IADC Contractor of the Year Luncheon & Directors Meeting

		IADC Contractor of the Year Luncheon & Directors Meeting 4 March 2009, The Petroleum Club, Houston, TX
		Held in conjunction with the IADC Houston Chapter
		Event Sponsor: Click here to download the conference registration form (PDF format, 46K) Click here for online conference registration Please make plans to join IADC and it's Houston Chapter at the 2009 IADC Contractor of the Year Luncheon & Directors Meeting . The Luncheon and Meeting will be held on 4 March at the Petroleum Club of Houston. A highlight of the luncheon is the bestowal of the coveted Contractor of the Year Award, sponsored by NOV ReedHycalog, who will host the luncheon. Schedule of Events: 8:30 am IADC Executive Committee (Members Only) Ramada Room Business Meeting of the Executive Committee 11:15 am General Registration Petroleum Room Foyer 11:30 am Reception (Cash Bar) Petroleum Room Noon Contractor of the Year Luncheon Sponsored by NOV ReedHycalog The Contractor of the Year Award is the most prestigious for a drilling contractor. The recipient is selected by the leadership of the IADC for career contributions to IADC and the drilling industry. NOV ReedHycalog contributes a scholarship to an institution of higher learning selected by the award winner. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Nansen G. Saleri, Chief Executive Officer & President of Quantum Reservoir Impact, LLC IADC is pleased to welcome the oil industry’s preeminent authority on reservoir management and up-stream technologies. Dr. Nansen Saleri will discuss increasingly widespread concerns about the onset of peak oil. He will give projections based on the analysis of critical assumptions for five different peak oil scenarios. Dr. Saleri will examine the following pressing questions: what are the current global resources in place?; what percentage of global resources is ultimately recoverable?; what will be the average rate of crude consumption between now and peak oil?; and when will peak oil arrive? Dr. Nansen Saleri holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees from the University of Virginia and B.Sc. from the Bosphorus University in Chemical Engineering. He received the 2006 John Franklin Carll Award, given annually by Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), for his outstanding contributions to modern reservoir management. He is a Member of the Advisory Board of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Houston and has been an SPE Distinguished Member and Lecturer; Co-Chairman of the SPE European Forum; Keynote Speaker at the several International Forums on Reservoir Simulation; SPE Speakers Bureau Member; and Member of SPE Fluid Mechanics Committee. Dr. Saleri has authored numerous technical papers and been a featured speaker at nearly 100 industry and ‘think-tank’ gatherings. He oversaw the Company’s Maximum Sustained Capability (MSC) commitments at 10.8 million barrels per day and strategic planning for its oil and gas assets. Dr. Saleri worked for Chevron, before joining Saudi Aramco in 1992, and served as Manager of Reservoir Engineering, Houston, Texas. He is the principal driver behind Saudi Aramco’s technological ascendancy in its up-stream capabilities, specifically in the area of modern reservoir management and ‘smart’ technologies. Chaired the Company’s Gas Strategy Task Force and led the Best-in-Class Initiative in Well Optimization. 1:15 pm Board of Directors Meeting (Directors Only) Petroleum Room 2:00 pm Closing Remarks and Adjournment
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