Technical Program

With the increase in wells drilled from a single pad and more infill or re-entry drilling the importance of avoiding a collision is becoming more important. The viability of a development can be depen ...

With more opportunities to make an impact on the climate and looking for alternatives to maintain rig efficiency while reducing the carbon footprint, this session will discuss an innovative alternativ ...

This well placement focused session presents examples where new techniques and technologies have been applied to reduce costs and increase efficiency. This includes examples where traditional techniqu ...

Discover the intersection of Data Science and AI with drilling in this dynamic session. Delve into state-of-the-art techniques, from AI-driven offset analysis to video forensics. Experience the data s ...

In this session we will explore heat management in detail from a geothermal context.    Case studies involving heat management in the drilling process, as well as complex temperature models for produc ...

Human Organizational Performance [HOP]:  How do we define it?  Why is it important?  What are companies doing to understand and address HOP in their organization and with their partners and stakeholde ...

This session focuses on the quality of the borehole as the result of the wellbore construction process. New technologies, methods, and mathematical models provide new information on the characteristic ...

In this session we consider how to extract value from data instead of letting it just accumulate in our databases. Rather than leaving data analytics as a standalone, by integrating it into the Engine ...

Reducing the cost of drilling operations is an ever-present goal. In this session, we will hear from operations where tool redesign has helped cut down drilling costs. This session will also introduce ...

Assets are invaluable to organizations and are comprised of tangible equipment and products, people, IP, sub-surface resources, and organizational capabilities. Maximizing the utilization of these ass ...

Application of Drilling Mechanics principles continues to capture value in well construction.  The Drilling Mechanics & Modeling session will focus on recent progress that has been enabled by advances ...

The drilling industry is moving fast to cope with an increasing number of automated systems designed to improve safety, reliability, or performance of drilling operations. The variety of actors, the i ...

Commercially feasible geothermal energy production requires significant advances in today’s drilling technologies. Understanding drilling dysfunctions, temperature prediction and management, and well ...

High-Frequency Torsional Oscillation (HFTO) and stick slip continue to cause damage to drill bits, mud motors, rotary steerables and other downhole tools. Additionally, these dynamic events have drast ...

Production and completion operations are key in optimizing the safety and efficiency of an asset. This session showcases the latest advancements in production and completion technologies for Oil and g ...

This session provides insight into technologies and methodologies for improving the efficiency of the well construction process. Emphasis is placed on unveiling downhole phenomena and what measures ca ...

A wide range of cutting-edge advancements and innovations present uncharted territory for the drilling landscape, with many of these tech-driven approaches indicating potential for disruptive change. ...

Well construction in very narrow pressure margin presented utilization of different managed pressure drilling approaches both in deepwater and land operations. Several advanced techniques to better un ...

This session covers automated directional drilling and ROP optimization. Case studies show how these automated systems can increase the drilling speed and the operational efficiency of directional dri ...

This session will highlight findings related to how to improve casing design for MPD wells in real time, results of a mechanistic model to understand wellbore integrity after a blowout, improving surg ...

This session highlights experimental assessments of cement permeability, geopolymer performance, and thermal effects on shale barriers, and lessons learnt from many perf, wash and cement field operati ...

Increasing drilling performance through the application of technology is a core tenet of our industry. This session will explore the use of automation, predictive analysis, and deterministic measureme ...

This session highlights the field evaluation of perf, wash and cement, and dual-string barrier operations, and novel isolation approaches using flexible self-healing cements and cementitious swell pac ...

The oil and gas industry is in the phase of energy transition to reduce carbon footprint and other greenhouse gas emissions. This session discusses the latest development in wells aspects of carbon ca ...

As the definition of Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) grows each year, the involvement and enthusiasm grows for the D&I Session at the IADC/SPE International Drilling Conference & Exhibition. The truly int ...