26–28 JANUARY 2016Jumeirah at Etihad Towers, Abu Dhabi, UAE

SPE/IADC MIDDLE EAST DRILLING TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION

Leveraging Knowledge and Technology to Manage Growth

POST EVENTREPORT

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Organised by SPE, the 10th SPE/IADC Middle East Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition was attended by 488 professionals representing 176 companies and 33 countries.

THE PANEL SESSIONS AS EXCELLENT, VERY GOOD AND GOOD

SAID THEY WOULD DEFINITELY, PROBABLY AND POSSIBLY RECOMMEND THE EVENT TO OTHERS IN THEIR PROFESSION

97%82%

RATED THE EXHIBITION AS EXCELLENT, VERY GOOD AND GOOD92%88%

RATED THE TECHNICAL CONTENT AS EXCELLENT, VERY GOOD AND GOOD

ATTENDEE PROFILE

• Business Development Managers

• CEOs

• Drilling Engineers

• Drilling Team Leaders

• General Managers

• HSE Professionals

• Managing Directors

• Operations Engineers

• Operations Managers

• Petroleum Engineers

• Petrophysicists

• Presidents

• Production Engineers

• Project Managers

• Sales Managers

• Students

• Vice Presidents

• Well Engineers

Middle East

United States

Canada

Russia Caspian

South Asia

North Africa

Asia Pacific

UK/Europe

50%

23%

3%1%1%

15%

4%

Opening Ceremony• Ali Al-Muhairy, Senior Vice President, Drilling and Logistics, ADMA-OPCO• Adib Al-Mumen, Programme Co-Chair, Workover Engineering Department (WOED), Saudi Aramco• Janeen Judah, 2017 President, SPE• Mike DuBose, Vice President International Development, IADC

Executive Plenary Session: Leveraging Knowledge and Technology to Manage GrowthModerator: • Ibrahim Al-Alawi, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, AlMansoori Specialized EngineeringPanelists:• Fahed Al-Ameri, Drilling Manager, ADNOC • Omar Al-Husaini, General Manager, D&WO Operations, Saudi Aramco• James Blaine, Middle East JV Drilling Manager, ExxonMobil• David Reid, Chief Marketing Officer, NOV• Bobby Viktorin, Vice President Drilling, ZADCO

Panel Session 1: Automating the Drilling ProcessModerator: • Rami Bakir, Vice President Operations Middle East & North Africa, NOV Panelists:• Walt Aldred, Research Director and Scientific Advisor, Schlumberger Cambridge Research • Jon Curtis, President, Petrolink• David Farmer, Senior Vice President, Europe Middle East & Asia Parker Drilling

PROGRAMME CO-CHAIRS

TECHNICAL PROGRAMME

Adib Al-Mumen, Manager, Workover Engineering Department (WOED), Saudi Aramco

Luisa Gharzelddine, Petro Technical Engineering Center Manager, Schlumberger

A. Salim David Khemakhem, Vice President of Well Operations, ZADCO

Ibrahim Al-Alawi, AlMansoori Specialized Engineering

Sultan Al-Ebri, National Drilling Company

Abdulmohsen Al-Marzouqi, ADMA–OPCO

Khaled Saleh Al-Messabi, National Drilling Company

Khaled Al-Tamimi, Mubadala Petroleum

Nazar Al-Tarief, Tatweer Petroleum

Pascal Aviengne, Shell

Rami Bakir, National Oilwell Varco

Mazen Doha, ExxonMobil

Farzad Farzadnia, OptaSense

Dave Geer, IADC

Mahmoud Hassan, ZADCO

Michael Jellison, National Oilwell Varco

Animesh Kumar, Halliburton Cementing

Binu Meeran, GE Oil & Gas

Jason Power, Noble

Manoj Raghavan, KCA Deutag

Matt Regan, Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies

Ernst Schnell, Halliburton Cementing

Mike Simpson, Cansco

James Tuppen, Wild Well Control

Kevin Wink, Gulf Drilling International

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

230ABSTRACTS

31COUNTRIES

79COMPANIES

76PAPERS PRESENTED

56TECHNICAL

PAPERS

20ALTERATES/EPOSTERS

120PAPERS SELECTED

58TECHNICAL

PAPERS

62ALTERATES/EPOSTERS

• Tony Pink, Vice President, Automated Drilling Applications, NOV• Rami Saleh, General Supervisor, Drilling and Workover, Saudi Aramco

Panel Session 2: Importing and Integrating Best Practices and Knowledge Transfer Moderator: • A. Salim David Khemakhem, Vice President of Well Operations, ZADCO Panelists:• Ehsan Akhavan, Regional Account Director, Middle East, DuPont Sustainability Solutions• Omar Mohamed, UAE Country Director, Marketing, Baker Hughes• Robert Mandjes, Drilling & Measurements Technical and Marketing Manager, Schlumberger• Robert Nisbet, Senior Manager Integrated Drilling, ZADCO• Kiattisak Petpisit, Strategic Business Manager Cementing, Halliburton

Closing Ceremony: Distinguished Guest Speaker:• David Reid, Chief Marketing Officer, NOV

CONFERENCE STATISTICS

EXHIBITORS

2018 SPE/IADC Middle East Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibiton29–31 January 2018, Jumeirah at Etihad Towers, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Sponsorship and Exhibitor OpportunitiesFor more information contact Taghreed Khallaf at tkhallaf@spe.org or call +971.4.457.5800

More DetailsFor more information contact Yasmin Shaikh at yshaikh@spe.org or call +971.4.457.5800

SPONSORS

• Aberdeen Drilling International • Alert Disaster Control • Burintekh • Cansco Well Control • Churchill Drilling Tools • Derrick Equipment Company • Drilling Systems • Drillmec• DrillScan • eDrilling• Encapso • Frank’s International • GustoMSC • Halliburton

• MTU • NDC • NOV • Pegasus Vertex • Peloton• ProNova by TDE • Sakson Drilling & Oil Services • Schlumberger • Shear Bits• Tesco • The Well Academy • Weatherford• Woodhouse International • ZADCO

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