱自动化系统帮助另一台 ICD 钻机将粘滑频率降低了 62%。

3 月 5 日，在德克萨斯州加尔维斯顿举行的 2024 年 IADC/SPE 国际钻井会议上，两家钻井承包商公司的代表谈到了他们的合作成果及其为更广泛的行业提供的模式。Nabors 运营经理（性能工具）Brandon Rosler 解释了 SmartDRILL、SmartROS 和 REVit 系统的用途并讨论了现场部署结果。Nabors 高级销售经理 John Alvarado 谈到了获得运营商认可的挑战，ICD 高级副总裁 Scott Keller 谈到了从 ICD 角度来看合作的价值，以及如何培训钻机人员在 Nabors 系统上。

Nabors Industries and Independence Contract Drilling (ICD) released initial results from a collaboration to deploy two automation systems on ICD’s rigs. Nabors’ SmartROS rig operating system and SmartDRILL technology were installed and deployed on an ICD rig in West Texas, leading to a 34% improvement in weight-on-weight connections and 24% improvement in overall connection times. In East Texas, Nabors’ REVit top drive automation system helped another ICD rig reduce the frequency of stick slip by 62%.

At the 2024 IADC/SPE International Drilling Conference in Galveston on 5 March in Galveston, Texas, representatives from the two drilling contractor companies spoke about the results of their partnership and the model it offers for the wider industry. Brandon Rosler, Ops Manager – Performance Tools at Nabors, explains what the SmartDRILL, SmartROS and REVit systems do and discusses field deployment results. John Alvarado, Senior Sales Manager at Nabors, speaks about the challenges of generating operator buy-in, and Scott Keller, Senior VP at ICD, talks about the value of the collaboration from ICD’s perspective, as well as how rig crews were trained on the Nabors systems.