DRILLING & COMPLETION TECH DIGEST • DEPARTMENTS
Robotics module offers new path to scale automation
Nabors Industries launched its Canrig
Red Zone Robotics (RZR) Rig Floor
Module, a modular rig upgrade that auto-
mates routine drilling activities in areas
like the catwalk, pipe rack, rig floor and
derrick. RZR is electric powered, allowing pre-
cision control and digital workflows. It
enables completely hands-free pipe han-
dling and eliminates the need for a crew
member to be positioned on the floor and
in the derrick. The system autonomously
performs repetitive tasks on the rig floor,
including making drilling connections
and tripping in and out of hole. It enables
offline stand-building and handles cas-
ing in upper, intermediate and produc-
tion sizes.

All features are enabled through
Nabors’ proprietary rig operating sys-
tem, SmartROS, which can be installed
on existing rigs and control third-party
rig manufacturer’s equipment. RZR is
modular and may be deployed on most
standard rig configurations to optimize
drilling operations and achieve consis-
tently best-in-class performance.

Nabors has retrofitted RZR to an exist-
ing rig, X29. The upgrade was capital-
light, according to the company, and was
completed at a fraction of the cost of a
newbuild rig. The X29 has already drilled
multiple horizontal wells for ExxonMobil
in the Permian Basin.

The RZR technology incorporat-
ed learnings from Nabors’ work with
ExxonMobil on the R801 fully automated
rig. The rig recently drilled nine wells,
with well times approaching Nabors’
best West Texas fleet averages.

The R801 was purpose built, however,
and the companies are now working on
validating the use of modular rig retrofits
as a viable path to scale drilling automa-
tion. Nabors says it plans to integrate
RZR into its high-spec rigs over time and
will also offer the system to other drilling
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50,000-ft well drilled at
Upper Zakum Concession
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
(ADNOC) announced it set a world record
for the longest oil and gas well at its Upper
Zakum Concession.

Stretching 50,000 ft, the well is around
800 ft longer than the previous world
record set in 2017. ADNOC Drilling drilled
the well from Umm Al Anbar, one of
ADNOC Offshore’s artificial islands.

ADNOC Offshore designed and led
the extended-reach well project in col-
laboration with its Upper Zakum part-
ners ExxonMobil and INPEX/JODCO.

The extended-reach wells will tap into
an undeveloped part of the giant Upper
Zakum reservoir, with the potential to
increase the field’s production capacity
by 15,000 bbl/day of oil without the need
to expand or build any new infrastructure.

Umm Al Anbar is one of Upper Zakum’s
four artificial islands, serving as a hub for
offshore drilling and operations.