WHAT IS NOVOS?

We provide the technical expertise, advanced equipment and operational support our customers in the oil and gas industry need to succeed. We have the people, capabilities and vision to serve the needs of a challenging and evolving industry.

The driller oversees the process and can easily take control if desired.

NOVOS™ is the industry's only reflexive drilling system, automating repetitive drilling activities, benefiting contractors by allowing drillers to focus on consistent process execution and safety, and benefiting operators by optimizing drilling programs.

What Is a "Reflexive Drilling System"?

A reflexive drilling system is designed to perform a series of actions when prompted, just as human reflex respond when acted upon by a specific stimulus. The NOVOS reflexive drilling system is easily scalable and can augment existing people and processes for greater control, consistency and enhanced performance, or expand all the way to full closed-loop automation.

NOVOS Apps

Custom apps can help configure the NOVOS system specifically for your crew and processes.

NOVOS CORE APPS

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Drill to Plan

Uses the pre-loaded well plan as a target and drills down the same way every time.

Rotation

Manually adjust rotation and automatic oscillation of the top drive based on degrees or wraps. Drillers can also configure on-bottom and off-bottom RPM so that NOVOS automatically reduces rotation ever time the bit is off bottom. Other apps can also replace this rotation app to automatically control RPM.

Circulation

Manually adjust flow rate. Driller can also configure on-bottom and off-bottom flow so that NOVOS automatically reduces flow every time the bit is off bottom.

Drill

Standard autodriller setpoints. An application can be developed to automatically adjust the drilling setpoints.

Tag Bottom

User can configure how NOVOS lowers the drill bit into the formation. User can configure drawworks velocity, ROP, and any parameters used for finding the bottom of the hole. NOVOS will automatically look for stable weight before ramping off-bottom RPM to on-bottom RPM.

Rig Config

User can configure how each tool operates. For example, how fast or slow mud pumps ramp, how fast or slow drawworks lowers and hoists, etc.

Friction Test

NOVOS will automatically run through the process of gathering pickup and slackoff weights as well as off-bottom rotating weight and torque. NOVOS will capture these values at the exact same distance every time and these values can be used for torque and drag purposes.

Planning

Well program, upper and lower limits for drilling parameters.

Equipment Control

Manual adjustment of specific rig tools such as links, IBOP, RLA, etc.

Tare Values

Manual adjustment of tare values (zeroing WOB and Delta P)

Downlinking

Automates process of downlinking to a directional drilling tool.

Unrestricted Drilling

Automatically adjusts autodriller setpoints so that the driving paramater is not being limited by the control loop.

Drilloff

User can manually input WOB and RPM setpoints; user configures what setpoints should be used and when; preconfigured setpoints used once application starts and not modifiable; sends setpoints that had the best ROP back to NOVOS for the driller to use while he has control of the system.

Surge and Swab

Provides control to manually adjust surge and swab envelope protections.

NOVOS ENHANCED APPS

Added capablities available now

SoftSpeed II

(Only present if hardware on rig) Stick-slip prevention service uses automated vibration dampening to mitigate torsional vibration and reduce stick-slip oscillations during drilling operations.

Autodriller Gains Control

Allows driller to manually control Amphion gains.

Helmsman

Automatic directional drilling without the need for a directional driller.

Motor Optimizer

Detects motor stalls and alerts the driller.

TrueDrill^*

Real-time supervisory application utilizes software and rig equipment to deliver a downhole weight on bit (DWOB) desired by the driller. TrueDrill provides significant ROP benefits, both sliding and rotating. The application provides increased bit stability, steady WOB and smoother toolface.

Surface DrillShark

Provides automation of drilling parameter selection using unique algorithms to maximize ROP while minimizing MSE of the drilling system.

Downhole DrillShark^*

Aims to optimize ROP and minimze BHA vibrations while drilling ahead by controlling the weight and RPM input into the system.

NOVOS COMMISSIONED APPS

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Service Company 001

Provides interface for service company drilling control system.

E&P 001

Automatically adjust autodriller gain setting based on real-time drilling data

E&P 002

Provides interface with operator modules.

E&P 003

Learn best drilling patterns from analog wells and generate best drilling roadmap

E&P 004

Automated directional calculations for motor yield and build rate.

E&P 005

Provides NOVOS UI for management of drilling contractor power generators.

THIRD PARTY APPS

SDK to turn your ideas into action

AI Driller 001

Created by a single entrepreneur. Adjusts drilling parameters to improve drilling performance.

University 001

Created by the University of Texas to enhance drilling by their proprietary algorithms.

University 002

Created by the University of Calgary to enhance drilling by their proprietary algorithms.

Fuel

An easy way to achieve the most fuel-efficient drilling across an entire fleet (available at app developers discretion)

 

^*Utilizes NOV Wired Drill Pipe

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

NOV Controls

 

NOV Controls

Amphion or Cyberbase
NOVOS integrates seamlessly with our Amphion and Cyberbase Controls Sytems.

NOV Top Drives

NOV Top Drive

We offer the widest range and variety of Top Drive systems in the world, providing you with the best selection of models to fit your specific drilling needs.

NOV Drawworks

NOV Drawworks

We offer our customers with the most advanced drawworks in the industry.

NOV Mud Pumps

NOV Mud Pumps

Our broad range of mud-pumping systems is specifically equipped to meet almost any customer need.