IADD Houston Chapter Report
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Our June meeting was held on the 21st at Landry’s in The Woodlands. Shelly Cory from BHGE hosted the event as one of the IADD Houston board members. Industry experts from SLB, BHGE, NOV, HAL, and Beyond Limits have shared their respective viewpoints about near bit measurements... Read More
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IADD Houston Chapter Board Announcement
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The Houston Chapter of IADD is pleased to announce the addition of Guy Lebreton of Drillscan to our Board of Directors. To learn more about Guy and our Houston Chapter Board of Directors, please visit the link below. Read More
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July Monthly Luncheon - Vibration Mitigation
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One of the critical elements in reaching the directional drilling objective, particularly in long reach horizontal, is to assure sufficient BHA performance reliability. While various factors such as material selection and component design are important; it is the proper management of downhole dynamics that represent the largest improvement opportunity for most of the BHAs run
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Optimizing Performance by Matching Bit & Motor Components Mini Forum
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No elements within the directional drilling BHA have changed faster over the years than the mud motor and drill bits. Motor power sections and lower ends have steadily become more powerful. Bits can literally change from well to well. But how often are the design characteristics of each taken into consideration when they are chosen for a particular application? Read More
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Wellbore Quality as a (W)hole Topical Forum |
How do you measure quality? What are the criteria? Making these assessments can be especially elusive when talking about your well.
Wellbore quality also means different things to different people who are involved with placing the well and optimizing
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Did you know that you can let IADD know about any special requirements you have when attending one of our events? If you have allergies to fish, are on a non-meat diet or need assistance with seating…all these can be communicated to us at the time of your registration for the event.
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The 5th Cost-Effective Well site Facilities Onshore Summit 2018 |
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E&P operators saving up to $100m annually with AI |
What if you could harness machine learning to optimize operations, maximize production, and automate manual processes?
Join SparkCognition and Apergy July 17th at 12 PM for a webinar on how SparkCognition is empowering upstream companies to increase operational efficiency and optimize production with proven technologies.
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At IADD, we are dedicated to promoting directional drilling, as well as advancing the technology, competence, and knowledge of its members. IADD is proud to announce that we have now added a business directory module to our website. Here you will be able to find over 400 (and growing) companies from around the globe that help to service the directional drilling industry in multitudes of
ways.
The goal of our business directory is to provide new opportunities for companies and to help promote growth within the industry. Check it out and let us know what you think! Visit our Business Directory
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Recent Articles and News: |
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Drilling activity in the Permian Basin could slow until takeaway capacity increases during the second half of 2019. Gray Oak, EPIC Midstream and Cactus II are some of the pipeline projects scheduled to enter service by mid-2020... Read More
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US shale supply could be strong for a century, says ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance, with IHS Markit predicting 60% production growth during the next two decades. "What the US has done for the world with shale gas is given another form of affordable, competitive energy that can be relied upon," said Cheniere Energy CEO Jack
Fusco... Read More
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An index of leading public oilfield service firms declined by 8.3% in the most recent month ending Friday amid concerns about Permian Basin bottlenecks and margins. "You have these takeaway capacity issues and companies are renegotiating their contracts saying, 'I might not need that extra frack spread,'" Moody's analyst Sajjad Alam said... Read More
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*December 7th -
Clay Shoot, Location TBD Luncheons - July 26th - "Vibration Mitigation"
Monthly Luncheon, Landry's Seafood
- August 24th - "Business of Directional Drilling" Monthly Luncheon, Landry's Seafood
*Monthly Luncheons are normally hosted on the 4th Thursday of every
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