Glenn-Ole Kaasa speaker at SPE MPD workshop in Rio
August 14, 2015Glenn-Ole Kaasa, CEO at Kelda, will speak at the upcoming SPE Managed Pressure Drilling and Well Control Workshop in Rio de Janeiro this year. The talk entitled ‘Advances in Choke Control Algorithms for MPD’, will in particular address the topic of robustness of MPD control systems, and show examples of how adaptive control can make the control system gracefully handle severe disturbances such circulating out gas influxes.
New R&D Engineer: Vinicius de Oliveira
June 1, 2015We are proud to share the news that Vinicius de Oliveira is joining the Kelda team as a R&D Engineer this autumn. Vinicius is at the moment completing his PhD research at NTNU, where he’s been developing robust and adaptive control strategies to mitigate severe-slugging flow in oil and gas production.
DrillingContractor.org article with Kevin Wise
May 1, 2015Drilling Contractor published on their web page an article about the keynote presentation Kevin Wise had at the MPD/UBO Conference in Dubai.
Read the full article here: Complex control theory could produce autonomous drilling operations.
Kevin Wise presented at the MPD/UBO Conference
April 21, 2015Kevin Wise held the opening keynote presentation at the IADC/SPE Managed Pressure Drilling & Underbalanced Operations Conference in Dubai this year. He is Chief Advisor at Kelda Drilling Controls and Senior Technical Fellow at The Boeing Company.
The presentation focused on the evolution and some of the challenges the aerospace industry has encountered over the years and also similarities to what challenges the drilling industry faces. His many years experience in development of autonomous systems makes us confident that we are on the right path in the evolution of the drilling operations today.
Kelda Drilling Controls is proud to have him on the team to Develop next generation MPD technology; Enabling operation by the driller as a Best Practice drilling operation.
Industrial PhD funding granted
November 1, 2014Our two Research Engineers, Jon Åge Stakvik and Christian Berg, got their Industrial PhD funding granted by the Norwegian Research Council. Their topics will be “Adaptive model-based control of downhole pressure during drilling operations” and “Modeling for automatic control and estimation of influx and loss during drilling operations”.
New Research Engineer: Jon Åge Stakvik
June 28, 2014
We are proud to present Jon Åge Stakvik in our team as a Research Engineer in Kelda Drilling Controls.
Will work on his industrial Ph.D. with Kelda Drilling Controls and NTNU in the topic of adaptive model-based control of downhole pressure during drilling operations. Received his M.Sc. in engineering cybernetics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in the spring of 2014 within guidance and control of vehicles.
New Research Engineer: Christian Berg
June 10, 2014
We are proud to present that Christian Berg joins our team as a Research Engineer in Kelda Drilling Controls.
He will work on his industrial Ph.D. with Kelda and HiT on the topic of modeling for automatic control and estimation of influx and loss during drilling operations.Holds a trade certificate as a laboratory technician and completed his B.Sc degree in gas and energy technology from Telemark University College (HiT) in the spring of 2012. Received his M.Sc. in Process Technology from HiT in the spring of 2014 within modeling and experimental study of viscoelastic flow.
New Leading Expert: Pål Jacob Nessjøen
April 1, 2014
Kelda Drilling Controls is proud to present that Pål Jacob Nessjøen will become a Partner and join us as Leading Expert in June 2014.
Pål Jacob Nessjøen comes from position as senior development advisor at National Oilwell Varco (NOV). Background from positions within Corporate R&D and technical support on drilling control systems at NOV. M.Sc. degree in engineering cybernetics. Expert on drilling control systems, instrumentation, data acquisition, configuration, and interface to rig equipment and HMI.
Research grant from Oslofjordfondet
March 27, 2014
Kelda is granted funding from Oslofjordfondet to do a research study on real-time estimation of pore and fracture pressure while drilling based using fit-for-purose hydraulic model combined with advanced estimation theory.
Project is entitled: “Sanntids-estimering av pore- og oppsprekningstrykk”.
Support granted from Innovasjon Norge
March 12, 2014
Kelda granted funding from Innovasjon Norge to establish company profile and strategy.
New Leading Expert: Geir Arne Evjen
March 1, 2014
Kelda Drilling Controls is proud to present that Geir Arne Evjen will become a Partner and join us in June 2014.
Geir Arne Evjen comes from a position as principal researcher in Statoil R&D with background from process modelling, multiphase flow, fluids and flow-assurance. He has been the system architect in several R&D projects on advanced software for estimation and data reconciliation. M.Sc. in chemical engineering; about to finish PhD in thermodynamics. Expert in thermodynamics, optimization, data communication, and programming.
New Chief Advisor: Robert Graham
January 10, 2014
Kelda Drilling Controls is proud to present Robert Graham as our Chief Advisor and Partner.
Senior Drilling Advisor MPD/UBD at Shell UK and acting MPD Subject Matter Expert for Shell Global Technology. Specialist with unique competence and operational experience from state of the art MPD and UBD projects worldwide. Background from leading technical positions in several oil companies and service companies in the drilling industry, latest from Statoil Drilling Technology as Leading Engineer MPD. Partner and consultant.
New Chief Advisor: Kevin Wise
Kelda Drilling Controls is proud to present Kevin Wise as our Chief Advisor and Partner.
Kevin is Senior Technical Fellow at Boeing Phantom Works (Boeing Defense, Space & Security), and Adjunct Professor at Washington University, St. Louis. Authority on the design and development of autonomous aircraft flight control systems. Lead and chief architect on some of Boeing’s most prestigeous projects on advanced flight controls, with an unprecedented track record of successful projects.
Kelda Drilling Controls Established
October 15, 2013
Glenn-Ole Kaasa leaves in agreement with Statoil his position as leader of department of Intelligent Drilling in Statoil R&D to establish Kelda Drilling Controls.
Since 2007 Hydro and Statoil have put major efforts into the development of enhanced automation technology for pressure control in drilling. This research has been based on internal competence from production optimization and multiphase flow modeling, and collaboration with leading international expertise on applied advanced control system design.
Kelda was established in agreement with Statoil with the objective to strengthen the development of the technology, and accelerate implementation.