Are you coming to the Drill Bit Forum?

The IADD is holding its King of Diamonds Drill Bit Forum and Reception on Thursday, March 30, at the Spring Reception Hall.

Full Agenda:

7 to 8 a.m.: Registration opens; Coffee and light breakfast; Exhibits open

8 to 8:15 a.m.: Intro and safety briefing

8:15 to 10:15 a.m.: Session 1 - Current drill bit state-of-the-art solutions

• Aron Deen; Varel
• Casey Kitagawa; Taurex Drill Bits; “Digital Empowerment of PDC Engineering”
• Chris Cleboski; Halliburton; “Design for RSS Curve and Lateral with Stiff Assembly in Permian Basin”
• Derek Nelms; Baker Hughes
• Jason May; Ulterra
• Kian Sheikhrezaei; NOV ReedHycalog; “Shaping our Future Drilling Performance with Optimized PDC Cutter Geometries”
• Wiley Long; SLB - Smith Bits

10:15 to 10:45 a.m.: Break; Exhibits open

10:45 to 11:45 a.m.: Session 2: Instrumentation: in-bit and near-bit memory-based tools

• Gerard Johnson; SLB; “Synapse Technology”
• Junichi Sugiura; Sanvean; “Embedded High-Frequency Drilling Dynamics Sensors”
• Lyn Labahn; Halliburton; “Cerebro In-Bit Sensing Recent Developments and Future Outlook”
• Peach Holtzman; Fracture ID; "In the Blink of an Eye''

11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.: Lunch

12:15 to 1 p.m.: Keynote Speaker: David Bat

1 to 1:30 p.m.: Break; Exhibits open

1:30 to 2:15 p.m.: Session 3 - Forensics workflow upgrades

• Jeff Leisey; SLB
• Abdulbaset Ali and Mahdi Ghiasi; Memorial University of Newfoundland; “Automatic Classification of PDC Cutter Damage Using a Single Deep Learning Neural Network Model”
• Sean Emery; Trax

2:15 to 3 p.m.: Session 4 - PDC cutter vendor technologies and uses

• Ben Spencer; US Synthetic; 45 Years of Pushing the Limits of Diamond
• Jarred Koenig; International Diamond Services
• Scott Horman; MegaDiamond

3 to 3:30 p.m.: Break; Exhibits open

3:30 to 5 p.m.: Session 5 - Operator view of technology needs

• Clint Rothe, Oxy
• Dustin Daechsel, Shell
• Matt Isbell, Hess Corporation
• Paul Pastusek, ExxonMobil
• Spencer White, Apache               

5 p.m.: Closing

5 to 7 p.m.: Reception w/ exhibits