IADC World Drilling 2025 Conference & Exhibition

07.00 Conference Registration, Coffee Service, Poster Session & Open Exhibition – Sponsored by Derrick Corporation

08.30 Welcome, Introduction & Safety Briefing: Lars Nydahl Jorgensen, Regional Director Europe, IADC

08.40 Keynote Speaker: Roddie Mackenzie, Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer, Transocean

09.00 Featured Presentation: Generative AI: Bill Ambrose, Partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc.

09.20 Rig Market Outlook
Session Chairs: Matt Naeher, Senior Commercial Advisor, ExxonMobil & Josselin Gere, Vice President Marketing and Contract, Transocean

• Floating Rig Market Outlook: Cinnamon Edralin, Americas Research Director, Westwood Global Energy Group
• Jackup Rig Market Outlook: Rod Hutton, Associate Director, S&P Global
• Land Rig Market Outlook: Richard Spears, Vice President, Spears and Associates

10.30 Networking Break & Open Exhibition – Sponsored by Derrick Corporation

11.00 Sustainability & CCS
Session Chairs: Lamberto Nonno, Global HSE Leader, Baker Hughes & Stig Åtland, Vice President Drilling and Well Business Excellence, Equinor

CCS and Drilling Industry: Konstantin Puskarskij, Managing Director, Rune Loftager, Copenhagen Energy Partners
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) solutions are rapidly advancing in the offshore and onshore drilling industries, creating new opportunities to repurpose and adapt the expertise and technologies of drilling contractors. The presentation will illustrate the critical intersection of traditional drilling practices and emerging CCS technologies, highlighting the significant contributions of drilling contractors towards low-carbon future.

Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Offshore Drilling: Seadrill’s Journey Toward Enhanced Fuel Efficiency and Emissions Reduction: Johnathan Dady, Director of Rig Innovation and Technology, Seadrill
Seadrill is advancing sustainability in offshore drilling by retrofitting vessels with innovative technologies to reduce fuel consumption and emissions. While successful implementation involves high costs and downtime, partnerships have fostered creative solutions, including testing fuel additives and hydrogen injection systems. Our journey includes upgrades and procedures that facilitate a meaningful transition towards a sustainable future.

Assessing Rig Requirements and Developing Solutions for Offshore CO2 Drilling Operations: Zachary Bruton, Senior Business Developer – CCS, Mikkel Pedersen, Jens Hedegaard, Noble
The unique challenges of offshore CO2 drilling operations, including well control, rig systems, and HSE, are investigated. Research encompasses a technology qualification, CO2 release dispersion studies, material corrosion testing, and drilling simulations. Findings will highlight the necessary rig requirements and potential development solutions for safe and efficient CO2 handling on drilling rigs.

Bridging Communication Gaps with IADC’s New Geothermal Well Classification: Scott Farmer, Chairman IADC Geothermal Committee; Well Engineering Manager, H&P
Discover IADC’s new geothermal well classification system, designed to enhance communication between drilling and non-drilling professionals. This practical tool qualitatively visualizes risks and challenges, enabling quick project differentiation and identifying areas where members can add value. The presentation will showcase global use cases and a preview of the planned classification application, if available.

12.20 Luncheon, Poster Session & Open Exhibition

13.40 Panel Discussion: Operators Insights; An Inside View into Their Strategies
Moderators: Celine Martin, Rigs Strategy Coordination, TotalEnergies & Miguel Sanchez, Chief Executive Officer, SANAD
In the dynamic oil & gas industry, operators are gathering to share their unique perspectives and experiences. Facing key challenges such as balancing profitability with sustainability, navigating geopolitical risks, and overcoming supply-chain bottlenecks operators are holding firm to capital discipline, ensuring efficient use of resources, rethinking their portfolio to renew reserves and ensure production growth while investing to remain sustainable in a volatile environment. Join us for an enlightening conversation that promises to inspire and inform all attendees.

Panelists:

• Aymeric Floch, Head of Operations & Projects Support, TotalEnergies
• Jason Smith, General Manager Wells Operations, Shell

14.40 Networking Break, Poster Session & Open Exhibition – Sponsored by Derrick Corporation

15.10 Cultural Innovation
Session Chair: Ulrich Hahne, Managing Director, Herrenknecht Vertical GmbH & Pietro Seccaspina, Sales Area Manager Europe, Drillmec

Navigating the New Wave of M&A: Bridging Technology, Safety, and Culture: George Michalopulos, Vice President, Integration, H&P
Mergers and acquisitions are reshaping the drilling industry, offering immense potential for innovation and efficiency. This presentation delves into the challenges and opportunities of integrating technologies, HSE practices, and cultures. With a focus on real-world insights, it highlights how aligning safety, uniting teams, and embracing change can unlock value-proving that people remain the key to M&A success.

Innovative BOP Deployment Method – A Pioneering Approach: Martin Larrere, Lead Drilling Engineer, TotalEnergies, Simen Orvedal, Performance Engineer, Odfjell Drilling
TotalEnergies and Odfjell Drilling have developed a pioneering BOP deployment method, allowing to extend the deepsea Mira rig operating envelope in an ultra-deepwater drilling campaign in Namibia. This entails deploying the BOP stack in two separate runs, increasing the depth capacity of the rig with no modification to the hoisting equipment. This allowed to operate the rig beyond original design specification and successfully deliver multiple wells.

Reducing Redzone Exposure and Improving Operational Consistency; the Robotics & Automation Journey: Craig McCormick, Director of Innovation, Transocean
Mechanizing and automating manual tasks significantly reduce red zone exposure and allow well construction to be fully automated. This presentation will provide an in-depth overview of these milestones, highlighting the challenges faced, solutions implemented, and the impact on offshore operations. Attendees will gain valuable insights into the future direction of robotics and automation in offshore.

16.10 IADC World Drilling 2025 Recap Day 2: David Reid, Chief Technology Officer & Chief Marketing Officer, NOV

16.25 Adjournment

The following paper proposals are presented as posters and will be included in the conference if a scheduled paper becomes unavailable. In addition, these presentations will be made available in the IADC conference proceedings, should the author so desire.

Beyond the IADC DDR Code; Applying AI to Rig State Analysis: Enrico Saperdi, Chief Executive Officer, Massimo Bernadello, Gionata Ferroni, Wellsite Software
The innovative approach described utilizes basic drilling parameters to automatically calculate in real time rig state, with high accuracy and granularity. Its AI-based tools enable to identify automatically many rig activities in real time, identifying issues and inefficiencies with unprecedented automation level. The solution has been in use for more than one year, supporting numerous operators and drilling contractors.

Record Breaking Achieved in Africa with Orchestrated Autonomy Advancing Integrated Drilling Automation and Full Stakeholder Inclusion: Teddy Nkounkou, Domain Champion, SLB
The processes involved in preparing and optimizing drilling automation systems from well correlation analysis to reveal key areas for improvement to be used in operations to reach technical limit are described.

Living in a Current World of Workforce Attraction, Development, Motivation & Retention: Vicki Brouillette, US Human Resource Director, Cathy Robinson, Patrick Kearley, Ensign Energy Services
We will discuss the factors that are faced with workforce attraction, development, motivation and retention and what we are doing to mitigate these factors today. Items include having a Global Skills System (GSS) and what that consists of and how it works to progress personnel to the next level, having a Field Development Management program to have new graduates enter so they can be developed for a management role in the future and having a reward system used.

From Classroom to Field: Integrating Sustainability into Drilling Education: Fouz Abuzaid, Curriculum Development Supervisor, Saudi Arabian Drilling Academy (SADA)
This presentation examines SADA’s integration of sustainability principles into its vocational training programs. By aligning curricula with global sustainability standards and utilizing advanced technologies like drilling simulators and virtual reality, SADA equips trainees with the skills to implement energy-efficient and environmentally responsible practices in oil and gas operations, fostering a culture of sustainability within the industry.

A Digital Approach to Geothermal Drilling: Boosting Efficiency and Economic Viability: Giulia Giudici, Project Leader, Kwantis, Roberto Martini, Enel Green Power
A digital strategy to optimize geothermal drilling by leveraging real-time data analytics. By enhancing decision-making and improving resource utilization, this approach reduces drilling costs and increases project viability. Predictive analytics for drill pipe management minimizes downtime and extends equipment lifespan. Integrating performance data into Italy’s geothermal data hub further enhances collaboration, improving project efficiency.

Breaking Barriers: Inspiring Careers in the Energy Sector: Faye Sherriffs, Senior Vice President Strategic Partnerships, Hazel Lince, OPITO Ltd
OPITO aims to inspire the next generation to join the energy sector through promoting STEM education. Their 2024 global research surveyed 4000 young professionals from Brazil, Malaysia, the UAE, and the USA, finding 74% would consider energy careers. Key barriers include education, job nature and job security. OPITO is promoting lifelong career opportunities and reducing entry barriers through innovative STEM program.

Optimizing Operational Efficiency: A Digital Twin Solution for Realtime Dynamic Watch Circles on Dynamically Positioned Rigs: Kenneth Bhalla, Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Sezgin Kucukcoban, Stress Engineering Services, Inc
The development, deployment, and operations of a digital twin system for dynamically positioned (DP) drilling vessels is presented. The primary objective of the digital twin is to generate dynamic watch circles by predicting the vessel’s drift-off behavior based on real-time environmental conditions. The dynamic watch circle output provides crew members with maximal operating envelopes based on actual conditions while ensuring safe operations.