DSATS)Sponsorship Agreement • November 9th, 2023
Contract Type FiledNovember 9th, 2023The Drilling Systems Automation Technical Section (DSATS) of the Society of Petroleum Engineers was established in 2008 to help accelerate the uptake of automation in the drilling industry. The goal is to link the surface machines with downhole machines, tools and measurements in drilling systems automation (DSA), thereby improving drilling safety and efficiency. The technical section believes that we can encourage new entrants into the drilling industry to consider creating and using automation tools and techniques in future drilling programs. One way to attract these entrants is to provide a challenging project to students who plan to become petroleum engineers and to other students in related disciplines who may not currently think of the upstream drilling industry as a career opportunity. DSATS hopes that an international competition among the various universities who have a drilling curriculum or who can model drilling related issues would catch the students’ interest and that the