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                        "data": "IADC CONNECTION "
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                        "data": "41 From the President: IADC "
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                        "data": "Industry building circular "
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                    },
                    {
                        "data": "One-on-one with Valaris "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CEO Anton Dibowitz "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Company keeps focus on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "people-driven service delivery "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "even as it invests in AI, robotics "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and sustainability – p38 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "DRILLING CONTRACTORS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "DRILLINGCONTRACTOR.ORG IADC.ORG "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "DRILLINGCONTRACTOR.ORG/ MEDIAKIT "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "OF DRILLING CONTRACTORS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "6 Industry must evolve its recruiting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "strategies amid ‘war for talent’ "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BY LINDA HSIEH, EDITOR & PUBLISHER "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As the drilling industry continues to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "recover from the previous downturn, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "employee recruitment and retention has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "again surfaced as a top priority. However, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "this time, multiple economic and social "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "factors are making the challenge more dif- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ficult than it’s ever been. This means that, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "if your organization has not taken a good "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "look at your employee value proposition "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(EVP) lately – which answers the ques- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion of why someone should work for your "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "organization – you are already behind the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "competition. Speaking at the 2023 IADC Annual "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "General Meeting in November, Diamond "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Offshore’s Senior VP of Human Resources "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Amy Roddy urged companies to think "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "beyond the traditional approach of pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "moting pay and compensation . It is still "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "important, of course, but it’s only one piece "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of a bigger puzzle. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“As an industry, we are not as differenti- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ated as we have been in the past,” she said "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "during a panel session focusing on recruit- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing and retention. “Pay is not that much "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "higher. A roustabout can go work onshore "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "today for companies like Amazon or UPS; "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "they have other options. There are other "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "heavy industries that are also paying well, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "so that is not the differentiator for us.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "She encouraged employers to take a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "much more holistic approach as they con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sider their EVP and put more focus on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "things like career growth and nurturing a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sense of affiliation with the organization. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Last but not least, employees value mean- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing and purpose,” Ms Roddy said. “ This "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "includes work-life balance and finding "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "individual purpose in our work.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Ms Roddy also presented recent find- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ings from IADC’s Industry Value Initiative "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(IVI), which surveyed prospective employ- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ees to better understand how they per- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ceive the drilling industry (see Page 41). "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "When used in conjunction with a well- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rounded EVP, the IVI results can go a long "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "way toward helping organizations in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling industry craft a more compelling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "recruiting message. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Flexibility is key "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "When thinking about the EVP, it’s also "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "important for an organization to know "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "what its boundaries are, Bianca Richards "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Agar, HR Director for SLB, suggested dur- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing the panel. “Where are you willing to be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "flexible and where are you not?” she asked. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As companies consider boundaries, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "however, they should keep in mind that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“we are in a war for talent,” Ms Agar said. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“We aren’t in a position now where people "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will line up around the corner to work for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "you when you have your recruiting days "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "open.” This means that the more flexible "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "an organization is willing to be, the easier "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "it will be to attract and retain top talent. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Another strategy organizations can take "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is to broaden their recruitment scope. For "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "example, SLB is currently trialing the con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cept of a “returnship,” which targets people "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "who had left the oil and gas industry and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are currently unemployed . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Think about employees who have left "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to look after family or other responsibili- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ties. Think about people who took career "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "breaks for burnout,” she said. The return- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ship puts them through a 12-week pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gram, at the end of which they can choose "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "whether to return in a full-time capacity. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Because these people already know the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "basics , “they will be hitting the ground "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "running from Day 1” if they come back. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Providing the next-gen perspective on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the panel was David LaRosa, a recent "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "graduate who just joined the industry last "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "year . He pointed to Tik Tok as the social "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "media platform where oilfield recruit- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ers need to focus their efforts, noting its "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ubiquitous influence among young people "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "today. Especially for those who are not "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from a state like Texas or Oklahoma, they "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will be much less familiar with oilfield "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "career opportunities , and Tik Tok videos "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can serve as a bridge. “With this new era "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of employees like myself, we’re online and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we’re scrolling,” Mr LaRosa said. “Every "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "single guy on my rig that’s from a non- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "target state, they ended up there because "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "they saw a video on Tik Tok .” DC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 • D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "7",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "DRILLING & COMPLETION NEWS • DEPARTMENTS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Valaris adds new drillships to its fleet, citing positive outlook for ultra-deepwater floaters "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Valaris took delivery of newbuild drillships VALARIS DS-13 and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "DS-14 in December for an aggregate purchase price of approxi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mately $337 million. These deliveries increase Valaris' drillship "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fleet to 13. The two rigs will be mobilized from the South Korean "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shipyard to Las Palmas, Spain, where they will be stacked until "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contracted for work. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "\"Following the successful contracting of six of our stacked drill- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ships since mid-2021, the purchase of VALARIS DS-13 and DS-14 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "increases our operating leverage to the attractive ultra-deepwater "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "floater market,\" said Anton Dibowitz, Valaris President and CEO. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "\"Based on our positive market outlook, growing future demand "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and strong customer interest in these rigs, we believe that the pur- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "chase of these high-specification drillships at compelling prices "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will generate attractive returns.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Seadrill rigs score Petrobras contracts "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Petrobras has awarded 1,064-day fixed-term contracts to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Seadrill's West Auriga and West Polaris drillships . The con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tracts are expected to commence in Q4 2024 and represent a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "total contract value of approximately $1.1 billion, inclusive of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "additional services and mobilization fees. The drillships will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "transition to Seadrill from the existing third-party managers "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "before undertaking the campaigns with Petrobras. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Diamond's Ocean BlackRhino drillship "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "awarded new contract in Guinea-Bissau "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Hercules harsh-environment semi was recently mobi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lized to Namibia to drill two wells there for Galp. The ﬁ rst well "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "conﬁ rmed a light oil discovery in January. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Galp confirms 'significant' oil discovery "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with new exploration well in Namibia "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Galp and its partners NAMCOR and Custos have drilled and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "logged the first exploration well, Mopane-1X, in block PEL83 off- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shore Namibia. The well confirms the discovery of a significant "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "column of light oil in reservoir-bearing sands of high quality. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In the coming weeks, Galp will continue to analyze the acquired "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "data and anticipates performing a drill stem test to assess the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "commerciality of this discovery. In the meantime, drilling opera- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions at Mopane-1X will proceed to explore deeper targets. Upon "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "completion, the Hercules semisubmersible, managed by Odfjell "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Drilling, will be relocated to the Mopane-2X location to further "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "evaluate the extent of the Mopane discovery. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Payara development begins production "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In mid-November, Hess Corp announced the startup of produc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion from the Payara development on the Stabroek Block offshore "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Guyana . The Prosperity floating production, storage and offload- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing (FPSO) vessel is expected to reach its initial production of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "220,000 gross barrels of oil per day (BOPD) over the first half of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2024 as new wells are brought online. Production capacity on the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Stabroek Block is now approximately 620,000 gross BOPD. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In total, six FPSOs with a gross production capacity of more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "than 1.2 million BOPD are expected to be online on the Stabroek "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Block by the end of 2027 . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Diamond Offshore Drilling entered into a drilling contract "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with an independent operator to utilize the Ocean BlackRhino "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for work offshore Guinea-Bissau. The Ocean BlackRhino was "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "awarded a one-well contract with a minimum duration of 30 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "days, representing $15.4 million of additional backlog, exclud- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing mobilization. Work under the new contract is expected to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "commence in July 2024 in direct continuation of the rig's cur- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rent contract with Woodside in Senegal. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Evaluation continues on Suriname Block "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "52 after new oil discovery by Petronas "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "PETRONAS has made an oil discovery at the Roystonea-1 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "exploration well in Suriname’s Block 52. The well, located "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "about 185 km offshore in a water depth of 904 m, was drilled to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a total depth of 5,315 m. It also encountered several oil-bearing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Campanian sandstone reservoir packages. Further evaluation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is being undertaken to determine the full extent of this discov- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ery and its potential development synergy with the Sloanea-1 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "discovery, which was made in 2020 within the same block. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Sparta deepwater development in US Gulf "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "advances as Shell and Equinor take FID "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Shell and Equinor have reached final investment decision "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(FID) for the Sparta deepwater development in the US Gulf of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mexico . Production is expected to begin in 2028 , with expected "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ultimate recoverable resources currently estimated at above "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "250 million bbl. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The development plan includes eight production wells "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tied back to a semisubmersible floating production unit. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Sparta platform is a replication of Shell 's Vito and Whale proj- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ects, enabling a standardized design approach. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R • JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "7 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "8",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "DEPARTMENTS • DRILLING & COMPLETION TECH DIGEST "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Integrated cementing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "solution saves 18 hours "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on subsea well in US GOM "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Using casing while drilling, Hunt Oil was able to reduce the number of runs "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "required on the Macoveiu 3900 well in Romania, leading to cost and time savings. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Hunt Oil and Odfjell Technologies set European depth "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "record for 20-in. casing while drilling in Romania "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Odfjell Technology recently worked "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with Hunt Oil to reach a European depth "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "record for 20-in. casing while drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(CWD) in its Macoveiu 3900 well, located "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in Bazau, Romania. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CWD was selected as the solution to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mitigate possible surface hole hazards "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "like shallow gas, formations sensitive to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "swabbing, tight hole and loss of circula- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion, as well as to achieve time savings "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for the surface section . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "A cap was set on the maximum "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "achievable working flow rate due to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rig surface equipment limitations. This "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "flow rate ceiling was lower than what "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "was required for optimal operational "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "performance, so this scenario required "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "additional analysis of the drill bit per- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "formance, wellbore hydraulics and hole "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cleaning. The existing 20-in. casing by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "24-in. bit design was analyzed, opti- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mized and validated for the expected "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "conditions. A CWD record-breaking depth of 798 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "m below rotary was recorded . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "By implementing Odfjell Technology’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CWD services, Hunt Oil reduced the num- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ber of runs required with significant "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "saving on time and cost thanks to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "elimination of conventional bottomhole "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "assembly handling and tripping times. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The operator was also able to achieve its "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling objectives on this 24-in. section "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by using Odfjell’s casing running tool , "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "torque turn computers, manual handling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tools and hydraulic power tongs with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "high-torque capacity and power packs. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "There were also no recordable incidents "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "or accidents recorded during the opera- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion. Expro recently completed a well cement "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "placement project for a large international "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operator in the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Inner-string cementing was delivered for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a subsea well’s 22-in. surface casing in a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "water depth of approximately 2,000 m in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the Mississippi Canyon area. That was "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "integrated with Expro's Cure technologies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to allow the operator to overcome ongo- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing offset well challenges. These included "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "prolonged wait on cement (WOC) periods "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "when transitioning directly from the jet "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "string to the 22-in. surface casing, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tasks associated with drilling out a 22-in. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shoetrack. The integrated cementing solution "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "helped save approximately 18 hours of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cement-related drill-out, clean-out and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "WOC time compared with offset wells. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Cure technologies also removed the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "requirement for a shoetrack to be left "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the casing string, preventing cement "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sheath-related challenges. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Transocean Norge semi "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "earns DNV notation for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "greenhouse gas abatement "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Late last year, the Transocean Norge "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "became the first semisubmersible to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "receive DNV’s Abate (Power+) notation, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "following upgrades designed to lower the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rig's greenhouse emissions during opera- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion. The notation is designed to reflect "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the best industry practices in greenhouse "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gas abatement for offshore units and rep- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "resents a comprehensive energy and emis- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sion management system aligned with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ISO 50001 standards. It emphasizes rigor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ous monitoring of energy consumption "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "SLB, Nabors to scale adoption of drilling automation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "SLB and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Nabors Industries "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are embarking on a collaboration to enable "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "8 PRECISE or Nabors’ SmartROS rig oper- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ating system. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and the implementation of operational and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "technical strategies to reduce emissions. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Transocean implemented several key "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "strategies to ensure the rig meets these "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "customers to integrate the companies' "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Our collaboration with Nabors will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "standards : comprehensive monitoring "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling automation applications and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "provide E&P customers and drilling con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of energy consumption, optimization of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rig operating systems . Customers will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tractors across the globe with greater "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operational energy, use of closed bus ties "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have access to a broader suite of drill- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "access to high-performance drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to minimize the number of idle engines, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing automation technologies and greater "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "capabilities, including Neuro autono- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and variable frequency drives in rotating "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "flexibility to utilize existing rig control "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mous directional drilling,” said Jesus "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "machinery to optimally control the power "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "systems and equipment on either SLB’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Lamas, President, Well Construction, SLB. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for large rotating machinery. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 • D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "9",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "DRILLING & COMPLETION TECH DIGEST • DEPARTMENTS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Surge Energy uses Latshaw Rig 10 to drill 18,325-ft lateral in Permian in 12.5 days "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Four years ago, Surge Energy worked "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with Latshaw Drilling and Pro Directional "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to drill what it said was the longest known "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lateral in the Permian Basin at the time, at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "17,935 ft. Now, the companies have exceed- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ed that lateral distance in another Permian "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "well. In Q4 2023, the companies drilled the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Succubus-Rougarou 24-37 7AH well in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Wolfcamp A play in Borden County, Texas, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with a total horizontal displacement of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "18,325 ft. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The well, which was drilled by Latshaw "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Drilling’s Rig 10, was executed in 12.5 days "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from surface to its total measured depth of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "24,879 ft. This marked a six-day reduction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in drilling time from the 2019 well, where "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the total measured depth of 24,592 ft was "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reached in 18 days. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This drop in time was primarily enabled "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by the elimination of a planned trip, said "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Jeremy Christopherson, Drilling Manager "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "at Surge Energy. The 2019 well featured "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a planned trip at 15,000-ft vertical sec- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion because the operator was unsure if "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the bottomhole assembly (BHA) could last "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "beyond that distance. The 18,325 -ft lateral "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the 2023 well was drilled in one conven- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tional directional BHA run – this marked a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "company record for Pro Directional for the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "longest lateral drilled in a single run with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "motor and MWD. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“These rigs can only rack back so much "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pipe in the derrick, and with the well in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Compared with a previous well with a 17,935-ft lateral that was drilled in 18 days, a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new well with an 18,325-ft lateral has been drilled by Latshaw Rig 10 in just 12.5 days. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This time reduction was primarily enabled by eliminating a planned trip at 15,000 ft. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2019, we felt that a 15,000-ft run in the lat- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "eral was probably all the motor could take, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and we should trip and have a planned "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "trip to change out the bit and the motor,” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mr Christopherson said. “We ended up "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tripping back in, and it takes a long time to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "round-trip from that depth. With the well "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we just drilled, we just decided to keep "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling with the BHA.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Christopherson said. The total vertical "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and counterclockwise to get weight on bit "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "depths (TVD) for wells drilled in the com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "during sliding operations to work slack-off "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pany’s Midland acreage since entering the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "weight down to the bit. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "region in 2016 have ranged between 5,500 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The operator is currently running three "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and 8,100 ft. The 2023 well had a total ver- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rigs in its Midland Basin acreage – in addi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tical depth 6,794 ft. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion to Latshaw Rig 10, it’s also operating "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“When we started drilling out there, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Latshaw Rigs 18 and 20 in Howard County. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we were drilling a lot of 1.5-mile, 2-mile "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“I find Latshaw very easy to work with,” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "laterals, and we slowly stepped out to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "he said. “They have a rig type that’s very "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drill longer and longer laterals. But it’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "suitable for our style of drilling, particular- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "an area with very shallow TVDs. One of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ly being able to go back on existing pads. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the things that makes these longer later- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The rigs move quickly, and the company "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "als more challenging is that, when you’re "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "has really good hands . They’re the old- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Surge Energy holds more than 100,000 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "looking at around 6,000 ft of total vertical "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "school farm boys who can fix everything "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "net acres in the Midland Basin, with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "depth, we might not have enough weight "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with a wrench. You don’t have to get a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "its core acreage located in Borden and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to push 18,000 ft of pipe to TD the well,” Mr "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "computer tech to fix a lot of stuff, and that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Howard counties. The acreage presents "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Christopherson said. To address this, the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "works really well for us.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "major drilling challenges because the res- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operator used standard friction reduction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ervoirs are located in shallow depths, Mr "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tools and rocked the drill pipe clockwise "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Drilling of the most recent well uti- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lized conventional mud motor and mea- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "surement-while-drilling (MWD) technol- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ogy, and it was drilled 100% in zone. Surge "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Energy also reported no lost time due to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "downhole dysfunctions. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The well is expected to be completed and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "brought online in the first half of 2024. DC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R • JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "9 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "10",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "DEPARTMENTS • ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Apache lends support "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to well pad restoration "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "research in Permian Basin "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "By powering the Askepott jackup from shore via the Martin Linge A platform, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Equinor expects to achieve a 20,000-ton reduction in CO 2 . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "KCA Deutag to electrify Equinor’s Askepott jackup "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "KCA Deutag is set to carry out a major "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "project to electrify Equinor’s jackup rig, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Askepott, in Norway. The electrification "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "project, which will be delivered by KCA "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Deutag’s Kenera business unit, will make "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the Askepott rig the first in Equinor’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "portfolio to be powered from onshore "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "when it is completed in Q4 2024. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Askepott will receive power from high- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "voltage cabling via the Martin Linge A "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "platform . The platform is already sup- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plied with power from shore through the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "world’s longest alternating current cable "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and is located 42 km west of the Oseberg "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Field on the Norwegian Continental "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Shelf (NCS). "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Based on previous records and pre- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dicted calculations, it is anticipated the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "project will result in a reduction of 20,000 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tons of CO 2 per year compared with run- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ning with traditional diesel generators. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As a key part of the project, Kenera will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "convert the existing mud treatment room "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on Askepott to an electrical power room "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and install transformers, variable fre- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "quency drives and high-voltage switch "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "boards certified to DNV classification "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "requirements. Kenera will provide a turnkey solution, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "including initial procurement, detailed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "engineering and installation and com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "missioning, before handing the project "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "over to Equinor and KCA Deutag’s team "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in Norway for the day-to-day operations "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "onboard Askepott. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In a previous energy optimization "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "project, Kenera had deployed CO 2 and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nitrogen oxides reduction technologies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on the Askepott rig, as well as Equinor’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Askeladden rig . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Northern Lights collaboration targets CCS digitalization "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "10 Apache Corp is partnering with the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Borderlands Research Institute (BRI) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Texas, to launch a well pad restoration "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "research project. Researchers at BRI and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Texas Native Seeds, a project of the Caesar "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Texas A&M Kingsville, will investigate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "methods to improve habitat restoration "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "efforts in the Permian Basin . The goal is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to publish a science-backed, best practices "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reclamation document to be shared with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "other Permian operators. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The project will explore how changes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the industry’s collective approach to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "restoring end-of-service well pads can "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have broader benefits to local biodiversity "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and reunite fragmented habitats. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Typically, at the end of a well’s service "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "life, the well is plugged and the pad is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reseeded and allowed to gradually return "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to a natural condition. This project looks to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "accelerate a more vibrant return to nature "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by considering alternative soil prepara- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion techniques, adding biochar to improve "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "soil fertility, and incorporating undesirable "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "scrub brush as a vegetative cover to hold "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "soil moisture and discourage grassland "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "animals from foraging on the seeds before "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "they germinate. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Additionally, the project will measure "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "increases in soil carbon to passively "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sequester CO 2 in healthy desert soils and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will support Sul Ross State University stu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dent research through BRI. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ADNOC, Santos to explore "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "global CCS platform "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ADNOC and Santos have signed a stra- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tegic collaboration agreement (SCA) that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "SLB and the Northern Lights Joint "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ital platform, which was deployed to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "outlines a pathway toward the potential "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Venture have signed an agreement to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "streamline the subsurface workflows of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "development of a joint global carbon man- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "work with Microsoft to optimize integrat- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Northern Lights in 2022. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "agement platform that could support the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ed cloud-based workflows for Northern "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Microsoft will deploy and extend its "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Lights operations. The collaboration "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Azure platform to ensure scalable cloud "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "aims to contribute to the development of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "services that support Northern Lights’ "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Additionally, the SCA encompasses the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "scalable and cost-efficient digital solu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "business and the SLB digital CCS work- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "advancement of critical carbon capture "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions for the emerging carbon capture "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "flows. SLB and Microsoft are also collab- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and storage (CCS) technologies and the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and storage (CCS) industry. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "orating to develop an Azure-compliant "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "exploration of a CO 2 shipping and trans- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In the initial phases , SLB will extend "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "open-source data platform that will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "portation infrastructure network to enable "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the digital CCS workflows and numeri- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "serve as the digital infrastructure for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "heavy-emitting sectors capture, ship and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cal simulation systems on its Delfi dig- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Northern Lights. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "permanently store CO 2 . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "decarbonization journey of customers "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "throughout the Asia Pacific. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 • D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "11",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "OIL & GAS MARKETS • DEPARTMENTS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Wood Mackenzie: Continued consolidation, caution "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "around upstream spending among key trends in 2024 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Key themes to watch for in glob- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "al and corporate upstream this year, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Upstream investment by region "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "according to a new report from Wood "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mackenzie, include continued consoli- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dation, increased activity from national "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "600 oil companies (NOCs), reversing decar- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion multiples, easier access to finance "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for larger companies, lower costs and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "better execution are some of the incen- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tives. “For deals to work, they need to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "demonstrate improved "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operational, financial and, for some deals, emis- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sions performance,” said Fraser McKay, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Head of Upstream Analysis for Wood "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mackenzie. NOCs: COP28 has placed greater "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "US$ billion "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "playbooks and an upstream investment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Consolidation: Higher market valua- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The global land drilling rig market is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Middle East "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Russia and Caspian "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Europe Oceania a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Oceani ambitions in low carbon and emissions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "abatement . However, upstream growth "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will still be on the agenda for most "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "NOCs . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Middle East will lead much of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "growth, with ADNOC, Saudi Aramco and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Kuwait Petroleum Corp increasing their "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "spend to meet domestic capacity targets . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "They may also target more merg- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ers and acquisitions . “The NOCs have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reset financial strength and will target "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "M&As to plug strategic gaps in gas, LNG, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "short-cycle oil and international explo- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ration,” said Neivan Boroujerdi, Director, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Corporate Research and NOC Lead . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Decarbonization: Wood Mackenize "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "forecasts production will rise by 3% in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2024, and decarbonization won’t keep "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "up. Upstream scope 1 and 2 emissions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will increase by 12 million tonnes of CO 2 e "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "year-on-year. Shifts in strategic playbooks: There "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will also be continued adjustments to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the strategies of oil and gas compa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "totaling an estimated 4,559 in 2023, accord- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "4% increase compared with 2022 and 32% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "compared with the low point of 2020. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "300 Westwood also forecast that global land "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling rig demand will average 4,718 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2000 20 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "units between 2023 and 2027. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "On a regional level, China is forecast to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "100 lead the demand, accounting for 28% of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2020 2021 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2022 2023 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2024 Source: Wood Mackenzie Lens Upstream "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Middle East will continue to be a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling hotspot this year, driven by an "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "increase in upstream spending. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "global total. The country will continue to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drill deeper wells in shale gas plays and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "increase activity on mature fields as part "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of efforts to increase domestic production. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In the Middle East and North Africa, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "demand from the Gulf Cooperation Council "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(GCC) countries is forecast to grow by almost "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "emphasis on sustainability plans. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "effect for some NOCs will be bigger "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in 2020 and 2021, with demand for rigs "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "December rig market forecast. That is a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "4000 40 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "0 continuing to recover from the lows seen "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing to Westwood Global Energy Group’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "5000 50 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bonization gains, shifts in strategic "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plateau. North America "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Asia Latin America "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Africa Westwood forecasts positive "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "outlook for global land rig "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "demand through 2027 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have to grow cash flow if they want "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to grow dividends, rebalancing capital "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "allocation toward investment to main- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tain sustainable cash-generating busi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nesses.” Upstream investments: Operators will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "remain focused on resilience, sustain- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ability and efficiency. Most will exercise "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "caution in the face of inflation, bottle- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "necks and price uncertainty, with con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fidence undermined by widening OPEC+ "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "production cuts. Global spend in 2024 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will reach just over $500 billion , up just "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2% from 2023 after a rise of 18% over the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "past three years, all in real terms . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Investment will rise in the Middle "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "East but fall in the US Lower 48,” said Ian "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Thom, Director of Upstream Research. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“The new project pipeline remains "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "healthy, with 45 projects vying to take "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "final investment decision – a potential "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "investment commitment of $170 billion "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to develop 25.5 billion BOE. Around 30 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will proceed in 2024. Many of these will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "50%. In Latin America, meanwhile, many "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "countries are expected to see declines. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Argentina will be the exception there, with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "development of the Vaca Muerta Shale Basin "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "continuing to support increased demand. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In the US, the outlook is relatively flat, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as operators continue to prioritize capital "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "discipline. In Russia, the outlook remains negative "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "due to the impact of Western sanctions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "stemming from the Ukraine conflict. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "While the overall market outlook is gen- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "erally positive, utilization is still a rela- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tively weak 52%, reflecting the contin- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ued oversupply in the market. The global "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "capable land rig fleet was estimated to be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "approximately 9,000 as of November. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "However, demand for high-horsepower "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rigs (2,000-hp or more), which account for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "less than 1,400 of the total capable rig fleet, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is expected to be strong in regions like "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "China and the GCC countries. Westwood "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "believes there is potential for these regions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to be undersupplied with high-spec rigs in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the later years of the forecast. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nies, driven by sustainability concerns, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "be deepwater discoveries, with the 10 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "And it won’t just be in those regional "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "stakeholder pressures and low valua- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "biggest deepwater oil projects requiring "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hotspots where high-spec rigs will be in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion multiples . “Investors want a reli- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "$52 billion of investment for recoverable "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "high demand , as operators will continue to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "able, growing base dividend as a reward "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "resources of 5 billion barrels of oil.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drill more complex wells while aiming to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for rising energy transition risks,” said "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Global economic weakness or a loss "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "maximize value from each well. This will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Tom Ellacott, Senior Vice President of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of unity in OPEC+ are key investment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mean more positive outlooks for contrac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Corporate Research . “But companies will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wildcards. tors with high-spec rigs in their fleets. "
                    },
                    {
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                    },
                    {
                        "data": "11 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "12",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ADNOC Drilling looks to digital "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and integrated services solutions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to drive better well deliveries "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Automation, decarbonization and accelerated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "training programs among other key strategies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to drive efficiencies, prepare for the future "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Abdulrahman Abdulla AlSeiari, CEO, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ADNOC Drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BY STEPHEN WHITFIELD, SENIOR EDITOR "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What do you see as the biggest chal- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lenges that the global drilling industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "currently faces? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "With the current situation of the drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "business globally and in the Middle East, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the biggest challenge is the availability "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of talent. It will be quite difficult for the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry to operate without new talent. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The new energies are perhaps more attrac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tive to them than coming into the drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry. As industry leaders, we need to work on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "attracting talent in our direction. That may "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "require us to show off some of the work "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we’re doing related to technology adoption, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "digitalization and other things that might "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "resonate more with that talent. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What is ADNOC Drilling doing to attract "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new talent? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We have put a lot of investment into "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "different kinds of programs that allow us "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to secure those people. For UAE nationals, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we have dedicated programs for develop- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment where we’re targeting young people "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for positions within the organization. One "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of these programs is designed specifi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cally for junior students, and they work "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "full time as a derrickhand for a mini- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mum of six months before they move "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on to another position. We train them "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in both theoretical and practical aspects "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of different positions on the rig, and we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "promote them to different positions over "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the course of two to three years. They’re "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "assessed at each position, and we see "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "where they fit. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "12 We have another program for gradu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ates where we develop their competencies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "until they’re good enough to become full- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fledged drillers – that’s also a three-year "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "program. We’re trying to capitalize on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "these individuals and push them faster "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "up the ladder – not so fast where they "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "don’t gain the knowledge, but fast enough. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We’ve had guys come into our organi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "zation as roughnecks, and after going "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "through this training, they’re in the posi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion of a driller. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "You mentioned showing off the work "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "our industry is doing with technology "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and digitalization. Can you talk about "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "some examples of ADNOC Drilling’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "digital projects? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "One example is our real-time monitor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing center at our headquarters, where we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "see the performance of wells on a daily "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "basis, and we can work with our clients to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "overcome any inefficiencies, or invisible "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lost time, using data. It’s a win-win for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the drilling company and for the opera- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tor. We’re both benefitting from using that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "information. We’re also managing some "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of the oilfield service operations through "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the monitoring center. That has allowed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "us to reduce the number of people needed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to be onsite because we put our subject "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "matter experts in the center to monitor our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operations. These efforts have been focused primar- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ily on directional drilling and geosteering, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and this has helped us to realize substan- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tial efficiency improvements. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Moving on to the subject of autonomy, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "what do you see as the key barriers to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "achieving fully autonomous drilling? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Do you think that’s something we can "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "realistically achieve? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I think it is something we can achieve, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "but we’re always going to require some "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "integration with the human on the rig. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "When you’re drilling, not every hole is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "going to require the same method, and you "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have to interact with the well, deal with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "certain issues, troubleshoot in some areas. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "When we talk about offshore, there are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "opportunities to automate certain process- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "es. We’ve tried to do this on our jackups in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the past where we automate certain activi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ties. It worked, but somehow it was more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "inefficient than what we were doing before "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "because of the processes we had to work "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "through. Now, there are other technologies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that we have to work with, particularly with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "moving pipe from the deck to the rig floor – "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that’s something we can look at. With our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "island rigs, we’ve done quite a lot of automa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion, and it’s been quite successful for us. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The biggest challenge for us has been "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with land rigs. We’ve found automation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "has been quite difficult for us to achieve "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "there, simply because we keep changing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "locations every few weeks from one well "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to another. We have to dismantle the rig, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "move it to another location, assemble it "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "again . We’ve found challenges with short "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "circuits damaging some of the equipment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on the rig – sometimes we’d have cables "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and fittings not going together, and then, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "say, the top drive would short circuit and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that would cause NPT. "
                    },
                    {
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                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "13",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Nevertheless, I see there is a big oppor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tunity when we’re talking about the whole "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "process of drilling the well. I think it’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "something we can work out, maybe get to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a point where we can have a well drilled "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on autopilot but still have someone around "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "just in case we need to interrupt the pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cess or something goes wrong. That’s pos- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sible, and it doesn’t require major technol- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ogy investment. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What are some of your main consid- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "erations when deciding whether to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "invest in a new digital/automation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "technology? Do you see that capital "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "discipline and cost are holding the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry back from achieving more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "technical advances? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For us to invest in anything, we have to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "look at what we’re going to get out of it. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What is the end result of the investment? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We’re not just going to invest in something "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and not expect to get something out of it. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Look at our investment in remote opera- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions, which is something we can justify "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and which can make our clients happy. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The payback is there. We definitely want "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to go for those types of investments. But "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "it’s a case-by-case basis in terms of look- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing for opportunities for investment. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Beyond remote operations, one area "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "where we’re really looking to invest is in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "decarbonization of the rig, especially the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "newbuilds. If I look at investing in electri- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fication of the rig, there’s a direct benefit: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We can stop burning diesel. There are two "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "elements to that – one, the net-zero ele- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment, and two, we lower our fuel costs. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Diesel is very expensive these days. Those "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are definitely things that attract us. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I know that ADNOC Drilling has already "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "invested significantly in reducing its "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "carbon footprint over the past few "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "years. What further efforts can the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "world expect to see from your com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pany in the next 2-5 years around "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ESG? The major part for us is the engines that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we use to operate the rig. Electrification "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will be a major solution for that. For the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new rigs we have coming in, it’s much "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "easier to incorporate the systems needed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to electrify the rigs into the design from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "While ADNOC Drilling ordered 16 newbuild hybrid power land rigs in 2023, it is also "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "prioritizing the electrification of existing land units like Rig 52. The contractor also "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "continues to seek ways to achieve value through automation on land rigs, which "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can be challenging due to the frequent moves involved in onshore drilling. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "day one. For our existing rigs, there will be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a lot of work required. Those are going to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "be focus areas for us. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Another area we’re looking at is the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "amount of waste that gets created in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling process. How can we manage that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "waste in a way that protects our environ- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment? That could mean thermal treatment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of the cuttings, reinjection of the cuttings or "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "other different ways for us to look at that. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Right now, we have 30 mobile camps for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "treating wastewater, and because they’re "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "working in remote locations, we have to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "use diesel engines to power them. We’re "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "looking into using solar power for those "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "camps. If that goes successfully, just imag- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ine having all of those camps equipped "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with a solar system. On top of that, we’re "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "working on battery energy storage sys- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tems for our land rigs. So, there’s a com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bination of several different technologies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that we’ll continue to work on in the near "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "future. As we move forward, we’re going to see "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more activity. We’re going to target cer- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tain production capacities that have to be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sustained. As that happens, the amount of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ESG activity within our company is going "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to increase. We want to deliver 25% emis- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sions reduction by 2030 and become net- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "zero by 2045. We have to deliver. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Let’s talk about the rigs some more. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "You’ve already spoken about electrifi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cation and low-carbon systems going "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on the rigs, but what upgrades to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rig are you considering in order to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "improve drilling efficiency in the near "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "future? To me, that is not just a question of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "efficiency. It’s about improving safety on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the rig and protecting our people. We take "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "safety as one of our major priorities – if "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "there’s an area where we can invest that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "makes people safer, we will not hesitate. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R • JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "13 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "14",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "part of the drilling market? Has your "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "work in the drilling services segment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "changed or enhanced the work you "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "do as a rig contractor? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ADNOC Drilling is continuing to seek ways to automate specific activities on its "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "jackups, such as on the Al Yasat jackup located offshore Abu Dhab i (pictured). One "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "opportunity being considered, for example, is technology that automates the pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cess of moving pipe from the deck to the drill floor. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The tools that will make our rigs safer are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "also going to make them more efficient. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We’re looking at how we can better design "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "our rigs to reduce the risks our personnel "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "face, for example, with the management of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "loads. We’re looking at whether solutions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "related to digitalization can help. All of our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rigs are equipped with CCTVs, and we’ve "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "done a pilot with a computer vision sys- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tem where you can identify unsafe situa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "14 tions on the rig, like if people aren’t wear- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing the right PPE. The system sounds an "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "alarm to the driller so he can stop and deal "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with that. We’re shifting gears with that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "right now, so hopefully soon we will have a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "product that can generate additional value. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ADNOC Drilling began offering inte- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "grated drilling services in 2018. What "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drove that decision to step into this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "It has definitely helped us. What is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "every client concerned about? They want "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the well to be delivered safely, efficiently "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and cost effectively, and integrating ser- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vices brings all of that together under one "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "umbrella. When you have lump sum contracts, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "you’re contracting with a company to bring "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the rig in, another company that does the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "directional drilling, and other companies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the process. Everybody wants to hit "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "their targets, and these targets may differ "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a little bit, so you’re going to see some inef- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ficiencies. But when you have integrated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "solutions under one umbrella and one "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "leader, you have synergy. You can ensure "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "everyone’s on the same page. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Now, drilling companies are in charge of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the safety of everyone else out there on the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rig. Whether that’s the driller’s personnel "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "or third-party service company person- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nel, it’s all the responsibility of the drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "company. To us, offering integrated ser- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vices improves those efficiencies. That’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "why our market share has been increasing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "continuously. Today, we offer integrated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "services for around 45-50% of our fleet. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We’re targeting 55-60% within the next "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "two years. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We’ve managed to demonstrate the effi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ciency of integrated services to our clients, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "resulting in savings of around $300 mil- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lion since we started the program. So, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we’re satisfied, although we’re still looking "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to improve. We’re looking at increasing the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "local manufacturing of some of our drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fluids, for instance. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We see this integrated offering as com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plementary to our drilling business. I’ve "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "worked on the driller side and the operator "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "side, and I think both sides need to work "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hand in hand to deliver the well. That’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "why I’ve been very much pushing for us to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "develop this integrated solution. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ADNOC Drilling also handles well com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pletions, which are normally not part "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of a drilling contractor’s expertise. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What is your company working on to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "improve completions efficiency in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "coming few years? "
                    },
                    {
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                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "15",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "There’s a lot that can be done in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "completion cycle, provided that we get the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "right technologies. I’ll give you an example "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on the unconventional side. We’ve been "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "seeing a lot of unconventional activity in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the US, Canada and even China, and there’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a learning curve with the technologies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that they’ve gone through, a lot of new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "technologies they have introduced into the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "process. For us, the question is how can we bring "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "those learnings into the system and short- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "en this learning curve? I don’t need to start "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "at step one. I can jump-start from where "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "they are and take the lessons they’ve "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "learned in those regions. There are a lot of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "good technologies that can be introduced "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for completions that we’ll be working on. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In late 2021, ADNOC Drilling announced "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "an alliance with Helmerich & Payne "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(H&P). Can you talk about any lessons "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "you might’ve gained from this collab- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "oration so far and what value has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "been generated? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In 2022, ADNOC Drilling drilled a 50,000-ft well from Umm Al Anbar, one of ADNOC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Offshore’s four artificial islands in the Upper Zakum field offshore Abu Dhabi. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "H&P is well-known for their work in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "unconventional space. They came in as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "partners, and we’ve purchased eight rigs "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from them so far – we’re probably one of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the first companies to own our own H&P "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "FlexRigs. All of those rigs are operational "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and running very smoothly. We both see "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "value in each other, and we both want "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to take this partnership to the next level. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Definitely, there is more we can work with, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and we will do what we can to make this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "partnership even more successful. DC "
                    },
                    {
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                    },
                    {
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                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "16",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Petrobras relying on innovation, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "close supplier collaboration "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to keep cost escalation in check "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Safety and sustainability are also seen as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "critical priorities as the NOC embraces new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "well control, emissions reduction technologies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BY LINDA HSIEH, EDITOR & PUBLISHER "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "From your role at Petrobras, what do "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "you see as the biggest near-term "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "challenges for the drilling industry? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In the short term, we are faced with the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "challenge of successfully executing our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "entire planned well campaign, given the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "significant number of projects that need "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to be implemented in the upcoming years. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Looking ahead to the medium term, it is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "crucial for us to ensure the economic feasi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bility of these projects, taking into account "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the escalating prices and the high demand "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from the industry. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What impacts has Petrobras seen "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from global inflation or supply chain "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bottlenecks on its drilling campaigns? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The significant impacts are driven by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the escalating prices, resulting from the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "limited availability of rigs in the market "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and the overall supply chain constraints. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Consequently, we have been proactive- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ly addressing these challenges through "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "innovation, effective performance man- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "agement, and close collaboration with our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "suppliers, with a particular focus on stra- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tegic planning. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Where is Petrobras looking for cost "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reductions? Innovation is key. We have several "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "examples to highlight, including opti- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mized open-hole well configurations, Drill "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Through wellhead systems and new bit "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "technologies. These advancements are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "part of our innovation portfolio, which "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "16 Carlos José do Nascimento Travassos, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Executive Officer for Engineering, Tech- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nology and Innovation, Petrobras "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "aims to increase reliability. This will result "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in higher well productivity, as well as cost "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and emissions reductions, while main- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "taining or improving operational safety "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and integrity. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Considering Petrobras did not get the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "environmental license to drill in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Brazilian Equatorial area, what are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Petrobras’ plans to get this authoriza- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion? What challenges has Petrobras seen "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with rig start-up operations in Brazil? Is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "there closer collaboration with rig "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contractors to ensure the startup pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cess is smooth? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The environmental licensing process "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for the Equatorial Margin is proceeding "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as expected, with the responsible authori- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ties posing relevant questions about our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operations and our team providing clear "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "responses to address them. This exchange "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is a normal part of the process. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The good news is that we have suc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cessfully obtained the environmental "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "license to initiate drilling activities in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the Potiguar Basin, which is also located "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the Equatorial Margin. The drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operations in the Potiguar Basin began in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "December 2023. Additionally, we are con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fident in our progress toward obtaining "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the environmental license to drill wells "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in other basins of the Equatorial Margin, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "such as the one located in the Amapá "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "coast. Current startup processes have pre- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sented several challenges, such as lack "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of trained personnel, supplier difficulties "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "– manpower and inventory – and under- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "estimation of the challenges related to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "heating up a cold-stacked rig. To overcome "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "this challenge, we are working closely "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with drilling contractors from contract "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "signing through mobilization and up to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "campaign start, promoting the exchange of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lessons learned and careful planning. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Petrobras is starting up several rigs for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operation in 2024. What is being done "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to make sure that, on the operator "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "side, you will be read y? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Immediately after the contract is signed, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a rig acceptance and start-up group is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "formed. In this group, all relevant stake- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "holders are brought together toward the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "overall goal of having the unit operating "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "safely ASAP. During this phase, discus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sions and actions related to equipment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "preparation and readiness, inspections "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and legal and regulatory requirements "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "take place. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What upgrades would you like to see "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling contractors make on their drill- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing rigs? What equipment or technol- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ogies would make your drilling opera- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions easier or better? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "It is common for companies to perform "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "market analysis, projections and prospec- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tive evaluations. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "When it comes to technological aspects, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "there is no doubt that measures to enhance "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "efficiency and safety must be consistent- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ly implemented. Notable advancements "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 • D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "17",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "include emissions reduction technologies, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "improved BOP shearing capacity, riserless "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(open sea) operations, robotics and intel- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ligent rig equipment. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "How is Petrobras using automation/ "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "digital technologies? Can you talk "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "about any projects where they have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "demonstrated valu e? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Digitalization has been a major transfor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mational driver toward higher efficiency "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and safer operations, with widespread "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "adoption throughout the organization, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "both in terms of development and user "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "adoption. One notable innovation is the digital "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "twin for real-time well integrity moni- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "toring (WISLIVE), which has been devel- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "oped through partnerships between the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "company and universities. WISLIVE has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "significantly contributed to improving "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "safety during operation and production, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "effectively preventing unforeseen integ- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rity issues that could potentially result "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in production interruptions. Currently, all "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pre-salt wells are under continuous moni- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "toring with WISLIVE. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Furthermore, we can also highlight the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "POÇOWEB platform, which enables faster "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and standardized design conception and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "efficient management of ANP (Brazilian "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "National Agency for Petroleum, Natural "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Gas and Biofuels) documents. By automat- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing workflows and integrating specialized "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tools, POÇOWEB improves agility and effi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ciency in these processes. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Are there specific areas of well con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction where you think innovation is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "most urgently needed? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Safety, safety and safety. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Safety is more than important. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Embracing the possibilities that technol- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ogy can offer in this field is the way "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "forward. We must leverage technology "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to minimize risk exposure, employ artifi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cial intelligence for making complex and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reliable decisions, and implement digi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tal monitoring and remote operations, all "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with the aim of enhancing reliability, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "integrity and safety. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Regarding BOP technologies, Petrobras "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is leading the market with technical spec- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ifications that enhance the equipment’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shearing capabilities. Additionally, the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reduction of greenhouse gas emissions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is a rapidly increasing demand in our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry, and Petrobras is also foster- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing the market by offering incentives for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reducing diesel consumption in new rig "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contracts. Our long-term vision also comprises "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "some disruptive concepts, such as reel "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "casing and drilling operations that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "involve alternative rock removal and flex- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ible casing. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What do you see as the biggest chal- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lenges and technology gaps for well "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "completions today? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "One of the key challenges is to enhance "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reliability, which in turn leads to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "improved safety and productivity in pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "duction systems. This can be propelled "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "through the development of technologies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "such as electrification and continuous "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "monitoring. Petrobras is transitioning toward all- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "electric systems, incorporating intelligent "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "completion valves and subsurface safety "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "valves to enhance productivity and reli- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ability in full field developments. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Furthermore, continuous monitor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing, such as through fiber optics, has the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "potential to optimize reservoir manage- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment. We know that drilling rigs usually make "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "up a rather small percentage of an "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "E&P’s total emissions. Are drilling rigs a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "key part of Petrobras’ emissions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reduction efforts? What would you like "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to see drilling contractors do to assist "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with your efforts? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We are facing a time where any and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "every reduction is necessary, and it is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "up to all of us to take all possible actions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to decrease emissions. Regardless of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "scale, every reduction is valuable. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In this way, we have been actively "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "promoting the engagement of drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contractors in developing innovative "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "technologies to reduce diesel consump- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion, incentivizing them through contract "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "incentives. We firmly believe that col- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "laboration is the most effective path to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "progress. How do you view the importance of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "carbon capture, utilization and stor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "age (CCUS) efforts in the energy tran- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sition? The energy transition process is a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "movement that does not take place homo- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "geneously. In reality, we could talk about "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "energy transitions, which are defined from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "national solutions that respect the history, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "capabilities and resources of each country. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The need for differentiation in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "forms of transition and the time in which "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "it will take place is especially true when "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we think about a fair transition. This "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "requires balancing a transformation of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "energy systems toward low-carbon tech- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nologies, at the lowest possible cost, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "expanding the population with access to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "energy. Thus, there are several pathways for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the energy transition, and I see CCUS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as one of them. The energy transition "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "requires significant efforts from coun- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tries and companies, and CCUS is part "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of those efforts. Other measures must "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "be taken along this path. Each company "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "must assess its portfolio to operate in a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "safer, more efficient and environmentally "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "responsible manner. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We consider CCUS as a critical enabler "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to meet the government’s and private sec- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tor’s commitment to net-zero targets – "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CCUS requires collaboration among gov- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ernment, industry and the public. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Petrobras CCUS program, which is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "implemented in the pre-salt fields, was "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "considered in 2021 and 2022 as the larg- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "est in the world in operation and is also "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the pioneer in ultra-deepwaters. Based "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on the lessons learned, new studies are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "being designed to enable cost reduction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and expand the frontiers of CCUS appli- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cation. It’s clear that Petrobras expects to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reduce emissions in its projects and is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "investing in technologies and initia- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tives for this purpose. Are we only talk- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing about new fields or is there also "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the perspective of emission reduction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in revitalization projects? "
                    },
                    {
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                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Petrobras innovations” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "continued on page 21 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "17 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "18",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Scaling up efficiency in a digital "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "future will require better data "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "management, standardization "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Recognizing value of data-driven decision "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "making, Murphy Oil is placing greater focus on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "increasing agility around technology, innovation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Molly Smith, General Manager of Drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and Completions, Murphy Oil "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BY STEPHEN WHITFIELD, SENIOR EDITOR "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What would you say are some of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "biggest challenges that the global oil "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and gas industry currently faces, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "how do you think the industry should "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "best address those challenges? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "From Murphy’s perspective, I’d say that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "advancing our strategic priorities is key to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "addressing those challenges. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For one, we need to deliver to our share- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "holders and partners. Our primary focus is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "maximizing free cash flow to alleviate debt "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and return value to our shareholders. In "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the past three years, Murphy has reduced "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "its spud-to-production time by 64%. How "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have we done this? Primarily through an "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operational strategy that centers around "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "applications and tools that allow for the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "real-time sharing of best practices across "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "our organization and with our service "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "partners. That’s been really important to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "us. Our drilling and completions team has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "also been dedicated to accelerating the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "well delivery process. Our approach to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "execution involves deploying two rigs "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on the same pad, accompanied by frac "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "crews chasing the rigs to put our new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wells online early. In doing so, we’ve often "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "encountered inconsistent operations, but "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we have addressed that by implementing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "robust measures that mitigate irregular- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ity and improve both reliability and effi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ciency. We also need to explore, and Murphy "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is committed to exploration. In addition "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to delivering our developmental well pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gram in the US Gulf of Mexico, we drilled "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a discovery in early 2023 and are currently "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "18 drilling another prospect. Our organiza- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tional structure and technical planning "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have allowed for the agility to navigate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the dynamic regulatory environments that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we’re facing. Murphy’s looking to expand "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "its footprint this year – we’re planning to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "enter Côte d’Ivoire and drill in Vietnam. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Still, there’s a lot more we can be doing. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I believe we need to enhance data captur- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing and quality to highlight inefficiencies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and delays in project delivery, specifically "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "real-time monitoring. That’s going to help "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "us streamline our operations. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We also need to prioritize sustainable "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "practices and adopt proactive measures to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mitigate the impacts of our operations on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the environment. And we’ve got to invest "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in upskilling the workforce. The land- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "scape of the energy industry is constantly "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "evolving, and we need to bridge the gap. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "You mentioned data capturing. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry already captures a wealth of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "data from its wells, and with the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "increasing prevalence of digitalization, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the amount of data available has only "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "increased. Do you think the industry is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "making the best use of the data it has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "at its disposal? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "You’re right – the amount of data is con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "stantly increasing with the modernization "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of devices, the development of IoT devices "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and sensors, as well as the digitalization "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of workflows. This brings demands for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "higher quality and higher quantities of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "data. As an industry, we’ve been focused on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "increasing the quantity of data, but now "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we’re looking to integrate these new tech- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nologies together. We’ve got to shift the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "priority from increasing quantity to solv- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing the challenges involved with integrat- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing these technologies. We need to look at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the lack of standardization with our data, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and we need to create useful reporting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and analytics structures to generate more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "value. Looking at what Murphy’s doing, we’re "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "trying to find ways to help our data lead "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to better and more strategic outcomes. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Our drilling and completions team has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "been collaborating with our subsurface "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and production teams on creating a data "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "infrastructure that’s allowing us to manip- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ulate and analyze large quantities of data "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by applying an intelligent standardization, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Murphy Unique Well Identifiers (MUWIs). "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "MUWIs have helped us integrate a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "diverse system of data, improving data "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "management and increasing data utiliza- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion across our organization. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "On top of that, our open-source data cul- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ture is allowing us to ask better questions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "about where our data is coming from, how "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we’re using that data, who the stakehold- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ers are within our organization and, most "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "importantly, what the interdependencies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are within the data that lead to whatever "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "insights we can glean. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What do you see as the next steps for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "helping the industry gain better "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "insights from its data? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I think the answer to this question ties "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "into some other issues we’re seeing in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry. Right now, we’re struggling with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 • D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R "
                    },
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                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "19",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "volatile market pricing, upskilling and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "retaining our workforce, and attracting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new and diverse talent. It’s really impor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tant that we have a data strategy that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "addresses these challenges and allows us "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to meet our business objectives. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "With that in mind, I think there are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "three things the industry needs to focus "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on with data. First, standardization needs "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to improve so that we can reduce the time "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we spend engineering data and increase "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the time we spend analyzing data. Second, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we need to invest in innovating machine "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "learning and artificial intelligence meth- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ods so that they can fit with more indus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "try-centric datasets and workflows. And "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "third, we must improve the efficacy of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "our data-modeling methods so that they "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can give us a more comprehensive under- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "standing of our operations. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Eric Hambly, Executive VP at Murphy "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Oil, put it best in some of his townhall "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "presentations: As an industry, if we don’t "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "learn to adapt our strategies toward data, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we’re going to go extinct. There’s no in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "between. Stepping back to a broader topic , "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we’ve seen the industry significantly "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "increase its adoption of digital tech- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nologies in recent years. What kind of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "value has Murphy Oil derived from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "digitalization? Can you provide some "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "examples of the benefits you’ve seen? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The industry has undergone a shift in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "recent years, with more widespread adop- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion of digital technologies. Murphy is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "working to leverage this digitalization to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "enhance our operations, and that goes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "back to data: In order to really get the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "most value out of digitalization, we have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to harness the power of our data as best "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as we can. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "My vision for innovation to scale up "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "efficiency in a digital future is reflected "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in many initiatives we have at Murphy, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "such as enabling a procedure to store "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "data under different tags by classifying "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "via fuzzy logic. I also spearheaded an ini- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tiative to digitize our Safety Observation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Program, which has revolutionized our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "safety workflow, in my opinion. The initia- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tive also enabled the digitalization of our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "onshore operations through our Integrated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Operations Platform program, and I’ve "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "supported the launch of the Murphy Labs "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Apps store, which integrates multidisci- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plinary data with transparency to drive "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "real-time analytics. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Right now, I’m focused on the inte- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gration of digital solutions like machine "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "learning and data processing. Overseeing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling and completions means that safe- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ty must be at the forefront of any initiative "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we undertake, and our approach ensures "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that we’re all working as one unified "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "team. Do you see the industry embracing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the digital mindset as much as it "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "needs to? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Embracing technology is an ongoing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "process, and leaders across the indus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "try have started realizing the benefits of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "adopting technology and modernizing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "their processes. At Murphy, we recently "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "implemented a structure to adopt tech- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "DRILL DEEPER. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "RUN LONGER. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "SET RECORDS. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Don’t take our word for it - "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the data speaks for itself. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CONNECTION DISCOVER MORE AT "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drillpipe.com/settingrecords D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R • JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "www.drillpipe.com 19 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "20",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Jomax Drilling Rigs 1 and 3 are pictured on a Murphy pad in Canada. Murphy’s onshore approach has focused on deploying "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "two rigs on the same pad, along with frac crews employed onsite, to help bring new wells online early. This strategy has been "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "key in helping Murphy accelerate its well delivery process. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nology and drive innovation . Our orga- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nization has become more responsive to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shifts in the digital landscape by adopting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "machine learning, cloud computing and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "robotic process automation. By adopting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "all of that, we’re driving value for our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shareholders and producing more sustain- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "able operational practices. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The industry is focused on more data- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "driven decisions and supporting more con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "trolled risk experimentation – which leads "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to incremental improvement – versus the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more transformational changes that come "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from pure innovation. This commitment to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "long-term continuous improvement, with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "regular assessments and refinements to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "our protocols, will help us evolve regard- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "less of the volatility of the pricing markets. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "However, without standardization "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "across the industry, I think we’re going to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "be challenged to embrace the digital land- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "scape in ways that benefit more than just "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "our company. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "There are several examples where we’ve "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "faced this type of challenge. In 2019, we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "created a software program called the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Global Downtime Report that measures "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "NPT related to drilling, completions and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "20 production operations. It was something "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we came up with while we were assessing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "existing workflows and tools across our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "assets at the time. We saw that there was a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "need for a consistent visualization of NPT "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to help us identify areas of concern and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "improve operational downtime. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We had another project where we creat- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ed a digital app for our Safety Observational "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Tool. The tool collects and processes safety "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "observations in real time from our employ- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ees and contractors, analyzes that data "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and converts it into various graphs and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "visuals that can help us identify hazards, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "predict trends, take corrective action and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reinforce desirable behaviors. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The app is available on everyone’s cell "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "phones and tablets, so that can really help "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "us speed up the collection of safety data. If "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "someone spots a hazard in the field, they "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can put that information into the app and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "give specific details like the date and time "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of the hazard, the equipment being used, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the rig, the vendor, the location. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Then there’s the proposed framework "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we have for normalizing tags for com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pletions data with no standard naming "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "convention, categorization or tracking "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "method. We complete our onshore wells "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "through multistage horizontal hydrau- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lic fracturing. A typical well will have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "between 20 to 40 stages, and the data set "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we compile for each well is comprised of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "one Excel file for each stage. Each stage "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "has time series data for around 150 tags. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "With more than 18,000 stages executed, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that’s more than 2.5 million tags. That’s a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lot of tags. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "On top of that, the data quality within "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "each Excel file is inconsistent. Some tags "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are referenced differently from well to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "well, and this can cause large variances "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the data set. That makes it impos- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sible to run any meaningful analytics "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on our completions data. So, we’ve been "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "working to drive adoption of a standard- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ized tagging framework with our service "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "partners. Are there any other innovations you’d "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "like to see around completions? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I would say that we’ve been innovating "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "our completions onshore at Murphy. With "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "respect to unconventionals, the majority of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "our CAPEX lies within completions, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 • D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "21",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we’ve seen large production gains with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "easily executable optimizations. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In 2023, we implemented a real-time "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "perforation optimization that was spurred "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by the high treating pressures we saw "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "when pumping 90% recycled produced "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "water in our Tupper Montney asset. This "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "led to record production levels for us in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Canada. I’m also optimistic about refracs. We’ve "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "had tremendous success re-entering and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pumping our optimized frac designs on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "parent wells as part of our development "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "program. It’s remarkable that we’re out- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "performing initial production rates on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wells that have been producing for over "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a decade. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Looking to the future, I think there is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more we can do to leverage data from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "existing wells. In the Eagle Ford, we have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nearly 1,000 wells drilled and completed, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "totaling more than 1.925 million ft of lat- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "erals. In some of that footage, we have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "permanent fiber optics installed along the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wellbore – now that’s big data! "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "You’ve spoken in the past about the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "importance of oil and gas evolving in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the ESG space. What steps do you "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "think the industry needs to take to fur- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ther that evolution? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "At Murphy, we’re fortunate to be able "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to experiment with various methods that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "allow us to learn and adapt quickly in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "this space. Building on our successful dis- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "placement of diesel with natural gas on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Petrobras innovations,” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "continued from page 17 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We are talking about all projects. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Revitalization projects are a great exam- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ple of the energy trilemma: more produc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion, less emissions and lower costs. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "One highlight is the Marlim field’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "revitalization, featuring the replacement "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of nine platforms with two new FPSOs, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "which started production in May and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "August 2023 and present a combined "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "150,000 BPD oil production capacity and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a 560,000 BPD liquids-processing capac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ity. both rigs and frac fleets, we’re now pilot- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing additives and even hydrogen in our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "onshore business. When these pilots are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "successful, we can easily translate any "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "learnings into offshore. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "On top of that, we’re continuing to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reduce our water intensity through the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "creation of an onshore water management "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "app that allows transparency of the full "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "water lifecycle. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As an operator, what do you think of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the investments drillers have made in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "emissions reduction technologies like "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "battery energy storage systems? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "There have been strides on that front. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We’re constantly challenging our service "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "partners to innovate within this space, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and we’ll support that innovation through "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a variety of pilot programs and partner- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ships. Regarding battery storage systems, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Murphy is going to begin utilizing those "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in our onshore drilling program starting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in 2024. Focusing on Scope 1 emissions, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "specifically power management, we feel "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "there are quick wins that are easy to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "implement, and we’re continuing to trial "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "technologies that will further reduce our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "carbon footprint. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The recruitment and retention of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "young talent hat been identified as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "one of the key factors in helping the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry sustain its future in the long "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "term. What can the industry do better "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Both new FPSOs feature technologies to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reduce emissions, such as high-efficiency "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "burners, nitrogen assistance, cogeneration "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and low fugitive emissions valves. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Additionally, new well construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "techniques and designs are being applied, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "whereby fewer sections are drilled and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "less tripping is required, reducing con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction time and, thus, contributing to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lower emissions while maintaining safety "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and integrity. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Furthermore, the Marlim revitaliza- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion also includes the decommissioning "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of nine platforms following the green "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "decommissioning model. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to help bring them into the fold and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "keep them here? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I can say from Murphy’s perspective, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "all of our departments, including drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and completions, are invested in work- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "force training, rotational development "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "programs and one-on-one mentorships to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "support our business strategy. Our teams "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are designed to attract and retain top tal- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ent, both in the office and in the field. We "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "want to empower employees at all levels "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and foster leadership opportunities. Now, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we’re embracing technology to automate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "routine tasks, but this will allow our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "skilled workforce to focus on more com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plex activities. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In summer 2023, our D&C and subsur- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "face teams collaborated by hiring two "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "data science interns through the Murphy "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Internship Program. One participant was "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a PhD student studying medical data sci- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ence. This person had zero energy indus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "try experience coming in, but in just 10 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "weeks they were able to solve a complex "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "data challenge associated with fiber in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "horizontal onshore wells. I think collabo- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rations like this highlight the potential of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "an important new pipeline of workers. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We need to promote diversity across all "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "backgrounds, including but not limited "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to field of study and experience, gender, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "race, ethnicity and more. Diversity is key "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to helping us innovate and solve complex "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "problems, so we’re constantly working to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bring talented individuals into our indus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "try and retain them. DC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Under that model, the focus is on gen- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "erating value and promoting a circular "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "economy, safety and respect for people "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and the environment, aligned with the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "best ESG practices in the global industry. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "It also involves the abandonment of 90 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wells and 1,200 km of pipelines, bringing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "improvements in efficiency and reliabil- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ity. As a result of the reduction in the num- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ber of platforms in operation in both fields "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and the implementation of new technolo- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gies, there will be a 55% reduction of green- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "house gas emissions per year from station- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ary production units. DC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R • JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "21 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "22",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Skilled workforce, innovations "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in drilling engineering among "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Aramco’s key tenets for success "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "On drilling rigs, the NOC would like to see "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more use of advanced robotics and integration "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of automation solutions into control systems "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Najeeb Al-Abdulrahman, VP and Chief "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Drilling Engineer, Saudi Aramco "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BY LINDA HSIEH, EDITOR & PUBLISHER "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "From your perspective as Vice Presi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dent and Chief Drilling Engineer for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Saudi Aramco, what do you see as the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "biggest near-term challenges for the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling industr y? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As we try to meet global energy demand, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "there is a great and immediate need for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new talent as the market conditions have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "improved and operations are scaling up. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As we deploy new cutting-edge technolo- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gies, it is imperative that we have a skilled "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "workforce that can utilize such technolo- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gies and assist Aramco in sustaining its "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "position as a global energy leader. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "How can innovations in drilling engi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "neering help the industry to achieve "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "better drilling performance and better "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wells? Can you talk about what Saudi "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Aramco is doing to improve its drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "engineering? Innovation in drilling engineering is a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "key factor toward enhancing performance "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and delivering quality wells. As new tech- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nologies are introduced and deployed, they "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can minimize human error, reduce cost, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "automate repetitive tasks, enhance safety, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "optimize reservoir performance, and real- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ize countless other tangible benefits that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "holistically contribute toward achieving "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "better performance. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As for what we are doing to improve, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Saudi Aramco Drilling Engineering has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a team of highly skilled, well-motivated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "talents, both local and expats, that drive a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "culture of excellence. Development of our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "people is one of our key success factors. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "22 We consider ourselves industry leaders "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "so we go the extra mile. You see in-house "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "developed Aramco SMEs on the board "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of industry bodies such as the American "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Petroleum Institute involved in major deci- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sion making that steer the industry. We "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pay attention to quality in our well design "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and construction so that our wells can last "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "long, which ties into our drive for sustain- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ability. We also pay careful attention to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the environment with a drive toward zero "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "impact, which also ties to the company’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and Kingdom’s Net-Zero vision. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Additionally, we leverage quality pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cess such as Operational Excellence and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are in the forefront of innovation and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "technology deployment. This is reflected "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the amount of intellectual property and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "granted patents we have achieved over the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "years, many of which are in the process of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "being commercialized. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "An example is the retrievable ESP sys- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tem, JumpStart, that we developed from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "concept to reality. We have several cus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tomized solutions developed in-house, in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "addition to extensive collaboration with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry technology giants. Our optimiza- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion process includes drilling real-time "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "monitoring, prediction and mitigation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tools that are built on AI, robotics and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Big Data platforms – all of which help to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "enhance the safety and efficiency of our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operations. Where will Saudi Aramco be looking in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the next one to two years for cost "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reductions in its drilling programs, now "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that rising rig demand is pushing up "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dayrates and there is inflation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "throughout the supply chain? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I would like to emphasize that we have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "always strived to optimize our well plan- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ning processes and drilling programs. In "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the next one to two years, we intend to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "continue with enhancing our drilling pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "grams through implementation of new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "technologies and AI solutions aimed at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "helping us improve our well quality and to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "optimize resources. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "When you spoke at the IADC Advanced "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Rig Technology Conference in Sep- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tember 2023, you mentioned that you "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "place great focus on collaborative "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "team building. Can you talk about that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "approach ? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In our industry, collaboration is the cor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nerstone of progress. Our approach is to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "break the silos by having partnerships "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with service providers, rig contractors and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rig manufacturers to share knowledge and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "expertise, and work together to create new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "opportunities for them in order to reach "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "win-win situations. One example is the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "JumpStart project mentioned earlier and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the patents commercialization efforts we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are pursuing. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Saudi Arabian market is among "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "few places in the world where we are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "seeing a significant rig newbuild pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gra m. What innovations would you like "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to see on these newbuilds to make "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "them “rigs of the future”? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 • D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "23",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Building “rigs of the future” is something "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that all of us aspire to in Saudi Aramco, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and we are working with our partners to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "achieve that. For the newbuilds, I would "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "like to see automation systems and rig "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "robotics, and smart power management "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "systems to help reduce carbon emissions. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Are there any upgrades that you "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "would like to see drilling contractors "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "make on existing rigs? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Start with low-hanging fruit such as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "process automation. As mentioned ear- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lier, I would like to see the existing global "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rig fleet being retrofitted with automation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "systems that are integrated with the rig "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "control system to automate drilling and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "connection activities, along with rig robot- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ics, to ultimately improve performance, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "enhance safety and ensure consistency. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "A lot of new AI and machine learning- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "based systems have been developed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to help improve the efficiency of well "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "planning and drilling operations. What "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "do you see as the biggest roadblocks "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to the widescale implementation of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "these technologies ? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I believe that rig compatibility with new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "AI and machine learning-based systems is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "one of the main roadblocks to implement "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and scale up these technologies. This also "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "applies to vendor-to-vendor system inte- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gration challenges. The industry needs to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "adopt new standards for integrating digital "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "systems to speed up the adoption of these "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "novel AI and machine learning-based sys- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tems. AI and rigs automation will comple- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment each other to achieve the best of all. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Can you talk about any projects in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "which automation and digital tech- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nologies have demonstrated value in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "your work at Saudi Aramco? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I can highlight two projects that have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "had an impact and demonstrated value in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "our operations in Saudi Aramco. The first "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "one is drilling automation systems; these "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "systems have been deployed on some of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "our rigs and enabled us to drill better, safer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and more consistent wells. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In addition, we have a digital stuck pipe "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "prevention solution, which was developed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Saudi Aramco believes the integration of AI and machine learning-based tech- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nologies with the rig control system, as well as vendor-to-vendor system integra- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion, remains a significant challenge. Having standards for such integration could "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "help to speed up the adoption of those new technologies across the industry. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in-house to have real-time monitoring and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "insights of downhole conditions, which "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will improve the decision-making process "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to avert possible stuck-pipe incidents. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "If we look at well completions specifi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cally, what do you see as the biggest "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "challenges and technology gaps? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The biggest challenge is the time it "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "takes to deploy completion systems with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "smart technologies in deeper extended- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reach wells and the challenge to de-com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plete them in case of failures. A good "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "example of this is the recent installation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of modified level 5 completion in some of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "our fields with dual PDHMS (permanent "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "downhole monitoring systems) and ESPs. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "How can drilling contractors assist "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with your carbon reduction efforts? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We would like drilling contractors to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "adopt the latest technologies for measur- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing and controlling carbon emissions. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This can be done through deploying smart "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "power management systems, proven fuel "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "catalysts and energy storage systems. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What is your vision for the future of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling, say, 20 years from now? How "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "would you like to see drilling engineer- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing change during that time? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In the coming two decades, the drill- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing industry will undergo a revolution- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ary transformation, where foundational "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "principles will merge seamlessly with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pioneering technologies. The core values "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of safety, environmental stewardship and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operational efficiency will remain para- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mount, while cutting-edge innovations "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "such as automation, robotics, AI and ener- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gy integration will revolutionize the drill- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing industry. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As for drilling engineering, I see this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "domain evolving significantly, where engi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "neers will embrace new well completion "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "methods utilizing non-metallic materials, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "harnessing advanced real-time simulation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tools and embracing autonomous drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "practices. Further, as the industry transi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions into the digital era, our industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "must cultivate an environment conducive "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to attracting and retaining diverse talent, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "focusing on long-term career growth for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "professionals with strong STEM skill sets. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The blend of enabled workforce, vision- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ary leadership and global responsibility "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will define the future of drilling. DC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "JumpStart is a trademark of Saudi Aramco. "
                    },
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                    },
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                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "24",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Drillers seek ways to maintain "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "capital discipline while still "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "investing to keep rigs competitive "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Despite market optimism, drilling contractors "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "remain wary of focusing on growth when "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "it doesn’t translate into shareholder return "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Dan Hoffarth, CEO, Citadel Drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BY STEPHEN WHITFIELD, SENIOR EDITOR "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What would you say are some of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "biggest challenges the industry faces "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the unconventional space, and how "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "do you think the industry should "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "address those challenges? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I think the biggest critical issues for us "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are still going to be focused on utilization "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and people, but I believe that 2024 will be a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "better year than 2023 – or at least, the back "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "half of 2023. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I think we need to go back and look at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "what happened in 2022 and 2023, so we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can figure out where things need to go in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "order to have a more desirable outcome "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in 2024. What we’ve seen is decreased "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gas prices really hitting in places like the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Haynesville, the SCOOP/STACK and the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Eagle Ford. That drop in rig count has a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "direct impact on everyone’s books. It’s a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "major key indicator to understand that we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "need both consistent gas and oil prices for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling contractors to have a decent busi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ness model. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We have a bunch of super-spec rigs sit- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ting on the sidelines because of the drop in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gas prices. That creates market pressure, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "which creates pricing pressure and a loss "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of jobs. You’ve got 15 to 18 people per rig, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and then you add on the associated servic- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "es, so we’re talking around 150 jobs per rig. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Where do those people go during a period "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of inactivity, and what does the industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "do when gas prices recover? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I believe they will recover in 2024, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we’re going to have to go back to the mar- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ket and try to find some of these people. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "A lot of them will say they’re not coming "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "back to the oilfield because they found "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "another pretty decent job without the ups "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and downs. As an industry, how do we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "continue to fight the cyclical nature of our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "business where we are putting people to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "work and then letting them go? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I guess the cycles are just part of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry, aren’t they? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "24 I mean, that is the industry. We have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to be able to manage our assets based "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on a cyclical outcome. We’ve never had "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "anything other than cycles in the drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "space. More than just people, that also cre- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ates challenges around equipment. How "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are we going to meet operators’ equipment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "needs when we don’t have a confident "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "view on utilization? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "More importantly, how can drilling con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tractors be expected to invest the capital "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "required to improve and maintain top level "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "equipment if there is not a clear path to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "both payout and profitability? That’s going "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to continue to be another major challenge "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for the industry as we move forward. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "You mentioned the super-spec rigs. As "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gas prices go back up, how important "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will it be for drillers to have those rigs "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ready to work quickly? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The best rigs in the market get picked "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "first every time. Super-spec rigs have prov- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "en time over time to create the greatest "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "degree of production per day of any unit of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "machine. To me, that’s paramount. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For any operator, if you have that choice, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "you’re going to want the higher pump "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "capacities. You’re going to want the high- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "er torque capacities out of the top drive. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "You’re going to want the greater racking "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "capacity. You’re going to want to have a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "moving system, a handling system for the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BOPs and the most advanced fluid han- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dling systems. And then you’re going to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "want all the digital applications. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "When we take a look at production per "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rig year over year, and why we need fewer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rigs to produce more than we did 10 years "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ago, it’s the quality of the equipment. It’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "also important to look at the quality of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "people, the quality of the digital assets, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the quality of the engineering – but none "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of that can shine if you don’t have the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "machine behind you that has the capacity. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "You cannot race a Formula One race in a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "stock car. It doesn’t matter who your driver "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is, or who your pit crew is, or what the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "track is. You will finish last in every race. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For the past few years, we’ve seen a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "focus on capital discipline from E&Ps, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and that’s had a trickle-down effect "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "throughout the industry. Even now, the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "most recent quarterly reports from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "E&Ps have touted returning cash to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shareholders. As we see a gas price "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "recovery, do you think capital disci- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pline will still be the MO for the industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "moving forward? If so, how does that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "affect your business? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We need to maintain a balance with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "regards to every part of our business. On "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "one pillar, we need to have balance with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "our equipment – keeping our equipment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "at a super-spec level and in top shape. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "On another pillar, we need high-quality "
                    },
                    {
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                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "25",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "employees who can thrive in this busi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ness. The leadership team is the third "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pillar – having leaders who can see where "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the business needs to go and how to evolve "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that business. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "But then there’s a fourth pillar, which "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is shareholder health. If we don’t have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shareholder health, I don’t see how you can "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "succeed. The shareholder requires a mar- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gin on their investment. I can’t think of a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shareholder out there in a personal or cor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "porate capacity that will knowingly invest "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in any company without the expectation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of a full return on that investment plus a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "premium. There’s a very basic expectation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of getting a return on your investment, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and that’s rarely happening, if at all, in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contractor space. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I am also not saying it’s been happening "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that much at the operator level either, but "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in today’s world when the typical inves- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tor makes a choice to invest in the energy "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "space and they can choose between a drill- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing contractor or an oil company – rarely "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "do they choose the driller. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "It’s always great to focus on growth, but "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "if that growth isn’t translating into share- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "holder return, you need a different model. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "So, I think capital discipline is going to be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a continued focus for everyone moving "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "forward. From a spending perspective, how do "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "you maintain the balance of being "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "disciplined while still investing in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "equipment that keeps your rigs com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "petitive? Are there any areas where "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "you see a bigger bang for the buck? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The number of newbuild rigs have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "always been the canary in the coal mine "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "telling us whether we’re successful in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "maintaining that balance. We aren’t seeing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a single North American land-based drill- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing contractor building new rigs right now, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and they haven’t for years. Obviously, that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "balance was not there, and it continues to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "not be there. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What are our options, then? For those "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of us that are in the super-spec rig space, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the key priority is maintaining super-spec "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "status. We went from the three-generator "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to the four-generator models. We’re con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tinuing to increase racking capacity. Drill "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pipe selection has continued to evolve. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We’re looking to increase pumping capaci- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Citadel is working to incorporate more automatio n into its rig fleet, including on Rig "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "5 (pictured ), especially in terms of turning manual tasks into mechanized pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cesses. The company has also invested in its own operating system to allow for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more flexibility and better integration with digital technologies. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ties across the board. And then we started "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "looking at all the areas where we can "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "become more streamlined in our opera- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions. On top of that, we’re continuing to drill "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wells faster and faster. For Citadel Drilling, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "between 2019 and 2022 we drilled an extra "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "37 wells year-over-year on average. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "average days per well went down from 23.8 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "days to 18.4 days in that time frame. Our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "total footage drilled in 2022 was 320,000 ft "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "higher than what we drilled in 2019. We’re "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "not staying flat. We’re still finding ways to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "increase production. The equipment is not "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "taking a break, so you have to take main- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tenance extremely seriously. In 2022, we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "worked our rigs every single day. In 2023, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the only days our rigs didn’t work was dur- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing the recertification process. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "However, going back to what I said ear- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lier, shareholder value has to stay in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "forefront. We can’t spend every dime we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have on upgrades. We have to generate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "returns. What are you doing on the digitaliza- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion front? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "One of our primary focuses has been "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the integration of digital products and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "equipment. We didn’t know what that was "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "going to look like, but we had to have the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "flexibility to go down those roads. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "So, owning our own operating system "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "was a key element for us to maintain that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "flexibility. We’re one of the few drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contractors that has its own software for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "an operating system. On one side, we focus "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on programmable drilling features, such "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as auto driller, MPD, ECD management "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "services, as well as other inter-program "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "things like auto-downlink for RSS tools, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "auto trip, auto pipe working features and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "anti-collision. On the other side of digital assets, we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "partner with companies that excel in that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "space and integrate that technology into "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "our rigs to ensure we provide our clients "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with the most modern and optimal solu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion the industry has to offer. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We’re seeing an increase in lateral "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lengths in unconventional wells, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "now three-mile laterals are becoming "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more commonplace. Is today’s rig "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "equipment capable of consistently "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling these longer laterals, or are we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "going to need upgrades? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I think we can continue to push the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "thresholds there, but we’re always going to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "find a new weak link in that equation. At "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "one point, with the three-mile lateral, the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "weak link was the drill bit. Then it was "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the fluids that we were using to maintain "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wellbore stability. Then it became a ques- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion of whether we can effectively frac at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that distance. And we started checking off "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "those things. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "So, then it comes back to the drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rig. What’s the full capacity of the der- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rick? Can we rack the vertical depth plus "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "three miles of 5½-in. drill pipe in that der- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rick? I do believe there is a potential need "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the future to have new substructures, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new derricks and new racking boards "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with additional capacity. Pump pressure "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "continues to be important, and pressure "
                    },
                    {
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                    },
                    {
                        "data": "25 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "26",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "requirements are almost definitely going "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to go up. We’re also starting to look at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "whether to evolve from 10,000-lb to 15,000- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lb pressure-pumping systems and what "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "type of substantial upgrade to drilling rigs "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that would require. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Can this all be done? Absolutely. Is there "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a cost to it? Absolutely. Is there an expect- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ed return on that cost? Absolutely. I don’t "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "believe drilling contractors can continue "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to foot the bill for these upgrades without "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a return to their shareholders being an "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "outcome of that equation. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Are drilling contractors and operators "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "aligned on who should bear what "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "costs, or is that a conversation the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry still needs to have? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "It depends on what level that conversa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion is happening, and which companies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are having that conversation. Everybody "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "has a different view. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This is a conversation that requires "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a high degree of emotional intelligence. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This isn’t about being adversarial. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operator’s shareholders can easily be the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "same shareholders that drilling contrac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tors have, and if that shareholder doesn’t "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "get the same degree or likelihood of return "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on their investment, in both places, they’re "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "going to choose one company to back. As "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "soon as one of those companies runs out of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shareholders, we become challenged with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the inability to create the outcome desired "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by the other company. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This is where you go back to the disci- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pline of those companies. Some compa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nies are going to have that discipline, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "others may just need the cash flow to keep "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "working so they might make a different "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "decision. In the long run, the companies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that maintain capital discipline and don’t "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "take an emotional approach to these con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "versations are going to be the ones left "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "standing. Going back to digitalization, what’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "your opinion on whether the industry is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "making the best use of its data ? If you "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "don’t think that’s happening, how can "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the industry get better at that? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I think the industry is still trying to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "figure out how to scrub the data for value, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "or what is relevant data they should be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "26 looking at. There are also legal challenges "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "around data ownership. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "One of the big disconnects I see of new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "technology being brought to market – you "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can maybe call it a criticism – is the con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dition under which it was developed. Was "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "it developed under a condition where you "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have good relevant data, where you truly "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "understand the dynamics of the prod- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "uct and the operator’s needs combined "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with the drilling contractor’s needs? That’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "where you see a lot of the shortcomings "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in data and data transfers. How does this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "data directly translate to the tools we’re "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "using? As we go up the ladder, how do "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we integrate that tool onto the drilling rig "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "or into the process to generate a desired "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "outcome? Another disconnect I see is that many of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "these companies developing data-reliant "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tools don’t own drilling rigs and never "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have. Without that level of understanding "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of the day-to-day operation of the drill- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing rig, how do you know what to imple- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment? Many times, a tool will look like "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a great plug-and-play model in the shop, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "but when you get to the rig site, who actu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ally attaches it to the drilling rig? Who’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "responsible for the maintenance of that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "product? Where is the labor going to come "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from to manage it? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The drilling rig moves a lot – different "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sizes of rigs that move from every few "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "days to once or twice a month. When we’re "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "moving the rig, who becomes responsible "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for the third-party equipment? How do we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bring your tool down? How do we bring it "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "up? Where does it sit? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As a drilling contractor, we see hun- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dreds of service companies approach the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "E&P company with a doghouse proposi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion, and we’re left on the outside getting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "something handed to us that we have to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "use. And yet, we weren’t a part of the con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "versation. That makes it really difficult for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that digital asset or new technology to be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "adopted with open arms. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "That begs a question about standard- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "izing digital interfaces. Citadel has its "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "own OS, and you’re having to work "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with all these different systems, some "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of them coming from the E&Ps with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "little input from you. Do you think the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry is embracing some kind of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "standardization? If not, do you see "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that as a problem? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "It is a problem, but it can also be a dif- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ferentiator for a company. We’re in a free "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "market. We don’t have standardization "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "across drilling rigs. There are different "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pumps on the market that we can all buy. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "There are different top drives, different "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drill pipe. We get to make a free choice in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "regard to how we see our future play out, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and that’s our bet to make. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "If we had built the same rig that any "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of the most respected drilling contractors "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the industry had, they would beat us "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "senseless just with the volume of rigs that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "they have versus what we have. I can’t "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "come to the market with the same product; "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I have to have a differentiated product and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "service. This is a competitive industry, and I "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "think that’s one of the things that keeps "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the industry moving forward the fastest. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Standardization might seem like a really "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "great concept to the digital provider, but to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the smaller companies that are trying to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "get in, it limits our ability to exist or grow. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Standardization is the fastest way to get "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "something adopted by the most amount of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "people, but it cuts out new ideas, concepts "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and new entrants to the market. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As automated systems become more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "prevalent on the rig, where do you see "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the driller fitting in? Do you share the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "view that automation is there to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "enhance the role of the human on the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rig, not replace him or her entirely? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I share the view that continuing to trans- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fer tasks from human hands to more of a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mechanized or semi-automated process is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a good thing. Sequenced tasks, like a drill "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pipe connection, are the low-hanging fruit. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "However, I do see humans continuing to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "play an extremely critical role on the rig. It "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "goes back to that disconnect around inte- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gration with the rig – many of the compa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nies bringing in high-level automation to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the market don’t own or operate drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rigs. Is it now another screen that has to be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "added because it doesn’t work inside the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rig’s OS, and the driller now has one more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "thing to be trained on. If the result is to just "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bolt on another operating system, this now "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "becomes an additional risk. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 • D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "27",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Every sales pitch says, “plug and play "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and walk away.” That’s great, but we then "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have to be able to ensure we can quickly "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "develop competency among our drillers "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to use that equipment. You can’t expect "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the drillers to run everybody’s equipment, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and that seems to be the expectation right "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "now. We’re putting the driller into sensory "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "overload. The goal with automation is to create "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a more consistent outcome, but if we are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "creating task saturation, then we’ll actu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ally create the opposite outcome. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Citadel offers fully automated man- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "aged pressure drilling (MPD) systems "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "through your subsidiary, Opla Energy. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What value do you think MPD will pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vide for the industry in the near-term "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "future? I look at MPD in two specific categories, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and they’re opposite of each other. One "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is kick control and one is performance- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "based. On the kick control side, this is a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cautionary equipment measure to just take "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on flow when we don’t want it to happen. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This is a very large slice of the business "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "out there today. The future of MPD, to me, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is performance-based, and I don’t even "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "know if you call it managed pressure any- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more. It’s a performance-based business "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that leverages managed pressure drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "techniques. I see these as two completely sepa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rate business segments. One is merely a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "flow control device that is utilized when "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "problems are encountered. The other is a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sophisticated combination of equipment, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "software and behind-the-scenes engineer- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing that has a primary focus on well "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "optimization and performance. With per- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "formance-based MPD, the goal is increased "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ROP, decreased fluid losses, decreased fluid "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "costs, improved hole stability, and repeat- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ability from well to well. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We’re moving toward a greater adoption "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rate of this equipment and, as the opera- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tors learn more about it, they’re going to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "see the need for this to evolve their well- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bore delivery programs in a more efficient "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "manner, as well. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The industry has seen a lot more focus "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on reducing rigs’ carbon emissions in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "recent years. What is your view on this, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and has the energy transition had any "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "impact on Citadel’s business? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "It’s had a very big impact. Being a pri- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vate company, we have private sharehold- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ers. Private equity sponsorship is depen- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dent on competing for capital, and that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "capital comes from global sources, which "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "demand you invest in an aligned sustain- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ability approach. If you don’t do that, you’re "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "not going to have access to that capital. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Access to capital, combined with it being "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the right thing to do, is why sustainability "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is a big part of our business. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The trend of operator consolidation is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "also going to impact us. One example is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Oxy’s acquisition of CrownQuest (a sub- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sidiary of CrownRock) in December. While "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "both companies have been focused on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "environmental performance and sustain- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ability efforts, you now have two compa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nies coming together under one entity and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "an even higher expectation on sustain- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ability due to the public lens and nature of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "such a large deal. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As a drilling contractor, we have to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "take these types of consolidations into "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "account and create that focus on sustain- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ability. This goes back to what I said about "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "maintaining the super-spec rig, including "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "investing in dual-fuel engines. If you don’t "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have them, you’re out, or you’re going to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have to buy them. That’s going to be a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "price tag to entry. By our calculation, we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "saw a 54% reduction in CO 2 generated per "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "foot drilled by utilizing dual fuel compared "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with diesel engines from 2019 to 2022. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "While we have had all engines with dual- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fuel capabilities on all of our rigs from day "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "one, we are now reaping the benefits of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "this decision. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Speed is another tool we have. For a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling contractor, continuous improve- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment on ROP is going to be important. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "That goes back to my point about having "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the best equipment that’s going to drill the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fastest, and having the best people who are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "going to drill the fastest. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "By reducing the time to drill per well, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we may be generating the same emissions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "over the course of a fully utilized year, but "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we create more wells. If we increase the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "level of performance, we also increase our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sustainability. The end result is a higher "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "well production count per emissions out- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "put year over year. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The young workers coming up have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "placed an increased value on sus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tainability. How do you reach out to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "people who have serious concerns "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "about the industry’s role in climate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "change? I have those concerns. I had those 30 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "years ago. Honestly, I think the best con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "duit to change is not to fight that system, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "but to join that system and become a part "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of the improvement from within. We need "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "this energy, and this energy is going to be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "produced regardless of who does it. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "My pitch to the young people is, if you "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have a moral connection to this and you "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "want to improve it, the best place to do it is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "inside these companies. Become a drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "engineer that has the focus on creating the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lowest carbon footprint per well possible. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Become a superintendent in a drilling con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tractor company and ensure the moral "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "performance of that company. That can "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "only happen from the inside. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What are your main concerns around "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rig safety right now? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "To me, it’s the level of care. I’ll go back "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "30 years to the early parts of my career. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Where did we get our roughnecks from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "then? Well, they were brothers and cous- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ins, they were from the family two farms "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "over, they were a best friend of somebody "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that they knew. We didn’t have formalized "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "HR departments. A lot of times, the drill- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ers and rig managers were responsible "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for staffing their own rigs. You invested "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "your time in this person to keep them safe "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "because you had a moral obligation to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "them, their family and your family. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "To me, that’s still the primary way for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "us to impact safety around a rig. It is a per- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sonal target. It is a personal goal. It is about "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "people. We can add on all the wearable "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "technology, and we can have the comput- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "er-generated training programs, but those "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are all just tools to assist. Creating safety "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is just a deep amount of caring for people, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and that has to be a cultural achievement "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of your company. To me, that’s where the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry has failed the most, and that’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "where the industry could increase our per- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "formance to the greatest degree. We’ve got "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to continue to care for each other at a level "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "like we’re related. DC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R • JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "27 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "28",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Old views of drilling, contracting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "must be shed so industry can "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drive meaningful improvements "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "By adopting new contracting strategies, as well "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as automation and AI, ARO Drilling seeks to push "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for true step changes in rig performance "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mohamed Hegazi, CEO, ARO Drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BY LINDA HSIEH, EDITOR & PUBLISHER "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "From your perspective as CEO of ARO "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Drilling, what do you see as the big- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gest near-term challenges for the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling industry, both for your com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pany specifically and for the global "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling industry? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I think the challenge is twofold. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "first is around how the public perception "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of our industry is changing as people are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "increasingly exposed to social media and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "messaging from different bodies, whether "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "government or non-government, on cli- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mate change and sustainability. That will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have an impact on our industry. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Second is attracting and retaining tal- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ent. We need to make sure that people "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "understand that this industry has both "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "longevity and stability, because hydrocar- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bons will be a part of the world’s energy "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mix for many years to come. The energy "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "transition is not an on/off switch ; it will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "be gradual . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I think that operators and even compa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nies like ARO Drilling have to start reach- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing out to the general public, like regular "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "commercial brands. Instead of thinking "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "about being B2B (business to business) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "or B2C (business to consumers), we have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to think in terms of B2H – business to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "humans . We have to try and make sure "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "people understand how our industry con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tributes to the world and how we’re taking "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "steps to help with the transition . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Is workforce attraction and retention "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as difficult a challenge in the Middle "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "East as it is in other parts of the world? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "28 It is definitely becoming increasingly "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more difficult to attract top talent . Here in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for example, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "there is an ongoing transformation, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "many new sectors are being built up, such "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as financial services, media and tourism. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "That’s putting a lot of pressure on the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "labor market, even though those sectors "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "aren’t necessarily recruiting people with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the same technical expertise as we are. But "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "our industry needs more than just engi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "neers – we also need people in support "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "functions throughout the supply chain . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For ARO Drilling, we have committed to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "building 20 new jackups in the Kingdom "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with our partner, International Maritime "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Industries (IMI) in Ras al Khair . This is a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "multibillion-dollar project, and it’s almost "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "like building a new city. You need to create "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a whole new supply chain ecosystem that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "encompasses logistics, medical services, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "food & catering, training – everything you "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can think of. This is creating tremendous "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "job opportunities. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As you mentioned, ARO Drilling is in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "early stages of a significant newbuild "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "program, which is rare in the industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "today. Since you have that opportu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nity to build new jackups, can you talk "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "about how ARO intends to evolve rig "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "design and/or technologies to create "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“rigs of the future”? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Because the IMI yard i s a brand-new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shipyard, it’s going to have a learning "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "curve. For our first two rigs – the Kingdom "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "1, delivered in November, and Kingdom 2, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "scheduled for delivery in March – we’ve "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "opted for designs that are modern, yet have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "high compatibility with existing rigs . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As we kick off Kingdom 3 and Kingdom "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "4, we’ll be looking at different designs to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "make the rigs even more mobile and more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "environmentally friendly . We’ll be work- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing to adopt a lot more emerging and new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "technologies around automation, the inte- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gration of data and artificial intelligence. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "B y the time we reach midway through this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "project, we want to be building rigs that are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "not only fit for Saudi Aramco’s operations "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "but that also embody all the newest tech- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nology advances available on the market. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As you mentioned, this is really the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "only major offshore newbuild project hap- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pening in the world today. I think we’ll "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "definitely attract a lot of the innovators to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contribute to it. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I would imagine you’re already seeing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a lot of companies wanting to enter "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "this market. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Yes, we have met with a lot of com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "panies that want to be a part of this big "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ecosystem being built up in the Kingdom. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "However, I see that a lot of them have not "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "taken the decision to set up their business "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "here in Saudi Arabia. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I think that, if you believe in this mar- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ket , you need to be here physically. This "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "kind of business cannot be done remotely. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "There’s a very high level of involvement "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "required, from engineering to planning to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "having a very detailed supply chain loop . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For companies that want to be involved, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "they need to come and physically be here "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in Saudi Arabia. "
                    },
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                    },
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                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "29",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The industry has been through signifi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cant volatility over the past decade. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For a company like ARO, which is in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "heart of one of the busiest and most "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dynamic markets in the drilling indus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "try, what are your considerations when "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "balancing between investing for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "growth and exercising capital disci- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pline? The nature of our newbuild project is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that it’s a two-way commitment: It’s a very "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CAPEX-intensive project, and it’s going "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to take place over a long period of time. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Projects like this – you cannot switch "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "them on and off . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "To circumvent the challenges you typi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cally see associated with the up and down "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "business cycles, we engaged in offtake "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "agreements between ARO as a client to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ship builder, and Saudi Aramco with ARO "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as the client to us . Basically, that means "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we commit to building the rigs, and Saudi "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Aramco commits to contracting them. In a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "way, this Kingdom series is shielded from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "any potential ups and downs in the mar- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ket, so it gives us the bandwidth to focus "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on innovation rather than having to spend "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "time on opportunistic business. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Is this type of operator/contractor "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "partnership something that compa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nies could emulate in other parts of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the world? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "They can, but it needs a very high-level "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "commitment from the government. In the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Kingdom, the project is underpinned by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the government’s strategy to secure ener- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gy, food and medical resources – three "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "things that were very tested during the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "COVID pandemic . So this project is playing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a big part in their strategy to secure their "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "own manufacturing and supply of rigs to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "be able to develop oil and gas fields, as well "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as to undertake carbon injection and stor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "age in the future. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "So, yes, I think it can be done, but it "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "needs a very high level of government "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "commitment, which is present here in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Kingdom. What is your view on the value of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "automation and digital technologies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in terms of drilling performance? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For the Kingdom 1 jackup, which was delivered in November, ARO Drilling opted for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a design that has high compatibility with existing rigs. However, moving forward "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with its newbuild program, the contractor aims to incorporate more features that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will allow for much more advanced automation, data analytics and AI. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "My view is that automation, the use of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "data and even things that people some- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "times talk about in a joking way – like "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ChatGPT – are inevitable . They will make "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "their way into the industry , and you can "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "decide whether you want to manage it, or "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "you want them to manage you . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I firmly believe that automation will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "help the industry to improve efficiency, as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "well as lead to better safety by reducing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "people’s exposure to hazards . Moreover, it "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will make our operations more predictable "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and reduce our carbon footprint . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Data analytics, I think, is still one of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the most underutilized technologies in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the drilling contractor business. Look at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the aerospace industry, for example, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "how they use data to analyze their jet "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "engines, predict potential failures and plan "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for maintenance . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Our industry is still very far from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "deploying that kind of predictive analyt- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ics, which is good and bad. It’s bad because "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we’re late, but it’s good because it means "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we have a lot of potential to really change "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "things in a short period of time. And we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "don’t need to reinvent anything – we can "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "copy what’s being done in other sectors. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What’s the biggest obstacle to making "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that change? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I think it’s related to people’s mindsets. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Some people still question the value of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "those technologies ; they still believe the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "traditional way of doing things is the only "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "way and that drilling is more art than sci- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ence . But science, data analytics, artificial "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "intelligence and things like ChatGPT are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "all like co-pilots on a plane . The stronger "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "your co-pilots, the better the whole flight "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can be. That’s where the industry is still "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "talking a lot but not really acting very "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "much. Why is that? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I think that’s related to what you men- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tioned earlier about the industry’s volatil- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ity and the need for companies to think "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "about how they’re committing their capi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tal. I think most drilling contractors think "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "much more about that question of, what "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "happens if there’s another cycle? The dif- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ference with ARO – where we are unique "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "– is that we’ve eliminated that uncer- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tainty from the equation . We’re able to "
                    },
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                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "30",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The agreement under which the Kingdom 1 jackup was built – and under which 19 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "other new jackups will be built – allows ARO Drilling to avoid the pitfalls associated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with the drilling industry’s up and down cycles. This type of long-term partnership "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can also lead to better alignment between operator and contractor interests. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "think more strategically about how rigs "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are going to look in 10 or 20 years without "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "worrying about having to really downsize "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in any major way . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Since ARO is in such a special position, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is there any advice you can offer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "around how operators and drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contractors can better align their "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "interests so they can create more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "value or forge better partnerships? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I think there’s a lot of overlap between "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "what operators and drilling contractors "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "want , especially when you look at safety, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operational efficiency and consistency . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "But, for drilling contractors who are not "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in a joint venture situation, the challenge "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is always going to be around competi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tiveness and commercial attractiveness. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I think that having more long-term, com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mitted projects can make a difference, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "where the operator and drilling contractor "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "each take some risk but also have some "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "opportunity for rewards . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "You know, the format and the spirit of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contracts in the drilling business is the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "same as it was probably 70 years ago – "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fundamentally dayrates, fundamentally "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "30 short term. That creates a certain behav- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ior, both from drilling contractors and from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operators. The challenge lies in the con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tract ing strategy ; it’s too volatile . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Is that changing at all? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I see some operators beginning to offer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more integrated projects where they give "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a contractor a multi-year scope of wells to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drill. I think these kinds of projects could "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "trigger a change in contracting practice "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and give both sides more assurance. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "They might also help solve the labor "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and talent acquisition issue, because both "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sides are trying to hire the same kind of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "people right now. If the operators offer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more integrated contracts, that might par- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tially solve that problem. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Going back to technology – if you had "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "unlimited R&D funding , what would be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "your dream list of technical innova- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions that you would like to work on? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As I mentioned earlier, a lot of work "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can definitely be done on automation . In "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "addition to automating well construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "processes, we should also look at automat- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing o ther processes that people don’t think "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "about as much. For example, using drones "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for inspection s so we can eliminate the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "need for human interaction. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We should also be looking at differ- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ent power sources for operating the rigs. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Maybe we can power a drilling operation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with liquid gas, or maybe we can make "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more use of batteries. Batteries are not "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "where they need to be for an operation like "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ours, but they’re evolving . Maybe some of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the rig’s instrumentation can be powered "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by battery because they’re lower consump- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion and more predictable. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We also haven’t looked into how rig "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "moves can be powered differently – there "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "may be a better way to do that rather than "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "using diesel. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Finally, we really need to look more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "at how to get artificial intelligence and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "things like ChatGPT much more involved "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in our business . There are companies look- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing at using ChatGPT for supply chain, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for writing up contracts and policies and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "procedures , and even to do arbitrations . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "People often don’t approach technologies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "like this with an open mind , but in fact, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "these things progress very quickly. Before "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "you know it, a lot of arbitration will be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "done through ChatGPT, and a lot of HSE "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "policies will be written by ChatGPT . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I don’t mean to dwell on ChatGPT itself "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "because there are multiple variations of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the same concept, but I think it’s an area "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we should explore in drilling. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Anything else you’d like to see for the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "future of drilling in the coming years? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I’d like to think that our rigs can be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "remotely operated , very reliant on data and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more accepted globally as a reasonably "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "clean way of prospecting for energy, which "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the world needs. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Today, a jackup rig needs maybe 100 to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "110 people in order to operate. In 20 years, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can we reduce that number to just 10 ? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Why not? We have to dream big and take "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "big steps rather than keep making small "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "incremental improvements . The industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hasn’t really evolved that much in the last "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "50-60 years, and the way the rig functions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is still more or less the same. We need "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a step change in the industry, and we’re "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "going to work on driving that change at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ARO. DC "
                    },
                    {
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                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "31",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Amid regulatory headwinds, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Australia seeks policy stability, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "growth for gas and LNG markets "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Industry must continue to position itself as a key "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "player in energy transition, but needs broader "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "support to attract the necessary investment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Samantha McCulloch, Chief Executive, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Australian Energy Producers "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BY STEPHEN WHITFIELD, SENIOR EDITOR "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What was the motivation behind your "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "recent name change from APPEA to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Australian Energy Producers? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We were the Australian Petroleum "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Production and Exploration Association "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for more than 60 years, so it was a name "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that held us in good stead for decades. But "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "when we looked at the role of our indus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "try today and the role of the industry in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "our future, it’s actually broader. Of course, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we’re exploring for and producing oil and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gas, but our industry is key to net-zero "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "technologies, and it’s key to the invest- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment in and deployment of low-emission "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fuels. We wanted a name that reflects that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "broader role of the industry. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What do you see as some of the big- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gest challenges facing the industr y in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Australia? And what roles can organi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "zations like yours play in helping the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry address those challenges? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "It’s a challenging environment as we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "transform our global energy systems to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "net zero. Australian Energy Producers has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "committed to net zero, and we see tremen- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dous opportunities, particularly with the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "role of natural gas in that transformation, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in terms of partnering with renewables to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "provide power to Australian homes and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "businesses. Gas will also play an important role "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in supporting manufacturing and new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industrial opportunities. In Australia, we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "talk about critical minerals manufacturing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "opportunities, and gas can be a key partner "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in that. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Even in a net-zero pathway, we still "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "need oil and gas, so communicating that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "understanding and translating that into "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "policy settings and support is critical. In "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Australia, it’s been a very challenging and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dynamic policy environment for the past "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "12 months. We’ve had a range of interven- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions and policy reforms that have added "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to the cost and complexity of the operating "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "environment and the investment envi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ronment for the industry. That’s had an "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "impact in terms of our reputation. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We’ve had some of our key international "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "investors and customers raising concerns "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "publicly about whether Australia is still a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reliable supplier of energy. That’s some- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "thing that we, as an industry, are very "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "concerned about. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For example, we have seen court deci- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sions overturning approvals for projects "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that had been approved by the nation- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "al regulator. We need new regulations "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to ensure meaningful consultation with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Traditional Owners – Aboriginal and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Torres Strait Islander people – as well as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "certainty for business. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We need to ensure we have stability in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "policy setting and a policy environment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that attracts new investment and enables "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "us to continue to be a reliable, secure sup- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plier of energy to the region. That’s really "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "central to the work that we’re doing. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What do you say to those investors "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "who might be a little skeptical of Aus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tralia’s energy position? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This all has been the result of months "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of policy interventions and change, and it "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "has been concerning to the industry and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the broader international investment com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "munity. There are challenges in Australia’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operating environment, but we think we’ll "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "see greater stability going forward. As "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "an industry, we’re calling on the gov- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ernment for policies that will encourage "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new domestic supply to ensure our energy "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "security. We have abundant gas resources, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "but we are in a situation where energy "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "authorities and the energy analysts are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "forecasting supply shortfalls. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Also, we play such an important role "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in terms of regional energy security. Our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "LNG exports underpin many of our stra- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tegic relationships in the region and sup- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "port decarbonization efforts. We want to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ensure that we’re able to service the grow- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing demand for LNG and gas in our region. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Can you provide some examples of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "regulatory changes that have had this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "negative effect on operating costs in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the region? What kind of impact have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "they had, exactly? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In our East Coast market – the largest "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "market in Australia in terms of popula- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion density – price caps were introduced "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on the wholesale gas market toward the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "end of 2022 without industry consulta- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion. That created a lot of uncertainty, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and it took quite a few months for us to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "just work through the details of how this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "was going to work in practice. It’s meant "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that projects have not been able to move "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "forward. Investments that were aiming to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "supply gas to the domestic market have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "not been able to progress. Some gas supply "
                    },
                    {
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                    },
                    {
                        "data": "31 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "32",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "A pair of workers inspect a turret on the Pyrenees FPSO, located in the shallow-water Pyrenees field offshore Western Australia. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Australian Energy Producers has pressed for an increase in the development of Australia’s gas field s, noting the signifi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cant role that natural gas will have to play in the energy transition. The association is focusing much of its efforts on com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "municating that message to policymakers and hopes it will translate into supportive reforms. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "agreements were not able to be made dur- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing this period because of the uncertainty. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "That’s had a really big impact on the East "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Coast market. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In parallel, we’ve had changes to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the Australian Domestic Gas Security "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mechanism, which provides the govern- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment with the option to interrupt LNG export "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contracts if supply to the domestic market "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is considered inadequate. These changes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have caused some concern for interna- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tional partners who rely on our gas to keep "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "their lights on. We’ve also had changes to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the Safeguard Mechanism – this is about "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industrial emissions reductions that apply "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to LNG facilities – and to the taxation and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "environmental approvals regimes. There "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "has been a whole suite of changes and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reforms in a relatively short span of time "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that have added to the uncertainty and the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cost of operations in Australia. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "32 Still, I believe it’s inescapable that we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will need more gas for the energy transi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion, both domestically and across our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "region, so I’m confident that we will be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "able to overcome some of the challenges "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we’ve seen. We just need to create a more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "supportive approvals environment as that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will be key to attracting new investment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and developing that gas supply. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Currently, approvals are taking far too "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "long when we consider the timeframe "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in which we’re targeting our net-zero "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "goals. We just can’t afford to have approv- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "als processes for our projects take years "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and years. We need much greater clarity "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "around that. We also need to minimize ad "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hoc interventions in multi-million-dollar "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "investments. We need policies that provide "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "stability and certainty so that companies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have confidence to invest. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "You’ve been vocal about the impor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tance of the oil and gas industry being "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "leaders in Australia’s energy transition . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What would you like to see the indus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "try d o? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Again, it’s important to recognize that, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "even when we’re talking about net zero, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that doesn’t mean that fossil fuels disap- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pear. Even in the International Energy "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Agency’s (IEA) net-zero pathway, by 2050 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we’re still going to see 20% of the energy "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mix being met by fossil fuels, and gas is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "going to be a key part of that. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In addition to that ongoing role for gas "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "production, there will also be a broader role "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for our industry in supporting emissions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reductions. Low-carbon hydrogen is a key "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "part of that, as well as carbon capture and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "storage (CCS). These technologies are vital "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for the transformation, and our industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 • D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "33",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Chevron-owned Asia Excellence LNG tanker is one of several VLCCs (very large crude carriers) the operator is using to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "deliver LNG throughout the Asia Pacific region. LNG exports are a key lever in Australia’s energy policy. However, recent chang- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "es to the Australian Domestic Gas Security Mechanis m and the Safeguard Mechanism, as well as to tax and approvals "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "schemes, have led to concerns from international investors over the reliability of the country’s energy supply. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is well positioned to lead in their deploy- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment. When we look at the IEA pathways, we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "need to move from the 40 million tonnes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of CO 2 being captured and stored today to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "about 6.2 billion tonnes by 2050. That’s a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "huge challenge, but it’s also a huge oppor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tunity for our industry. We have the skills "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and expertise, particularly with the sub- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "surface, to drive that deployment. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CCS looks to be a huge part of Austra- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lia’s decarbonization efforts: The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "country is home to one of the largest "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "commercial CCS projects in the world, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the Gorgon project, and the govern- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment announced new offshore green- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "house gas storage permits in 2022. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "You’ve mentioned in the past that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Australia has unique technical and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "geological advantages to CCS. Can "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "you elaborate? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We have fantastic geology. We’ve done "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "quite a bit of work in terms of mapping that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "geology and understanding it. We have the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "skills and expertise of the oil and gas indus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "try. We have mature legal and regulatory "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "frameworks – Australia was one of the first "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "jurisdictions to have an offshore CO 2 stor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "age framework, and we’re close to meeting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "domestic demand for CO 2 storage services. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We’ve already had strong interest from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "countries in our region that don’t have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the same geological advantages and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "know they’ll be relying on CCS technolo- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gies. They’re looking to export their CO 2 to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Australia for storage. This is another oppor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tunity for Australia and for our industry to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "support regional decarbonization. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What are some of the obstacles you "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "see in scaling up Australia’s offshore "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CCS capability? Going from 40 million "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tonnes to 6.2 billion tonnes would be a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "massive undertaking. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I would just take a step back with that, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "though, and say that such a massive scale- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "up in CCS technologies underscores the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "challenge of transforming the global ener- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gy system to net zero by 2050. The chal- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lenges of scaling up CCS are not dissimilar "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to the challenges of scaling up in other "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sectors. We’ve got to triple our investment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in clean energy. There’s a whole range of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "scale-up required across the system, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that underscores why we actually need a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "portfolio of technologies to get there. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We know that CCS technology works. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "It’s been around for decades – there have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "been projects operating in the US since "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the 1970s, and Sleipner has been operating "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the North Sea for more than a quarter- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "century, storing 3 million tonnes a year. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We know we have the skills and expertise "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to deploy it. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I think the challenge with CCS is just "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "making the business case for it, providing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the incentive for companies to actually "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "make that investment. We can see in terms "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of what’s happening globally right now that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "there’s huge momentum behind CCS. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Once those incentives and that policy "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "support is in place, we’ll see huge interest "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in investing in projects. Globally, when we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "look at the projects that were either oper- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ating or in development in the early 2010s, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "there were maybe 50 projects. Today, we’re "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "up to around 400. While the scale-up is a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "challenge, it’s not an insurmountable one. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R • JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "33 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "34",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "IADC has focused a lot in recent years "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on engaging with the next-generation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "workforce through our Student Chap- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ter program, including a chapter at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Perth’s Curtin University, and our Young "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Professionals Committee. What would "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "you like to see the industry do in Aus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tralia to develop tomorrow’s talent? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I think the Student Chapter program "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is a fantastic program, and it’s certainly "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "important to engage with people early in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "their careers. With this younger genera- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion, we need to communicate that there "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are exciting career opportunities available "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the oil and gas sector. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The key challenge is that we don’t have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "this understanding of the long-term role "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of oil and gas in the energy mix, and par- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ticularly the importance of our sector in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the net-zero transformation. It’s going to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "be important to communicate that young "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "people can do a huge amount of good "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "working in this industry. It’s not just about "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "energy security and the economic contri- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bution that the industry brings, but also "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "supporting that transformation. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Additionally, these are highly skilled, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "well-paying jobs, and in many cases they "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are opportunities for having a global career. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "It’s important that we really communicate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that opportunity for young people to build "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "an exciting career. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "You’ve said previously that the indus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "try’s role in the community is misun- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "derstood and that it’s important the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry doesn’t just “talk among our- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "selves” about the value of oil and gas. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What can the industry do to better "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "educate the public about what it "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "does? How can we “win them over,” so "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to speak? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "It’s certainly a challenge, but we have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "an excellent story to tell as an indus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "try. Here in Australia, we’ve committed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to net zero, and we see ourselves as being "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "key enablers of that net-zero pathway, but "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "many people don’t appreciate the current "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "role of gas today. People associate it with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "their home heating, but it powers about "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "40% of our manufacturing sector and plays "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a broader role with the electricity we gen- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "erate. Communicating those benefits to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "broader community is a great benefit. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "34 Also, within our industry, we’re focused "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on working with other industries to sup- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "port not just energy security and the eco- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nomic benefits of our industry but also "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "decarbonization efforts. We’re working "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with the Commonwealth Scientific and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Industrial Research Organization to look at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "how we can support regional decarboniza- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion, support opportunities for CCS, low- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "carbon hydrogen, renewables and natural "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gas. This is a way that our industry can be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "working with other sectors on the decar- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bonization pathway. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "A 2022 report – jointly commissioned "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by the Australian Energy Producers, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the National Offshore Petroleum Safety "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and Environmental "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Management Authority, and the Offshore Alliance – "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "focused on the mental health of off- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shore workers in Australia. Have the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "findings led to any initiatives to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "address those challenges? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This was a survey of workers that we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "undertook in 2021, well in the thick of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the COVID-related impacts. We wanted "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to understand the general wellbeing and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mental health of the workforce. We think "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "this has been a really important initiative "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "because it’s supporting a baseline for us "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to do future surveys and reports. We’ve "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "been able to take the learnings from that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "survey and share them with the industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in workshops and events hosted by us and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by the regulator. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We need to ensure that our workers are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "supported, that they feel like they are a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "part of a community, and that they have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "access to the services that they need to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ensure that their wellbeing is looked after "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the workplace. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Australia is one of the world’s largest "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "LNG exporters, yet the country has only "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "seen one LNG project reach FID in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "last decade – Woodside’s Scarbor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ough project. What role do you see "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "LNG playing in the country’s energy "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mix moving forward, and how will that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "affect drilling contractor s? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Australia is a huge exporter of LNG. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Our LNG exports in 2022 were around "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "$92 billion, so it’s really important to our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "economy. LNG is also playing that role "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in our region for energy security and "
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                    {
                        "data": "emissions reduction, so there’s a grow- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing need. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "When we look at countries like The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "potentially even New Zealand import- "
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                    {
                        "data": "ing LNG, there’s a huge market and a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "huge opportunity. But again, Australia has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "had some challenges in terms of being "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "able to attract that investment. There’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "still investment occurring, of course, for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ensuring that we can keep the existing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "LNG trains operating in full so we can "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "continue to meet that demand in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "region. From an Australian perspective, we’d "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "like to see another investment wave in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "LNG. The demand is there in our region. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We’re close to these demand centers, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as countries shift away from coal, that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reliance on LNG will increase. Australia is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "well positioned to play an important role. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "It’s inescapable that we have a strong "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "demand for gas. Domestically, that requires "
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                    {
                        "data": "new investment, and that means new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling. Also, in our region there’s a huge "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "demand growth. It’s a real pathway for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drillers to see substantial demand, more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "investment and more activity. DC "
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                        "data": "watch DC’s video "
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                "pageNumber": "35",
                "paragraph": [
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                        "data": "WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Next-gen petroleum engineering "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "students: Flexibility, growth and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "culture among key motivators "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Students share personal perspectives of how "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "they chose their majors and what’s influencing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "their choice to start an oilfield career "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "STAFF REPORT "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "One of the biggest challenges the oil and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gas industry faces today is attracting and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "retaining younger talent. Even though "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hydrocarbons are expected to remain part "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of the energy mix for decades to come, it "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "has become increasingly difficult to get "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "younger voices to buy in. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "At the IADC Annual General Meeting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in Austin, Texas, on 9 November, four "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "petroleum engineering students – from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the University of Louisiana at Lafayette "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(ULL), University of Wyoming, Louisiana "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "State University (LSU) and Texas Tech "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "University – shared their perspectives on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "how the industry can help address that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "challenge, as well as their own stories "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "about how they are making their career "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "choices. All four students are currently "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "studying petroleum engineering and hold "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "leadership positions at IADC Student "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Chapters at their respective schools. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For some of these students, even though "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "they knew they wanted to become engi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "neers, this industry was barely on their "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "radars at first – perhaps they grew up "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "far away from the oilfield, like Patrick "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Stapleton from LSU and Clay Ostrander "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from ULL. For both of them, it was through "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "talking with people who knew about the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry and learning about opportunities "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for travel and flexible work schedules that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "brought them into oil and gas. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "They were also attracted by the diversi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ty in potential careers, even just within the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "oil and gas sector, when selecting petro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "leum engineering as their major. “You’re "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "not siloed into one specific discipline. You "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can go worldwide, you can do drilling, you "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can do production, you can do reservoir. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "It’s up to your personal decision of where "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "you want to go,” Mr Ostrander said. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Another student, Cody Zayonc with the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "University of Wyoming, pointed to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "practice of petroleum engineering itself "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as the thing that attracted him the most. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“I knew I wanted to be an engineer, but "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "when I started looking through all the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "options, quite a few of them seemed pretty "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "boring,” he said. “When I came across "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "petroleum engineering and saw what they "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "do, just from an engineering standpoint, it "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "seemed to be the most exciting. It’s kind of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mind-blowing what petroleum engineers "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can do.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Sarah Qureshi with Texas Tech had a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "similar perspective, pointing to innova- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion and opportunity as what motivated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "her to choose this industry. “I also appre- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ciate the chance to work with the most "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hard-working individuals that you’ll prob- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ably ever meet,” she added. Ms Qureshi, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "who has already had two internships with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ConocoPhillips, is slated to join the opera- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tor full time upon graduation. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Seeing the potential "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "While these next-gens are excited about "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "beginning their oilfield careers, they "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "acknowledge that it can be an uphill battle "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "explaining their choices to other people in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "their generation. “The big thing I always "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hear, especially from other engineering "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "majors, is that we’re pigeonholing our- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "selves and that it’s too narrow of a field,” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mr Stapleton said. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "His personal experience tells him oth- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "erwise, however. “At Chevron, if you go to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a different floor, it’s a completely different "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "world. You can be talking to production or "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "land management or drilling and comple- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions. There are so many skills that can "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "become applicable in other fields that I "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "don’t think it’s nearly as narrow as people "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tend to think it is.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For Mr Zayonc, whenever he gets ques- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tioned by peers on his career choice, he "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "not only takes the opportunity to clear up "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "any misconceptions about oil and gas, but "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "he also flips the conversation and tries to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "convince them to join. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“I know there’s more than enough jobs "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "because of all the people we need, so if I "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can try and pull them in, that’s good for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "me and them,” he said. “Even beyond the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "technical engineers, there are also a lot "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of people on the support staff side, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "everyone I’ve met has been very happy to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "be in this industry and want to stay in it. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "I always tell my peers, why don’t you give "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "it a shot?” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Personal connections and stories like "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that have always played a key role in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "oilfield recruitment, and will likely con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tinue to, but the industry will also have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to expand its outreach in order to better "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "engage with the next generation. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This may include targeting people in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "areas that are outside of the traditional "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "oil and gas states like Texas, Louisiana "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and Oklahoma, Mr Ostrander said. People "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "who don’t live in those areas are much "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "less familiar with this industry and will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "require more outreach and education in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "order to understand what opportunities "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are available. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“To get inside that bubble, you kind of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have to take a leap of faith,” he said. “I "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "grew up on a farm and I had many other "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "friends who grew up on a farm. They’re "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hard workers, and they would thoroughly "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "enjoy the adventure of working in the oil "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and gas industry. They just didn’t know "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that’s a possibility.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Looking to their own future careers, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "all the students agreed that they put a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "premium on positive leadership and cul- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ture when selecting their workplace. “For "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "me personally, culture was pretty much "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "everything,” Mr Stapleton said. “I went "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "off of more how they interacted with me "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "personally and not so much the technical "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "side of the interview. It’s more about, is this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a friendly person that I’ll want to come in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and work for everyday?” DC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R • JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "35 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "36",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "H S E & M E NTA L H E A LTH "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Seadrill tackles employee "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mental health and wellbeing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "amid growing need for action "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As industry begins to recognize scale of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "employees facing mental health challenges, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lessons can be learned from existing efforts "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "STAFF REPORT "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "There is an undeniable stigma in society "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "associated with the words “mental health,” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "yet there is no reason for that negativ- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ity. The term is neutral because it simply "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "refers to a person’s psychological, social "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and emotional wellbeing. You might think "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "about it the way you think about the words "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“physical health.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“We all have mental health. We all "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have physical health. It’s just a condition "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "you have, and it can be positive or nega- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tive,” said Neil Forrest, VP of Operational "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Integrity at Seadrill. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Yet, due to the associated stigma around "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mental health, many people find it hard to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "either talk about or seek help when this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "aspect of their health suffers – and many "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are suffering. According to a 2021 report "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from the International SOS Foundation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(“Mental Health and the Remote Rotational "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Speaking at the 2023 IADC Annual General Meeting in November, Megan Moon, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Head of HR Operations, and Neil Forrest, VP of Operational Integrity, discussed the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "journey that Seadrill has taken over the past few years to improve employee men- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tal health. Example initiatives include the company’s BeWell program, support of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the RigRun competition and conducting psychosocial surveys to gather data. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "36 Workforce”), 40% of the offshore and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "onshore remote rotational workforce said "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "they experienced suicidal thoughts some "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "or all of the time while on duty. Further, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the study found that 29% of survey respon- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dents met the threshold for clinical depres- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sion while on rotation. Those are shocking "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "numbers, Mr Forrest said. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For employers, this can mean unhealthy "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "employees and decreased productivity. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Especially for remote rotational workers "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "like rig crews, mental health challenges "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can be exacerbated by factors associated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with oilfield life: the remote and isolated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "locations; confined work and living spac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "es; separation from family and friends; "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "regular and prolonged periods away from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "home, to name a few. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Seadrill recognizes this and has taken "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "steps in recent years to implement policies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and procedures aimed at improving its "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "employees’ overall wellbeing, believing it "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will lead to better productivity and engage- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment, and may even increase employee "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "retention. At the 2023 IADC Annual General "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Meeting in Austin, Texas, on 9 November, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mr Forrest and his colleague Megan Moon, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Head of HR Operations, shared Seadrill’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "journey to address mental health over the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "past five to six years. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "While Seadrill has been monitoring and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "categorizing all of the medical consulta- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions occurring on its rigs since before "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2018, so it can understand what issues its "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "crews are facing, the company kicked off a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more formalized program, BeWell, in 2019. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "It incorporates the four pillars of emotional "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and mental health, social health, physical "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wellbeing and financial security, Ms Moon "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "explained. The program aims to raise awareness "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "among employees of each of those four "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dimensions of mental health, as well "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as support them in actively managing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "those dimensions in their own lives. To "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "make sure that crews didn’t become over- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "whelmed with too much information all "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "at once, the company would tackle just "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "one pillar in each quarter of the year, Ms "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Moon added. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In 2022, Seadrill stepped up its efforts "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "again by formalizing its Employee "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Wellbeing Directive. This encompassed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the BeWell Program and ensured that men- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tal health would be accounted for in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "company’s Behavioral Framework, Health "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 • D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R "
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                        "data": ""
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            },
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                "pageNumber": "37",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "H S E & M E NTA L H E A LTH "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Policy and Diversity Policy. Last year, to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "make mental health even more visible, it "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "was even incorporated into Seadrill’s over- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "arching company strategy. Among other "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "goals like eliminating dropped objects and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "delivering environmental stewardship, the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "strategy also called for “building physical "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "& mental health resilience.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "One example of Seadrill’s efforts to raise "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "employees’ awareness around physical "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wellbeing is its support of workers’ par- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ticipation in RigRun. The global program "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "calls for offshore oilfield crews to compete "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "– both individually and as part of the rig "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "they represent – for prizes by becoming "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more physically active over a six-week "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "period. While the ostensible target here "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is physical wellbeing, Mr Forrest pointed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "out that “there’s also a whole social side "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to this” when employees come together to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "focus on something fun and to achieve a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "common goal. “There is a togetherness in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "this. It’s encouragement by positivity.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Another way Seadrill is tackling mental "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "health is through psychosocial surveys "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "– psychosocial simply means something "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that involves both psychological and social "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "aspects. While these surveys had been "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "conducted previously in some operating "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "regions like Norway and Mexico where "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "there is regulator requirement, in 2023 the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "company standardized the survey process "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "across its global operations. Taking this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "risk management approach and proactive- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ly managing psychosocial risk factors has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "provided Seadrill with actual data around "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "its employees’ physical and mental health, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "which are then used to design programs to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "meaningfully improve their wellbeing. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This HealthyWork Survey, first conduct- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ed in September to November last year, was "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "based on the Copenhagen Psychosocial "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Questionnaire, which is freely and publicly "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "available online. Seadrill also referenced "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "WHO guidance, as well as parts of ISO "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "45003, to develop the survey. “This is not "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "one of those situations where you’re like, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "there’s nothing out there that fits what "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we do. If you do your research, there are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plenty of pre-existing standards that you "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can use to support your own programs,” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mr Forrest said. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For companies looking to start their "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "own employee wellbeing or mental health "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "programs, Ms Moon stressed that fre- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "quent communications and consistent "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "messaging is key. “This means sharing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "information around mental health, hav- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing events and figuring out how often "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "you want to communicate that, whether "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "it’s monthly or quarterly, and ensuring "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that all employees have access to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "same information,” she said. “Creating "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "this sense of community and work envi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ronment that encourages open dialogue "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and open communication about the topic "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is going to help to make sure your mes- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "saging comes off as authentic to your "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "employees.” Another factor for success is how the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "company’s leaders can role-model well- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "being behaviors. “Whenever we, as leaders, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "share our own stories, it’s really impactful,” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Ms Moon said , adding that it’s been report- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ed that 90% of employees have never heard "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a senior leader share a personal experi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ence about mental health. “A good first "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "step in promoting mental health aware- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ness is to get the leaders onboard to role- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "model the behaviors that we want seen in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the organization.” DC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "IADC Launches New Tracking System for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Incident Statistics Program (ISP) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For IADC’s Drilling Contractor Members that do not "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "currently have their own system or database to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "track incidents and hours, the new ISP system can "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "be used for this purpose at no cost. This new web- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "based system creates a complete paradigm shift "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the way the program operates by putting the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "individual participant in the driver’s seat. Users now "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have direct access to upload data into the system, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as well as on-demand access to reports containing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sophisticated visual analytics. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "To learn how your company can participate in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ISP, please send e-mail to isp@iadc.org. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "IADC HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "PROMOTING SAFETY IN THE "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "DRILLING INDUSTRY SINCE 1940 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For more information, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "visit iadc.org/isp "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R • JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "37 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "38",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "GEOTHERMAL DRILLING "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Insulated drill pipe offers new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tool to enable efficient drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of ultra-deep geothermal wells "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Testing in New Mexico, Utah FORGE project "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "illustrates pipe’s effectiveness in lowering "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "temperatures, protecting downhole equipment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BY STEPHEN WHITFIELD, SENIOR EDITOR "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "To drill the ultradeep, high-temperature "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wells needed for geothermal applications, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "it’s critical to make sure that downhole "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tools are protected. Insulated drill pipes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(IDP) have been used in oil and gas drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to maintain sufficiently low temperatures "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for the drilling fluid as it moves downhole, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and thanks to a recently launched effort "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from Eavor Technologies, they can now "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "help drillers and operators better navigate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the ultra-high temperatures often seen in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "geothermal wells. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Insulation is really important when "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "you’re drilling hot resources,” said Alex "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Vetsak, Well Construction Advisor at Eavor. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“The geothermal business requires you "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to drill as hot as possible – we’re talking "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "temperatures downhole exceeding 500°F. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "When we’re talking about these numbers, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "it’s critical to be able to deliver cold drill- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing fluid from the surface to the downhole "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tools. You don’t want to burn the sensitive "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "electronics at the bottom, and if your fluids "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are exceeding the temperature limit for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "those tools, they will burn and fail.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The temperature ratings of different "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bottomhole assembly (BHA) components, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "such as the measurement-while-drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(MWD) and rotary steerable systems (RSS), "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are particularly significant limiting fac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tors, Mr Vetsak said at the IADC Drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Engineers Committee’s Technology Forum "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in Houston on 1 November. To address this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "issue, Eavor developed its IDP as part of a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "suite of tools aimed at enabling high-tem- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "perature drilling. By insulating both on the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "outside and inside of the pipe with several "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "layers of a proprietary coating solution, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the heat transfer between the drilling fluid "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "traveling down the drill pipe and the hot "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fluid traveling up the annulus is reduced. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This results in cooler fluid being delivered "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to the BHA. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "When used in conjunction with Eavor’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "other technologies – the Rock-Pipe drill- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing fluid, its turbogenerator, and its mag- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "netic ranging technology – the IDP helps "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "create what the company calls an “Eavor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Loop,” a closed-loop geothermal system. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "An Eavor-Loop is the connection of two "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vertical wells with horizontal multilateral "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wellbores that create a closed-loop sys- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tem. The company’s proprietary working "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fluid – the fluid used to generate heat "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from a geothermal reservoir – is selected "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and added at surface, then circulated to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "harvest heat. Eavor-Loops can also be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "directionally drilled from centralized sur- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "face pads. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The company first manufactured a full "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "IDP string in 2022 and tested its perfor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mance in a geothermal formation in Q3-Q4 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that year at the Eavor-Deep project in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "New Mexico. An 18,000-ft well was drilled, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "along with a sidetrack, in a granite forma- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion with rock temperatures of around "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "480°F. The project aimed to demonstrate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "all the technical elements required to con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struct a commercial Eavor-Loop system "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in deep, high-temperature hard rock, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "testing focused primarily on gathering "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "temperature measurements from MWD "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tools. In this well, the IDP was able to help "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the well maintain circulating tempera- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tures below 300°F at the bottom. Compared "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with the circulating temperatures from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "using a standard drill pipe – which Eavor "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "calculated would be approximately 370°F, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "according to a transient thermodynamic "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling model – the IDP reduced downhole "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "circulating temperatures by as much as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "194°F, with a median of 142°F. Drilling was, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "therefore, enabled by keeping the tempera- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ture below the 300°F tool limit. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Alex Vetsak, Well Construction Advisor at Eavor Technologies, spoke about the test- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing and performance of the company’s insulated drill pipe for geothermal wells at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the IADC Drilling Engineers Committee’s Technology Forum on 1 November. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "38 JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 • D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Insulated pipe” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "continued on page 40 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "39",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "DRILLING MARKETS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Comparison of different models "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for integrated services contracts "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shows how cost savings fluctuate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Petronas shares its process behind identifying "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the ‘lump sum cost per hole section’ model "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as having the highest cost savings potential "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BY STEPHEN WHITFIELD, SENIOR EDITOR "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Cost optimization is a critical aspect of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "any drilling operation. Humam Al "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Darkazly, Senior Wells Engineer at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Petronas, estimated that drilling costs "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "make up between 50% and 70% of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CAPEX for the operator’s typical develop- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment projects. To help mitigate financial "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "risks and uncertainty, the company is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "increasingly relying on integrated drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "services (IDS) contracts, both to achieve "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cost efficiencies and to allow for greater "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "adaptability to changing market condi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions. “We’re trying to maximize cost savings. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We want to ensure profitability regardless "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of any volatility we may see in oil price, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ensure financial stability and minimize "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "risk,” Mr Al Darkazly said at the 2023 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ADIPEC on 3 October. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "However, there is no one-size-fits-all "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contracting model that can guarantee the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "most cost savings. So, Petronas utilizes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "three cost models in its tendering process "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for IDS contracts: lump sum cost per well, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lump sum cost per meter drilled (as deter- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mined by the estimated total depth of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "well), and lump sum cost per hole section. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In his presentation, Mr Al Darkazly com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pared the advantages and disadvantages "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of each model based on an evaluation the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operator conducted on IDS contracts in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Middle East. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As part of the evaluation, the operator "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "compared contract terms for the drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of various wells in an unnamed Middle "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "East reservoir drilled in 2022. For the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "evaluation, three separate land rigs that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "possessed identical specifications were "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contracted, which Mr Al Darkazly said "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ensured “consistency and comparability.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Each well employed an identical casing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "design. Petronas provided the necessary "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "casing, tubing and wellhead, while the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling contractor was responsible for all "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "other materials and services required for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the drilling operation. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Of the three models, Petronas noted the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "most cost savings was achieved under "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the cost model structured by hole sec- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion drilled – in fact, savings were up to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "50% more than the other two cost mod- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "els. The calculated percentage of saving "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "was based on the prices specified in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "awarded contracts, and Mr Al Darkazly "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "said savings from the hole section model "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "were due to the effective categorization of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hole section prices based on well inclina- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion. Under the hole section model, the drill- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing contractor has the opportunity to pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pose lower costs for wells with lower "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "inclinations. This is primarily because, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with these types of contracts, the total "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "number of meters drilled is typically less "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "compared with higher-inclination wells. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As a result, the contractor can allocate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fewer resources while reducing drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and tripping times, leading to less equip- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment usage, manpower and associated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "expenses. Additionally, lower inclination "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wells generally entail reduced drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "complexities and risks compared with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wells with higher inclinations. The con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tractor is then able to offer more competi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tive pricing for these wells. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The other two models – cost per drilled "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "well and cost per meter drilled – do not "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "incorporate well inclination as a factor, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "since well inclination is only useful for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "determining the lengths of a given hole "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "section. However, although well inclina- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion does not have a direct impact on the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "number of wells drilled or the total depth "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of a given well, it does mean that the drill- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing contractor assumes the maximum "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "risk regardless of the well’s inclination "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and are likely to incorporate that into their "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bid. In such cases, the contractor must "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "account for the possibility of drilling more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "meters and encountering more challeng- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing conditions downhole, resulting in a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "higher proposed price to compensate for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the added risks. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "By integrating well inclination into the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hole section model, the contractor can "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "assess and evaluate drilling conditions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more precisely, allowing for more opti- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mized bids based on the specific complexi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ties and risks associated with each well’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "inclination. This approach ultimately "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "leads to the additional cost savings com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pared with the other two models. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Even though Petronas saw greater "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cost savings overall with the hole sec- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion model, Mr Al Darkazly noted that the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "specific savings Petronas saw in a given "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "well depended on external factors. Such "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "factors could make the other two models "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more palatable to other operators utilizing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "IDS contracts. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For instance, while a contract utilizing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the drilled wells model has a fixed budget "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dependent on the number of wells to be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilled, the hole section model is based on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fixed drilling targets, and changes to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "well target by reservoir engineers can neg- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "atively impact the budget estimation. Also, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "S-shaped wells may increase costs for the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hole section model due to increased well "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "inclination, though some operators may "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "opt for shallower kick-off points and high- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "er doglegs to reduce inclination and lower "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "costs. Well inclination has no impact on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "well cost for the drilled wells and meters "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilled models because it was not incor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "porated into either model, so if the inclina- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion category is not specified, the operator "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "may prefer to use one of those models. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The drilled wells and hole section mod- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "els also provide easier invoice processing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "than the meters drilled model because "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "they are fixed costs. More auditing is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "required to process invoices in the meters "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilled model, as the operator must check "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R • JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "39 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "40",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "DRILLING MARKETS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the depths of each hole section. Mr Al "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Darkazly also noted possible disputes if the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "casing is tagged at different depths than "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the BHA, or if directional work deviates "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from the plan. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Petronas’ review of cost models also "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "revealed several potential areas of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "improvement for IDS contracts that Mr "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Al Darkazly said could help minimize dis- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "putes between operators and contractors. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For one, by refining the risk-sharing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mechanism in IDS contracts, operators "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can establish clearer responsibilities and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "expectations for contractors, minimizing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "disputes and creating an environment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "where risks are effectively managed and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shared. A potential approach is to transfer the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "risk fully to the contractor, which may "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "result in an increase in the contract cost. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "However, this ensures that the operator’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "spend is closely aligned with the bud- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "get. For example, if the drilling contractor "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bears the cost of mud losses or left-in-hole "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BHA, that can help mitigate financial risk "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for the operator. Another strategy may be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to share the risk with the contractor based "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on a calculated percentage, taking into "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "account the probability of encountering "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "issues downhole. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Another way to minimize potential "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "disputes may be to avoid specifying the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "number of rigs in an IDS contract, Mr "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Al Darkazly said. This is beneficial from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the operator’s perspective as it allows "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for the potential provision of additional "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rigs when needed to expedite drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "activity or overcome contractor-related "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "delays, ensuring adherence to the delivery "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "schedule. Thirdly, under the per hole section "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "model, true vertical depth (TVD) is gener- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ally specified for each hole section with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a safety margin. However, conflicts may "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "arise in cases where the total depth criteria "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are modified by the reservoir geologist to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drill a deeper TVD. To address this issue, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mr Al Darkazly suggested two potential "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mitigations. First, the safety margin of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "TVD can be increased based on field expe- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rience, resulting in a higher cost estimate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that can accommodate potential chang- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "es. Alternatively, a cost line item can be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "included in the contract for each addi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tional meter drilled beyond the specified "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "TVD depth, ensuring that any deviations "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from the original plan are accounted for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and appropriately compensated. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Also, to prevent disputes and ensure "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "compliance with established standards, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "IDS contracts should include explicit pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "visions addressing contractor practices "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that deviate from the operator’s practic- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "es. These practices may include reduc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing mud quantity, operating with minimal "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "manpower, employing inexperienced per- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sonnel and other non-compliant actions. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "By incorporating comprehensive details "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and emphasizing adherence to the opera- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tor’s practices, Mr Al Darkazly said, opera- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tors can set clear expectations. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“We have a competitive bidding process, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and we’re awarding the contract to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lowest bidder, so we’re aware that some- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "times the contractor must make decisions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to save costs on their end, but we need to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ensure that we are clear about our stan- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dards,” he said. DC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Insulated pipe,” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "continued from page 38 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "An average MWD temperature of 164°F "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "was seen while drilling, which FORGE "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and Eavor attributed to the positioning of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "non-insulated pipe near the BHA. Further, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "it was observed that the average MWD "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "temperature rose to 220°F while drilling in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the next run, when no IDP was used. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "formation reached a maximum tempera- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ture of 450°F throughout all runs. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "After the IDP was pulled and inspected "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "onsite, Eavor noted that the external coat- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing showed negligible wear from the trial. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "There was minor damage to the internal "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "coating on a small number of joints, but no "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "damage was found on the MWD tool or the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drill bit nozzles. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“This learning cycle of finding out how "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the pipe behaves can be done in the lab, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "but it’s really hard to compete with field "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "deployment. What we’ve seen with our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "testing so far is that the thermal out- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "put, and the performance of the pipe, is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "matching our expectations,” Mr Vetsak "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "said. He also noted the impact of the IDP in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "protecting the MWD tools overall. In a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "previous run without using IDP, one of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "MWD batteries – rated for up to 300°F – "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "failed at a recorded temperature of 327°F. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This was because the BHA faced height- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ened vulnerability during the process of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tripping in the hole and at the beginning "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of drilling a new section due to a lack of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "circulation. This lack of circulation could "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lead to the column warming up close to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the temperature of the surrounding for- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mation. While running in hole, the BHA encoun- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ters hot fluid, and without adequate cir- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "culation it can warm up quickly, requir- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing frequent pauses to circulate and cool "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "down the BHA. If the cool-downs are not "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "performed in time, the BHA is at risk of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "exceeding its maximum design tempera- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tures. As the IDP reduces heat transfer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "between the hot annulus and the cold fluid "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the drill pipe, the risk of exceeding the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BHA maximum temperatures is reduced. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "During the two runs utilizing the IDP, Eavor "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and Forge reported no failures of the MWD "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tools. DC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In May 2023, the IDP was put to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "test again, this time as part of the US "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Department of Energy’s FORGE project at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the University of Utah. Eavor provided 350 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "joints of internally and externally coated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "IDP for two bit runs, with the aim to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "demonstrate the technology’s capacity to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reduce BHA temperatures, reduce tem- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "perature-related equipment failures and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "observe any potential drilling performance "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "improvement. In the first run, a full string of the IDP "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "was utilized, along with a new motor; "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a mud chiller was also brought online "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "toward the end of the run, decreasing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the inlet temperatures from approximately "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "130°F to 110°F. An average MWD tempera- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ture of 149°F was seen while drilling, a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reduction of 31° compared with the previ- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ous run in the well. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In the second run, a partial IDP string "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "was used, with approximately 70% IDP "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and 30% regular non-insulated drill pipe. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "40 JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 • D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "41",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "EDITORIAL • IADC CONNECTION "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "IADC project provides new insights "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to enhance oil and gas recruiting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "FROM THE PRESIDENT "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The new year is a great time to contem- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plate what’s working for us and how we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can amplify the elements of our success. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Equally important is identifying areas of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "potential growth and paving the way for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "innovative solutions. Within the broader "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "framework of the drilling industry, we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "benefit from commendable strengths — "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "unyielding commitment to safety, ongoing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "collaboration for the collective good and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the privilege of working in a field that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "enhances people’s quality of life. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Amidst our accomplishments, room for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "improvement remains. It’s imperative to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vocalize our own stories, bridging the gap "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "between the industry’s true nature and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "public perception. There’s also a need to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "revitalize our efforts in attracting new tal- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ent to this remarkable industry. To main- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tain a competitive edge, we have to capti- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vate the attention of potential employees, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "showcasing the dynamic and rewarding "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nature of opportunities within our field. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In response to these sectorwide chal- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lenges, IADC launched the Industry Value "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Initiative in 2022. The mission was three- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fold: first, to understand perceptions of our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry among potential employees; sec- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ond, to identify what today’s job seekers "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "truly desire in a career; and third, to equip "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "member companies with the insights "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gleaned from this project to aid them in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "attracting and securing top talent. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "To set the project in motion, IADC con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tracted Brunswick Group to design and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "execute a research plan to help us gain "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a baseline understanding of perceptions, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "motivations, misconceptions and oppor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tunities among prospective employees. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Brunswick Group conducted a series of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "focus groups and online surveys among "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "specific audiences in key regions. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "identified audience groups included vet- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "erans, vocational students and individuals "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "currently employed in a relevant industry, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "among others. Key regions for this proj- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ect were the United States, the United "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Kingdom, Asia Pacific and the European "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Union. We learned from the research findings "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that higher familiarity with the drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry often correlates to increased "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "interest. When exposed to tailored mes- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "saging, most groups expressed markedly "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "higher openness to this field. The data also "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "revealed that awareness of the industry is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "modest, indicating significant opportunity "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to enhance public understanding. Broad "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "outreach about the industry’s nature and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "purpose is essential to thrive in today’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "labor market. It’s very likely that promis- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing future employees aren’t considering "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling careers presently, whether due to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "unfamiliarity or misinformation. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "To make inroads, messaging must align "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with prospective employees’ aspirations. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Those surveyed valued work-life balance, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "career growth and professional develop- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment above all. Job security, workplace "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "safety and benefits were also viewed as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "essential priorities. Attracting talented "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "candidates will require finding compel- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ling ways to communicate the advantages "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of working in this industry. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Additionally, it’s crucial to directly "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "address prevalent concerns regarding a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "career in drilling, such as environmen- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tal impact, job insecurity and workplace "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hazards. In surveys, participants selected "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“risky” and “polluting” as top descriptors "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for the industry, while considering “safe” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and “sustainable” as inapplicable. Many "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "also felt as though a career in drilling was "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“not for them,” whether from disinterest or "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "perceived lack of credentials. To challenge "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "these notions, messaging should show- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "case our commitment to sustainability and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "an inclusive work culture. By highlighting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "stewardship initiatives, safety innovations "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and diversity in roles, we can convey that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "our industry offers dynamic, stable careers "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for all types of talent. Reassuring narra- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tives that combat outdated myths and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "accurately reflect our values will likely "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "resonate with prospective recruits. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "On that note, we can also utilize messag- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing around advanced technology to rein- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "troduce the industry to people. While tech- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Jason McFarland, IADC President "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nology was not the audience’s first associ- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ation with drilling, messaging around how "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we use cutting-edge technology can help "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drive interest moving forward. By show- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "casing complex technical capabilities and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "state-of-the-art tools, we can reshape anti- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "quated perceptions and set this industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "apart as an exciting career option for the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "next generation. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In order to spread any of the above mes- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sages, we must utilize the right channels "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and sources. Company websites and social "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "media platforms are fundamental avenues "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to educate potential recruits. Furthermore, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "those surveyed indicated that if consider- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing a drilling career, they would turn first "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to family, friends and acquaintances with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a career in the industry as their most trust- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ed sources. This underscores the impor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tance of empowering current employees to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "be passionate and authentic ambassadors "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for working in this field. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "These data-driven insights synthesize "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more than a year of diligent work to guide "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "our members in today’s recruiting land- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "scape, yet they represent just a preview "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of the extensive Industry Value Initiative "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "project findings. IADC invites and encour- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ages all members to fully leverage these "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "resources to craft targeted outreach efforts. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "With compelling, research-based messag- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing, we can capture the interest of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "future workforce. Our success depends "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on conveying what makes this work so "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "meaningful – both to seasoned employees "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and promising newcomers alike. DC "
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                        "data": "D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R • JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 "
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                        "data": "ﬁ ndings. "
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            {
                "pageNumber": "42",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "IADC CONNECTION • 2024 OFFICERS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "IADC Board of Directors elects 2024 officers "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BRAD JAMES, Chair "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "– Northern Ocean "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mr James has served as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "founding President, CEO "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and Board Member of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Enterprise Offshore Drill- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing since 2016. He previ- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ously served as Senior "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "V P Marketing of Hercules Offshore from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2006 through 2016 . Prior to that he held "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "various leadership roles at Transocean , "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "was founding President of Field Drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Company and VP of Southland Drilling. He "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "obtained a Bachelor of Business Adminis- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tration degree from Southwest Texas State "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "University in 1981. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "M r McReaken was named "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "C EO of the Northern Drill- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing and Northern Ocean "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Groups in December 2018. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "He has been a part of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Seadrill group companies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "since 2012, where he previously served "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as C EO and Director of Sevan Drilling and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Chief Financial Officer of North Atlantic "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Drilling . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mr McReaken has held various leader- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ship roles in the United States, North Sea, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "West Africa and South America. He began "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "his career at Arthur Andersen and is a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Certified Public Accountant and Certified "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Internal Auditor. He holds a degree in busi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ness administration from the University of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Texas at Austin . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "KEVIN NEVEU, Vice Chair "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "– Precision Drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mr Neveu is President, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "C EO and a Director of Pre- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cision Drilling and has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "held these positions since "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2007. He has 43 years of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "experience in the oilfield "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "services sector, holding various technical, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "marketing and management positions over "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "his career. Mr Neveu holds a Bachelor of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Science degree in mechanical engineer- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing and is a graduate of the University of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Alberta . He has also completed the Harvard "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Advanced Management Program . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ANDY HENDRICKS, Past Chair "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "– Patterson-UTI "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mr Hendricks has served "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as President and C EO of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Patterson-UTI since 2012 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and as a Director of Pat- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "terson-UTI since 2017. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "He was previously Chief "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Operating Officer of the company in 2012. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Prior to Patterson-UTI, he served as Presi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dent of Schlumberger Drilling & Measure- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ments from 2010 to 2012 and had worked "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for Schlumberger in various worldwide "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "locations and capacities since 1988 . Mr "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Hendricks holds a Bachelor of Science in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "petroleum engineering from Texas A&M "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "University. 42 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "SCOTT MCREAKEN, Secretary/Treasurer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "– Enterprise Offshore Drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "TIM McGARITY, Division VP Drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Services – NOV "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mr McGarity "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "serves as Director, Western "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Hemisphere Offshore at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "NOV Rig Technologies. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "During his tenure with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "NOV, he has worked both "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "land and offshore in operations and busi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ness development. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Prior to coming to the oilfield, Mr McGar- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ity worked in international shipping for CP "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Ships as the manager of the its government/ "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "military team. He holds a Bachelor of Sci- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ence from Texas A&M Galveston and is a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "veteran of the United States Marine Corps. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "GENE STAHL, Division VP North America "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Onshore – Precision Drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mr Stahl was appointed as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "President, North American "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Drilling of Precision Drill- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing in 2023 and previously "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "held the position of Chief "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Marketing Officer . Since "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "joining Precision Drilling in 1993, he has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "held positions with increasing responsibil- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ity, including in contracts, investor rela- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions, engineering, manufacturing, rig con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction, procurement, field training and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "development, and HSE . Mr Stahl holds a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the University of Calgary and is a graduate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of the Harvard Business School, Advanced "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Management Program. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "JON RICHARDS, Division VP Offshore "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "– Diamond Offshore Drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mr Richards has served "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as Senior V P of World- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wide Operations for Dia- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mond Offshore since "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2020. He started his "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "career as an Operations "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Development Trainee with Diamond Off- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shore in 1997. In his more than 26 years "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the offshore drilling industry since, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "he has held various leadership roles and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "responsibilities managing operations in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the United States, United Kingdom, West "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Africa and Brazil. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mr Richards holds a degree in business "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "management from Texas Tech University . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "JAMES “JIM” NOWOTNY, Division VP Inter- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "national Onshore – Helmerich & Payne "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mr Nowotny is the Vice "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "President International "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and Offshore Business "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Development at Helmerich "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "& Payne. He has extensive "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "domestic and internation- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "al leadership experience in multiple areas "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of the offshore and land drilling industry, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "including marketing and business develop- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment, commercial and technical contracts, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operations, manufacturing and engineer- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing. He has worked in the energy industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "since 1995. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Prior to joining Helmerich & Payne, he "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "worked for an international oilfield equip- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment manufacturer and in various roles "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for Atwood Oceanics . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mr Nowotny has a Bachelor of Science "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "degree in mechanical engineering from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Texas A&M University and has completed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "several executive education courses at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Columbia Business School, Harvard Law "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "School and Kellogg School of Management "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "at Northwestern University. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 • D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "43",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "NEWS CUTTINGS • DEPARTMENTS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Bernie Wolford receives IADC Contractor of the Year honors at Annual Meeting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Bernie Wolford, President and CEO of Diamond Offshore Drilling, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "was named 2023 IADC Contractor of the Year in November. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "annual award was established in 1988 to recognize an individual "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling contractor’s outstanding lifetime achievement in techni- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cal innovation, safety and economic efficiency within the drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry. It is the only industry award reserved solely for drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contractors. A member of the IADC’s Executive Committee, Mr Wolford "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "was essentially born into the industry. Raised in Kilgore in East "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Texas, his father made a career out of working in the land drill- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing business. After graduating in 1981 with a Bachelor's degree in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mechanical engineering from Texas Tech University, Mr Wolford "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "went to work for TransWorld Drilling as an Engineer, eventu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ally serving as Project Manager, Drilling Superintendent and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Operations Manager at the company. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "After TransWorld was acquired by Noble in 1991, he went on to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "take significant management positions within the company. In "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2018, he was named CEO of Pacific Drilling, where he remained "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "until April 2021, shortly after Pacific and Noble announced their "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "merger. One month later, Diamond Offshore named him its new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "President and CEO, the position he currently holds. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Bernie Wolford (right), President and CEO of Diamond Off- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shore Drilling, received the 2023 IADC Contractor of the Year "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "award from Joe Rovig, President, Rig Technologies and After- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "market Group at NOV, at the IADC Annual General Meeting in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Austin, Texas, on 10 November. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "IADC launches all-new ISP "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "database for streamlined "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "data reporting, tracking "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "IADC is introducing a newly revamped "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "system for its Incident Statistics Program "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(ISP) in January after a year-long devel- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "opment process. The new system gives "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "users direct access so they can upload "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "data into a web-based system, as well as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "create on-demand, tailored reports con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "taining visual analytics. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Scan me to learn more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "about the IADC Incident "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Statistics Program. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "IADC's inaugural 3-Gun Competition, held 20 October in Todd Mission, Texas, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "featured 108 participants competing in morning and afternoon shooting ﬂ ights. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The competition raised money for Camp Hope, a Houston-based interim hous- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing facility for combat veterans and their families suffering from PTSD. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "IADC supports DrillersPAC, charity benefitting US combat "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "veterans with inaugural 3-gun shooting competition "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "On 20 October, IADC held its inaugural "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "DrillersPAC helps "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "maximize the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bit.ly/3U0sQD6 IADC establishes new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Geothermal Committee "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "3-Gun Competition to generate aware- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "impact of IADC’s advocacy efforts by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In December , the new Geothermal "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ness for DrillersPAC, IADC’s political "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "raising money to support political can- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Committee began operation under the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "action committee, and raise funds to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "didates aligned with IADC members’ "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Drilling Services Division of IADC. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "support US combat veterans. The compe- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "policy goals. The competition also raised "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "committee, which is chaired by Scott "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tition was held at Renaissance Shooting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "$11,000 for Camp Hope, an interim hous- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Farmer of Helmerich & Payne, is currently "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Club in Todd Mission, Texas. It consisted "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing facility. It is operated by the PTSD "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "working on guidelines aimed at providing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of a morning shooting flight and an after- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Foundation of America, an organization "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "practical guidance for drilling contractors "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "noon shooting flight, with lunch and a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that helps combat veterans suffering "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and service companies involved in geo- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "raffle in between for all participants. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from post-traumatic stress disorder. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "thermal well construction. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R • JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "43 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "44",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "IADC CONNECTION • WIRELINES "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Lease Sale 261 held after multiple delays, draws more than $382 million in high bids "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The US Bureau of Ocean Energy "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Management (BOEM) held the Gulf "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of Mexico (GOM) Lease Sale 261 on 20 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "December. The sale generated $382,168,507 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in high bids for 311 tracts covering 1.7 mil- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lion acres in federal waters. A total of 26 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "companies participated in the lease sale, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "submitting 352 bids totaling $441,896,332. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Under a ruling from the US Court of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the BOEM "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "included lease blocks previously exclud- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ed due to potential impacts to the Rice’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "whale population from oil and gas activi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ties in the GOM. Lease Sale 261 offered "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "13,482 unleased blocks on 72.7 million "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "acres in the Gulf’s Western, Central and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Eastern Planning Areas. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The sale had originally been sched- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "uled for 27 September, then again for 8 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "November, in response to judicial orders. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In a statement issued on 20 December, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "API VP of Upstream Policy Holly Hopkins "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "said, \"Despite policy headwinds, this sale "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "generated the highest bid amount in near- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ly a decade, demonstrating that our indus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "try is working to meet growing demand "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and investing in the nation’s long-term "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "energy security.\" "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "NSTA awards 27 licenses for North Sea E&P in latest round "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "North Sea UK production received a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "boost on 30 October with the award of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "27 new licenses from the UK North Sea "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Transition Authority (NSTA) in areas that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have the potential to go into production "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more quickly than others. Additionally, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "six more blocks, which were also ready "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to be offered, have been merged into five "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "existing licenses. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The 33rd Oil and Gas Licensing Round "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "was launched on 7 October 2022 with 931 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "blocks and part-blocks. In total, NSTA "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "received 115 applications from 76 compa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nies for 258 blocks/part-blocks when the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "application window closed on 12 January "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2023. This was the highest participation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "since the 29th Round in 2016-2017. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "All blocks that were awarded "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have been through the initial Habitat "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Regulation Assessment (HRA) and do not "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "require further assessment. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "There are currently 284 offshore fields "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in production in the UK North Sea and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "an estimated 5.25 billion BOE in total "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "projected production to 2050. Oil and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gas currently contribute approximate- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ly three-quarters of the UK's domestic "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "energy needs. Further, the UK oil and gas "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry supports approximately 200,000 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "jobs and contributes £16 billion to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "economy each year. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "A recommendation for the remaining "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "203 blocks will be made once the HRA "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "process has been completed. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BSEE issues energy infrastructure decom decision "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In December, the US Bureau of Safety "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Impact Statement (PEIS) process for Oil "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and Gas Decommissioning Activities on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "published a Record of Decision (ROD) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the Pacific OCS. The final PEIS was pub- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for the decommissioning of offshore "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lished on 27 October 2023 and recom- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "energy infrastructure on the Pacific "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mended the selection of the alternative "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The deci- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of complete removal of all oil and gas "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sion provides a systemic pathway for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "equipment and facilities on the Pacific "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the removal of obsolete offshore oil and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "OCS. Twenty-three California oil and gas "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gas infrastructure following site-spe- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "platforms, all installed between the late "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cific environmental assessments and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "1960s and 1990, are subject to eventual "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "approved decommissioning plans. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "decommissioning. The ROD will guide BSEE on all "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The decision also documents that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "future decommissioning applications to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "prior to decommissioning, a facility "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "remove oil and gas platforms, associated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "must undergo a National Environmental "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pipelines and other facilities offshore "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Policy Act review that will assess a vari- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Southern California. It is the culmina- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ety of potential environmental impacts "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion of the Programmatic Environmental "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from infrastructure removal. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "44 She also added, \"Although today’s con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gressionally mandated lease sale is a posi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tive step after multiple delays, the lack "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of any offshore sales in the year ahead is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a prime example of the administration’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "failure to implement a long-term energy "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "strategy. We urge the administration to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reconsider its shortsighted approach and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plan today for tomorrow’s energy demand.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In December, the Biden administration "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "issued its final five-year offshore leasing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "program. However, 2024 is expected to be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the first year since 1966 without an off- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shore lease sale. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "US EPA proposes rule "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to establish fee on methane "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "emissions in oil and gas "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "On 12 January, the US Environmental "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Protection Agency (EPA) announced a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "proposed rule that would assess a charge "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on emitters of waste methane from the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "oil and gas sector that exceed emissions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "intensity levels set by the US Congress. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Inflation Reduction Act established "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a Waste Emissions Charge for methane "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from certain oil and gas facilities that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "report emissions of more than 25,000 met- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ric tons of CO 2 equivalent per year to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. As "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "directed by Congress, the Waste Emissions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Charge starts at $900 per metric ton of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wasteful emissions in 2024, increasing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to $1,200 for 2025 and $1,500 for 2026 and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "beyond. It only applies to emissions that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "exceed the statutorily specified levels. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The EPA’s proposed rule addresses "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "details regarding how the charge will be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "implemented, including the calculation of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the charge and how exemptions from the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "charge will be applied. Facilities in com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pliance with the recently finalized Clean "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Air Act standards for oil and gas opera- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions would be exempt from the charge "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "after certain criteria set by Congress are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "met. JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 • D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Scan me to read the EPA's "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Fact Sheet on the Waste "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Emissions Charge. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bit.ly/47UCkTT "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "45",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "UPCOMING IADC EVENTS • IADC CONNECTION "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "IADC DRILLING "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "AFRICA Conference & Exhibition "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "20-21 FEBRUARY 2024 "
                    },
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                        "data": "HILTON W I N D H O E K , "
                    },
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                        "data": "HOTEL N A M I B I A "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "IADC DRILLING "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ONSHORE 6-7 JUNE 2024 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "WYNN LAS VEGAS "
                    },
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                        "data": "L AS VEGAS , N E VA DA "
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                        "data": "Conference & Exhibition "
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                        "data": "16 MAY 2024 "
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                        "data": "HYATT REGENCY "
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                        "data": "HOUSTON WEST "
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                        "data": "H O USTO N , TE X AS "
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                        "data": "2024 IADC "
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                        "data": "Conference & Exhibition "
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                        "data": "18-19 JUNE 2024 "
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                    {
                        "data": "NOVOTEL MADRID CENTER "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "M A D R I D, S PAI N "
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                    {
                        "data": "To register for these and other conferences please visit us online at www.iadc.org/conferences/upcoming. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R • JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "45 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "46",
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                "pageNumber": "47",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "PEOPLE, COMPANIES & PRODUCTS • DE PAR TM E NTS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Chesapeake, Southwestern Energy agree to merge "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Chesapeake Energy "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Corp and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Southwestern Energy have agreed to be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "combined in an all-stock transaction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "valued at $7.4 billion. The combined "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "$24 billion natural gas company, which "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will assume a new name at closing, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will pull together large-scale acreage in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Appalachia and the Haynesville Shale. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Together, the companies' assets have a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "current net production of approximately "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "7.9 billion cu ft/day, with more than 5,000 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gross locations. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mike Wichterich will serve as Non- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Executive Chairman and Nick Dell'Osso "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as President and CEO. The combined "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "company anticipates it will retain "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Chesapeake's headquarters in Oklahoma "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "City but will also maintain \"a material "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "presence in Houston.\" "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "According to Wood Mackenzie, the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "merger will create a company that pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "duces 3.3 billion cu ft/day, owns over 20% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of Haynesville production and controls "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "over 600,000 net acres. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Arabian Drilling orders additional top drives from Kenera "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Kenera has secured a contract to deliv- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "er five top drives and five iron rough- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "necks to Arabian Drilling for newbuild "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rigs to be operated in Saudi Arabia. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "order follows a previous contract for five "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "top drives awarded in September 2023. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Kenera's Bentec business unit will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "deliver the top drives, which will offer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "remote monitoring and troubleshooting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "through Bentec's digital service platform, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rigCARE, to optimize the drilling process "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and reduce well delivery times. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "KCA Deutag, Pruitt join forces to provide MPD solutions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "KCA Deutag and Pruitt have signed an "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "exclusive partnership agreement to col- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "laborate globally on managed pressure "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling (MPD) opportunities. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The partnership provides Pruitt with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "access to KCA Deutag’s resources, rig "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "engineering, and supply and manufac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "turing bases in Europe and the Middle "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "East, while KCA Deutag will benefit from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the inclusion of Pruitt’s MPD solutions in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "its drilling operations. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Pipe manufacturing plant "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wins LEED certification "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Tenaris’ Bay City, Texas, plant has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "received Leadership in Energy and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Environmental Design (LEED) certification "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "– the first pipe manufacturing facility in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the U S to achieve this designation. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The U S Green Building Council has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "recorded fewer than 10 LEED-certified "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industrial projects in the US since 2010 . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Halliburton partners with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Oil States on MPD solutions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Halliburton and Oil States Industries are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "collaborating to develop managed pres- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sure drilling (MPD) solutions that provide "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "improved control in narrow pressure win- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dows in deepwater. The collaboration will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "provide operators and drilling contractors "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with an MPD product-service combination "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to safely access greater operational effi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ciencies like ease of handling and stream- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lined installation. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mark Moffat takes reins "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from Darren Roos as IFS CEO "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "IFS has promoted Mark Moffat to CEO , "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "taking over from Darren Roos, who has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "been appointed as the company’s Chair of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the Board. Mr Moffat was previously IFS' "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Chief Customer Officer and held several "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "senior positions at PwC before joining IFS. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mark Ritchie heads up "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Enteq's new Aberdeen office "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Enteq Technologies has opened a new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "office in Aberdeen that will function as the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "company's support services headquarters . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mark Ritchie, Enteq's recently appointed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CFO, will head up this UK office. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Research project targets "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "extended-reach needles "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "port Velesto with rig moves to adja- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cent countries, including Vietnam, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Indonesia or Thailand, over a one- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "year period. ABL is expected to survey "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and approve 14-16 rig moves offshore "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Malaysia for Velesto ’s six-rig fleet dur- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing the period. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "AGR lands new contract "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in Guinea-Bissau "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Aker BP and Fishbones have begun a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "technology development project focusing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on extended-reach needles, small-diam- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "eter laterals that penetrate reservoirs to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "increase recovery. The aim is to extend "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the reach of existing Fishbones needles "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by 50%, from 12 m to 18 m, which will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "enable the efficiency of the company's lat- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "eral stimulation technology. The Research "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Council of Norway is backing the project "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with a NOK 1.25 million grant. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BIO-UV to supply ballast "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "water system for drillships "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BIO-UV Group has received an order "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ABL secures rig moving deal "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with Velesto Drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "AGR has secured a contract with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from an offshore drilling contractor based "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Apus Energia Guinea-Bissau for a deep- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the United Arab Emirates to supply the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "water exploration well . AGR will pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ABL has been awarded a contract by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vide consultancy in well construction, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to a pair of drillships . The order calls for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Velesto Drilling to provide marine war- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "drilling engineering, procurement, sup- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the delivery of a modular version of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ranty survey services relating to rig moves "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ply chain management and operational "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "system , and the units will provide for flow "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "offshore Malaysia. ABL will also sup- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "supervision of the drilling. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "capacities up to 750 cu m/hr. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R • JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "47 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "48",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "DE PAR TM E NTS • PEOPLE, COMPANIES & PRODUCTS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Products New completion tools target "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "efficiency, cost savings "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Native capabilities added to Industrial Work Surface "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "KLX Energy Services has introduced "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "its VISION Suite of downhole completions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tools, delivering advanced engineering "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and customized solutions for downhole "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operations. The suite includes OraclE- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "SRT (smart reach tool), Spectra PDC and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "PhantM dissolvable frac plugs. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Spectra PDC, KLX’s downhole thru tub- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing motor system, is designed to eliminate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nonproductive time on long lateral runs. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The motor bearing pack’s design utilizes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "PDC inserts with significantly fewer parts "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "than a traditional ball bearing pack. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The OracleE-SRT is a downhole thru "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tubing extended-reach tool that can be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fully manipulated from the surface to turn "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on and off. The PhantM dissolvable frac "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plugs are designed to minimize the need "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for interventions . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "advanced K-Spice and LedaFlow simula- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Solution makes treating "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "produced water easier "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ability of simulations . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Adaptive Process Solutions (APS) has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "introduced its Microbubble Infusion Unit "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(MiFU) to address challenges related to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "aging assets and reservoirs to efficiently "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and effectively clean produced water so "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that it meets regulatory standards before it "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can be discharged back into the sea. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The APS MiFU is capable of processing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "between 1,000 and 100,000 bbl/day of water "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and can remove up to 90% of oil and con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "taminants from produced water without "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the need for downstream filtration. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "New snapback technology "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "adds to mooring systems "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Samson has launched Defender Fuse , "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Kongsberg Digital has added the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion technology natively to its Industrial "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Work Surface. These tools can now be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fully automated with a collaborative "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and open environment. This integration "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "allows for simulation in the context of all "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "other work tasks, enabling users to lever- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "age the value of simulation in real time. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Users can now easily link simula- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions to time-series data, ensuring their "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "simulations match reality. By perform- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing simulations on real-time data, the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Kognitwin platform generates accurate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "digital replicas of assets, which can "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "be leveraged for near-infinite virtual "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "insights. These insights include virtual "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sensors, equipment performance analy- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ses and sub-system optimizations . The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cloud-based platform allows for the scal- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Users can present simulation results "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the context where they are most rel- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "evant. Other data sources can be com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pared and leveraged to quickly evaluate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "simulation results, providing a compre- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hensive understanding of asset perfor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mance. Additionally, simulations can be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "triggered as part of events or workflows, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "enabling forecasting and look-ahead "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "simulations for daily reporting or shift "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "handovers. Improved mixing technology receives new US patent "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ProSep recently "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "received official "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "acknowledgment from the US Patent "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Office for improvements made to its "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Annual Injection Mixer , resulting in a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new patent being issued. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The mixer provides an alternative to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "traditional injection quills and static "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mixers. The improvements noted in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "patent optimize the energy transfer of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a result, there is a greater surface area of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the process fluid to the injected phase, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the additive to be used, reducing the need "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "leading to enhanced additive disper- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for overdosing. Field data indicates addi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sion throughout the process stream. As "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tive savings of 20% to 60% are possible. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a product designed to complement stan- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dard mooring systems . It is an advanced "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "overload warning system engineered to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mitigate snapback situations and can be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "added to any mooring system without "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "line replacement . The product's trigger "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "deploys at a specific percentage of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ship design MBL (MBLsd). The catch "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "material will continue to elongate until "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "it reaches its final length, up to 150% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more than its original, before complete "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rupture. 48 "
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                    {
                        "data": "App helps to streamline wellsite personnel management "
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                    {
                        "data": "Intelligent Wellhead Systems has "
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                    {
                        "data": "launched Wellsite Watch, an application "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "providing digital and simplified person- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nel management for wellsite operations "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "personnel. It can be accessed via per- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sonal devices or tablets with an intel- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ligent digital sign-in either directly via "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the application or by scanning a QR "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "code. Digital check-in and -out replaces "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "clipboards and paper. Data is handled "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "electronically with cloud backup and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "maintenance to provide a consistently "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "up-to-date roster . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The app also incorporates digital HSE "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "information and acknowledgement "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "forms for easy sign-off . Digital injury "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and hazard identification is also avail- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "able through Wellsite Watch . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 • D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
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                "pageNumber": "50",
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                    {
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                        "data": "key to long career "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in oil and gas "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BY STEPHEN WHITFIELD, SENIOR EDITOR "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "If Rob Holbrook, VP at Rapad Drilling, were "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to list the key factors behind his three- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "decade career in oil and gas, curiosity "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "would probably be at the top. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "He loved math and science growing up "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and wanted to be an engineer, but he had "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "no connection to the oil and gas industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and never thought of it as a viable career. It "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wasn’t until he graduated from high school "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in 1988 and took on summer jobs working "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for an operator on the Gulf Coast that he "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "truly developed an interest in the industry. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Those summer jobs kick-started his "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "love for the oilfield and a curiosity about "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "what an oilfield life and career would be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "like. This curiosity led him to a petroleum "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "engineering degree, followed by a full- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "time job roughnecking on land rigs. That "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "job then led him to realize how much he "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "needed to learn about how rigs operate, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "so he took on another job, and another, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and another. Now, Mr Holbrook could not "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "imagine being anywhere else. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“The ups and downs are a part of life here, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of course, but no matter what some people "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "say, this industry isn’t going anywhere any- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "time soon,” he said. “If you can work hard, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "be open minded, think outside the box and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "learn to be an asset wherever you end up, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "you will make it in this industry.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mr Holbrook grew up on a dairy farm "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in Magee, Miss., hunting and fishing and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "playing football and baseball. Although "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "he enrolled in Mississippi College, a small "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "institution 50 miles from his hometown, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in 1988 on a baseball scholarship, he "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "had his sights on becoming an engineer. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Eventually he transferred to Mississippi "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "50 State University and began a double major "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in petroleum and chemical engineering. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Around the same time, he took on a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "summer job at UnoCal (now a subsidiary of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Chevron), working in Southern Louisiana "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and in Houston. He came to love life in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "field – it reminded him of his time on the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "farm. So, heading into his senior year, he "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "decided to drop the double major and focus "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "just on petroleum engineering. “I realized "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that I would need to be one or the other, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and the extra degree wasn’t going to help "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "me much,” he said. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Upon graduation in spring 1993, Mr "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Holbrook had a few job offers lined up, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "but he chose to work for Chelsey Pruet "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Drilling, a drilling contractor based out of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Jackson. It was a local company, with its "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "headquarters just about an hour north of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "his hometown, and he liked that it was "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a “strong, family-owned company with a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "great reputation.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The company initially sent Mr Holbrook "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to the field, wanting him work the first "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "year as a roughneck on a land rig before "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "coming into the office. Having grown up "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on a farm, he figured he would like work- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing outdoors on the rig, and as it turned "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "out, he loved the job. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "After that first year, he asked to stay in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the field and spent another year working "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "motors and derricks, then two more years "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as a driller and a toolpusher: “One year "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "turned into four, and I loved every minute "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of it,” he said. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“If you can work hard, be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "open minded, think outside "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the box and learn to be an "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "asset wherever you end "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "up, you will make it in this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry.” - Rob Holbrook "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In 1997, Chelsey Pruet Drilling sold its "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rigs to Nabors Industries, and Mr Holbrook "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "began working for Nabors as Drilling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Superintendent for the Mississippi/ "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Alabama region. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In 2001, the Pruet family formed a new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "company, Rapad Drilling, reviving the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "name of a defunct company the family "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "had owned in the early 1980s. Mr Holbrook "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "joined Rapad the same year. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In 2023, the IADC Mississippi and Lafay- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ette chapters merged to form the Gulf "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Coast Chapter. Rob Holbrook, who had "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "previously served as Chair of the Mis- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sissippi Chapter, now serves as one of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "two Vice Chairs for the new chapter. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "He currently serves as Vice President at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the company, which has built up its fleet "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to nine land rigs, including two 2,000-hp, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "super spec AC rigs, as of early 2024. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Long-term relationships also define Mr "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Holbrook’s time with IADC. He first became "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "active with IADC in the early 1990s, but he "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "didn’t he agree to take on a leadership "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "role until the early 2000s. In 2003, he "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "became Chairman of the then-Mississippi "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Chapter, succeeding then-Chapter Chair "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Rod Freeman. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The two have worked together in leader- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ship roles with the chapter for much of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "past 20 years, primarily organizing social "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "events like luncheons and an annual golf "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tournament. In 2023, recognizing that there are now "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fewer drilling contractors working in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "region, the Mississippi Chapter merged "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with the Lafayette Chapter to form the Gulf "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Coast Chapter. Mr Freeman took over as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Chair of the new chapter, and Mr Holbrook "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "took over as one of two Vice Chairs, serv- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing alongside David Cothren. The newly "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "merged chapter held its first golf tourna- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment this past October in Gulfport, Miss. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The group is still considering how to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "proceed for the future, but Mr Holbrook "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "said the aim will continue to focus on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "providing a forum for members to network "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and exchange ideas and best practices. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Right now, the focus is on continuing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to do what we’ve been doing, and we’ll "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "see what else we can do beyond that,” he "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "said. DC "
                    },
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                        "data": "JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2024 • D R I LLI N G CO N T R ACTO R "
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                        "data": ""
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