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SLB and NOV are working together to accelerate the adoption of automated drilling solutions by customers. The collaboration will integrate NOV NOVOS ™ software automation with SLB drilling automation solutions to unlock best-in-class performance for operators and drilling contractors in safety, decision making, and consistency.
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A collaboration to bring together digital drilling automation solutions for well construction 

“We are pleased to collaborate with NOV and to integrate their rig automation interface with our drilling automation solutions to unlock higher performance for operators and drilling contractors. Leveraging downhole and surface automation applications, we can deliver enhancements in operations safety and efficiency, and deliver top-quartile wells for our customers consistently,” comments Olivier Le Peuch, CEO, SLB. “This partnership will help accelerate customers’ adoption of drilling automation technologies, enabling superior well construction performance.”

Olivier Le Peuch, CEO, SLB

“Through this collaboration, NOV demonstrates its commitment to deliver an open digital automation platform that enables drilling contractors to achieve higher consistency, safety, and efficiency with improved wellbore quality,” said Clay Williams, Chairman, President and CEO, NOV. “We continue to invest in digital solutions that provide value for our customers. Drilling automation allows rig crews to focus on the big picture to drive performance and less on manual, repetitive tasks.”

Clay Williams, Chairman, President and CEO, NOV


Enhanced Automated Drilling 

The NOVOS software and the DrillOps on-target well delivery solution will work seamlessly together to ensure consistent compliance to procedure and reach best-in-class operational performance

For Operators

Customers with NOV controlled rigs under contract can streamline the deployment the DrillOps solution in a faster, more cost-effective way.

For Drilling Contractors

Rigs with NOVOS software and the DrillOps solution will benefit from enhanced digital drilling automation capabilities to achieve higher consistency, safety, and efficiency with improved wellbore quality through automated repetitive tasks.

DrillOps on-target well delivery solution

The DrillOps on-target well delivery solution is the execution component of our fully integrated digital well-constructing planning and operations solution. It ensures rigs operate at peak performance while implementing the digital drilling plan and builds new levels of instrumentation, automation, and cognition directly into existing drilling operations.

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