Glossary

Remote Assistance Intervention and Diagnosis (Total acronym)

Remote Assisted Operations (Shell acronym)

See example SPE technical papers 127861-MS and 181083-MS for further technical details

Rig Automation and Performance Improvement in Drilling is a driling automation research consortium based at the University of Texas in the United States.

RAPID is discussed in the SPE JPT here and  here

Regional Collaboration Center (BP acronym)

Remote Control Room (Shell acronym)

Please see SPE technical paper 181083-MS for further technical details

Rig-based Drilling Advisory System (Apache Corporation acronym)

Please see SPE technical paper 194184-MS for further technical details

Real-time Drilling and Optimization Centre (Chevron acronym)

REScue xML, an Energistics data standard)

The acronym 'RESCUE' stands for REServoir Characterization Using Epicentre, a legacy geomodel data exchange standard

Rig of the Future is a Schlumberger initiative to provide an open and scalable well construction platform using open source architecture

Rig of the Future is discussed in IADC Drilling Contractor magazine here

Nabors operate their Rigline 24/7™ Support Center to support their remote drilling and well operations

Real-Time Information Processing System (Equinor acronym)

Remote Metering Monitoring (Total acronym)

(1) Remote Operations Centre (a Rio Tinto, or RTZ acronym)

The Rio Tinto ROC role in their mining integrated operations in Pilbara, Australia is described here and shown in videos here and here

(2) Refinery Optimization Center (Chevron acronym)

The Chevron ROC at the El Segundo Refinery in California, USA is described here and here 

(3) Remote Operating Center (Murphy Oil acronym)

Rate Of Penetration

Remotely Operated underwater Vehicle

The Equinor E-ROV technology is described in a youtube video here

The Equinor Eelume self-propelled robotic arm ROV is described in a youtube video here

Robotic process automation is a form of business process automation technology based upon metaphorical software robots (i.e. bots) or on artificial intelligence (AI)

(1) Revolutions Per Minute

(2) Reservoir pressure maintenance (Tatneft acronym)

Please see OIJ technical paper OIJ-2017-10-120-124-RU for further technical details (NB in Russian)

Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America, a consortium of premier U.S. energy industry, research universities, independent research organizations, and foundations collaborating with state and federal agencies so as to meet the US hydrocarbon based resource requirements

Real-Time

Real-Time Center

Real-Time Drilling (a legacy Anadarko, now Occidental Petroleum acronym)

Please see SPE technical papers 194096-MS,  196228-MS and 199584-MS for further technical details of their data analytics methods

Please also see the SPE JPT article here

Real-Time Drilling Centre (ENI acronym)

Please see SPE technical paper IPTC-18017-MS for further technical details

Real-Time Drilling Decision Center (Kuwait Oil Company acronym)

See example SPE technical paper 172740-MS for further technical details

Real-time Drilling Data Services (Equinor acronym) ...or ... real-time data services (Schlumberger acronym)

(1) Real-Time Monitoring (Chevron acronym)

Please see SPE technical paper 179368-MS for further technical details

(2) Real-Time Monitoring is the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement process that allows personnel to remotely observe, review, and evaluate real-time data for (i) well control purposes; (ii) performance improvements and (iii) condition based maintenance  

Real-time operations

Real-Time Operations Center (a Halliburton, Hess, Saudi Aramco and Shell acronym)

The Halliburton Real-Time Operations Support services are described here

The Hess RTOC initiative is described here

The Saudi Aramco RTOC initiative is described in SPE technical paper SPE-125339-MS

The Shell RTOC initiative is described in SPE technical paper IPTC-17583-MS

Data analytics within RTOCs is discussed in the SPE JPT here

Real-time Operations Support (Schlumberger acronym)

Real-Time Production Operations (Petrobras and Halliburton acronym)

Please see SPE technical paper 138316-MS for further technical details

Real-time Surveillance System (Shell acronym)

Please see SPE technical paper OTC-30838-MS for further technical details

(1) Real Time Support Center (Total acronym)

The RTSC is located in Pau, France.  This shared smart room monitors key parameters from remote drilling operations and can detect any deviations and abnormalities in real time

(2) Real Time Support Center (Petrobras acronym)

Please see SPE technical paper 199077-MS for further technical details

Remote terminal unit, also known as remote telemetry unit and remote telecontrol unit, RTUs are a telemetry based interface between hardware and (i) distibuted control systems (DCS) or (ii) supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems

Real-Time Well Operations Centre (ENI aconym)

Please see SPE technical paper IPTC-18017-MS for  more technical details

Real Time Well Solution (PETRONAS acronym)

See example SPE technical paper 180580-MS for further technical details

Reservoir Well Facility Management (PETRONAS acronym)

See example SPE technical paper 192814-MS for further technical details