Thursday, 6 November 

7 am Registration
Coffee Service   Sponsored by CB Richard Ellis
Host: Craig Beyer, CB Richard Ellis 

8-9:30 am
Hydril Pressure Control Keynote Breakfast
Hosts: Chuck Chauviere, Mike Bowie, Ed Hemphill and Bob Judge, Hydril Pressure Control 

IADC Exemplary Service Awards recognize individuals notable for outstanding contributions to the drilling industry and to IADC. Recipients have, in the course of their career, repeatedly demonstrated their commitment to improving the drilling industry and advancing its safety, training, or technology. 

John Auth, Manager HSE & IR, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

John Auth is a longtime supporter of the IADC HSE initiative. John served as Chairman of the HSE committee and has worked to organize the annual HSET conference in Houston for many years. He has tirelessly promoted safety within our industry and his contributions to the IADC HSE effort have been immeasurable. John entered the drilling industry in 1980, when he joined Global Marine in their human resources department in Los Angeles. After 18 months, John received a promotion to Global Marine’s drilling company headquarters in Houston as Personnel Manager. During his career, John has worked for ENSCO, Chiles Offshore and Noble Corporation. In 1995, John joined Diamond Offshore Drilling as Manager-HSE. He now provides HSE supervisory development training and acts as an industry liaison for Diamond in the HSE area. John is a graduate of Syracuse University and served in the US Peace Corps in India. He and his wife, Judy, live in Houston.

 

Mike Roth, Director, Marketing & Contracts – Deepwater, ENSCO International Inc.

Mike has served IADC since 1981 when he joined and ultimately became Chairman of the New Orleans Chapter. He joined the Contracts Committee in the 1980’s and became Vice Chairman Offshore and then Committee Chairman from 2000 to 2005. He was also Chairman of the IADC Houston Chapter in 2005. He continues his work with the Contracts Committee and is a frequent contributor to the IADC Contracts Conference and has worked to organize IADC’s Drilling Gulf of Mexico Conference. In addition, Mike has also served as a Director of IADC for many years. Mike obtained his Business Degree from Louisiana State University in 1976 and completed the Program for Manager Development at Duke University. He started his career in the contract drilling industry in 1976 and has worked for several drilling contractors, including ODECO (the predecessor of Diamond) and then Transocean, where he spent 23 years in a variety of marketing positions. Mike recently joined ENSCO Offshore Company, where he is the Director of Marketing & Contracts for the Deepwater Business Unit. Mike and his wife of 31 years – Donna – live in Houston and have 2 grown sons, both of whom are petroleum engineers. 

Keynote Address: Rick Mitchell, Vice President Worldwide Drilling and E&P, Devon Energy Corporation 

Devon Energy Corporation is one of the world’s leading independent oil and gas exploration and production companies. Devon’s operations are focused primarily in the US and Canada; however the company also explores for and produces natural gas in select international areas. About 88 percent of Devon’s production is from North America. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Devon has approximately 5,000 employees worldwide.  

Richard K. Mitchell joined Devon in 2003, where he serves as Vice President, Worldwide Drilling and E&P Services. He also serves as Chairman of Devon’s Procurement Steering Committee. Prior to joining Devon, Mitchell spent five years with Ocean Energy, Inc., as Vice President of International Operations and 18 years with Chevron in various drilling positions. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Oklahoma in petroleum engineering. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, past review chairman of SPE Drilling Engineering magazine, and served as an instructor at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.  

 

9:30-9:45 am
Coffee Service   Sponsored by CB Richard Ellis 

9:45-10:45 am
Innovative Technologies
Moderator: Scott Gordon, Regional Vice President, Unit Texas Drilling, LLC 

A New Design Top Drive Designed To Go Further, Deeper & With Less Downtime: David Reid, VP, E&P Technology and Business, National Oilwell Varco 

The industry has begun a soul-searching focus on top drive reliability as we consistently push the machines to the edge of their design capability. A new generation of top drive, the NOV TDX-1250 has arrived with more capacity and capability than we have seen in the past. Extended-reach drilling rigs looking to blow past today’s records have already bought into this new top drive, even though the machine’s significantly exceeds drilling rig capacity. 

David Reid is Vice President, E&P Technology and Business at Houston-based National Oilwell Varco (NOV) and is responsible for developing corporate business interaction with strategic E&P companies. Previously he was Vice President of Products for NOV’s Rig Solutions Division and Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Varco.  

Developing and Integrating Technologies to Enable an Adaptive Drilling Process: Eugene Murphy, Investment Principal, Kenda Capital LLC 

Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 B.V., managed by Kenda Capital, has invested in various technologies to enable the realization of an Adaptive Drilling Process. A brief overview of the key technologies will be presented, including: Hybrid Coiled Tubing Drilling Units, Automated Managed Pressure Drilling Systems and Aerated Formates as Drilling Fluids. 

Eugene Murphy has some 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He joined STV in 2001 as an Investment Principal and prior to this, held various operational and management positions including Senior Well Engineer for NAM, and General Manager for Eastern African and Eastern Mediterranean operations for Anadrill Schlumberger, responsible for identifying and re-organizing underperforming operations. Prior to his management positions, Eugene held several engineering positions such as Field Service Manager and Field Engineer within Anadrill Schlumberger. He holds a degree in Geology and Geophysics from Durham University, England and has several patents in his name. 

 

10:45-11:30 am
Great Leadership Fuels Performance and Growth - So, What is it? How Do You Achieve it? Dan Weinfurter, Chief Executive Officer, Capital H Group LLC
Moderator: Scott Gordon, Regional Vice President, Unit Texas Drilling, LLC 

Studies have shown that effective leadership is responsible for as much as 40% of an organization's performance. Yet, it's difficult to get leadership "right", which is why, worldwide, 30% to 40% of people are in the wrong roles, and 40% of people who are promoted into a new role fail in 18 months or less. The drilling industry, which has typically promoted from within, is particularly vulnerable – as determining who best to keep in technical specialist roles and who best to serve in management roles is a difficult, but critical decision.

Given the changes that the exploration industry is experiencing -- the competition for talent, the need for global management skills and the high costs of employee turnover-- now is the time to ask whether your leaders are capable of taking your organization into the future. And, if not, what actions do you need to take? 

 

 

11:30-1 pm
Hughes Christensen Luncheon
Host: Gary Rich, President, Hughes Christensen Company

The annual Hughes Christensen Luncheon will feature recognition of IADC officer nominees for 2009 and presentation of the 2008 IADC Chairman’s plaque.  

Featured Address: Scott Sigurdson, Vice President, Drilling & Completion Engineering, BP
 
BP is one of the largest integrated oil companies in the world, with an estimated global market share of around 3% of oil and gas production and 4% of refining capacity in the major global markets in which they operate. BP employs over 96,000 people and operates in over 100 countries worldwide. 

Scott has over 27 years of drilling and completion engineering, operations and management experience. Since graduating from New Mexico Tech with a BS in Petroleum Engineering, he has worked in West Texas, the GoM, Alaska and the North Sea. Scott is currently the Vice President of Drilling and Completion Engineering in Exploration and Production Technology for BP in Houston.

 

 

 

1-1:45 pm
Top Ten Anti-Bribery Compliance Traps: Alexandra Wrage, President, Trace International, Inc.

As anti-bribery enforcement heats up worldwide, learn the most common corporate mistakes and some of the compliance “best practices” developed to address them. 

Trace International is a nonprofit membership association that pools resources to provide practical and cost-effective anti-bribery compliance solutions for multinational companies and their commercial intermediaries. Ms. Wrage is Chair of the Women in International Regulatory Law (WIRL) Steering Committee, co-chair of the American Bar Association’s Anti-Corruption Committee, vice chair of the Association of Corporate Counsel’s International Legal Affairs Committee, and a member of the Working Group for the United Nation’s Global Compact 10th Principle. Ms. Wrage has written three guidebooks: The TRACE Standard for Doing Business with Intermediaries Internationally, The High Cost of Small Bribes and First to Know: Robust Internal Reporting Programs. She speaks frequently on topics of international law, anti-corruption initiatives and the hidden costs of corruption. Ms. Wrage was named as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics for 2007 by Ethisphere Magazine. Ms. Wrage, a Canadian, studied law at Kings College, Cambridge University. 

 

1:45-2:15 pm
Coffee Service   Sponsored by CB Richard Ellis 

2:15-3:30 pm
Drillers Outlook
Three leading drilling contractors representing land and offshore with US and global scope will present their views on the strong outcome of drilling worldwide. Will demand continue? Will newbuilds saturate the market? Where will the people come from to man the units as the older more experienced employees reach retirement? The panelists will consider the key issues facing the contract-drilling industry. 

John Rynd, Chief Executive Officer and President, Hercules Drilling Company

Hercules Offshore is a leading provider of offshore contract drilling, liftboat and inland barge services with operations spanning the globe. The company operates the fourth largest fleet of jackups in the world as well as the largest liftboat and inland barge fleets. The fleet is capable of performing services including oil and gas exploration and development drilling, well service, platform inspection, maintenance and decommissioning operations in shallow water markets. 

Mr. Rynd was named Chief Executive Officer and President of Hercules Offshore in June 2008.  In addition, he serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Company. He has served in various executive level positions since joining Hercules Offshore in September 2005. Most recently, Mr. Rynd was the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, a role he held since July 2007.  He also served as Senior Vice President of Hercules Offshore and President of Hercules Drilling Company, LLC. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Rynd spent 15 years with Noble Drilling Services, Inc., where he served in a variety of management roles, including Vice President Investor Relations and Vice President Marketing and Contracts. Mr. Rynd also served in various management roles at Chiles Offshore, culminating in Vice President of Marketing. His vast experience also encompasses 10 years of service for Rowan Companies Inc., where he served in various roles of increasing levels of responsibility on offshore rigs. John graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. 

Kevin Neveu, CEO, Precision Drilling Trust

Precision Drilling Trust is Canada's largest oilfield services company, providing contract drilling, well servicing and strategic support services to customers. Precision supplies on-the-ground expertise - people, equipment and knowledge - to enable about one-third of western Canada's conventional oil and gas production. 

Mr. Neveu was appointed Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Precision in August 2007. He was born in Edmonton and graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Alberta in 1982. Mr. Neveu began his career as a Drilling Equipment Manufacturing Engineer for National Supply in Red Deer, Alberta, and progressed through a series of positions before relocating to London as Area Manager Europe, Africa and Middle East. In 1992, Mr. Neveu joined Dreco Energy Services to establish operations in Russia before returning to Edmonton as General Manager of the Dreco Rig Technology group. In 1999, Mr. Neveu moved to Houston as President of the Downhole Tools Businesses for National Oilwell (which had acquired Dreco). In 2002 he was appointed President of the Rig Solutions Group of National Oilwell Varco and held that position until joining Precision. 

Steven L. Newman, President & COO, Transocean

Transocean, the world’s largest offshore drilling contractor, provides a versatile fleet of mobile offshore drilling units to help clients find and develop oil and natural gas reserves. Building on more than 50 years of experience with the highest specification rigs, our approximately 21,100 employees are focused on safety and premier offshore drilling performance.  

Before being named to his current position as President & COO, Mr. Newman served since late 2007 as Executive Vice President of Performance, leading the company’s three business units and focusing on client service delivery and performance improvement across the company’s worldwide fleet. He previously served in senior management roles, including Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Information Process Solutions, and Treasury, and Vice President of Performance and Technology. He also has served as Regional Manager for the Asia and Australia Region and in international field and operations management positions, including Project Engineer, Rig Manager, Division Manager, Region Marketing Manager and Region Operations Manager. He joined the company in 1994 in the Corporate Planning Department. Mr. Newman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering, from the Colorado School of Mines and an MBA from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business. 

3:30-4 pm
IADC Initiatives
Find out what’s happening at IADC. Learn about your new committees and programs. 

• New IADC Committees: Steve Richards, VP Drilling Services, IADC; Sr. VP Operations Support, Key Energy Services Inc.

Over the last several months, IADC has formed two new committees, IADC Well Servicing Committee and the IADC Advanced Rig Technology Committee. Mr. Richards will discuss the missions and structure of each committee. 

Steve Richards joined Key Energy in February, 2001, as Vice President-Drilling Operations.  He served as Senior Vice President – Drilling and International from March, 2003 until December, 2005, when he assumed his current responsibilities.  He is a native Texan and a veteran of over 38 years in the oil and gas industry. He holds a BS in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Oklahoma (1974) and is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. He currently serves as Vice President-Drilling Services Division and member of the Executive Committee for the International Association of Drilling Contractors and as past-chair and member of the Advisory Board of the Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. 

 

• IADC Environmental Policy Advisory Panel: Claus Hemmingsen, 2008 IADC Vice Chairman; Chief Executive Officer, Maersk Contractors

IADC’s new Environmental Policy Advisory Panel has been formed to examine environmental issues of interest to the drilling community. 

Claus Hemmingsen is Chief Executive Officer of Maersk Contractors, Partner in the firm A.P. Moller and member of the Group’s Executive Board. Mr. Hemmingsen joined A.P. Moller – Maersk in 1981 and has been stationed in Hong Kong and in Singapore. Mr. Hemmingsen was appointed Sr. Vice President in 2003 with overall responsibility for APM Terminals and Global Shared Service Centres. He was appointed CEO of Maersk Contractors in January 2005 and took overall responsibility of Maersk Supply Service the same year. He was appointed Executive Vice President in April 2005, Member of the Executive Board in July 2006 and Partner in July 2007. Mr. Hemmingsen finalized an Executive MBA at IMD, Switzerland in November 2007. 

• New IADC Accreditation Programs: Mike Mathena, Chairman, IADC Training Committee; General Manager, Troops 2 Roughnecks, Troop Transition.

Highlights of IADC’s myriad training functions will be given, with a focus on new accreditation programs and Training Committee goals for 2009. Among the goals to be discussed are pursuit of standardized, acceptable crane operator certification and definition of competencies for petroleum industry trainers. 

Mike Mathena serves as the Chairman of the IADC Training Committee. He is currently employed as the General Manager for Troops 2 Roughnecks. Prior to his current position, Mr. Mathena served as the Training Manager for Noble Drilling, Management Consultant for Proudfoot Consulting; Faculty Training Specialist for the University of Houston; Business consultant for Abbott Lab; Training Specialist for ComEd, The SABRE Group and Sphere Communications; and Nuclear Power Plant Supervisor, U.S. Navy submarine force. Mr. Mathena has a Bachelors of Arts in Natural Science from Shimer College in Chicago, Illinois.

 

4-4:15 pm
Coffee Service   Sponsored by CB Richard Ellis 

4:15-5:30 pm
IADC Board of Directors Meeting (IADC Directors Only) 

6-8 pm
Annual Meeting Reception
Co-Sponsored by Caterpillar Inc. and Security DBS, a Halliburton Company

 Friday, 7 November 

7:30 am Registration
Coffee Service   Sponsored by Tesco Corporation
Host: Polo Gutierrez, Tesco Corporation

8-9:30 am
NOV ReedHycalog Operator’s Outlook Breakfast & Rig Census

Host: Robin MacMillan, NOV ReedHycalog 

The NOV ReedHycalog Rig Census and associated contractor survey is one of the major statistical benchmarks on the land and offshore drilling industry. Mr. Robin MacMillan, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, NOV ReedHycalog will present this year’s statistics. 

Robin Macmillan is President of NOV ReedHycalog. He has been in the industry for over 30 years working in numerous international locations. He graduated with a BS in Geology from the University of Leeds in England and started with ReedHycalog as a salesman in Aberdeen. He has since held several roles with the company including region manager in Latin America, Schlumberger D&M manager in Canada and was previously Vice President for Sales and Marketing.

 

 

Featured Speaker: Roger Jenkins, Sr. Vice President of North America, Murphy Oil & Gas 

Murphy Oil Corporation, headquartered in El Dorado, Arkansas, is a worldwide oil and gas exploration and production company with refining and marketing operations in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company’s oil and gas business dates back to 1907, when the first oil production was established in the Caddo Field in North Louisiana. 

Mr. Jenkins is responsible for all exploration and production activities in the United States and Canada. Prior to his current role, Roger spent six years in Malaysia where he managed all of Murphy’s deepwater operations. Prior to joining Murphy in 2001, Roger worked with Texaco E&P in the Gulf of Mexico for 18 years. Roger graduated from Louisiana State University with a BS degree in Petroleum Engineering, in 1983. Roger holds an MBA degree from the A.B. Freemen School of Business at Tulane University in New Orleans. Roger is a 25 year SPE member and a six-time technical author.  

 

 

9:30-9:45 am
Coffee Service   Sponsored by Tesco Corporation 

9:45-10:45 am
Market Outlook
Highly regarded analysts will provide perspective to current market trends and some guideposts to 2009 and beyond. 

Bill Montgomery, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Company

Bill Montgomery joined Goldman Sachs as a managing director and became a partner in 2002.  He is a member of the Global Natural Resources group within the Investment Banking Division and heads its Houston office. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Mr. Montgomery was a managing director and co-head of the US Energy Practice at Merrill Lynch. Bill earned an MBA from the Wharton School and a BBA in Finance from the University of Texas. 

 

 

 

 

• Joe R. Agular, Partner and Senior Energy Analyst, Johnson Rice & Company LLC

10:45-11 am
Coffee Service   Sponsored by Tesco Corporation 

11-Noon
Keynote Address: Dr. Richard Murray, the Bob Lanier Professor of Political Policy, University of Houston Department of Political Science and Director of Surveying for the UH Center for Public Policy 

A few days after the election, Dr. Murray will dissect the outcome of the Presidential election. Dr. Murray will give his opinions on what we can expect from our new President as he deals with some of the major campaign issues; Economic Stimulus, Energy, Iraq/Iran and Taxes.  

Dr. Richard Murray is a native of Louisiana with B.A. and M.A. degrees in Government from Louisiana State University (1962, 1963) and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Minnesota (1967). Dr. Murray has taught at the University of Houston since 1966 and is currently the Bob Lanier Professor of Political Policy in the UH Department of Political Science and Director of Surveying for the UH Center for Public Policy. His academic interests are in Houston and Texas politics, focusing on campaigns and elections, political parties and interest groups, and public opinion. Professor Murray has written extensively in these areas, while teaching courses ranging from graduate seminars to introductory American Government. Dr. Murray occasionally conducts polls for local media, and local governments and is a political analyst for Channel 13, KTRK Television. 

 

Noon
Adjournment: John Lindsay, 2008 IADC Chairman; Executive VP, U.S. and International Operations, Helmerich & Payne IDC

 

 

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Caterpillar Inc.
CB Richard Ellis
Dockwise USA
Helmerich & Payne IDC
Hughes Christensen Company
Hydril Pressure Control
IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry
NOV ReedHycalog
Pride International Inc.
Security DBS, a Halliburton Company
Tesco Corporation
Varel International Inc.