Electrification Progress and Trend of Equipment on Oil Drilling Platform
Technical research was conducted on the automated operation equipment of electrically driven pipe string in China and abroad.The functions and characteristics of 7 types of products,including drill floor robot,pipe racking robot,electric iron roughneck and pipe transport robot of Canrig,drill floor robot and supporting au-tomated operation system of NOV,and patrol inspection robot of Total,were analyzed.The technology and appli-cation of electric pipe helper,monkey board manipulator,pipe finger and patrol inspection robot in China were discussed.Technical benchmarking indicates that oil drilling equipment is increasingly intelligent,efficient and green,and drilling operations are shifting from manual operations to automatic and intelligent operations.Foreign equipment is superior to Chinese equipment in key technologies such as small volume high-power drive,dust proof,water proof,explosion proof,salt mist resistance,and multiaxial collaboration,as well as product diversi-ty and application promotion.Finally,for Chinese equipment,this paper proposes to develop new efficient equip-ment based on the characteristics of electric drive systems beyond traditional concepts,and make more efforts in e-quipment independent decision-making,fault diagnosis and other aspects.The research findings provide reference for the development of oil drilling equipment and technology in China.