Drilling Systems Automation Roadmap Report

Initially released in April 2017 to the Joint Industry Project (JIP) funders, the public version was made available June 1, 2019. This comprehensive report includes 14 sections with over 300 pages.

Challenges Roadmap Addresses

The DSA Roadmap steering committee identified specific challenges that need to be addressed to advance the application of automation in drilling systems.  These challenges cover a broad range of attributes.

Decision Making and Control Framework

This framework for drilling systems was developed from the International Society of Automation’s standard ISA 95 based on the original Purdue Model for computerized manufacturing systems.

Reference Architecture

The complex relationships in drilling systems automation will realize greater benefits and less risk from an industry adopted reference architecture. A reference architecture based on the Department of Defense Architectural Framework (DoDAF) is proposed in the report.

Levels of Automation Taxonomy

DSA will neither be an all or nothing proposition. There are four steps in the cognitive function cycle that describe human and automation behavior. There are degrees of hand over from humans to automated systems at each of these steps. A matrix adopted from outside oil and gas is proposed as a mapping solution for the human to automation transition.