IADC Drilling Middle East 2025 Conference & Exhibition

Venue & Hotel

Negotiated Room Rate: SAR 450++ per room per night, including breakfast buffet. Hotel’s room rates are subject to applicable state and local taxes (currently 05% Municipality fees and 15% VAT on the total bill) in effect at the time of check-out.

Cancellation Policy
Bookings can be cancelled free of charge up to 72 hours prior to arrival.

WARNING!
Please note that there are several 3rd party companies actively approaching conference delegates and exhibitors by phone and email trying to sell hotel rooms at the contracted hotel for a cheaper rate than the published rate on this conference website. Please note that these companies do not represent IADC or the hotel, nor has IADC or the hotel authorized them to use their names or trademarks on information they send out to exhibitors and delegates.

To avoid being a victim of fraud, please do not give out your credit card details to any other party and be sure to make your hotel reservations exclusively through the contracted hotel.

Venue Details

• Registration fee: IADC Member: US $1000.- Non-Member: US $1250.-
• Federal government employees may be eligible for a 50% discount on conference registration.
• Speakers, sponsors and guests are not eligible for online registration.
  (Please contact europe@iadc.org to obtain the correct registration form)
• IADC offers discounted registration to full time students not currently employed in industry.  Please contact europe@iadc.org for further information.
• For package deals for multiple registrations (excluded speakers, session chairs/moderators, program committee), please contact europe@iadc.org
• No refunds will be made for cancellations 30 days prior to the conference date.
• In order to receive a letter of invitation, please contact europe@iadc.org.

Press Policy

Complimentary press registration is limited to one (1) person per company. This individual must be a titled editor, writer, reporter or other bona fide editorial representative of a legitimate industry or consumer publication. Publishers and sales and marketing specialists are excluded from this complimentary registration practice and must pay the full conference registration fee to attend an event.

NO UNAUTHORIZED PHOTOS, VIDEOS OR RECORDING ALLOWED.
Recording in any form (audio, video, still photography, etc.) of presentations and/or speakers during sessions, poster presentations, workshops, etc., without the express written consent of IADC and the party to be recorded is strictly prohibited.  *Those who do not comply with the Recording Equipment/Photo policy may be asked to leave the premises and barred from receiving complimentary press registration for future IADC events.

Press registration must be received 1 week prior to the event to ensure entrance.  Members of the press will be identified with a green press ribbon attached to their name badge.

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Call for abstracts (expires: April, 14th)

Join us for the IADC DRILLING MIDDLE EAST 2025 CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION which will take place on 14-15 OCTOBER at the SHERATON DAMMAM HOTEL & CONVENTION CENTRE in DAMMAM, SAUDI ARABIA. This premier event is designed for drilling professionals including engineering, management, operational personnel, and young professionals. Join us to catalyze improvement in drilling industry performance.

It will bring together industry leaders and drilling professionals to discuss challenges and share best practices. Cutting-edge technology advances, including drilling automation, will be featured, as will case studies of relevant technical achievements. This premier event also will highlight evolving approaches to safety and training, providing practical information on new tools and processes that can be used to improve HSE performance.

IADC Drilling Middle East 2025 will focus on real challenges facing the drilling industry today and those that will ultimately shape the industry in the future.

IADC invites submission of abstracts for new and practical solutions aimed toward improving industry performance. Presentations that focus on lessons learned and how those lessons point toward a way forward will be particularly valued — how the lessons of yesterday and today can produce a vision for tomorrow. Also, presentations that pose provocative questions to promote earnest discussion are especially welcome.

ENERGY TRANSITION
• Characteristics of a sustainable drilling industry
• Future energy mix
• ESG
• Drilling in the public eye
• Climate change
• Reaching carbon neutral

LONGER TERM INDUSTRY CHALLENGES 
• Reducing the operational impact on the environment – lessons learned
• Preparing for future global events (another pandemic?)
• Industry 4.0

NEAR TERM MARKET CHALLENGES
• Operator/contractor partnership
• Contracts
• Project planning, implementation and development
• Globalization: Learn from other company experiences
• Regional supplies, repairs and services
• Regional economic and political drivers
• VAT, IKTVA and other tax related issues, current impact and future implications.

QUALITY HEALTH, SAFETY, SECURITY & ENVIRONMENT
• Adherence to HSE policies and procedure
• Case histories
• Pandemic preparedness
• Process safety
• Regional challenges – driving incidents
• Local compliance & legal issues
• Regulatory compliance & impact
• Environmental regulations & best practices
• Regionalization – what impact does regionalization have on HSE?
• Movement of people, crew change

HUMAN RESOURCES
• Nationalization/localization of workforce
• Diversity
• Young leaders
• Developing, managing and retaining competency
• Learning for the future
• Knowledge transfer process
• Hands-on process assurance (OJT) and result measurements
• Dealing with difficult people
• Utilizing “about to retire” or “retired” expertise
• Human factors
• Improving competences development with data analysis

TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
• Re-starting rigs
• PLC control systems integration on rigs
• Challenges automation, mechanization and big data
• Software to identify trends
• Risk management solutions well control
• Innovative training and simulation technologies
• Drilling & completions challenges
• Managed pressure drilling
• Assurance of technical integrity of assets
• Cyber security
• Artificial intelligence & machine learning
• New techniques that reduce costs
• OEM versus Non-OEM
• Unconventional wells – well control
• Drilling problems – stuck pipe incident, well control
• Advanced well control why? Comparison between the current and the advances 

TIPS FOR A GOOD ABSTRACT AND PRESENTATION:
Communicate the strategic value of your proposal. Use Case Studies to the greatest extent possible. Conclude the presentation by summarizing the “Big Idea” encapsulated in your talk and its ultimate impact.

NOTE: Authors are invited to submit proposals for presentations at the conference. Authors of selected presentations may be asked to participate in panel discussions.

For consideration, an abstract for each proposed paper must be submitted to IADC no later than 14 APRIL 2025. Authors of abstracts selected will receive confirmation letters and guidelines by mid-May 2025. Please note that additional papers will be accepted and published in the proceedings but are not required for presentation at this conference. Prior to abstract proposal submission, management clearance must be obtained. Any issues concerning clearance should be outlined when the abstract proposal is submitted.

We look forward to your participation and hope to see you at this important event!

Conference Program Committee

Exhibition Information

Sponsorship

There are four levels of sponsoring: Diamond sponsors, Platinum Sponsors, Gold Sponsors, and Silver Sponsors. Event sponsorships are also available and will be categorized by monetary contribution with the appropriate level of sponsorship. Please find the benefits of the sponsor packages below. The conference sponsor will receive high profile recognition before, during and after the conference.

*Comps refer to number of complimentary registration

Note: no refunds for cancellations of sponsorships will be issued.

For more information and sponsor bookings please contact us at europe@iadc.org or phone: +31.24.675.2252