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Despite the recent slowdown in the US Gulf of Mexico, signs are emerging that deepwater drilling is expanding around the world. With oil prices and energy demand rising, offshore resources have a huge part to play in meeting global energy demand.
Once again, IADC will convene its International Deepwater Drilling Conference in Brazil, one of the preeminent deepwater venues in the world. The conference will examine cutting-edge technological advances and challenges for deepwater drilling and completions in key deepwater markets worldwide.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Monday, 16 April
18:00 IADC Speaker Briefing Arpoador Room (Speakers, moderators and session chairs only)
Tuesday, 17 April
07:30 Registration, Coffee Service & Exhibit Viewing Ballroom Foyer
08:30 Welcoming Remarks Rio de Janeiro Ballrooms II & III
- Steve Kropla, Group Vice President-Operations & Accreditation, IADC
Keynote Presentation: Solange Guedes, E&P Executive Manager for Production Engineering, Petrobras
09:15 Managed Pressure Drilling
Session Chair: Derek Sturgis, Well Engineering Manager, BG do Brasil Ltda
First Application of EC-Drill in Ultra Deepwater; Proven Subsea Managed Pressure Drilling Method: Mehdi Mir Rajabi, Senior Drilling Engineer, Kjell-Rune Toftevåg, Roger Sverre Stave, AGR Subsea AS, Robert Ziegler, Petronas
This presentation will discuss first the reason why conventional drilling or any MPD methods were not selected for a project in the ultra deepwater GoM. The concept of EC-Drill as a new subsea MPD method and its equipment will be explained. It will also include the operation and how the well was successfully drilled with EC-Drill.
Mudcap Drilling – a Case History: Jeramie James, Ocean Baroness-Drilling Superintendent, Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.
An overview of the challenges, rig-up, training, bridging documents, and SMS modifications for the DODI Baroness will be explained.
10:30 Coffee Service & Exhibit Viewing Ballroom Foyer
11:00 Downhole
Modeling of BHA Dynamic Behaviors in Offshore Brazil Salt Drilling: Junichi Sugiura, Senior Engineer, Schlumberger, Juliana Santos, SPE
Drilling the formations below the salt, compared to other formations with similar hardness and abrasiveness, poses a set of unique challenges. Typical problems encountered include severe stick-slip, vibration and borehole enlargement. All of these result in excessive bit wear, poor directional control and costly drilling equipment failures. One approach to reduce the cost associated with these failures is to use BHA dynamic simulation software to preemptively mitigate the anticipated problems. The finite-element-based non-linear BHA model which is calibrated using field data from offshore oilfields in Brazil will be presented.
Overcoming the Next-Generation Deepwater Drilling Frontier: Rohit Mathur, Account Manager, Tarab Ali, Nitin Sharma, David Todd, Baker Hughes
Focus on technologies of the future that will be required to upgrade deepwater rigs, surface and downhole equipment to drill wells in excess of 35,000 feet TVD.
Noon Luncheon & Exhibit Viewing Copacabana & Flamengo Rooms Sponsored by Noble do Brasil Ltd.
13:30 Meeting the Regional Demand – People
Moderator: J. Ford Brett, Instructor, Petroskills (Invited)
Both new talent and skilled labor are difficult to attract, yet the demand is high and likely to become critical with the number of new rigs planned. How can industry attract and develop skilled labor to meet this demand? How can industry make the labor pool aware of potential opportunities? How can industry coordinate with the military and other agencies? This panel of experts will address these issues.
- Carlos Andre, Petrobras (Invited)
- Comandante Leonel Bahiense
- Bob Newhouse, Director-Learning & Development, Noble Drilling Services Inc.
15:30 Coffee Service & Exhibit Viewing
16:00 Well Construction
Deepwater Drilling in Both Hard and Abrasive Formations: The Continuing Challenge of Bit Optimization: Dominic Murphy, Drilling Superintendent, Donald Mackay, Tullow Ghana Ltd., James Gilmour, Tullow Oil plc, Nicholas Tetley, Schlumberger
In the deepwater environment, high operating costs can reduce the motivation to change any already successful solution. This presentation will describe the challenges of bit optimization in the Jubilee field, where previous work had optimized the drilling to a single bit run. Although further improvement could be identified, realizing it would involve the new solution. To mitigate the risk, various tools were employed. The application of core testing were used on actual reservoir rocks, the use of global databases and FEA modeling to justify the risk of a new solution, and achieve significant results through the entire well. This engineered solution resulted in a reduction in drilling time of 40%, and an upper quartile well on the Rushmore metrics.
How will Industry Respond to the Opportunities with Post-BOP Dual Gradient Drilling (DGD) Technologies?: Richard R. Brainard, P.E., DGD Consultant, RRB Energy, Inc., Jim Pittman, Nekton Marine, Inc.
The value of DGD is becoming more important as operator’s reservoir targets below 30,000 ft. TVD in the ultra deepwater environment are established. Highlights of the potential economic value of DGD as an enabling technology in the ultra-deepwater depths will be shown based on a probabilistic economic model. However, increased focus to safer worldwide operations after the Macondo incident in the deepwater GOM may present an equal front for deployment of DGD. Examination of the deepwater industry’s existing and new-build fleet rig capabilities will also be examined as candidates for required integration of these types of DGD technologies.
17:00 Welcoming Reception & Exhibit Viewing
Wednesday, 18 April
07:30 Registration, Coffee Service & Exhibit Viewing Ballroom Foyer
08:30 Welcoming Remarks Rio de Janeiro Ballrooms II & III
- Steve Kropla, Group Vice President-Operations & Accreditation, IADC
Keynote Presentation: Dan Rabun, 2012 IADC Chairman; Chairman, President & CEO, Ensco plc
09:15 Well Control
Maintaining Well Control Based on Drilling Riser and Conductor Failure Analysis: Mahesh Sonawane, Engineering Specialist – Structural Dynamics, Ryan Koska, Mike Campbell, 2H Offshore
Two case studies using typical drilling riser configurations, demonstrate that well control can be maintained in case of extreme vessel drift off and/or conductor failure. Most of the drilling operations in the major exploration areas worldwide are carried out using a low pressure drilling riser connected to a MODU that is a dynamically positioned vessel. In the event of a failure of the vessel DP system, the vessel will drift off station due to the action of current, wind and wave loading. Well integrity concerns arise from two scenarios: the failure to disconnect the drilling riser and/or failure of the conductor system. The analytical evaluation of the two scenarios in case studies performed in the Gulf of Mexico will be addressed.
A Concept for Drilling Deepwater Wells with Riser-margin and a Greatly Simplified Well Design: Robert Ziegler, Head, Deepwater Drilling Technology, Petronas Carigali
Well-control and well-design implications of a simple dual gradient concept that aims to always preserve primary well control via the drilling fluid gradient are demonstrated. Benefits include the ability to maintain riser margin, use kill-weight mud to drill the well limiting any well kill operation to a single circulation, sub-bbl kick detection, full volumetric control eliminating heave, roll and pitch effects and an innovative well control procedure minimizing the potential for hydrate formation and well control related NPT. This concept not only can greatly simplify well design, but also can have great impact on newbuilt rig design.
10:15 Coffee Service & Exhibit Viewing
10:45 Prevention/Planning/Regulatory Requirements: An Overview
In light of events in the Gulf of Mexico, challenges lie ahead for industry with respect to emergency preparedness. What are the latest regulatory requirements? How is the region addressing prevention, planning/procedures, spill response and containment with a mixture of company philosophies to take into consideration? Is the region ahead of the problem or is there work to be done? This series of presentations will provide an overview of these areas.
- Frank Gallander, Consultant, Intervention Engineer-Operations, Chevron, Chairman, API STD 53 Workgroup
- David Barnett, Sr. Vice President, Wild Well Control
- Andy Frazelle, Director – Well Control, BP America
- Jeff Sattler, Senior VP-Engineering, West Engineering Services
12:15 Luncheon & Exhibit Viewing Copacabana & Flamengo Rooms
13:30 Drilling Rigs
Reliability Centered Maintenance in Deepwater Drilling Operations: Dirk Kolnsberg, Director – Enterprise Asset Management Project, Ensco plc
Behavior-based safety systems have created a step-change in safety performance over the last decade however there has been limited improvement with respect to drilling equipment reliability and critical path downtime, one of the other key measures in overall operational excellence. By implementing a Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) program, improvements in equipment availability and reduction of critical path downtime can be realized. These improvements drive additional revenue recovery, more efficient maintenance practices, optimized inventory levels, and reduced risk to personnel. By developing and engraining a ‘culture of reliability’, we can deliver the step-change in total operational excellence that has been missing.
RFID Enabled Riser Management Efficiencies: Nathan Kinert, Equipment Optimization Product Line Manager, Jona Williams, National Oilwell Varco
Risers represent a significant financial investment and potential risk for offshore drillers. Comprehensive riser management is a growing need within the industry to reduce costs and address rising regulatory scrutiny. It is critical to know the disposition of all riser assets within the fleet at all times. RFID links the physical asset in the field to the data that must be maintained for every riser joint.
14:30 Coffee Service & Exhibit Viewing
15:00 Drilling Rigs II
Light Workover – The New Horizon in Well Intervention Operations: Claudio Salguero, Offshore Operations Manager, Leo Fernando Zimmermann, Lupatech, João Araujo, TTS do Brasil, José Ramos, RRC
A new vessel concept offers a range of workover services, employing new technology, cost beneficial equipment specifications and capability to operate in more severe weather conditions. The vessels can operate in 2,500mWD, on a patented vessel design that can offer improved motion characteristics, resulting in better uptime for the operator and its client. Vessels are intended for deepwater operations in Brazil, outperforming current benchmarks and setting new standards for the well intervention market. Its compact design, fully automated tubular handling system and purpose built skidding system for subsea modules are some of the most important features of this concept.
Enhanced Drilling operations using GVA7600: Peo Svärd, Marketing & Sales Director, GVA
An understanding of the improvements implemented in the new GVA7600 semi drilling rig design will be presented. The GVA7600 is based on the existing proven GVA7500 and takes into account the experience from 4 years of operation and the extensive work carried out jointly with drilling operators during the GVA4000 NCS drilling rig project (also named Cat D). The new design has been improved significantly on HSE, material handling, global performance and flexibility. The enhanced design has showed that combining above aspects will increase the drilling efficiency with up to 15% compared to today’s design.
16:00 Adjournment
Unassigned Papers of Note:
The following paper proposals 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.
The Design, Construction and Turn-key Delivery of the First Panamax Compact Ultra Deep Water Drillship: David Roodenburg, Director, Brazil, Huisman Equipment B.V., Dieter Wijning, Huisman
A description of the design, construction, commissioning and turnkey delivery of the first Panamax compact drill ship, suitable for 12,000 feet water depth. It is designed to offer a low cost and flexible alternative for drilling in ultra-deep waters. The drillships equipped with a dual multi-purpose drilling tower, and have 20,000 meter payload and only 54,000 meter water displacement. The various design and construction steps for this compact drillship will be illustrated and lessons learned will be presented.
Well Control Equipment Competency and Downtime Prevention: Garry Davis, Global Manager ModuSpec Center Of Excellence Well Control Equipment, ModuSpec USA
The average Subsea Supervisor in the field today possesses a fair knowledge but in order to reduce the amount of downtime associated with failures in the field he must be a manager of the asset with 5 basic skills, Electrical/Electronics/Hydraulics/Pneumatics and technology integration. A summary of this problem and the potential solutions will be presented.
Packer & Safety Valve Development for Ultra High Pressure High Temperature Test & Production Wells: Dan Taylor, Malaysia HCT BD Manager, Halliburton
A look at issues surrounding the development of fit-for-purpose drill-stem-testing (DST) completion solutions as well as the development of long-term production packers and safety valves.
Conference Program Committee
Mauricio Aguiar, Seadrill
João Araujo, TTS do Brasil
John De Lange, BG Group
Bob Douglas, Noble do Brasil Ltd.
Orlando Scaringi Filho, Petrobras
James Hebert, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.
Brian McElroy, Noble do Brasil Ltd.
Otto Luiz Alcantara Santos, Petrobras
Glen Singer, BP
Derek Sturgis, BG Group
Steve Kropla, IADC
Exhibitors
ModuSpec USA, Inc.
Huisman do Brasil
Marine Cybernetics
Subsea Solutions
TDE – Pronova
SPT Group
Well Control School
Wild Well Control
Arnco Technology
Griffin Marine Travel -Brasil
Excel Marco Group
Drilling Systems (UK) Ltd.
Star Information Systems AS
Derrick Equipment Company
Check 6 Inc.
EXHIBITION INFORMATIONThe cost of each 10′ x 10′ space is $2,000. NOTE: Space in the exhibition area is tight. Please inform IADC if you plan to build out. Exhibitions at IADC events will be limited to showcasing products and services that advance technology, competency or HSE. Exhibitions centered on recruitment or employment should not take space at IADC events. Click here to view the exhibition diagram. To reserve a booth or for more information, please contact: |
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIESThere are four levels of sponsoring: Platinum Sponsors, Gold Sponsors, Silver Sponsors and Event Sponsors. The conference sponsor will receive high profile recognition before and during the conference. IADC also offers companies the opportunity to host one of the events during the conference. |
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Silver $5,000 (1) Comp |
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Hotel Information
Sofitel Rio de Janeiro
Av. Atlantica, 4240
Rio de Janeiro, RJ Cep
Phone: +55 21 2525 1232
Fax: +55 21 2525 1240
www.accorhotels.com
Room rates:
R$ 614,00 (Classic) or R$ 644,00 (Superior) per night.
Please make your room reservations directly with the hotel.
Discounted rates available until 15 February 2012.
Click here to view the hotel booking form.
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