Agenda:

7 to 8 a.m.: Registration opens; Coffee and light breakfast; Exhibits open

8 to 8:15 a.m.: Intro and safety briefing – Dicky Hall, Southwestern Energy

8:15 to 9:15 a.m.: Session 1: Current Drill Bit Trends (10 min each + Q&A)

• Moderator: Dustin Daechsel, Shell
• John Snyder, Halliburton Drill Bits & Services
• Derek Nelms, Baker Hughes, HFTO through-bit design
• Ole Gjertsen, SLB, Effect of PDC Bit Gauge & Makeup Length on DLS for Rotary Steerables
• Lance Endres, CNPC, Comparing open-source models (OSDC)

9:15 to 10:15 a.m.: Session 2: Current Drill Bit Trends (10 min each + Q&A)

• Moderator: Jason May
• Mitch Rothe, Element Six (e6)
• Adam Earl, US Synthetic
• Prabhakaran Centala, NOV, Overcoming Shock Loads to Improve Drilling Efficiencies

10:15 to 10:45 a.m.: Break; Exhibits open

10:45 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.: Session 3: Borehole Quality

• Moderator: Paul Pastusek - ExxonMobil
• Pablo Barajas, ExxonMobile & Isaac Fonseca, Nabors, ExxonMobil Study
• Greg Payette, ExxonMobil, Borehole Quality as a (W)hole

11:30 to 12 p.m.: Lunch

12 to 1 p.m.: Keynote speaker – David Bat, Kimberlite Oilfield Research

1:00 to 2:15 p.m.: Session 4: Drill Bit Selection Guidelines

• Moderator: Molly G Lloyd, Oxy
• Operator viewpoint
• Dicky Hall/Matt Weems, Southwestern Energy
• Paul Pastusek, ExxonMobil
• Dustin Daechsel, Shell
• Directional drilling design rules
• Ian Stevenson, Phoenix Technology Services, The Absence of Failure ≠ Success
• Lotfi Hamoudi, Halliburton
• Duy Bui, Baker Hughes, Bit Make-up Length on Build Rate Capabilities

2:15 to 2:45 p.m.: Break; Exhibits open

2:45 to 3:45 p.m.: Session 5: Instrumentation - Recent Lessons Learned

• Moderator: Seth Anderle, Halliburton
• Ysabel Witt-Doerring, Halliburton
• Denis Li, SLB, Digital Workflow Utilizing Synapse At-bit Measurements
• Jennifer Taylor, NOV
• XX, Baker Hughes, MultiSense

3:45 to 4 p.m.: Break; Exhibits Open

4 to 5 p.m.: Session 6: Operator View of Technology Needs - Looking Into the Future

• Moderator: Jason May
• Toby Hoffman, Oxy
• Dustin Clabourne, Trinity
• Paul Pastusek, ExxonMobil
• Matt Weems, Southwestern Energy
• Mark Dykstra / Dustin Daechsel, Shell

5 p.m.: Closing

5 to 6:30 p.m.: Reception with exhibits - Kirby Ice House



Planning Committee:

• Paul Pastusek, P.E., ExxonMobil
• Charles R 'Dicky' Hall, P.E., Southwestern Energy
• Molly Giltner Lloyd, Oxy
• Seth Anderle, Halliburton
• Jason May, Ulterra
• Greg Payette, ExxonMobil
• Dustin Daechsel, Shell