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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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Management Annex to API 92S and 92M specification docu-
ments. Student Chapters
The IADC Student Chapter Program was created in 2017 as a
formal means of engaging with the industry’s next generation. In
2022, several schools met the requirements for Student Chapters,
and IADC welcomed King Fahd University for Petroleum &
Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and Marietta College in
Marietta, Ohio, to the program. With these latest additions, the
program now consists of 14 active student chapters worldwide.

IADC student chapters allow participants to supplement their
academic educations with real-world industry experience and
connections. Over the past year, student chapters held meetings,
organized and hosted events and attended industry conferences.

Here are some highlights:
The Student Chapter at the University of North Dakota jointly
organized two virtual events with the Society of Petroleum
Engineers student chapter. The first integrated virtual workshop
covered carbon capture, utilization and storage; the second work-
shop discussed geothermal drilling.

Students at Maharashtra Institute of Technology and Pandit
Deendayal Energy University held a collaborative five-day HSE
conference and webinar series. The conference consisted of
guest webinars from industry professionals discussing various
HSE topics; three competitions, including a paper presentation
competition, digital poster presentation competition, and HSE
video-making competition; a well control workshop and a subsea
lab visit; and a panel discussion where industry professionals
emphasized the importance of HSE.

The Texas A&M Student Chapter organized an ESG Summit
with the goal of educating the public about the oil and gas indus-
try’s ESG operations from the perspectives of academic, regula-
tory and industry representatives.

The first IADC student chapter in Australia was established
last fall at Curtin University and was officially inaugurated into
the Bentley (Perth) Curtin Student Guild in late July 2022. Student
chapter members participated in a university event for student
organizations to increase awareness and participation.

So far this year, IADC has sponsored more than 250 students
and several faculty members to attend various conferences,
including OTC, Drilling Africa and World Drilling.

Communications One integral way IADC serves its members is by keeping them
informed and connected through an assortment of communica-
tions channels. Drilling Contractor, the official magazine of
IADC, continues to exclusively focus on drilling and completions,
providing in-depth coverage on topics impacting members’ day-
to-day operations. Examples of articles published this year are:
One-on-one Q&A’s with key industry leaders from Patterson-
UTI, Unit Drilling, Shelf Drilling, IOGP and IHS Markit.

Using digital technologies to support new workflows in drill
bit forensics
How low-carbon technologies for drilling rigs are moving from
concept to reality
The art of data science in the drilling industry
How offshore asset integrity is evolving in the new digital
ecosystem
Autonomous drilling at scale: How close are we?
Drilling Contractor magazine also delivers in-depth reporting
in digital formats:
The DC Digital Reader is a digital mirror of Drilling Contractor,
providing the same high-quality content as its printed coun-
terpart. It includes digital-exclusive content, such as additional
articles, video/audio interviews and links to additional resources.

The DrillingContractor.org news site currently includes more
than 7,000 articles and videos, as well as a growing collec-
tion of virtual panel discussions (VPDs). In 2022, DC hosted
“Upgrading the Grading,” a VPD focused on the IADC Advanced
Rig Technology Committee’s ongoing project to modernize the
IADC bit dull grading system. Leaders from the workgroup, repre-
senting Noble, ExxonMobil, NOV, Shell, among other companies,
participated in this 90-minute session.

DC launched 14 issues of eNews from DrillingContractor.org
in 2022, featuring video interviews from key IADC and industry
conferences. A few examples of the videos are:
With Petrobras’ Andre Alonso Fernandes from the SPE/IADC
MPD & UBO Conference
With Maersk Drilling’s Rune Loftager and Precision Drilling’s
Stu Ross at the IADC Advanced Rig Technology Conference
With Nabors’ Ram Murthi and D-WIS’ Mark Carrier at the
IADC World Drilling Conference
With Oil States Industries’ Tom Robertson, Baker Hughes’
Dan Barton, and Drillmec’s Hadi Mustapha and Leonardo Bori
at OTC
DrillBits is IADC’s monthly digital newsletter that focuses
on IADC news and initiatives and reaches over 22,000 readers
monthly. Articles discuss IADC regional and student chapters,
conferences and events, committees, accreditation programs, and
global legislative and regulatory activities that may impact drill-
ing contractors. Examples of articles published in DrillBits this
year include:
IADC North Sea Chapter Gives Back to the Community
WellSharp University Now Available!
DuBose: IADC Student Chapters Provide Indispensable
Opportunities for Connection
IADC Hosts Washington D.C. Onshore and Offshore “Fly In”
Social Media Influencers Tell the Industry’s Story at Drilling
Onshore Panel
IADC maintains four websites that receive close to 40,000 aver-
age monthly visitors combined. Each website serves a unique
purpose:
DrillingContractor.org: the official website of Drilling Contractor
magazine.

IADC.org: the official website of IADC.

Lexicon.org: a glossary of more than 10,000 oilfield drilling
terms that have been defined in legislation, regulations, stan-
dards and/or guidelines.

DrillingMatters.org: an educational website demonstrating the
value of hydrocarbons to humanity, as well as the fundamentals
of drilling operations. DC
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