Four years ago, the IADD hosted its first Annual Technology Forum in Bastrop, Texas, featuring mud motors. Since that event, the industry has gone through numerous changes, but what hasn’t changed is the backbone, perseverance and can-do attitude of the directional industry.

We’re seeing stronger, more powerful power sections; longer, more demanding laterals; greater ROP demands; and the need for more cost-effective drilling. All of these have shaped the state of the industry today.

Where do we go from here? Will the rotary steerable finally supplant the mud motor? Will longer lateral sections outstrip the ability for a motor to steer? Are there new developments that will change how we drill with motors?

Join us at the 2018 Annual Technology Forum, featuring mud motors, where you’ll hear from leading experts in this area as we discuss the above questions, as well as many other subjects. Prior to the forum, we will host a one-day training course on the fundamentals of mud motors, taught by Dr. Robello Samuel.

To view a message from our chairperson, Tim Barnard, click here.

MUD MOTOR COURSE DETAILS

• Wednesday, October 31, 2018, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• Landrys Seafood: 1212 Lake Robbins Dr, The Woodlands, TX 77380
• Members: $250; Nonmembers: $295​​​​​​​; includes the course, lunch and the Positive Displacement Motor: Theory and Applications color textbook (435 pages) by Dr. Robello Samuel (Author)

ANNUAL TECHNOLOGY FORUM DETAILS

• Thursday, November 1, 2018, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• Friday, November 2, 2018, 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
• Hilton Houston North: 12400 Greenspoint Dr., Houston, TX 77060
• Both days: Members: $495; Nonmembers: $575​​​​​​​; One day pass: Members: $250 Nonmembers: $290
• Take an additional $50 off registration for the Annual Forum if you register for the mud motor course as well

IADD has secured a special room rate ($109) with the Hilton Houston North facility for the Annual Technology Forum. To book a room at this rate, please click here.