IADC CONNECTION • IADC YEAR IN REVIEW
Managing Director of ONGC. Moderated by members of IADC stu-
dent chapters based in India.

Partnered with British Rig Owners Association to address con-
cerns related to the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s standards for
offshore helicopter landing areas.

Continued participation in International Maritime Organization
working group on Best Environmental Practices for Underwater
Noise by representing industry perspective and providing insight
on offshore drilling activities pertaining to this issue.

Continued monthly status calls with COVID-19 joint trades
group to facilitate global movement of essential upstream person-
nel.

Renewed Southeast Asia Chapter’s membership with the
Indonesian Petroleum Association for 2022.

Continued joint industry project addressing oil spill prevention,
preparedness and response in the Wider Caribbean.

Developed broader engagement with the International
Regulators’ Forum (IRF) member countries, along with the
International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP), in discus-
sions regarding digitalization and data performance framework
concepts.

Continued development of joint IRF/IOGP/IADC suite of learning
statements: Enhancing Incident Investigation Protocols, Building
on “Left Side Bow Tie” and Considerations for Well Control.

IADC’s Latin America Chapter partnered with the Mexican
trade association AMEXHI to hold a virtual Offshore Security
Workshop.

Signed MOU with ABESPetro, Brazilian trade association rep-
resenting oilfield service companies, formalizing collaboration
to foster education and communication among stakeholders in
Brazil’s upstream sector.

Young Professionals Subcommittees were formed for both the
SCA and Australasia chapters.

Committees Committees continue to provide a forum for members to col-
laborate and take considerable action toward various industry-
driven initiatives.

Two committees merged into one this year – Health, Safety &
Environment combined with Workforce Development to create
the Health, Safety, Environment & Training (HSET) Committee.

The mission of the HSET Committee is to provide a forum to
exchange best practices of committee members and to dissemi-
nate those practices to the IADC membership. HSET committee
members have been working on new Terms of Reference to assist
with committee scope and goals.

The Incident Statistics Program (ISP) Subcommittee was also
formed under the HSET Committee this year. The purpose of
the ISP is to assist in the industry’s efforts to improve safety on
oil and gas drilling rigs by providing data on incident trends
and rates. The ISP Subcommittee reviewed and rewrote the ISP
reporting guidelines document line-by-line, which is the first
time this document has been updated in its entirety in 12+ years.

The revised document is now available in an evergreen format on
IADC’s website.

IADC currently has 17 committees in total. Recent examples of
46 committee activities and updates include:
Advanced Rig Technology: held testing workshop for updated
bit dull grading system; issued V1.0 of the IADC Rig Sensor
Stewardship Guidelines, produced through more than 18 months
of collaborative effort with the Maintenance Committee and with
nearly 100 drilling industry professionals.

Cybersecurity: working to establish a priority list of functional
elements for cybersecurity risk mitigation, which will be utilized
to provide revisions to IADC’s Cybersecurity guidelines. The
revised guidelines are intended to provide for easier application
of IADC cyber principles throughout the upstream supply chain.

Drilling Engineers: hosted two hybrid technology forums,
“Drilling Workforce of the Future” and “Future of Drilling: Brain
Drain Manifesto.” Q4 Tech Forum, “Designing & Delivering Wells
to Maximize Value Throughout Their Lifetime,” is scheduled for
November.

HSET: The H 2 S workgroup, functioning under the HSET
Committee, began work in mid-2022 with the main goal of devel-
oping an industry-recognized standard for H 2 S that is applicable
and specific to the drilling industry. This workgroup is focused
on developing training courses that are role-specific, with special
focus on exposure risk. A draft curriculum is expected by Q1 2023.

Jackup: continuing to revise several ISO 19000 series stan-
dards addressing offshore site-specific conditions, including
enhancing subsea foundation assessment criteria for the safe
operation of jackups and stationkeeping systems for offshore
structures. Maintains a continuously active role on matters
concerning Subcommittee 7 (Offshore Structures) within ISO
Technical Committee 67 (Oil and Gas Industries Including Lower
Carbon Energy).

Rig Moving: held first in-person meeting in over two years;
formed subcommittee to address regulatory issues relating to
DOT/FMCSA compliance. Assembled a workgroup to initiate an
industrywide safety standdown addressing the increase in severe
injuries and fatalities related to rig moving. Created and distrib-
uted a document to IADC members to promote safety/awareness/
prevention regarding rig moving.

Sustainability: produced IADC ESG position statement that has
been published on IADC’S website; new officers will be elected in
November.

Technical Publications: published 11th book in its Drilling
Encyclopedia portfolio, “Fundamentals of Horizontal Wellbore
Cleanout: Theory and Applications of Rotary Jetting Technology”;
developed first “DrillingIn” podcast.

Well Control: focused on issues such as enhancing “safety
shares” and maintenance of drill string tripping log standardiza-
tion. Engaged with a joint industry effort to coordinate an indus-
try response to the recently proposed BSEE Well Control Rule “3.0”
revision that aims to address well integrity and blowout preven-
tion provisions on the US Outer Continental Shelf.

Young Professionals: held “Luncheon with Leaders,” the first
event of its type, which was capped at 40 participants to ensure a
more intimate networking setting.

Underbalanced Operations & Managed Pressure Drilling: com-
pleted work on API 16RCD 3rd Edition Specification Document,
which was published in June. Work continues on the Influx
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