# Autonomous drilling operation

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/autonomous-drilling-operation/68315>\
**Category:** Offshore\
**Created:** [February 2, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/autonomous-drilling-operation/68315 "2024-02-02T21:46:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/autonomous-drilling-operation/68315/1 "2024-02-02T21:46:51Z")

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Not only shipping is turning to autonomous operation:

> **[SLB and Equinor Set Autonomous Drilling Record Offshore Brazil](https://www.oedigital.com/news/511161-slb-and-equinor-set-autonomous-drilling-record-offshore-brazil)**
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> Oilfield services and technology company SLB and Equinor have drilled the most-autonomous well section to-date at Peregrino C platform offshore Brazil…

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> SLB digital technologies for surface automation, autonomous on-bottom drilling, and directional drilling were combined to enable 99% of a 2.6-kilometer section to be drilled in autonomous control mode.