2008 Officers

• John Lindsay, Chairman (Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co., Tulsa, Okla.)

  John Lindsay is Executive Vice President-US and International Operations, for Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. He assumed his current position in March 2006. Prior to this appointment, Mr Lindsay had served since 1997 as H&P Vice President-US Land Operations. Mr Lindsay joined Helmerich & Payne IDC in 1987. He has since worked as roughneck and driller; drilling engineer; operations manager in Oklahoma City for the company’s Mid-Continent region; and Division Manager for all of the company’s US land rigs. Mr Lindsay graduated in 1986 from the University of Tulsa, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in Petroleum Engineering.

   

• Claus V. Hemmingsen, Vice Chairman (Maersk Contractors, Denmark)

  Claus V. 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 (1992-1997 / 2000-2003) for Maersk Hong Kong Ltd. and in Singapore (1997-2000) for Maersk Line Asia Region. Mr Hemmingsen was appointed Senior Vice President in 2003 with overall responsibility for APM Terminals and Global Shared Service Centres. He was appointed CEO of Maersk Contractors as of 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. Claus V. Hemmingsen has finalised an Executive MBA at IMD, Switzerland in November 2007.

  
   

• Phil Rider - Secretary Treasurer (Transocean, Houston, TX)

  Phil has worked for Transocean since 1985 in a variety of accounting positions, most recently as Assistant Controller. He graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Business Administration from Shippensburg University (PA) in 1981 and has been a CPA since 1985. Phil is the Vice-Chairman of the IADC’s Accounting Issues/Procedures committee and is a member of the IADC Retirement committee. He is also the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Southern Federal Credit Union.

• Lee Hunt, President, IADC, Houston, TX

  Dr Lee Hunt serves as the Chief Executive of IADC, responsible for managing IADC's worldwide operations. Before being named President in 1990, his prior Association positions included Manager for State Government Affairs, Environmental Affairs and Human Resources. Dr Hunt holds a PhD in political science from Northwestern University and received his law degree from South Texas College of Law.

• Brian T. Petty, Senior Vice President - Government Affairs, IADC, Washington
• David Russell, Vice President, Land Division, Rowan Companies
• Tim Juran, Vice President, Offshore Division, Seadrill
• Steve Richards, VP Drilling Services Divison, Key Energy Services

IADC Standing Committees

Executive Committee

Robert L. Long, Transocean, Inc., Houston, TX

Terms Expiring 31 December 2008
Claus Chur, KCA DEUTAG, Germany; Claus Hemmingsen, Maersk Contractors, Denmark; Siegfried Meissner, Nabors Drilling, Houston, Texas; Bojan Milkovic, Crosco Integrated Drilling & Well Services, Co, LTD, Zagreb, Croatia.

Terms Expiring 31 December 2009
Steven J. Gangelhoff, Northern Offshore Ltd., Houston, Texas; Scott D. Gordon, Unit Texas Drilling, LLC, Humble, Texas; Danny F. McNease, Rowan Companies, Inc, Houston, Texas; Kjell E. Jacobsen, Seadrill Management AS, Stavanger, Norway.

Terms Expiring 31 December 2010
Louis Raspino, Pride International, Houston, Texas; Ken Huseman, Basic Energy Services, Midland, Texas; Dan Rabun, ENSCO International, Inc., Dallas, Texas; Doug Wall, Patterson-UTI Drilling, Houston, Texas.

 Ex officio:

2008 IADC Chairman: John Lindsay, Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co., Tulsa, Oklahoma; 2008 IADC Vice Chairman: Claus V. Hemmingsen, Maersk Contractors, Denmark; 2008 IADC Secretary/Treasurer: Phil Rider, Transocean, Inc., Houston, Texas; 2008 IADC President: A. Lee Hunt, Jr., Houston, Texas.

Government Affairs Committee

Accounting Issues/Procedures Committee

Contracts Committee

Health, Safety & Environment Committee

Underbalanced & Managed Pressure Drilling Operations

Well Control Committee

Training Committee

Maintenance Committee

Information Technology Solutions Committee

Rig Moving Committee

Jack-Up Committee

Ethics and Corporate Compliance Committee

Tax Committee

Technical Publications Committee

European Working Group

Advanced Rig Technology Committee

Well Servicing Committee