Design and Development of a Multipurpose Wireless Robot for Oil Well Inspection and Multifaceted Oil and Gas Operations

Project aims at creating a wireless robot which will conduct or assist in conducting well logging operations inside hydrocarbon wells. The aimed technology does not exist globally as of date and if created will be the first of its kind in the world. The opportunities and demand for the envisaged product is immense and worth reckoning.

Oil well logging or the practice of making a detailed record (a well log) of the geologic formations penetrated by a borehole is an important practice in the oil and gas industry. One of the main arenas or venues where plethora of problems arises is in logistically challenged areas. Accessibility and availability of efficient manpower, resources and technology is very time consuming, restricted and often costly in these areas. So, in this regard, the main challenge is to decrease the Non-Productive Time (NPT) involved in the conventional logging process. The thought for the solution to this problem has given rise to a revolutionary concept called the Robotic Logging Technology.

Robotic logging technology promises the advent of successful logging in all kinds of wells and trajectories. It consists of a wireless logging tool controlled from the surface. This eliminates the need for the logging truck to be summoned which in turn saves precious rig time. The development of the project was motivated from the paper “Robotic Logging Technology-The Future of Oil Well Logging” (DOI:10.4172/2329-6755.1000166).

The robotic logging tool here, is designed such that it can move inside the well by different proposed mechanisms and models. These types are classified on the basis of their operational technology, movement and conditions/wells in which the tool is to be used. Thus, depending on subsurface conditions, energy sources available and convenience the TYPE of Robotic model will be selected