在与NOV合作，为其位于加拿大的一台陆地钻机安装机器人系统的过程中，Precision Drilling面临着多项非技术挑战。具体而言，该项目强调了降低对系统功能预期的重要性，以及尽早与供应商和运营商达成战略一致，以便有效实施构想的重要性。 6月10日，Precision Drilling运营副总裁Robert Houston在荷兰阿姆斯特丹举行的2025年IADC世界钻井大会上接受了DC的采访，他谈到了这些挑战，以及这些技术如何影响多项关键绩效指标。Houston先生还探讨了机器人系统通常能够为钻井承包商带来的潜在性能提升。
In working with NOV to install a robotics system on one of its land rigs in Canada, Precision Drilling faced several non-technical challenges. Specifically, the project emphasized the importance of tempering expectations on what the system could do, as well as the importance of securing strategic alignment with both the vendor and the operator early on in order to actualize ideas effectively. Speaking with DC from the 2025 IADC World Drilling Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on 10 June, Robert Houston, VP of Operations at Precision Drilling, talked about these challenges, as well as how the technologies helped to impact multiple key performance indicators. Mr Houston also discussed potential performance gains that robotics systems in general can provide to drilling contractors.
Click here to watch DC’s interview with Graham Dey of NOV on the Canadian Robotics project.