Tuesday, 10 May 2011Amal Ballroom, Salon I-III

07.00-08.30 ConferenCe regisTraTion, Coffee serviCe & open exhibiTion Amal Ballroom, Salon IV

08.30-09.00 WelCoMe & inTroduCTionSteve Kropla, Group Vice President - Accreditation & Operations, IADC

ConferenCe opening & KeynoTeMatt Ralls, 2011 IADC Chairman; President & CEO, Rowan Companies Inc.

09.00-10.00 healTh, safeTy & environMenTSession Chairman: Jim Ulch, Country Manager, Hercules Offshore Arabia Ltd.

Lessons Learned from Real World Application of the Bow-Tie MethodGareth Book, Director, Risktec Solutions Ltd.

Strategies for Motor Vehicle Accidents (MVA) ControlChristopher Devaraj, Safety Engineer, HSE Group, Kuwait Oil Company

10.00-10.30 neTWorKing breaK & open exhibiTion Amal Ballroom, Salon IV

10.30-12.00 healTh, safeTy & environMenTSession Chairman: Kosay El-Rayes, Vice President - Business Development, Middle East & North Africa, National Oilwell Varco

Can Mobile Technology Assist Drilling Contractors?Stephen Humphris, Oil & Gas Compliance Specialist, CMO Compliance

A New Paradigm for Fatality Prevention: Rethinking Traditional Approaches to High-Severity and Fatal EventsTeg Mathews, Senior Advisor, BST Solutions

Achieving Operational Excellence in KSA Drilling OperationsStuart Johnstone, Rig Manager, John Karish, Director SHE, Ensco plc

12.00-13.30 lunCheon & open exhibiTion Amal Ballroom, Salon V-VII

13.30-15.00 panel session “seCuriTy in The region”Moderator: Kelly McHenry, General Manager, Rowan Drilling Company Middle East

Security is a concern throughout the region. Although Emergency Response plans are in place, what other means of removing crews from rig locations are in place where there may be limited logistical resources? Secondly what security measures need to be in place for shore base personnel and employees during crew changes for rig personnel? This panel will provide guidance on issues pertaining to security of rig and shore base personnel.

• Col.AhmedS.AbuSarrah,SecurityManager,NaborsArabia• PaulBeat,RegionalDirectorMiddleEast&Africa,ControlRisks• JohnMcCaffery,ManagingDirector-MiddleEastandCentralAsia,

Erinys• MatthewWhite,SecurityManager,Helmerich&Payne

15.00-15.30 neTWorKing breaK & open exhibiTion Amal Ballroom, Salon IV

15.30-17.00 Well ConTrolSession Chairman: Helal Hussain, QHSE Manager, Gulf Drilling International

Development of a Risk-Based Approach for High-Sour Exploration WellsMike Bates, Senior Engineer, Gareth Book, Risktec Solutions Limited

Well Control Technology UpdateFredNg,GeneralManagerEngineeringServices,WildWellControl

Well Control Practical AlignmentMagdy Zaki Agaiby, Technical Manager, Moody International Consulting & Training “Randy Smith Training Solution”

17.00-18.30 WelCoMing reCepTion & open exhibiTion Amal Ballroom, Salon IV

Critical Issues Middle EastC o n f e r e n C e & e x h i b i t i o n

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10-11 May 2011 • JW Marriott Hotel, Dubai, uae

“Opportunities to Manage Major Risks”

Wednesday, 11 May 2011Amal Ballroom, Salon I-III

07.30-08.30 ConferenCe regisTraTion, Coffee serviCe & open exhibiTion Amal Ballroom, Salon IV

08.30-08.40 WelCoMe & inTroduCTionSteve Kropla, Group Vice President - Accreditation & Operations, IADC

08.40-09.00 KeynoTe presenTaTionIbraheem M. Assaadan, General Manager Drilling & Workover,SaudiAramco

09.00-10.30 Managing The big CreW ChangeModerator: Jay Shipman, Operations Manager, Nabors Arabia

Special Topical Presentation: Managing Competency – How to Meet the ChallengeDavid Ray, HSET Manager, Rowan Drilling Company Middle East

A panel of experts representing operators, contractors and service companies will expand on key points discussed in Mr. Ray’s topical presentation, including various approaches for recruiting, training and development, mentoring and strategies for ensuring competency and managing employee retention.

• AnasAl-Qubaisi,SeniorVicePresidentAdministration,NationalDrilling Company

• WadiiElKarkouri,HRManager-MiddleEast,Schlumberger

• EimanAl-Hazza,Supervisor-Training,Drilling&Workover,SaudiAramco

• AWeatherfordrepresentativetobeannounced

10.30-11.00 neTWorKing breaK & open exhibiTion Amal Ballroom, Salon IV

11.00-12.00 innovaTive appliCaTions of TeChniCal soluTionsSession Chairman: Manoj Raghavan, General Manager - Middle East and Pakistan, KCA DEUTAG Drilling GmbH

Unique Completion Technique Overcomes Waterflood-Saturation Surveillance Challenges in Wafra Field, PNZ KuwaitMarkC.Glaser,EngineeringManager,AdamPasicznyk,MeshariAlJarid,WeatherfordInternationalLtd.

Getting the Derrickman Out of the Derrick to Improve Safety and EfficiencyCraig Brooks, Product Line Manager, Tom Yost, Business Development E&P Operations, National Oilwell Varco

12.00-13.30 lunCheon & open exhibiTion Amal Ballroom, Salon V-VII

13.30-14.30 Case sTudies Session Chairman: Ghassan A. Al-Muhanna, General Manager - Special Assignment, Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO)

Repairing Challenging Casing Leak, an Offshore Well Integrity Failure Case StudyWekaJanitraCalosa,DrillingEngineer,KondurPetroleumSA,BambangSadarta,JOBPertaminaCosta/Gebang,Ronaldi,WellControlSchoolIndonesia

Geomechanical Considerations to Improve Cementing Operation Quality in South Rumaila FieldHamed Soroush, Geomechanics Advisor, Said Zaki, Hani Qutob, Paul Kalathingam,RobertKuchinski,BilalSamiShaheed,WeatherfordOilTool, Basem Khdier, SOC

14.30-15.00 neTWorKing breaK & open exhibiTion Amal Ballroom, Salon IV

15.00-16.30 panel session: regional eConoMiC ouTlooKModerator: Steve Brady, General Manager, Ensco plc

Rig count is one of the most often watched indicators of the oil and gasindustry’sconfidenceinitsfuture.Oilpriceshavestabilizedinthewakeofthepricedropoflate2008butoffshorerigutilizationintheMiddle East has not followed. Domestic natural gas demand is rising in most Middle East countries although LNG demand has reached a plateau. New build rig orders are beginning to flow to ship yards again; is this a result of an increase in rig demand or are other factors drivingtheupswing?WhatdoesthefutureholdfortheMiddleEastdrilling business? This panel will discuss future demand for oil and gas commodities and their effect on the demand for rigs in the Middle East and elsewhere.

• RonGilliland,TechnicalGroupManager,RasGasCompanyLtd.• AndrewReid,CEO,Douglas-Westwood• CharlieYester,VicePresident&DivisionManager,Noble

International Ltd.

16.30 adjournMenTSteve Kropla, Group Vice President - Accreditation & Operations, IADC

• AberdeenDrillingSchoolsInternational

• AlMansooriHilongPetroleumPipeCompany

• AlMansooriSpecializedEngineering

• ArncoTechnology• Boots&Coots,AHalliburtonService

• CanscoWellControl• CMOCOMPLIANCE• CuddWellControl• DrillingSystems(MiddleEast)FZLLC

• DROPSAFE• EFCGroup

• Erinys• FalconMultiServicesLtd.• GulfTechnical&SafetyTrainingCentre

• HexArmor•Mark’sWorkWearhouse•MedilinkInternational• PruittRotatingControlDevices

• REELGroup• SafarOilfieldServices• Studio52• SurvivalSystemsInternational

•Weatherford•WildWellControl

ExhibitorsBe sure to visit the conference exhibitors. These companies will have representatives available to answer questions and provide information.

A special thanks to the following committee members for their support in organizing the conference:

Program CommittEE

• SteveBrady,Enscoplc• KosayElRayes,NationalOilwellVarco• NielsEspeland,WeatherfordMiddleEast• KamranHaque,MBPetroleumServices• DeanHills,EnsignInternationalEnergyServicesLLC• AshwaniKumar,NationalDrilling&ServicesCompanyOman

• KellyMcHenry,RowanDrillingCompanyMiddleEast• GhassanAl-Muhanna,BahrainPetroleumCompany(BAPCO)

• YoichiOnoe,GulfDrillingInternationalLtd• ManojRaghavan,KCADEUTAGDrillingGmbH• CarlJayShipman,NaborsArabia• JimUlch,HerculesOffshoreArabiaLtd.• KenFischer,IADC• SteveKropla,IADC