DigiWells Annual Seminar - simply the best seminar ever!

DigiWells Annual Seminar

Around 70 participants gathered for DigiWells Annual seminar, where industry, authorities and researchers shared experiences from operations, their insight on digitalisation, automation and autonomous well construction. 

Gunnar Lille, who leads Energi2050, set the stage by outlining its focus, building on the work of OG21 and Energi 2021. His introduction was followed by engaging presentations from the operators, sharing experiences and strategies for the way forward.

One of the highlights of the seminar, was a panel debate about “Collaboration strategies for challenging barrels”. The background for the topic is challenges on the NCS related to recoverable reserves per well are declining; reservoirs are becoming more complex, and costs are increasing. 

- Having a clear thread from planning to execution, real-time updates of geomodels, and more robust execution will be important, said Thor Løvoll, Vår Energi. 

Equinor pointed out another essential factor.
– An important step to improve efficiency is by leveraging from historical data, both before and during well construction, said Praveen Jain, leader of drill and well technology at Equinor. 

At DigiWells, we focus on interoperability and standardization, leveraging a microservice framework to facilitate adoption across the industry. As Eric Cayeux put it:

– We are trying to make life simpler for you

 – DigiWells contributes to collaboration and value creation, and we are helping the industry move the technology front, finished Tron Golder Kristiansen, board chair of DigiWells and Chief Engineer Drilling and Wells, Aker BP.

Exciting research activities climbing towards higher TRL

Researchers, postdocs, and PhD candidates presented the latest developments from ongoing work at DigiWells, covering the full spectrum from planning and geosteering to interoperability/DWIS demonstrations, innovative concepts, and how it all integrates from planning through execution. Furthermore, plans were outlined for demonstrating autonomous drilling together with the DWIS framework in OpenLab, at Ullrigg, and if successful offshore on DeepSea Stavanger. The demonstration in OpenLab will be mid-December 2025.