IADC World Drilling 2023 Conference & Exhibition

07.30 Conference Registration, Coffee Service, Poster Session & Open Exhibition – Sponsored by Derrick Corporation

08.30 Welcome, Introduction & Safety Briefing: Jason McFarland, President, IADC

08.35 Keynote Presenation: Robert W. Eifler, Chief Executive Officer, Noble Corp

09.00 Sustainable Wells: How to Make it a Reality: Thomas Gautherot, Vice President Drilling & Wells, TotalEnergies

09.20 Adding Value Through Technology
Session Chairs: Celine Martin, Contractor Strategy, TotalEnergies, & Guido van den Bos, Business Development Director, NOV

Rig Automation Takes Drilling Productivity to the Next Level: Ashley Fernandes, Vice President, Drilling Optimization, Precision Drilling
How the automation systems have created new and added economical value on wells drilling AFE time (days) while drilling model wellbores will be outlined. Also, will the advantages of the digital well plan, its maneuvering measures, and controlled quantities for drilling optimization be covered. Automated processes and sub-processes, allowing the audience to appreciate the intricacies of a rig automation system.

Automatically Drilling a Section – Experience from an Offshore Pilot: Soren Oydna, Chief Engineer, Kim André Evensen, HMH, Ivar Kjosnes, Equinor, Johnny Fuglestad, Transocean
Automation technology has gradually been introduced for several sub-processes of drilling a well. This year a novel product combining the building blocks from sub-process automation to a holistic drilling automation process has been tested offshore. The module can automatically drill a section with input needed only when drilling parameters are changed. Learnings from the offshore pilot will be presented.

10.00 Networking Break, Poster Session & Open Exhibition – Sponsored by Derrick Corporation

10.30 The Who, What, When, Where of Our Current Workforce
Moderator: Jennifer Medcalf, President and Partner, The REACH Group

Over the last year, everyone has experienced the difficulty in recruiting talent, training and developing new crews and keeping existing crew members. The lack of experience as well as building local content crews have added significant challenges. Crew leadership is being asked to do more without the proper skills and support. All this happening in an environment that has rapidly changed from a focus in Energy Transition to Energy Security and back to Energy Transition. We need to attract the next-generation workforce, develop new, existing, and local content personnel, and retain employees within our companies and industry. We need to do all of this safely and efficiently while meeting financial and ESG goals.

• Leonardo Bori, Innovation Coordinator, Drillmec
• Micah Backlund, Director, Health Safety Environment, Helmerich & Payne
• Evelyn MacLean, Workforce Energy TF Director, IOGP
• Student

12.00 Luncheon, Poster Session & Open Exhibition

13.30 Adding Value through Analytics, Technology and Best Practices
Session Chairs: Miguel Sanchez, Vice President, International Operations, Nabors Drilling International, & Ludivine Laurent Bureau, Vice President Sales & Marketing, NOV

Application of Robotic Systems to Offshore Drilling Operations: Craig McCormick, Senior Manager, Technology, Diego Reixach, Transocean
Robotic riser system developed by Transocean in partnership with Offshore Robotics deliver a step change in removing multiple personnel from the red zone area on the drill floor. The system enables a fully automated riser operation and is a step change in personnel safety also comes from removing the need for manual handling of heavy equipment and machinery.

Development of a World Class Integrated Deepwater MPD Rig Service: Nick Ward, Managed Pressure Drilling Manager, Stena Drilling
The successful delivery of a deepwater drilling contractors fully integrated Managed Pressure Drilling service will be presented. It will explore how the drilling contractor’s management predicted and observed rig contracting trends and capitalised on them by integrating fully contractor owned and operated MPD systems on board its deepwater drillship fleet, utilising them to provide a fully integrated, operational MPD service.

14.30 Networking Break, Poster Session & Open Exhibition – Sponsored by Derrick Corporation

15.00 Panel Session: Financing the Decarbonization of the Upstream Value Chain
Moderators: Christophe Raimbault, Vice President Sustainability & New Energy, Valaris, & Brage Johannessen, Senior Vice President & COO, Parker Wellbore

While operators have invested significantly in renewable energy, very little capital has been directed towards the decarbonization of the upstream value chain. As emissions from drilling operations essentially result from the burning of diesel fuel, operators need to partner with drillers to adopt solutions that significantly reduce greenhouse emissions. Rig electrification and using biodiesels are examples of such solutions that would significantly decarbonize drilling operations should they be made available worldwide. The challenge is how the decarbonization and other technological improvements for the traditional well construction business/activities will be funded.

• Darren Sutherland, Vice President Europe, Africa, Borr Drilling
• Stig Åtland, Vice President Drilling & Well Business Excellence, Equinor
• Ian Ferguson, General Manager Wells Operations UK, Shell
• Darrel Pelley, Managing Director Technical Marketing, Transocean

16.30 IADC World Drilling 2023 Recap: David Reid,  Chief Technology Officer & Chief Marketing Officer, NOV

17.00 Adjournment

The following paper proposals are presented as posters and 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 Lean Machine. The Future of World Drilling is Modular: Dennis Vollmar, Director, Voll Marintek
The features & technical capabilities of the ‘Lean Machine’; an asset capable of performing all main tasks of an MDR, while operating in a space envelope where an MDR would not fit will be described. It is a light, modular, fast, and flexible solution that is configurable to different operating requirements. We work exclusively with KCA Deutag in some important projects and have a close co-operation relationship with TotalEnergies.

Onshore and Offshore Rig Markets Analysis & Offshore Rigs and the Energy Transition: Terry Childs, Teresa Wilkie, Todd Jensen, Westwoord Global Energy Group

We Don’t Need Your Engineer, Just Send us the Certificate! Craig Fraser, Chairman, RigQuip
During the height of Covid, service providers learned how to work remotely and kept rigs serviced and recertified even when their engineers could not attend the rig. Significant benefits were realized. This presentation will provide examples and questions whether this type of working should be an accepted norm “post Covid” given the potential impact on equipment quality, safety, and integrity.

Assessment of the Environmental Impact from Drilling Contractors’ Corporate Value Chain from a Life Cycle Assessment Perspective: Mia Emborg Ollgaard, Senior Project Manager, Noble Corporation
A case study format, providing an example of the established greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory for a drilling contractor. Emphasis is put on how indirect emissions can be linked to operational processes and how emission levels differentiate accordingly. The challenges of adapting the GHG protocol methodology and reporting guidelines within the drilling industry will be also addressed.

A Statistical Approach to Drilling Rigs Performance Clause Associated with the Total Intervention Duration: Yerece Pereira, Equipment Engineer, Pedro dos Reis Viveiros da Costa, Aloma Mota de Souza, Rafael de Castro Oliveira, Petroleo Brasileiro SA – Petrobras
The development of a new performance clause applicable to drilling rigs contracts, which has the potential in the future replace current clauses will be outlined. The new strategy aims to use the total intervention duration to calculate the performance bonus, creating a converging interest environment. It takes a wider view in terms of performance, including other factors beyond operational efficiency.

No Longer a Myth but a Reality – Automated Managed Pressure Cementing (MPC) with Real Time Fluid Tracking – an MPC Case Study: Andrew McLennan, MPD Software Product Champion, Ricardo Leon, Halliburton
The risks associated with performing managed pressure cementing operations with a statically underbalanced fluid in the well will be shown. As well as how automation can help reduce those risks and finish with a case study of a successful automated managed pressure cementing operations.