The land rig installation simulation training system is a simulation training system with advanced technology and complete functions in the current industry. It can meet the training needs of oil companies and training institutions.
The simulation system is a training product developed based on computer simulation technology by combining petroleum engineering technology with computer technology and virtual reality technology. It simulates the drilling process of the land drilling rig realistically with reference to the actual operation process of the drilling operation site. The training objects are mainly technical skills training for new employees, drilling rig installers, drillers and assistant drillers, drilling team technicians, drilling team leaders, and other drilling site operators.
Compared with the traditional training method, it enhances the sense of participation and immersion in the training, effectively improves the training effect, and reduces the training cost. The system can train trainees, including the whole process of land drilling rig installation and safety precautions, the lifting and lowering process of land drilling rig derrick base, drilling rig tripping, and drilling operations, and top drive operations.
The Composition of the Land Drilling Rig Installation Simulation Training System
The Training System Mainly Consists of 5 Components:
The animation display module of the whole process of rig installation
Derrick/base lifting and lowering training module
Rig Virtual Assembly Module
Drilling rig simulation operation module
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The simulation system adopts high-definition animation to clearly show the whole land drilling rig installation process, and the displayed process is completely consistent with the actual land drilling rig installation process steps. The purpose is to standardize the entire installation process, making the land rig installation process more standard, regulated, and safe.
The simulation system utilizes a large number of mathematical and physical models to simulate and display various parameter changes in engineering operations, such as pressure, torque, drilling speed, and more, by accurately reflecting the relationship between these physical parameters to achieve the same performance as the actual drilling rig.
The land rig installation simulator adopts virtual reality technology and computer simulation technology to construct a realistic perception environment. The three-dimensional animation synchronized with the operating conditions is used to display the scene on a three-channel ring screen or three-channel LCD, combined with high-simulation on-site sound effects, giving people an immersive experience.
Components of a Training System for Land Rig Installation Simulator
Driller’s console
Top drive console
Graphic system
Supporting software
Advantages of a Land Rig Installation Simulation Training System
1. The parameter display, layout, and even operation mode of various equipment panels in the system are completely consistent with the actual products. And the height of each operation console and the real equipment on the drilling site is also the same.
2. The relevant hardware equipment is composed of industrial-grade PLC to ensure the reliability of the equipment to the greatest extent possible.
3. The system’s input cost and maintenance cost is relatively low.
4. The system has no security risk.
With the continuous development of 3D animation technology, 3D oil and gas animation also came into being, and oil animation is also a kind of three-dimensional animation.
Esimtech can provide oil drilling and well control animation, land rig installation animation, downhole tool disassembly and working principle animation, diesel engine disassembly, and assembly animation, and so on.
Why do We Need Drilling Animation?
The purpose of drilling animation is mainly to three-dimensional and visualize the equipment and technology in the oil industry and the complex mechanical design drawings. Various working processes, equipment technologies, etc., are made into 3D video demonstrations or interactive multimedia programs in the form of animation for engineering simulation or public display.
Types of Industrial Drilling Animation
Well Control Animation
It mainly shows different types of well control operations in the form of animation, including the installation and use of well control equipment. Let the students understand the real well control process more intuitively.
Well Logging Animation
It includes the appearance, logging principles, and uses of various logging tools such as compensated neutron logging, electrical survey, dual laterolog, spontaneous-potential log, and natural gamma-ray logging. And it contains the operation method of instrument connection.
Oil and Gas Production Animation
The animation of oil production and gas production includes the equipment working principle and production maintenance from the wellhead to the gas gathering station and the oil gathering station in the production process of oil and gas production.
Animation of Disassembly and Working Principle of Drilling and Well Control Equipment
The animation of drilling and well control equipment mainly trains the working principle, internal structure, and disassembly of drilling and well control equipment and tools in the form of animation. The purpose is to understand the components and principles of drilling and well control equipment and tools, to master the inspection and debug of the main working systems of drilling and well control equipment and tools, to analyze and judge the working conditions of drilling and well control equipment and tools, and can check and troubleshoot in time.
Diesel Engine Disassembly Animation
It mainly shows the internal structure and main components of the diesel engine. And it shows the disassembly, inspection, maintenance, and working principle of the diesel engine in the form of animation. At the same time, it is explained with text and dubbing so that the students are familiar with the working principle of the diesel engine and learn and master the inspection and debugging of the main working system.
Downhole Tool Disassembly and Working Principle Animation
The animation shows the internal structure of the tool and the composition of the parts and shows the internal structure of the tool in the form of a half-section or semi-transparent shell. The disassembly and installation steps and working principles of the tools are shown in the animation. At the same time, the text and dubbing are used to explain so that the trainees can master the functions, working principles, precautions, and maintenance methods of various tools.
Land Rig Installation Animation
The animation includes the whole process, from the drawing of the baseline diagram to the installation of each object in the middle, and finally, the whole process of the whole derrick lifting is completed. All processes are completely reproduced according to the actual installation process. Watching the animation can quickly, clearly, and completely understand the whole process of the installation and lifting of the entire land drilling rig.
The virtual simulation platform for drilling emergency exercises in oil and gas fields uses three-dimensional simulation, three-dimensional interaction, network communication, and other technologies to construct and realize the simulation and 3D interaction of drilling scenes, equipment and facilities, personnel conditions, environmental conditions, accident occurrence, and development process and personnel emergency response process. The system can realize the emergency response simulation exercise of typical drilling accident disasters and complete single-person drills and multi-person joint drills for emergency response. And the simulator platform is able to conduct drill evaluations on trainees’ emergency handling operations, emergency handling, task completion, and related knowledge points and point out problems and deficiencies in the process of drills. Therefore, the platform can be used for drilling workers’ emergency response and rescue teaching training.
And after the drill, according to the students’ drill process, it can provide individual and team drill results, and then it can inquire about the reasons for the deduction of points.
The platform system can edit the drill program, support the selection of individual and team drill modes, set drill accident parameters, and generate drill process and evaluation criteria according to the parameter settings. It supports multi-point teaching, and the management of computers participating in the exercise can be realized through the teacher’s terminal.
About the student side of the emergency exercise simulation platform system
On the student side of the system, 3D simulation technology can realize emergency response and rescue training for drilling workers when they face dangerous accidents on site. Provides two exercise modes: individual exercise and team collaboration, which can be used to practice and assess the drilling process. The three-dimensional scene is realistic, the equipment is highly operable, and the environmental sound effects are added to make the simulation process close to reality. The training content is to realize emergency process simulation, risk identification, emergency response, rescue, and escape training according to the industry plan.
The system provides a rich knowledge base for trainers to learn and view relevant knowledge in practice mode and supports multi-person collaborative drills. And it provides training for personnel in various roles on the drilling site.
Advanced Technology in the emergency exercise simulation platform System
The system supports the execution of role AI and can automatically cooperate with trainees to complete the exercise project. It has a good user interaction experience. The equipment can be operated through an interactive interface, and the details are rich.
It has a multi-role information broadcast system, broadcasts the drill process in real-time, and judges whether the emergency response process is correct or not.
The simulation system uses CFD technology to realize model calculations such as gas diffusion and flame combustion and to deduce the accident process with real effects.
The drilling simulator adopts the concept of virtual manufacturing technology, and the development process is based on modern computer control technology, computer simulation technology, computer graphics technology, computer network technology, combined with the actual technology of drilling engineering, changing the original drilling training method.
The development of the oil industry is inseparable from the on-site geological conditions and is full of crises and challenges. There are high requirements for employees’ ability and safety awareness, and traditional on-site training has certain limitations. For example, whether the effect of vocational training is good mainly depends on the level of teachers. There is no clear and unified evaluation standard for the training process. reusability, etc.
It can be seen that the traditional training technology is not only limited by time and space but also has great problems in terms of manpower, resources, funds, organization, and implementation. Especially for advanced training in dangerous operations or without experimental conditions, traditional training methods are even more difficult to achieve. The limitations of the traditional training mode restrict the expected training quality and training efficiency, and cannot meet the needs of modern society, so the advantages of drilling simulators are highlighted.
A drilling simulator is a control-centric VM device, mainly used for the training of drilling talents. This set of virtual training equipment uses virtual reality technology to realistically simulate the details of the drilling process. Through the operation of the simulated drilling rig equipment, the trainees can directly observe the activities on the drilling platform and the operation results, and finally, achieve the effect of allowing the trainers to master the correct operation process. Virtual training has the following characteristics:
Simulation
With the support of virtual reality technology, the virtual training facility has the same function and operation method as the real training facility, and the trainees can train their skills through the virtual training facility as easily as in the real training base. This is because the virtual training environment, whether it is a real environment or an imagined environment, is virtual but realistic. The ideal virtual environment should be such that it is difficult for the trainee to distinguish the real from the fake.v
Openness
A virtual training environment can provide a variety of training venues for all trainees at any time and place. In fact, the connotation of a virtual training environment is extensive. It is different from the traditional training base concept. It has an environment similar to traditional training programs, but it is better at making the trainees immerse themselves in the realistic environment of the training program objects. Any virtual environment in which trainees can learn or train certain skills through the operation of relevant appliances is attributed to the virtual training environment.
Hypertemporality
The virtual training environment has the characteristics of time and space. It can display or organically combine the objects and events owned by the past world, the present world, the future world, the micro world, the macro world, the objective world, the subjective world fantasy world, etc. Provide training to students anytime, anywhere.
Drilling simulators have positive implications for safe, effective, and high-quality training in oilfields. It can meet the ever-changing requirements of skill training in the information age and is an emerging flexible training model with high level, high efficiency, and low cost. As the graphic part of the drilling simulator, the drilling simulator visual simulation system truly displays the three-dimensional environment and operation process of the well site, which is of great significance to the entire virtual training process. Esimtech is a professional drilling simulation provider and we have the most advanced simulation devices for you to choose from, please contact us if you are in need of it.
Speaking of the Petroleum industry, what would you think of? Black oil gushing out from the ground? Or giant machines roaring offshore and in the desert? To be sure, it’s a field of both high-input and high-output, generating millions of barrels of “Liquid Gold” every day, and consuming huge resources and high-tech labor at the same time.
To extract oil and gas from the ground, well-trained operators and high-precision instruments are both vital. Demand for high-quality labor always requires labor training to be more efficient and effective, that’s where it comes to the drilling simulator.
What is a drilling simulator?
Generally, a set of devices that replicates the environment, phenomenon, operations, and feedback of the oil & gas drilling process. To achieve a certain level of fidelity, a full size drilling simulator is often equipped with physical operation consoles like the driller console, the BOP console, the remote console, etc. Along with a highly simulated display system (normally 3D), the whole layout of the device looks exactly like the operating room.
Apart from physical devices and equipment, petroleum-based drilling software is designed and embedded in the entire system to interact with the operators. They can lay their own hands on the handles and buttons to do the drilling, then get feedback from the machine to see how a natural oil well would respond to their operation. By creating “the scene”, operators in the device are enabled to experience how these expensive gases and liquids are being produced by our technicians and workers. You’d know it by now, the machine is created to train practitioners in the Petroleum industry.
The use of simulators for personnel training is not new at all in some specific industries and fields: aerospace, military, marine survey, and even car driving lessons. Now the digitization of tutorials has come to the oil & gas industry. Since its invention, thousands of drilling simulators have been deployed around the globe, providing E&P companies and drilling contractors a lot more well-trained labor than before by improving the efficiency of oil and gas work skills teaching. Petroleum engineering has also benefited from it.
Why not just train the operator on site?
The answer to this question is clear: for HSE and money-saving.
The petroleum industry requires complex and high-precision work skills, while the dangerous and harsh environment makes it hard to carry out any training activity at the construction site. To ensure the trainees’ health and safety while providing them with practical training, a simulation system becomes a good way out.
Another factor is that a part of oil and gas production accidents in recent years are caused by human factors, and the consequences of such accidents can be catastrophic. Complete HSE training is necessary before actual work.
Some might wonder why is it money-saving since you need to purchase this complex machine at a price of a nice car. While a whole set of simulation training systems can be costly, it’s only a fraction compared to the cost of oil & gas production (btw drilling is one of the most expensive parts of the entire process). That is to say, having your trainees operating on the real machine could potentially cost a lot more money (and is extremely dangerous). Plus, a drilling simulation training system also helps reduce the non-productive time to a minimum, leading to more output.