IADD's Houston Chapter Newsletter

Published: Thu, 12/13/18

Letter from the Houston Chapter Director

The IADD Houston chapter continued its exciting program with an extended luncheon on Oct. 25th at Landry’s. Presenters from Double Barrel, D-Tech, Gyrodata, Halliburton, NOV, Scientific, Terra Vici, and Scout Downhole shared their respective Rotary Steerable technology and presented key performance achievements made in North America. The event was hosted by Anders Storaune from SWN who is also on the Houston IADD Board. Anders worked diligently to make this luncheon another success. We had almost 100 attendees that consisted of operators, service companies, equipment manufacturers, and several students from U of H, A&M, and Texas Tech.

In November, the Houston Chapter team took its traditional break, but they still actively participated in the Mud Motor Workshop hosted by IADD International at the Greenspoint Hilton where we discussed new developments in motor technology, its applications, and established a direction for future demands for this drilling tool in order to maintain compatibility with the increasing complexity of well designs and increase in horizontal sections.

The Houston Chapter of IADD will hit the ground running in 2019 with our Clay Shoot at the Blackwood Gun Club in Conroe on Jan. 18th. During the day we will be raffling off several guns and will have many door prizes. Breakfast will be provided by Ulterra and for Integrity is going to be sharing their award winning BBQ for lunch. There are still spots available. Please check out our website at: www.iadd-intl.org/

Our first luncheon of the new year will be on January 24th. The focus of this luncheon will be BHA modeling software solutions. On February 28th, we will be hosting Richard Spears, from Spears & Associates, as he provides us with an update on the state of our industry. More exciting events are already on our list so please stay tuned to capitalize on opportunities to share your knowledge, network with like-minded individuals, and to learn new information about our ever-changing industry.

I would like to thank all of our sponsors, members, the IADD staff, presenters and their respective organizations, and everybody else who has helped contribute to a successful 2018. We couldn’t have done it without you. We are looking forward to a successful 2019.

Sincerely,

Roland Illerhaus

Meet the Houston Chapter of IADD Board of Directors

In this edition of our newsletter we would like to highlight two more of the dedicated and highly involved members of our Board of Directors. In future issues, we will introduce you to the people in the background who work each day to make your experience with IADD a positive one.

Matt Bose - Matt is the North America Region Manager for Halliburton Drill Bits & Services. He has over 12 years in the Oil and Gas industry in business development, operations, and management roles; 10 of those years with Halliburton and 2.5 years with Baker Hughes. Matt’s scope and experience reaches all basins in North America on the drilling and evaluation side with a strategic focus in drill bits. Matt was a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor degree in business management.

Mike Baraniak - Mike was educated in the UK studying Mechanical & Electrical engineering. He began his drilling career working for Kenting Drilling onshore in Europe from 1984 to 1995 holding various field positions before moving to the offshore industry for ENSCO. In 1997 he joined Sperry Sun Drilling Services as an MWD/LWD engineer before transitioning to a directional drillers roll, then directional coordinator in house for ConocoPhillips Indonesia and then Project Manager in Vietnam again in house for Bien Dong (ex BP). In 2013 Mike became Halliburton Sperry Technical Directional Drilling Advisor based in the Permian Basin and after taking early retirement from Halliburton after 18 years of services, joined Tomax Anti Stick Slip technology as the Permian Operations Manager. Mike is also an active member of the AADE and was also on the committee for the Permian IADD chapter before transferring to the Houston chapter and a new member of the board.

January Monthly Luncheon - "Modeling Software"

We will be releasing more information on the January 2019 Luncheon in the coming weeks. Thank you for your patience.

Event Details

Thursday, January 24, 2018, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m,
Landry's Seafood, 1212 Lake Robbins Dr, The Woodlands, TX 77380

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IADD Sporting Clays Tournament

We welcome you to join us as we continue with our traditional full 10 course Clay Shoot competition. There will be great prizes & door prizes. We will have our TTS Sporting Clays event next year on January 18, 2019, at the Blackwood Gun Club in Conroe. Their address is 11400 FM 2854 Rd, Conroe, TX 77304. This IADD tournament promotes friendly competition, fellowship, and the clay skills of our participants. So, whether you are experienced or have never shot at all, come out and give it a try!

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