Minimization of Non Productive Time in Drilling Rig Operation

  IJETT-book-cover  International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT)          
  
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Volume-44 Number-1
Year of Publication : 2017
Authors : Nabo Jyoti Modak, Diganta Kalita, Parimal Bakul Barua
DOI :  10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V44P209

Citation 

Nabo Jyoti Modak, Diganta Kalita, Parimal Bakul Barua "A Novel Software Cost Estimation Technique: Inclusion of Reusability", International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), V44(1),48-52 February 2017. ISSN:2231-5381. www.ijettjournal.org. published by seventh sense research group

Abstract
As time goes by, increase in world’s energy demand forced oil and gas companies to drill deeper in order to produce more oil and gas for balancing world`s offer and demand. Non Productive Time (NPT) is the main cause of delays in drilling projects . There are numerous occurrences or eventualities that cause stoppage of drilling operations or marginal reduction in advancement of the drilling progress leading to Non Productive Time (NPT). For any industry cost and time related to production and quality management or wastages reductions have important impact on overall expenditure. Emphasizing on it steps have been taken to investigate and eliminate wastages, that is, non -productive time in drilling rig in order to save time and cost and lessen down time. The focus of the present work is on the causes which are the reasons for down time and will to find out the key cause which causes the down time most of time. An industry may gain higher productivity and profitability by eliminating non-productive activities. In this work data were collected from eighteen rigs and analysis were done to find out the root causes of non-productive time in rig operations by Pareto analysis.

 References

[1] Alireza.M., Mohammad. N., Ahmad. A., “Reducing Consumed Energy while Drilling an Oil Well through a Deep Rig Time Analysis” Advances in Petroleum Exploration and Development, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2011 PP. 22-31.

Keywords
Non-productive time, Pareto analysis, Root cause analysis.