| | SEPTEMBER 20219E ERGYTech Reviewcontrols, and reduced human intervention. The overall benefit of digitalization is duly witnessed when every segment in the oilfield is integrated in a single unified system. However, the adaption and engineered solution for such vision should be planned in a phased approach.In the Well Construction market, Frank's vision of enabling tiered-based digital system and technology has already produced value-added features and benefits for operators and drilling contractors; therefore, delivering real results for the industry. These digitalized and automated systems provide multiple options to the industry for achieving goals and objectives for each well. Each tier has its own unique advantages and is dependent on customers' needs. For example, in the tubular running and connection process, Frank's International offers multiple solutions, where the basic level of digitalization is to facilitate human decision and dispose whether the connection is made correctly. The digital system creates a torque-turn graph for personnel to dispose the connection integrity instead of relying on rig equipment, which is historically equipped with analog system with high margins of error. The next tiered offering is a self-driven autonomous system called Frank's iCAM® The overall benefit of digitalization is duly witnessed when every segment in the oilfield is integrated in a single unified systemConnection Analyzed Make-up System, which disposes of the tubular connection based on the inputs from the thread manufacturers. Moreover, the implementation of machine learning and artificial intelligence also checks and compares the connection against the millions of historical data sets to ensure and preserve reliability for maintaining connection integrity of the well lifecycle. This is added to a remote display viewer called DISPLAYTM, which aids in remotely monitoring and keeping record of every connection run downhole to increase well reliability. With the advancement of science, machine learning, and technology, the iCAM® system also detects connection anomality to avoid equipment damages and increase operational efficiencies.As the industry is leaning more towards advanced automation, controls, and safety interlocks, Frank's top of the line Centri-FITM consolidated control system offers multiple products and services in the tubular running process to be operated with a unified command and control solution. The brain of the system, a programmable logic controller (PLC), processes each digital signal from multiple equipment and executes an operating command; therefore, harmonizing a flawless execution, resulting in improved safety, decreased personnel exposure in the red zone, and increased productivity. The most advanced solution by Frank's is iTONG®, the industry's first self-controlled intelligent and single-button push tong solution that can evaluate connection disposition by combining with iCAM® Connection Analyzed Make-up System. The most important benefit of this technology is the increased safety of personnel on board with up to 50 percent reduction in connection make up time, and further increased speed when incorporated into the rig's control system for simultaneous operations. The potential scope of digitalized systems and implementation of such solutions in the oilfield is immense. However, the industry needs to be exceedingly clear on what level of automation is required based on its application. Finding the right balance to make the service economically viable is the most challenging part. Frank's International has proven that the integration and implementation of digital technology is possible; however, the automation, self-control, and autonomous solutions should have a purpose­ one of mitigating risks involved for personnel on the rig floor, and increasing operational efficiency by reducing the non-productive time, and maximizing asset utilization with minimal operational expenditures. Azfar Mahmood
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