Drawing on the industry’s largest portfolio of automated drilling applications, Baker Hughes i-Trak services will make your well construction operations more efficient, accurate and consistent.
Get the performance and value your wells demand with the drilling automation leader
Every day, on wells around the world, i-Trak™ drilling automation services ensure repeatable, efficient and accurate wellbore delivery—every time.
Built on industry-leading knowledge and proven processes, our i-Trak services integrate well-tested algorithms with rig systems, real-time measurements, and closed-loop downhole control to cut drilling days in a safe, predictable manner while delivering more-productive—and more-profitable—wells for our customers.
When you choose i-Trak automated drilling services, you’ll get:
- Repeatability: Consistent, predictable drilling performance from well-to-well minimal variance or risk of human error.
- Efficiency: Streamlined operations with increased rates-of-penetration, fewer wellsite personnel, accelerated workflows, and faster, better decisions.
- Accuracy: Precise well placement for improved net-to-gross and increased hydrocarbon recovery.
Ranging from an automated process to optimize pipe-tripping operations to automatically steering to a reservoir’s most-productive zone, i-Trak applications lead the industry in terms of delivering demonstrable value across a wide range of drilling activities. These include:
- automated directional drilling and reservoir navigation
- automated fluids monitoring
- automated tripping optimization
- automated hydraulics optimization
- automated ROP optimization
- automated stringer detection and mitigation.
To date, these automated i-Trak applications have been used to optimize well construction activities in more than 8,000,000 meters (26+ million feet) of hole.
What do you get when you partner with the real leader in drilling automation? Real automation. Real performance. And real value.
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Drilling automation: Delivering real results and real value
Watch this short talk from the 2022 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition to learn how i-Trak™ drilling automation services make well construction more consistent, efficient, and accurate than ever before.
Unlocking Real Value with Drilling Automation
In this 30-minute interview, Matthias Gatzen, Baker Hughes’ Executive Director, Digital Well Construction, discusses how i-Trak™ drilling automation services are delivering repeatable outcomes, efficient operations, and accurate well placement for operators worldwide.
Drilling Automation 4.0
Find out how drilling automation has evolved from basic remote systems to advanced reservoir navigation and the value that’s unlocking for customers today.
Automation is revolutionizing oil and gas drilling with advanced technologies that increase the precision of well construction while minimizing manual intervention. Automation technologies, including sensors, software, and computer control systems, improve efficiency, reliability, and safety by:
- Managing drilling parameters
- Automating tasks
- Providing real-time data analysis
- Removing more personnel from the rig floor
Baker Hughes has been at the forefront of drilling automation, also known as autonomous drilling, for years. Our closed-loop, automated services connect the subsurface to the surface, delivering downhole and surface directional control and drilling optimization.
Every day, our i-Trak™ drilling automation services ensure repeatable, efficient, and accurate wellbore delivery worldwide. Built on industry-leading knowledge and proven processes, i-Trak services incorporate a vast portfolio of automated drilling applications to optimize different aspects of the drilling process. The result: more consistent, efficient, and accurate well construction in fewer rig days.
Our i-Trak applications monitor and analyze drilling parameters, helping to drive efficiency improvements and cost savings across global operations. Automation services include:
- Fluids monitoring for faster detection and correction of mud weight changes
- Pipe tripping optimization to reduce liner tripping time and risks
- Rate of penetration (ROP) optimization to enhance ROP and reach target depth sooner
We also deploy advanced systems for real-time analysis of drilling parameters, such as speed, angle, and pressure, enabling faster and more accurate decision-making.
Ultimately, these automation advances help streamline operations, minimize equipment failures and downtime, and enhance the overall efficiency of directional drilling.
By monitoring and adjusting drilling parameters in real time, Baker Hughes autonomous drilling solutions help drive greater safety and predictability while delivering more productive and profitable wells. For example, the i-Trak automated stringer detection and mitigation service quickly identifies vibrations and loads associated with stringers. Drillers can make the right adjustments to avoid excessive doglegs that risk damage to the bottomhole assembly.
In challenging pressure environments, the i-Trak automated hydraulics optimization service improves downhole visualizations to prevent pressure envelope violations, avoid stuck pipe, and maximize tripping speed. Combined with the real-time analytics of the Corva™ digital platform, drillers can make more informed, real-time decisions to manage wellbore stability and avoid unnecessary reaming operations.
Autonomous drilling advances like the i-Trak automated directional drilling and reservoir navigation services help place the wellbore in the target zone and keep it there to target depth. The service changes wellbore trajectory far faster and more accurately than a human driller, resulting in precise well placement for improved net-to-gross and increased hydrocarbon recovery.
Our autonomous drilling solutions allow for consistently repeatable and predictable drilling performance. With minimal variance from well to well and a lower risk of human error, these automated solutions help optimize drilling campaigns across a field.
Autonomous drilling services contribute to our customers’ sustainability efforts by optimizing material and energy usage. And through our remote monitoring and control capabilities, we reduce the frequency and number of crew visits to the field, resulting in a smaller carbon footprint for the drilling operation.
As the oil and gas industry seeks new ways to reduce costs and elevate operational excellence, drilling automation is a cornerstone technology that can transform the way wells are drilled.
Baker Hughes supports this effort by incorporating advanced data analytics, artificial intelligence, and digital twin models. By integrating real-world drilling parameters into a digital environment, we unlock new modeling opportunities and enhance drilling automation.
By planning the best possible well at the outset, and then updating well models during the drilling process, Baker Hughes is delivering the future of intelligent energy production.
