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Conference Program

The well-construction industry strides forward boldly in advancing technology, with respect to both surface and subsurface tools, automation, and mechanization. However, with each expansion of the technology envelope, we also produce new challenges in reliability, communications protocol, and other areas. The mission of the 2011 IADC Advanced Rig Technology Conference & Exhibition, organized by the IADC Advanced Rig Technology Committee, is to spur dialog on ground-breaking milestones in well-construction technology and foster understanding of the challenges ahead.  

Tuesday, 20 September

7 am  Speaker Briefing (Conference speakers and session chairs only) Magnolia Room

7:30 am  Registration Ballroom Foyer

Coffee Service & Exhibit Viewing Red Oak Ballroom AB

8 am  Welcome & Introductions

• David Reid, VP Global Corporate Accounts, National Oilwell Varco

IADC Advanced Rig Technology Committee Update

The IADC Advanced Rig Technology Committee comprises three subcommittees – Drilling Control Systems, Reliability & Guidelines, and Future Technology. Each group has over the last three years accomplished numerous goals and projects to the betterment of the drilling industry. In this session, ART officers will brief the audience on past successes and their vision moving forward.

IADC Advanced Rig Technology Committee – Officers

• Chairman: David Reid, VP Global Corporate Accounts, National Oilwell Varco
• Vice Chairman: Drilling Control Systems: Terry Loftis, Engineering Manager, Transocean
• Vice Chairman: Reliability & Guidelines: Robert Urbanowski, Manager, US Operations Engineering, Precision Drilling Oilfield Services Corporation
• Vice Chairman: Future Technology: Dustin Torkay, Project Engineer, Archer

8:45 am  Focus on Safety Systems
Session Chair: David Reid, VP Global Corporate Accounts, National Oilwell Varco

•  Shell Refinery Operations & Safety Critical Controls: Arthur Woltman, Principal Engineer, Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc.

As the drilling industry explores automating operations to improve both safety and efficiency, it is finding much to learn from other industries. Automated operations and critical safety controls have made significant strides in E&P’s sister industry, refining. This presentation will provide a thorough overview of how Shell has tackled remote operations with a focus on safety in its refinery operations.

• Critical Well Control Information Display: Goran Andersson, Team Lead, D&C Training Center, Chevron

The display of data to the Driller is abundant and complex, increasing the opportunity for an influx in the wellbore to be missed. The industry’s effort to make all information available has effectually made less information usable. Chevron believes there are key lessons our industry can glean from the aviation industry with regards to the display of critical information in a manner that is obvious and available at all times. Accordingly, we assembled a working team that has developed a standard method to communicate potential well control hazards to the operating crew, by combining Chevron, Transocean, and NOV’s capability to improve upon the working system for Chevron-operated rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.

9:45 am  Coffee Service & Exhibit Viewing Red Oak Ballroom AB

10:15 am  Controls & Integration
Session Chair: Terry Loftis, Engineering Manager, Transocean

•  A New Class Notation for Software-Dependent Systems: David N. Card, Technical Director, DNV

DNV has developed a new optional offshore rule, OS D-203, Integrated Software Dependent Systems (ISDS) to help ensure the delivery of systems with greater operational reliability. ISDS focuses on two critical aspects of new builds: software quality and systems integration. Software often has not been fully tested by suppliers prior to installation at the yard. Even if each individual software component works as designed, problems may occur because messages, handshakes and parameters are not consistently implemented across systems. Seadrill and Dolphin Drilling have been early adopters of the ISDS approach.

• Advancing Technologies in Rig Communications & Protocols: Brad Rosenhagen, Director, Drilling Support Services, AWC Inc.

Some of the earlier communications and protocols adopted for drilling operations, to potential future technologies to meet continuing demands for better solutions will be presented. Additional information from a survey conducted by IADC in 2008 provides current status on many of today’s rig control systems. Also addressed is the ongoing need for improved communications between drill rig tools, monitoring and controls systems to provide reliable, efficient and safe operations for drilling. Additionally, a case study will be provided on issues and challenges on developing an industrial communication infrastructure for drilling rigs.

• An Open Process Model Approach to Standardization: Barry E. Baker, Director of Engineering, Omron Oilfield & Marine

An open process model and standardization methodology for the drilling industry that allows intellectual property to be protected while preserving an environment that is conducive to competition and collaboration. Several successful examples of collaboration between different stakeholders will be presented to demonstrate the value and benefits that come when the drilling industry embraces an open process model along with a structured and orderly methodology for standardization.

11:30 am  Luncheon & Exhibit Viewing Red Oak Ballroom AB
Sponsored by Marine Cybernetics 

12:45 pm  Non Productive Time
Session Chair: Robert Urbanowski, Manager, US Operations Engineering, Precision Drilling Oilfield Services Corporation

• Why RFID and Why Now?: Frank Breland, Manager, Planned Maintenance, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

RFID has become the key ingredient in increasing Reliability in the drilling industry. It is one of the only industries that RFID is almost a requirement to increase reliability, maintainability and availability. The reason being that the assets in the drilling industry move as much as they do, and unlike a process plant or a refinery where a boiler or a turbine stays in one location from cradle to grave, capital equipment in the oil field moves like inventory. And the “maintainer” changes from the mechanic on the rig, to the man in the drilling contractor’s yard to the OEM’s service personnel. And because of the extreme wear and tear in the industry most styles of identification, Serial Numbers, Name Plate, Direct Part Marking etc., usually get knocked off or wear out after a few years and there is no way to identify the asset. Maintenance history ceases to exist and becomes Maintenance…History. RFID after many trials and tribulations is finally rugged enough and here to stay in the drilling industry, as the key to asset identification and maintenance management.

• Using Data to Increase Reliability and Making Condition Based Maintenance a Reality in the Drilling Industry (Upstream Oil and Gas Industry): Ashe Menon, Product Line Manager, National Oilwell Varco

Research currently underway that could form the basis of a threshold-based analysis for use in the drilling industry will be described. Current analysis of 3 years of operational data for different drilling assets, starting with the top drive, and identifying operational characteristics that lead to failures will be presented. Then look at plans to correlate this data with maintenance data to get a complete picture on all the parameters that led to the failure. If a correlation is identified between different operational parameters of over 80%, this could be the first steps in the direction toward making predictive maintenance a reality in the drilling industry.

• Reliability in Drilling Systems: Walt Aldred, Scientific Advisor & Research Director, Schlumberger

Schlumberger’s director of research for drilling will share his thoughts on challenges in reliability and potential solutions.

• NPT: You Can’t Fix What You Can’t Measure: Bill O’Grady, VP Engineering, & Don Shafer, Athens Group

Respondents to a recent industry survey on non-productive time (NPT) indicated that implementation and reporting of an industry standard calculation of NPT is one of the top opportunities for the industry to collaborate on NPT reduction. During this presentation, we will draw on the successes of the semiconductor, aerospace and automotive industries to propose a standard set of definitions for core drilling process metrics; propose a standard definition of and method for calculating NPT; and propose two new metrics that will provide a better methodology for comparing and improving the performance of drilling assets.

2:30 pm  Coffee Service & Exhibit Viewing Red Oak Ballroom AB

2:45 pm  New Technology & New Processes I
Session Chair: Dustin Torkay, Project Engineer, Archer

• Experience Using Hardware in the Loop Test for DP Semi Newbuildings: John R. Pederson, Lead Engineer, Maersk Drilling

Maersk Drilling’s experience and cooperation with the vendors of equipment onboard three (3) Semis and the “Companies” will be explained and the following questions will be discussed during the presentation: Do we get value for money performing these tests and implementation of a new test regime?; How can we control software changes during “Hardware in loop test”?; and finally, What are we testing?; What should be the future requirements to software tests to avoid accidents in the offshore industry?

• Hardware-In-the-Loop Testing of Drilling Control Systems: Tom Arne Pedersen, R&D Manager Drilling, Marine Cybernetics

Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) testing is a well proven test methodology from automotive, avionics, space, robotics, and nuclear industries. It facilitates systematic testing of control system design philosophy, functionality, performance, and failure handling capability, both in normal and off-design operating conditions, and is conducted in a virtual test-bed where there is no risk to man, vessel, or equipment. The concept of independent HIL testing for Drilling Control Systems and interesting test cases for single machines, integrated functionality and anti collision scenarios are presented together with National Oilwell Varco (NOV).

3:30 pm  Coffee Service & Exhibit Viewing Red Oak Ballroom AB

3:45 pm  New Technology & New Processes II
Session Chair: Dustin Torkay, Project Engineer, Archer

• Utilization of Simulator Technology for Performance Optimisation of Drilling Units in Operation: Ole Paulsen, VP Performance Technology Centre and Bjarne Larsen, Global Mgr-Performance, Aker Solutions

Simulators for training of rig crews have been in the market for the last ten years, with good results. The training simulators however, are often of a generic type describing the drilling rig’s functionality with an accuracy just adequate for training. This paper describes how recent advances in 3-D engineering tools combine with the actual control system of the rig and state of the art visualization. The result is a 1:1 simulator based on the actual engineering drawings of the rig that follows the life cycle of the rig. Typical uses are testing of rig functionality prior to construction, pre-commissioning of software changes prior to installation, training of rig crew, and optimisation of operational sequences to improve operational efficiency based on crew feedback in an offline environment. Case histories and lessons learned are included.

• Optimized Rig Technology Gains High Efficiency & Improved HSE: Marco Cercato, Business Development Manager, Drillmec SpA

A unique advanced rig technology offers proven step change in performance, while lowering enviormental impact and enhancing safety. The system’s flexibility renders it appropriate across a wide range of environmental conditions and applications, from traditional oil and gas to unconventional gas shales, coal-bed methane and geothermal. Case histories are provided, including a preview of upcoming CBM work in China.

• Rig Technology – an Enabler for Factory Drilling^TM: Ron Ayllon, Region Manager-The Americas, Rig Management Group, Schlumberger – IPM

Rig mechanization has brought some significant benefits to the drilling process but we are still subject to significant performance variability between rigs, crews, drillers, etc. For Factory Drilling^TM, the next leap forward will be the application of drilling automation to deliver consistent performance from well to well. This will require drilling contractors to provide ”auto-enabled” rigs that can execute the commands generated by automation algorithms.

5:15 pm  Adjournment 

Conference Program Committee

Egill Abrahamsen, Sekal AS
Mark Anderson, Shell
Clint Chapman, Schlumberger
Brian Ellis, Canrig
Robert Goodwin, National Oilwell Varco
Chuck Griffith, Caterpillar, Inc.
Dan Gudall, Aker MH Inc.
Rolf Gullaksen, TTS Sense USA
Mike Killalea, IADC
Eric Johnston, Chevron Energy Technology Company
Gregers Kudsk, Maersk Drilling
Terry Loftis, Transocean
David Reid, National Oilwell Varco
Dustin Torkay, Archer
Robert Urbanowski, Precision Drilling Oilfield Services Corporation
Hugo Valdez, Ensco plc

Exhibition for this event is sold out.

Exhibitors

Drilling Systems (UK) Ltd
Drillmec Inc.
TDE – ProNova
Well Control School
Weatherford
AWC Incorporated
Cubility US LLC
CAD Control Systems
Infolink USA
Derrick Equipment Company
Marine Cybernetics
Integrated Drilling Equipment (IDE)
GS Hydro US
Wayne Enterprises
Safe-T-Hook

Conference Information

Norris Conference Center CityCentre
803 Town & Country Ln. Houston, TX 77024
www.norriscenters.com

Hotel Information

Hotel Sorella CityCentre
800 W. Sam Houston Pkwy
Houston, TX 77024
Guest rooms rates available until 19 August 2011.
Single/Double Occupancy……..$159.00
Phone: +1 866 842 0100

Please make your room reservations directly with the hotel.
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Type the code GRPIADC.

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