IADC World Drilling 2010 Conference & Exhibition June 15, 2010

The global economy re-trenched significantly during 2009, and the onset of the eagerly awaited recovery is an open question. What strategies should the drilling and completion industry adopt to sustain itself in this unconventional world? In prosperous times, “more of the same” or “straight ahead” can be a sound strategy for success. But in rocky economies, courses of action for success may be more akin to maneuvering along a series of hairpin curves than driving a straight road.

Through panels and presentations, IADC World Drilling 2010, 16-17 June at the Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal in Budapest, Hungary, will step back to examine strategies for “Sustaining Margins in an Unconventional World”, as well as look to enabling technologies in an era when cost control is everything.

The mission of IADC World Drilling is to explore creative solutions to the problems of today and tomorrow — strategically, technically and across frontier regions. Technology is key to cost mitigation, to opening new frontiers, and to optimizing exploitation of aging reservoirs. This forum is specifically designed to help registrants realize significant lessons giving added value for their own companies through high-intensity sessions.

IADC is pleased to issue a call for abstracts for IADC World Drilling 2010. World Drilling is IADC’s premier forum for examining breakthrough technologies. The event will occur on 16-17 June at the Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal in Budapest, Hungary.

General subject themes envisioned for the event include the following, though abstracts exploring other areas will also be considered:

• Strategic Approaches to Sustainability

• Wells of the Future & Rigs of the Future

• Drilling Rig Automation & Advanced Rig Equipment

• Drilling & Completion in Complex Wells:

• High Temperature/High Pressure

• Deepwater

• Big Bore

• Unconventional Gas

• ERD/Directional Drilling

• Smart Wells

• Multilaterals

• Drilling through Depleted Zones

• Shallow Water Flows

• Drilling/Completion Fluids

• Harsh Environment and Logistical Considerations

• Real Time Data Management

• Rotary Steerable Systems & Downhole Motors

• Managed Pressure Drilling & Underbalanced Operations

• Deepwater Drilling Operations

• Safety, Health, & Environment

• Monobore Drilling & Completions (Drilling with Casing/Liners, Expandable Tubulars)

• Riser Management & Alternatives for Deepwater Drilling:

• Surface BOP Operations

• Slimhole Risers,

• Riserless Drilling

• Drilling Tubulars

• Mature Fields

• Coiled Tubing Drilling/Completion

• Advances in Bit Technology

• Slimhole Well Construction

• Hydrate Drilling

• Geothermal Drilling

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