Advanced Software
Solutions for Drilling

Drilling Hydraulics & Annular Pressure Control

Applications Products

Areas of use

Automated pressure control and hydraulics modelling for all types of wells and applications; for service companies, rig contractors or OEMs wishing to fit out their new or existing manifolds with a state of the art control system.

Onshore

Automated single and dual choke MPD manifolds for land rigs.

Offshore deepwater

Automated multi-choke MPD manifolds with real-time analytics for deepwater rigs.

Controlled mud level

Automation and real-time analytics for controlled mud level (CML) operations using subsea pump modules.

Geothermal wells

Automated and fully integrated MPD for geothermal applications.

Offshore jackups

Automated and fully integrated MPD on jackups.

Products

A complete suite from A-Z The Leidar®️ product line provides a complete software solution for hydraulic modelling, dynamic simulations and automated pressure control for all types of MPD wells and applications.

LeidarPlan

Hydraulics modelling software for design and planning of MPD wells.

 

LeidarSim

Dynamic multiphase simulator for crew training and “what-if” scenario forecasting.

LeidarRT

Real-time control, advisory and analytics for automated Managed Pressure Drilling.

Applications

We make software solutions for automation of managed pressure drilling (MPD) technology. Applications span the life-cycle of well construction from well design and planning, through training and simulations, to real-time pressure control and influx handling.

Engineering and planning

Tools used to create the blueprint for MPD wells.

Drilling advisory

Software to help you teach and demonstrate MPD concepts as well as project specific operations.

Annular pressure control

Adaptive, model-based annular pressure control for any application.

Special applications

Adaptive, model-based annular pressure control for any application.

Discover Our Journey

Innovation in MPD

We believe that MPD is the future of drilling and see a time where MPD technology is on every rig.

Watch our brief video to understand how our innovative solutions are transforming Managed Pressure Drilling.
Experience the future of drilling technology.

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Research collaboration in 2020

Our mission in Kelda is to improve efficiency and safety of drilling operations through intelligent automation using advanced control/machine learning, sensor fusion, hydraulics modelling […]

Written by:
Christian Berg
Christian Berg

Is There a Doctor on the Rig?

Drilling for oil and gas is a complex process, involving pumping of fluid through kilometers of fluid conduit, leading to wave propagation phenomena that becomes important at timescales relevant for automatic control.[…]

Written by:
Christian Berg
Christian Berg

The IME approach to handling influxes with MPD

For surface backpressure Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) drilling operations, it is possible to circulate minor influxes using the MPD equipment, without resorting to conventional “well control”[…]

Written by:
Christian Berg
Christian Berg
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