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Volunteers needed for IADC ISP review subcommittee
The IADC HSE Committee recently
formed a subcommittee for drilling con-
tractors, onshore and offshore, to under-
take a comprehensive review of the IADC
Incident Statistics Program (ISP), focus-
ing on updating definitions, reporting
criteria and performance metrics.

The ISP has tracked safety and acci-
dent information for the drilling indus-
try since 1962. It provides a record of
data reflecting accident experience that
can be compared with other industries,
helping drillers identify the causes and
trends of drilling industry injuries and
providing a means of recognizing rig
crews for outstanding safety perfor-
mance. It also provides a benchmark
for global HSE performance across the
drilling industry.

Patrick Kearley, Global VP HSE and
Training for Ensign Energy Service, will
serve as Onshore Chairman for the ISP
Subcommittee, and Paul Finnie, Director
Global HSE for Diamond Offshore, will
represent the offshore members. The
subcommittee is proactively looking for
representatives from onshore and off-
shore drilling contractors to participate,
with the goal of creating a finished prod-
uct that is fully representative of indus-
try opinion. Its first meeting will be held
on 9 May.

For more information, please contact
Rhett Winter at rhett.winter@iadc.org.

IADC members host students at Drilling Conference
IADC member companies hosted several student chapters at the 2022 IADC/
SPE International Drilling Conference in Galveston, Texas, in early March. As part
of the activities that week, 39 students from nine schools also toured the Valaris
8506 semisubmersible, which was positioned dockside in Galveston.

DEC Tech Forum to focus on drilling hazards, well design
On 15 June, the IADC Drilling Engineers
Committee will host its Q2 Technology
Forum, “Drilling Hazards and the Impact
on Well Design and Delivery.”
This forum will explore the ongoing
evolution in well design due to changes
in philosophy, technology and risk. Well
designs are constantly evolving, and
wellsite operational practices continue
to improve to mitigate exposure and risk.

The forum will examine how the indus-
try can quantify risk so that appropriate
well designs can be planned and select-
ed. Drilling engineering problems that
could be explored in this forum include:
subsurface hazards, offset wells, drilling
technology, bit design and fluids.

Scan me to register
for the IADC DEC Q2
Technology Forum.

bit.ly/3Dij3xT IADC ART Energy Efficiency
group launches projects
The IADC Advanced Rig Technology
(ART) Committee recently kicked off three
new projects and is calling for individu-
als in the drilling industry to join the
efforts. The projects, which fall under the
ART Energy Efficiency Subcommittee, are
emission forecasting and reporting, emis-
sion reduction recommended practice
for drilling operations, and an alternative
fuels overview report.

Scan me to indicate
your interest in
participating in one or
more of these projects.

bit.ly/2YHM9GC IADC, SPE student chapters
collaborate to host virtual
geothermal drilling event
IADC and SPE student chapters at the
University of North Dakota co-hosted a
virtual Geothermal Drilling Conference in
late March. While enhanced geothermal
systems offer tremendous potential, high
drilling costs remain a critical challenge.

The conference explored the causes of
these high costs, such as low rates of pen-
etration and wellbore instability issues.

The event also presented a drilling opti-
mization system designed for geothermal
application. This was the second event co-hosted by
the two student chapters. The first event,
focusing on carbon capture utilization and
storage, took place in January.

Saudi Arabia’s KFUPM
adds IADC student chapter
IADC has announced the 13th edition
to its student chapter program: King Fahd
University of Petroleum and Minerals
(KFUPM) in Saudi Arabia.

The KFUPM Department of Petroleum
Engineering was established in 1973 and
started functioning on 14 September 1974
with an undergraduate program. The first
BS degree in petroleum engineering was
awarded in 1977. The department started
its MS program in 1982 and its PhD pro-
gram in 1985.

IADC’s Student Chapter program was
started in 2017.

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