据钻探承包商网8月25日报道，日前，全球最大的油田技术服务公司斯伦贝谢（Schlumberger）表示，自主定向钻井可能是油气行业数字化转型的下一个前沿。8月16日，该公司介绍了自主定向钻井的愿景，其中包括可以通过井眼任何一段的服务，并提高钻井轨迹精度。

斯伦贝谢油井施工产品经理劳尔·苏亚雷斯（Raul Suarez）在对DC的视频采访中谈到了他的公司在自主定向钻井伞下开发的各种不同技术，以及其可以实现目标的总体愿景。

Suarez表示，我们的客户和整个行业都在询问他们如何才能真正实现绩效的重大改变，我们如何才能更加一致，如何预测结果并以可持续的方式做事？从那时起，我们开始关注我们在数字化实现方面所做的事情，从自动化方面所做的事情，也就是我们开始自动化定向钻井之旅的时候。

他主要关注斯伦贝谢的井下自动控制系统，这是一种闭环控制装置，旨在通过即时解释和作用于井下数据来减少地面干扰，消除陆上和海上油井的下行链路。

Suarez称，对于我们在井下进行的测量，我们使用了倾角和方向传感器。他们离钻头越近，我就越好。有了这些信息，我就能更好地理解我在哪里，当然我也能追踪我应该去哪里。我测量的速度越快，反应的速度就越快，钻孔就越光滑。

郝芬 译自 钻探承包商网

原文如下：

Schlumberger launches autonomous directional drilling

Autonomous directional drilling could be the next frontier in the digital transformation of the oil and gas industry, according to Schlumberger. On 16 August, the company introduced its vision for autonomous directional drilling, which includes services that can steer through any section of the wellbore and improve drilling trajectory accuracy.

In this video interview with DC, Raul Suarez, Well Construction Product Manager at Schlumberger, speaks about the range of different technologies his company has developed under the autonomous directional drilling umbrella, as well as its overall vision for what can be achieved.

“Our customers, and the industry at large, are asking for how they can really make a big change with performance, how can we be more consistent, how can predict outcomes and do things sustainably?” Mr Suarez said. “That’s when you start looking at what we are doing in terms of digital enablement, what we are doing in terms of automation, and that’s when we began our automated directional drilling journey.”

He focused primarily on Schlumberger’s downhole automated control system, a closed-loop control unit designed to reduce surface interference and eliminate downlinks for onshore and offshore wells by instantly interpreting and acting on downhole data.

“For the measurements we’re taking downhole, we’re using inclinations and direction sensors. The closer they are to the bit, the better I am. Having this information downhole, I’m better able to understand where I am, and then of course I’m able to track where I’m supposed to go. The faster I can take these measurements, the faster I’m able to react, the smoother the borehole I’m going to have,” Mr Suarez said.