IADC Drilling Africa conference & exhibition

CONFERENCE PROGRAM:

Wednesday 8 October

07:00 – 08:30 Conference Registration, Coffee Service & Open Exhibition

08:30 – 08:45 Welcome & Introduction
Steve Kropla, Group Vice President Operations & Accreditation, IADC

08:45 – 09:00 Opening
Christian Girard, Regional Vice President, Europe/Africa, Pride International

09:00-09:30 Keynote Presentation: Corporate Citizenship Benefits People, Communities and Business
André Madec, Public Affairs Manager, ExxonMobil France

09:30 – 10:30 Session I: Community Development
Session Chairman: Bob Warren, Pride International

Education and Training of the National Workforce
Eric Kelly, Pride International, Inc.
By focusing educational and training efforts we can equip local employees with the necessary skills that will create many more opportunities for advancement/success, thus supporting resident communities by local workforce development.

A Fresh Approach to Utilizing the Local Workforce through Knowledge Management
David Kulakofsky, Halliburton
With predictions that a majority of our industry’s most experienced hands will retire during the next 10 years, capturing their knowledge and lessons learned will benefit the future of our industry.

10:30 – 11:00 Networking Break & Open Exhibition

11:00 – 12:30 Session II : Case Histories
Session Chairman: Pierre Gie, Total

Delivering World Class Wells in Deepwater Angola
Charlie Gilbertson, BP
The Greater Plutonio Drilling and Completions excellence story is one of a truly performance driven and innovative team using new and optimised technology. The keys to world class drilling and completion performance in conjunction with the role of an enhanced activity rig will be outlined.

Challenges Facing a New Entrant to the Offshore Drilling Market in West Africa
Mike Dubose, Rowan Companies
Rowan Companies is a new contractor to the West African market. Learn the deciding factors that lead this driller to enter the region. How did they get their program started? What were the company’s biggest challenges and where do they see the region’s market in the future.

Casing-While-Drilling 24-in. Surface Section Enables Operator to Add One Extra Slot to the Existing Drilling Template and Cut Operation Costs in Offshore Congo
Enis Aliko, Alan Phillips, Hughes Christensen Company, Stefano De Luca, ENI Congo
Casing-while-Drilling (CwD) with a drillable CwD bit allows an operator to secure one extra slot in an exhausted offshore template. This drilling technique saved rig time, saved at least one extra trip, and enabled the operator to continue drilling operations of the next section as usual.

12:30 – 14:00 Luncheon & Open Exhibition

14:00 - 14.30 IADC Training and Accreditation Update
Steve Kropla, IADC

14:30 – 15:00 Session III : Bits & Hole Enlargement
Session Chairman: Charlie Gilbertson, BP

Unique Stabilizer Geometry Enables Directional Success in Very Soft Formation Applications
Steve Barton, Kirk Card, ReedHycalog
A review of emerging string tool technologies that have been developed specifically to face the challenges evident with directional drilling in very soft formations. A number of successful field examples in West Africa are included.

15:00 – 15:30 Networking Break & Open Exhibition
15:30 – 16:45 Session IV: Business Practices
Session Chairman: Brian Petty, IADC

Compliance with US and European Anti-Corruption Legislation
Matthew Herrington, Tom Sprange, Steptoe & Johnson
Doing business competitively in Africa while at the same time ensuring compliance with onerous anti-corruption legislation in the US and Europe.

Practical Aspects of Complying with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Mary Shaddock Jones, Global Industries Offshore, LLC
Confused by what is actually required to satisfy the apparent burden of proof embedded in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act? Join the crowd. Practical aspects will be explored with complying with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

16:45 – 18:30 Welcoming Reception & Open Exhibition

Thursday 9 October

07:30 – 08:30 Conference Registration, Coffee Service & Open Exhibition

08:30 – 10:00 Session V: Case Studies
Session Chairman: Tom Windham, Chevron

Drilling & Completion Challenges & Opportunities - Onshore Southern Tunisia
Toby Wood, Pioneer Natural Resources
Pioneer Natural Resources will summarize Drilling & Completion performance improvements and challenges in Southern Tunisia over the last 12 to 18 months. The current campaign began in September 2006 and is ongoing today. Performance improvements have been achieved in Drilling, Completion and Well Testing. The remaining known and unknown challenges present an even greater opportunity for improvements in the near future.

A Well Intersection Crossing of the Congo River Subsea Canyon
George Armistead, Dean Newsom, Chevron
Chevron Angola will be executing a horizontal well intersection project in order to route a large gas pipeline below the Congo river subsea canyon. This presentation will describe the hazards and features of the Congo river subsea canyon and the engineering approach to developing a plan to intersect wells concurrently drilled from both the north and south sides of the subsea canyon. Technology used in other oilfield applications is applied to this challenging project to deliver a unique result to this technical challenge.

Meeting the Challenges of a Fast-Track Deepwater Development for the Jubilee Field, Ghana
Mike Williams, Tullow Oil Plc
The presentation outlines the plans to appraise and develop the Jubilee Field, subsequent to the discovery well drilled in June 2007. It will describe the field setting and the planning associated with the phased development, including the challenges associated with securing the required resources, particularly the rig time, given the prevalent tight market conditions.

10:00 – 10:30 Networking Break & Open Exhibition

10:30 – 12:00 Session VI: Deepwater Technology & Equipment
Session Chairman: Dave Stuebner, ExxonMobil

Trapped Annular Pressure: Trapped Annular Pressure – A Spacer Fluid That Shrinks (Update #3)
Ron Bland, Ron Foley, Floyd Harvey, Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids, Ben Bloys, Manny Gonzalez, John Lofton, Scott Azar, Derek Williams, Krystian Maskos, Chevron, Rob Hermes, Los Alamos National Lab, John Daniel, Floyd Billings, Ian Robinson, Lucite International, Marlon Allison, Flow Process Technologies, Inc.
Progress to date on a “shrinking spacer” solution to Trapped Annular Pressure/Annular Pressure Buildup. Earlier publications documented laboratory & test well results validating the concept & viability of commercial scale equipment developed to safely mix & pump the spacer. This presentation will concentrate on planning and application in the 10-3/4 inch tieback annulus of Chevron’s St. Malo #4 well in Walker Ridge 678 offshore Gulf of Mexico in 7000 ft of water. While most operator interest is for Gulf of Mexico, most of the international interest is for applications in West Africa.

Riserless Cementing - Best Practices and Lessons Learned Including an Unbiased Comparison of Foam and High Performance Lightweight Cements
David Kulakofsky, Halliburton
An outline of the benefits and limitations of the various systems used during riserless cementing. While riserless casing strings are occasionally cemented with conventional cement, the young near-seafloor rocks often require a lighter weight solution. Cement can be made lighter through the addition of extra water, nitrogen, or hollow microspheres. Each of these three systems have advantages and limitations. These differences will be discussed as well as the lessons learned covering specialized best practices required to cement under riserless conditions offshore Africa.

2nd Generation Drill Pipe Riser (DPR): A Step Change in Performance for Deepwater Intervention
William Gamisans,Ted Thames, Hector Arevalo,VAM Drilling,Jonathan Franchi, Eric Verger, Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France
Timing saving and efficiency improvement has become possible with light drill pipe risers for deepwater intervention since early 2000. A new generation of metal-to-metal seal drill pipe riser has been recently developed for Brazil operations and is currently being considered for several West African offshore fields.

12:00 – 13:30 Luncheon & Open Exhibition

13:30 – 14:00 Special Presentation: Ultra Deepwater Case History

Session Chairman: Steve Kropla, IADC

Successful Shallow Kick-Off in Soft Formation on Bobo-2X, an Ultra-Deepwater Well

Isaiah Okanlawon, Mark Ratchinsky, SNEPCP, Yinka Adeleye, SIEP, Obinna Izugbokwe, Schlumberger D&M

The quality of the tophole determines the quality of your well trajectory, and ultimately affects the cost of the well. It is therefore important we get everything right in the tophole section, especially when kicking off in very soft formations.

14.00-14.30 Session VII: West Africa Riser Application
Session Chairman: Steve Kropla, IADC

RFID Tagging of Riser Strings
John Hoefler, Daniel Baxter, Cameron
As drilling in deeper water depths becomes more prevalent, discovering practical ways to manage the riser system efficiently becomes increasingly more vital. Riser management techniques will be discussed, specifically the premise of a closed loop process. This process saves contractors time, money, and legitimately extends the period between required re-certifications. These technologies were initially developed for a drilling contractor currently working in West Africa, but will soon be available for utilization by all contractors. A closed loop process provides rig managers real time riser joint management. High level components of this process include: performance analysis, periodic inspection program, and spares/repair management. There will be in-depth explanations and examples of each phase of the process.

14:30 – 15:00 Networking Break & Open Exhibition

15:00 – 16:00 Session VIII: Environmental Practices
Session Chairman: George Morgan, Halliburton

Making Smart Environmental Drilling Fluid Choices in Drilling Ultra Deep Offshore Wells in East Mediterranean Sea
Ahmed Mohamed Ebeid, Wael El Sorafy, Halliburton, Stefano D'Angelo, Petrobel
The introduction of this environmentally friendly drilling fluid to this sensitive area will have a deep impact on the future of drilling fluids in the area. This will be shown on the future implementation of WBF in this area. This project became a reference to future projects and influenced our way of thinking when drilling fluids are concerned.

Rig Tank Cleaning: Related Systems and Technologies
Martin Hunter, M-I SWACO
An overview on both traditional and new tank cleaning practices used offshore West Africa in the context of the local legislative environment.

16:00 Closing Remarks
Steve Kropla, Group Vice President Operations & Accreditation, IADC

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Pierre Gie, Total

Mark Monroe, Transocean

George Morgan, Halliburton

Dave Stuebner, ExxonMobil

Martin Varco, BP

Bob Warren, Pride International

Tom Windham, Chevron

Brian Petty, IADC

Mike Killalea, IADC

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EXHIBITORS:

Aberdeen Drilling Schools

American Directional Drill

CETCO Oilfield Services Company

Derrick Equipment Company

Drilling Systems (UK) Ltd.

The Enterprise Development Network

National Oilwell Varco

Marex Marine and Safety Services (MMASS)

Protools

Redback Drilling Tools

Synergi Solutions

Weatherford

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		IADC Drilling Africa Conference & Exhibition, 8-9 October 2008, Tiara Park Atlantic Lisboa Hotel, Lisbon, Portugal
		*Gold Conference Sponsor:* Silver Conference Sponsors: *Brochure Sponsor:* Make plans to attend the IADC Drilling Africa Conference & Exhibition The conference will examine activity, markets and potential today and tomorrow of this vital E&P region, with the focus on drilling and completion. The event will be held 8-9 October at the Tiara Park Atlantic Lisboa Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal, a city with strong and longstanding ties to the Africa Region. Conference topics will include; Community Development, Security/Stability Management/ Business Development, Regulations and Taxation, Deepwater Technology and Equipment, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act/Ethics. Click here to jump to conference program Click here to view program committee members *BACK TO TOP* CONFERENCE PROGRAM: Wednesday 8 October 07:00 – 08:30 Conference Registration, Coffee Service & Open Exhibition 08:30 – 08:45 Welcome & Introduction Steve Kropla, Group Vice President Operations & Accreditation, IADC 08:45 – 09:00 Opening Christian Girard, Regional Vice President, Europe/Africa, Pride International 09:00-09:30 Keynote Presentation: Corporate Citizenship Benefits People, Communities and Business André Madec, Public Affairs Manager, ExxonMobil France 09:30 – 10:30 Session I: Community Development Session Chairman: Bob Warren, Pride International *Education and Training of the National Workforce* Eric Kelly, Pride International, Inc. By focusing educational and training efforts we can equip local employees with the necessary skills that will create many more opportunities for advancement/success, thus supporting resident communities by local workforce development. *A Fresh Approach to Utilizing the Local Workforce through Knowledge Management* David Kulakofsky, Halliburton With predictions that a majority of our industry’s most experienced hands will retire during the next 10 years, capturing their knowledge and lessons learned will benefit the future of our industry. 10:30 – 11:00 Networking Break & Open Exhibition 11:00 – 12:30 Session II : Case Histories Session Chairman: Pierre Gie, Total *Delivering World Class Wells in Deepwater Angola* Charlie Gilbertson, BP The Greater Plutonio Drilling and Completions excellence story is one of a truly performance driven and innovative team using new and optimised technology. The keys to world class drilling and completion performance in conjunction with the role of an enhanced activity rig will be outlined. Challenges Facing a New Entrant to the Offshore Drilling Market in West Africa Mike Dubose, Rowan Companies Rowan Companies is a new contractor to the West African market. Learn the deciding factors that lead this driller to enter the region. How did they get their program started? What were the company’s biggest challenges and where do they see the region’s market in the future. *Casing-While-Drilling 24-in. Surface Section Enables Operator to Add One Extra Slot to the Existing Drilling Template and Cut Operation Costs in Offshore Congo* Enis Aliko, Alan Phillips, Hughes Christensen Company, Stefano De Luca, ENI Congo Casing-while-Drilling (CwD) with a drillable CwD bit allows an operator to secure one extra slot in an exhausted offshore template. This drilling technique saved rig time, saved at least one extra trip, and enabled the operator to continue drilling operations of the next section as usual. 12:30 – 14:00 Luncheon & Open Exhibition 14:00 - 14.30 IADC Training and Accreditation Update Steve Kropla, IADC 14:30 – 15:00 Session III : Bits & Hole Enlargement Session Chairman: Charlie Gilbertson, BP *Unique Stabilizer Geometry Enables Directional Success in Very Soft Formation Applications* Steve Barton, Kirk Card, ReedHycalog A review of emerging string tool technologies that have been developed specifically to face the challenges evident with directional drilling in very soft formations. A number of successful field examples in West Africa are included. 15:00 – 15:30 Networking Break & Open Exhibition 15:30 – 16:45 Session IV: Business Practices Session Chairman: Brian Petty, IADC Compliance with US and European Anti-Corruption Legislation Matthew Herrington, Tom Sprange, Steptoe & Johnson Doing business competitively in Africa while at the same time ensuring compliance with onerous anti-corruption legislation in the US and Europe. Practical Aspects of Complying with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Mary Shaddock Jones, Global Industries Offshore, LLC Confused by what is actually required to satisfy the apparent burden of proof embedded in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act? Join the crowd. Practical aspects will be explored with complying with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. 16:45 – 18:30 Welcoming Reception & Open Exhibition Thursday 9 October 07:30 – 08:30 Conference Registration, Coffee Service & Open Exhibition 08:30 – 10:00 Session V: Case Studies Session Chairman: Tom Windham, Chevron Drilling & Completion Challenges & Opportunities - Onshore Southern Tunisia Toby Wood, Pioneer Natural Resources Pioneer Natural Resources will summarize Drilling & Completion performance improvements and challenges in Southern Tunisia over the last 12 to 18 months. The current campaign began in September 2006 and is ongoing today. Performance improvements have been achieved in Drilling, Completion and Well Testing. The remaining known and unknown challenges present an even greater opportunity for improvements in the near future. A Well Intersection Crossing of the Congo River Subsea Canyon George Armistead, Dean Newsom, Chevron Chevron Angola will be executing a horizontal well intersection project in order to route a large gas pipeline below the Congo river subsea canyon. This presentation will describe the hazards and features of the Congo river subsea canyon and the engineering approach to developing a plan to intersect wells concurrently drilled from both the north and south sides of the subsea canyon. Technology used in other oilfield applications is applied to this challenging project to deliver a unique result to this technical challenge. Meeting the Challenges of a Fast-Track Deepwater Development for the Jubilee Field, Ghana Mike Williams, Tullow Oil Plc The presentation outlines the plans to appraise and develop the Jubilee Field, subsequent to the discovery well drilled in June 2007. It will describe the field setting and the planning associated with the phased development, including the challenges associated with securing the required resources, particularly the rig time, given the prevalent tight market conditions. 10:00 – 10:30 Networking Break & Open Exhibition 10:30 – 12:00 Session VI: Deepwater Technology & Equipment Session Chairman: Dave Stuebner, ExxonMobil Trapped Annular Pressure: Trapped Annular Pressure – A Spacer Fluid That Shrinks (Update #3) Ron Bland, Ron Foley, Floyd Harvey, Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids, Ben Bloys, Manny Gonzalez, John Lofton, Scott Azar, Derek Williams, Krystian Maskos, Chevron, Rob Hermes, Los Alamos National Lab, John Daniel, Floyd Billings, Ian Robinson, Lucite International, Marlon Allison, Flow Process Technologies, Inc. Progress to date on a “shrinking spacer” solution to Trapped Annular Pressure/Annular Pressure Buildup. Earlier publications documented laboratory & test well results validating the concept & viability of commercial scale equipment developed to safely mix & pump the spacer. This presentation will concentrate on planning and application in the 10-3/4 inch tieback annulus of Chevron’s St. Malo #4 well in Walker Ridge 678 offshore Gulf of Mexico in 7000 ft of water. While most operator interest is for Gulf of Mexico, most of the international interest is for applications in West Africa. Riserless Cementing - Best Practices and Lessons Learned Including an Unbiased Comparison of Foam and High Performance Lightweight Cements David Kulakofsky, Halliburton An outline of the benefits and limitations of the various systems used during riserless cementing. While riserless casing strings are occasionally cemented with conventional cement, the young near-seafloor rocks often require a lighter weight solution. Cement can be made lighter through the addition of extra water, nitrogen, or hollow microspheres. Each of these three systems have advantages and limitations. These differences will be discussed as well as the lessons learned covering specialized best practices required to cement under riserless conditions offshore Africa. 2nd Generation Drill Pipe Riser (DPR): A Step Change in Performance for Deepwater Intervention William Gamisans,Ted Thames, Hector Arevalo,VAM Drilling,Jonathan Franchi, Eric Verger, Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France Timing saving and efficiency improvement has become possible with light drill pipe risers for deepwater intervention since early 2000. A new generation of metal-to-metal seal drill pipe riser has been recently developed for Brazil operations and is currently being considered for several West African offshore fields. 12:00 – 13:30 Luncheon & Open Exhibition 13:30 – 14:00 Special Presentation: Ultra Deepwater Case History Session Chairman: Steve Kropla, IADC Successful Shallow Kick-Off in Soft Formation on Bobo-2X, an Ultra-Deepwater Well Isaiah Okanlawon, Mark Ratchinsky, SNEPCP, Yinka Adeleye, SIEP, Obinna Izugbokwe, Schlumberger D&M The quality of the tophole determines the quality of your well trajectory, and ultimately affects the cost of the well. It is therefore important we get everything right in the tophole section, especially when kicking off in very soft formations. 14.00-14.30 Session VII: West Africa Riser Application Session Chairman: Steve Kropla, IADC RFID Tagging of Riser Strings John Hoefler, Daniel Baxter, Cameron As drilling in deeper water depths becomes more prevalent, discovering practical ways to manage the riser system efficiently becomes increasingly more vital. Riser management techniques will be discussed, specifically the premise of a closed loop process. This process saves contractors time, money, and legitimately extends the period between required re-certifications. These technologies were initially developed for a drilling contractor currently working in West Africa, but will soon be available for utilization by all contractors. A closed loop process provides rig managers real time riser joint management. High level components of this process include: performance analysis, periodic inspection program, and spares/repair management. There will be in-depth explanations and examples of each phase of the process. 14:30 – 15:00 Networking Break & Open Exhibition 15:00 – 16:00 Session VIII: Environmental Practices Session Chairman: George Morgan, Halliburton Making Smart Environmental Drilling Fluid Choices in Drilling Ultra Deep Offshore Wells in East Mediterranean Sea Ahmed Mohamed Ebeid, Wael El Sorafy, Halliburton, Stefano D'Angelo, Petrobel The introduction of this environmentally friendly drilling fluid to this sensitive area will have a deep impact on the future of drilling fluids in the area. This will be shown on the future implementation of WBF in this area. This project became a reference to future projects and influenced our way of thinking when drilling fluids are concerned. Rig Tank Cleaning: Related Systems and Technologies Martin Hunter, M-I SWACO An overview on both traditional and new tank cleaning practices used offshore West Africa in the context of the local legislative environment. 16:00 Closing Remarks Steve Kropla, Group Vice President Operations & Accreditation, IADC PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Pierre Gie, Total Mark Monroe, Transocean George Morgan, Halliburton Dave Stuebner, ExxonMobil Martin Varco, BP Bob Warren, Pride International Tom Windham, Chevron Brian Petty, IADC Mike Killalea, IADC *BACK TO TOP* EXHIBITORS: Aberdeen Drilling Schools American Directional Drill CETCO Oilfield Services Company Derrick Equipment Company Drilling Systems (UK) Ltd. The Enterprise Development Network National Oilwell Varco Marex Marine and Safety Services (MMASS) Protools Redback Drilling Tools Synergi Solutions Weatherford *BACK TO TOP*