Operations Planning
Proactive Drillship Planning and Automated Ticketing with ID3 Lookahead
- Client
- Drilling contractor operating a fleet of offshore rigs
- Country
- Italy
- Year
- 2026
- Industry
- Oil & Gas
- Service
- Industrial Data and AI
A drilling contractor with a fleet of offshore rigs needed a reliable near-term forecast to plan equipment, maintenance and logistics. It deployed ID3 Lookahead, which turns the well plan into a continuously updated forecast and creates maintenance tickets automatically.
The challenge
Offshore rig operations need precise coordination between planning, execution, equipment, maintenance and logistics. On the contractor’s rigs, frequent changes in drilling conditions made it difficult to:
- Maintain a reliable near-term forecast
- Anticipate equipment maintenance and logistics needs
- Monitor Plan vs Actual performance in real time
- Avoid reactive maintenance and operational delays
Planning and reporting ran on disconnected tools, which limited visibility and increased operational risk.
Our approach
The contractor deployed ID3 Lookahead, embedded in the ID3 Reporting Module, to digitalize well planning and turn it into a continuously updated operational forecast.
Before spud, the initial well plan (activities, durations, depth, costs, equipment and services) is uploaded into ID3. During operations, rig crews move planned activities directly into the Timelog, recording actual time, depth and costs. Each update automatically generates a new forecast of the remaining activities and of the End of Well.
Key capabilities
- Plan vs Actual vs Forecast monitoring, activity by activity
- Continuous update of the End of Well date and cost outlook
- Timelog filled directly from Lookahead activities
- Mapping of drilling activities to equipment, services and resources
- Gantt-based view of upcoming operations that require equipment or services
Proactive maintenance and logistics
With the forecast always up to date, ID3 automatically:
- Schedules upcoming equipment usage
- Anticipates maintenance and logistics needs
- Creates maintenance jobs and tickets based on forecasted activities
All information is available on the rig and onshore, and can be shared with third-party systems through ID3 APIs.
The outcome
For the contractor, this brought:
- Automatic creation of maintenance tickets, so that equipment is serviced on time
- Better operational visibility and more accurate forecasts
- Proactive maintenance planning, with less unplanned downtime
- Better coordination between the drilling, maintenance and logistics teams
- Faster, more reliable decisions offshore and onshore
