关注人为因素对于预防任何操作中的错误至关重要，包括涉及控压钻井 (MPD) 的操作。随着自动化系统减少人与复杂设备的交互，同时增加认知工作量，考虑人为因素的需求变得更加重要。Stasis Drilling Solutions 工程和技术副总裁 Matt Kvalo 表示，了解人为因素及其在安全钻井作业中的作用可以帮助钻井人员减少错误并在发生错误时找出这些错误的根本原因。
在 9 月 18 日于里约热内卢举行的 2024 年 IADC/SPE 控压钻井和欠平衡作业 (MPD & UBO) 会议上，Kvalo 先生接受了DC 的采访，他谈到了人为因素的定义如何发生变化，从确定大多数错误的根本原因到将错误确定为系统性问题的模型。他还讨论了人们用来集中注意力的认知过程，以及当人们在高压力环境（例如 MPD 作业）中互动时这些过程所带来的挑战。
Focusing on the human element is critical to preventing errors within any operation, including those involving managed pressure drilling (MPD). As automated systems decrease human interactions with complex equipment while increasing cognitive workloads, the need to account for human factors has become even more important. Understanding human factors and its role in safe drilling operations can help provide a path for drillers to mitigate errors and identify the root causes of those errors should they occur, said Matt Kvalo, VP of Engineering and Technology at Stasis Drilling Solutions.
In this interview with DC from the 2024 IADC/SPE Managed Pressure Drilling and Underbalanced Operations (MPD & UBO) Conference in Rio de Janeiro on 18 September, Mr Kvalo talks about how the definition of human factors has changed, from one that identifies the root cause of most errors to a model that identifies errors as a systemic problem. He also discusses the cognitive processes that people use to concentrate on information, and the challenges these processes present when people interact in high-stress environments, such as MPD operations.