oa Remote Control: Well Control - Production and Drilling

As processor speeds double and triple machines are becoming smarter to guide human actions vs. the<br>other way. The key to enable machine dictating human actions resides in ability of humans to ensure<br>machines have all the necessary data no matter where it resides in corporate systems to guide its<br>actions. Moblize has come up with a mechanism where each machine with a CPU can be exposed as a<br>web service not only talk directly to data residing in corporate databases but also to machines in its<br>vicinity for most up to date information. On this basis, we can today enable unmanned platforms in<br>production to control chokes. How does it work? Based on input the machines receive from nearby<br>disparate flow meters on accumulates volumes/flow rates (on a wireless or wired network) and data<br>from corporate database (historical), the machine can present human with a holistic picture. For<br>example, imagine an event flow rate is high but storage is an issue, so we should turn the choke by<br>say 1/64th of an inch in close position to reduce flow rate. The human can then review the result and<br>according to the over secure web connection manually change the choke positions from Integrated<br>Operations Center with a click of button vs. a personnel going on a boat to the physical platform and<br>doing the same, which creates concerns on safety and increases costs. So essentially, we have a two<br>way mechanism where our software can take machine language and output it as web service or take<br>web service and input it as machine language. It also provides humans the ability to write small<br>snippets of code which can be houses anywhere on a network and depending on variety of sensor<br>inputs like pressure/temp/flow rates automate the control of choke without human intervention if desired.<br>Drilling: The same concept is being exploited in the drilling arena, where clients can virtually use our<br>software to control top drives, flow rate of mud, steer drill, and many new concepts we are trying to<br>pilot and test. Our software has a proprietary mechanism to talk in machine language to the top drives,<br>in this case, and expose them as an internet service and render them as a smart service. The user<br>based on variety of inputs from the top drive and other relevant sources (data sources) could control<br>the top drive or other machines from integrated center remotely.