IADC DEC Tech Forum -

Meeting & Venue Details

All times listed are central (08:30 Houston / 14:30 UK / 17:30 Dubai).

Start DateMarch 18, 2024Start Time8:30 am
Venue
End DateMarch 18, 2024End Time1:00 pm
Hybrid Event

The event will be both in-person and virtual/online. The in-person event will be held at Wild Well Control, 2202 Oil Center Court, Houston, TX 77073. There is limited seating. Please register early to ensure your seat.

IN-PERSON REGISTRATION
The zoom invitation will be emailed the day before the meeting to those who have registered. Note: Email containing the Zoom info may be filtered into spam, so please check there if you haven’t received the email. If you have not received your Zoom link by 3:00pm CDT on the 25th, please email committee.support@iadc.org for assistance.
VIRTUAL REGISTRATION
Thanks to our host: Wild Well Control!

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IADC DEC Q 1 2024 Tech Forum

“Energizing Our Future: Insights from Our New-Gen Engineers”

Tuesday, 26 March, 8:30am-1pm

The drilling industry has been breaking technical limits since its inception….it is what we do! And it is the drilling engineers that is often leading from the front. Challenges we are faced with and methods we adopt to overcome them vary depending on the projects we are working, experiences and how one chooses to participate.

This session, through a series of mixed panels, is designed to hear the technical challenges faced by early career engineers working in a range of field development roles, from deepwater exploration to unconventional land.  Those working on projects, representing operators, drilling contractors and service providers, will speak to their daily successes and daily challenges. Sharing these lessons, the audience will gain appreciation for the opportunities to advance the industry and insights on how to strengthen our future discipline from our panelists.

The event will be held in person at Wild Well Control 2022 Oil Center Ct, Houston, TX 77073.  An online option via Zoom will be offered for those who can’t attend in person. Register on the IADC website for either in-person or online attendance. A light lunch will be provided for in-person attendees at the conclusion of the event.

Agenda:

08.30-08.40     Welcome – Matt Isbell, DEC Chairman; facility and safety briefing – Wild Well Control; introduction to event – Todd Fox, Blaine Dow and Michael Edwards, DEC Board members

08.40-09.40     Operator panel

  • Sharon Samuel, BP, Drilling Engineer
  • Andrew Kubitza, Chevron, Drilling Engineer
  • Ross Neskora, Oxy, ORCM Delaware Senior Drilling Engineer
  • Rosario Jara, ExxonMobil, Fluids Automation Lead
  • Marshall Schoth, ExxonMobil, Global Performance Optimization Engineer
  • Blaine Dow, DEC Board member (moderator)

09.40-09.50     Networking break

09.50-10.50     Remote Panel

  • Kelsey Prestidge, Chevron, Wells Engineer
  • Pablo Barajas, ExxonMobil, Wells Engineer – US Land and Argentina
  • Maitham Allwaim, Parker Wellbore, Sales Manager – KSA
  • Michael Edwards, DEC Board member (moderator)

10.50-11.00     Networking break     

11.00-12.00     Contractor/service company panel

  • Aaron Malik, Helmeriche & Payne, Performance Engineer
  • Jason Novak, SLB, Senior Drilling Engineer
  • Jasnael Benitez, SLB, Drilling Engineer
  • Guy Steib, Wild Well Control, Well Control Engineer
  • Linden Doung, Noble Corp, Managed Pressure Drilling Superintendent
  • Sundar Ramasamy, Weatherford, Project Engineer
  • Todd Fox, DEC Board member (moderator)

12.00-13.00     Networking lunch, provided by Wild Well Control

For more information, contact Linda Hsieh, linda.hsieh@iadc.org, +1-713-292-1945, ext 219.

IADC Drilling Engineers Committee Mission

The Drilling Engineers Committee was formed to advance new technology related to drilling wells.

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