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January 2012 www.aade.org/Lafayette Volume 27, Issue 5

AADE Lafayette Chapter members,

Happy New Year! I trust this message finds you and your families in good health and spirits. Hopefully, each and everyone of you has enjoyed a very merry holiday season.

To begin, I would like to reiterate our thanks to Steve Maley (Badger Oil & Gas) and John Leonard (Stone Energy) for making their presentations at AADE Lafayette’s annual Operator Forum in December. Their messages were well received and have drawn only positive feedback. Thank you, gentlemen, once again.

Our fifth general meeting was held Jan. 16 at the Petroleum Club. We were very fortunate to have Rick Dudman with Logan Dennis Tool discussing

Pin Up drill string technology.In other AADE Lafayette Chapter news, the

Annual AADE Scholarship Sporting Clays Tournament will be March 30 and 31 at Cajun Elite Shooting Complex in Jennings, La.

New Year Brings High Expectations

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OFFICERSPresident Nick Rezvani Marlin Energy1st ViCe Derrick DaiglePresident National Oilwell Varco2nd ViCe Matt LanePresident Smith TechnologiesseCretArY Peggy Meynard IntegriCerttreAsUrer Sharon Moore Halliburton

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Jonathon Boudreaux ChevronCommittee Chairmen & Past President

Jamie Crosby ChevronLawrence Svendson Marlin EnergyLindsay Longman Phalanx Petroleum Jeffery Svendson Advanced Logistics, LLCJohn Lee Baker Oil Tools

DIrEctor EmErItusnAtiOnAL BOArd And Andre Arceneaux LAFAYette CHAPter Retired LAFAYette CHAPter Doug Keller Knight Oil Tools LAFAYette CHAPter Al Wambsgans DC International

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Al Wambsgans DC International

cHAptEr rEprEsENtAtIVESharon Moore Halliburton

The AADE Lafayette Chapter will hold its monthly general meeting at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 13 at the Petroleum Club in

Lafayette. This month's featured speaker will be Ian Stevenson of NOV Downhole Tools who will discuss mechanical RSS as

an economical solution for land-based horizontal drilling.

MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS TODAYAADE members and their guests with reservations are $20, and walk-ins will be $25. Sign up to attend online by clicking the 123SIGNUP link at

www.aade.org/Lafayette, by emailing [email protected] or calling 337-237-4406 by noon Friday, Feb. 10.

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Along with our annual Golf Tournament, the Sporting Clays Invitational provides the bulk of the dollars necessary to support the various initiatives of AADE.

In total, we will provide $30,000 in scholarships this spring between LSU, UL and NSU. Thank you again for your support!

A special thanks to Jamie Crosby, Jonathon Boudreaux and Rick Voth for working with all

three universities to determine the best suited candidates.

Status of Gulf of Mexico Well Permits

In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, the Obama Administration has put in place significant new safeguards to protect the environment beyond what has ever existed before.

These new safety measures include heightened drilling safety standards to reduce the chances that a loss of well control might occur in the first place, as well as a new focus on

containment capabilities in the event of an oil spill. For more information on new applicable regulations and standards for both shallow and deepwater drilling operations, see Offshore Drilling Safety Reforms.

Ongoing permitting facts and figures (Please note that these numbers change daily)

• Shallow water: To date, 99 new shallow water well permits have been issued since the

2011-2012 AADE LAFAYETTE CHAPTER

CHAIRPERSONSArrAnGeMents Michelle Frederick 4M Promotional Concepts

dAtABAse Peggy Meynard IntegriCert

FinAnCe Jaime Crosby Chevron

GOLF Greg Drury Chevron

JOint indUstrY Matt Lane Smith Technologies

KnOWLedGe BOX Sid Breaux Breaux Engineering, Inc.

MeMBersHiP Peggy Meynard IntegriCert

neWsLetter Kristy S. Bonner Foster Marketing

PrOGrAMs Derrick Daigle National Oilwell Varco

PUBLiCitY Kristy S. Bonner Foster Marketing

sCHOLArsHiPs Rick Voth Blueline Manufacturing, Inc.

sPOrtinG CLAYs Jeffery Svendson Advanced Logistics, LLC

teCHniCAL FOrUM Derrick Daigle National Oilwell Varco

UL FLUid LAB Bruce Jordan Stokes & Spiehler

WeBsite Sharon Moore Halliburton

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Steve Maley of Badger Oil & Gas, left, and John Leonard, Stone Energy, right, stand with AADE President Nick Rezvani following the annual Operators Forum in

December. Their messages were well received and have drawn only positive feedback.

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Rick Dudman, Logan Dennis Tool

Vice President of Sales and Business Development since 2009 with the Dennis Tool group of Logan International, Inc., Rick Dudman has more than 30 years of diversified domestic and internation-al experience.

Some of the oil and gas industry service companies he has been employed by include: Dowell Schlumberger, Hughes Christensen, Tenaris, Ulterra and PinTec Services, Inc. Rick served as

Downhole Tool Manager and U.S. Operations Manager for Ulterra, and as Business Development Manager for Tenaris-China, based in Beijing.

He was Vice President of Sales and Operations at PinTec Services, Inc., the pin up drillstring technolo-gy company, where Rick further enhanced the downhole drilling tools experience that he had gained from prior international assign-ments.

Rick’s professional experience includes drillstring design, drilling optimization, non-productive time (NPT) reduction management, acquisition evaluation, and budget-

ing and planning. His domestic experience includes Gulf Coast Texas and Louisiana, offshore Gulf of Mexico, East and West Texas, Mid-Continent, California, Alaska and the Rockies. Rick’s international experience includes Canada, Latin America, Europe-North Sea, the Middle East and the Asia Pacific. He has an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Texas A&M-Kingsville, has authored and co-authored a number of industry papers and is active in the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC), and NOMADS.



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The AADE Lafayette Chapter will hold its monthly general meeting at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 13 at the Petroleum Club in

Lafayette. This month's featured speaker will be Ian Stevenson of NOV Downhole Tools who will discuss mechanical RSS as an

economical solution for land-based horizontal drilling.

Rick Dudman with Logan Dennis Tool spoke on Pin Up drill string technology at AADE's January event. Dudman, center, stand with AADE President Nick Rezvani, left, and

Derrick Daigle, AADE First Vice President. A special thanks to Rick for an informative discussion.

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BECOME A MEMBER OF THE AADE

Annual membership in the AADE Lafayette Chapter is $25 per person. As a member of AADE, you will receive our

newsletter and information on the upcoming educational and networking events. In addition, you will be entitled to a

discounted preregistration rate for all general meetings.

You can renew, update or start your AADE Lafayette membership online by visiting www.aade.org/Lafayette

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The Premier 2012 Fluids Conference will be held April 10-11 at the Hilton Houston North Hotel, 12400 Greenspoint Drive.

The American Association of Drilling Engineers will host the Premier Fluids Conference covering subjects considered to be improvements and innovations in drilling and completion operations. This conference will be of interest to major and independent operators, service companies, drilling contractors, equipment and materials manufacturers.

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implementation of new safety and environmental standards on June 8, 2010. Just 12 of these permits are currently pending; with 12 having been returned to the operator for more information.

Deepwater drilling applications fall into two categories for the implementation of our new regulations. The deepwater moratorium was lifted on Oct. 12, 2010, and is the reference for inclusion of new rules in applications:

• Deepwater permits requiring subsea containment: Since an applicant first successfully demonstrated containment capabilities in mid-February, we have approved 244 of these permits for 63 unique wells, with 42 permits pending, and 13 permits returned to the operator with requests for additional information, particularly information regarding containment.

• Deepwater activities not requiring subsea containment: Since the implementation of new safety and environmental standards, 58 of these permits have been approved, with 4 permits pending, and 0 permits returned to the operator with requests for additional information. These activities include water injection wells and procedures using surface blowout preventers.

These tables demonstrate aggregate permitting statistics for both shallow water and deepwater. The table for deepwater includes both those permits that are subject to containment requirements and those that are not.

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2010. Just 12 of these permits are currently pending; with 12 having been returned to the operator for more information.

Deepwater drilling applications fall into two categories for the implementation of our new regulations. To clarify these differences, we have included the narrative below. The deepwater moratorium was lifted on October 12, 2010, and is the reference for inclusion of new rules in applications:

• Deepwater permits requiring subsea containment: Since an applicant first successfully demonstrated containment capabilities in mid-February, we have approved 244 of these permits for 63 unique wells, with 42 permits pending, and 13 permits returned to the operator with requests for additional information, particularly information regarding containment.

• Deepwater activities not requiring subsea containment: Since the implementation of new safety and environmental standards, 58 of these permits have been approved, with 4 permits pending, and 0 permits returned to the operator with requests for additional information. These activities include water injection wells and procedures using surface blowout preventers.

The tables below demonstrate aggregate permitting statistics for both shallow water and deepwater. The table for deepwater includes both those permits that are subject to containment requirements and those that are not. To download copies of approved permits see the eWell Online Query. To download copies of the presentation from the Permitting Workshop which took place Tuesday, August 30, 2011, click here.

Click here for Drilling Permit definitions.

Shallow Permits to Drill1 Data last updated on 01/19/2012 11:00 AM (CST)

and will be updated each business day. Water Depth Less than or equal to 500 feet

Permit Type Submitted

prior to June 8, 2010

Submitted since

June 8, 2010 Returned2 Withdrawn3 Pending4

Approved since

June 8, 20105 New Well 13 115 12 5 12 99

Revised New Well 9 166 0 4 0 171

Bypass 0 58 0 1 0 57 Revised Bypass 0 43 0 1 0 42

Sidetrack 17 146 5 7 12 139

Revised Sidetrack 6 154 2 2 3 153

Deepwater Permits to Drill6 Water Depth Greater than 500 feet

Permit Type

Submitted prior to

October 12, 2010

Submitted since

October 12, 2010

Returned2 Withdrawn3 Pending7

Approved since

October 12, 20108

New Well 16 69 10 5 27 43 Revised New

Well 3 149 1 3 11 137

Bypass 0 22 0 0 2 20 Revised Bypass 1 33 1 4 0 29

Sidetrack 4 29 1 1 5 26 Revised

Sidetrack 4 47 0 3 1 47

1. Shallow water drilling operations became subject to new rules and information requirements as of June 8, 2010.

2. Submitted permit applications may be returned to the operator for further information or clarification. These applications are not counted as pending applications.

3. Applications may be withdrawn by an operator at any time in the application process.

4. Pending permit figures in this table include applications submitted before and after June 8, 2010. They do not include applications that have been returned.

5. Approved permit figures in this table include applications submitted before and after June 8, 2010.

6. The deepwater moratorium was lifted on October 12 and is the reference for inclusion of new rules in applications.

7. Pending permit figures in this table include applications submitted before and after October 12, 2010. They do not include applications that have been returned.

8. Approved permit figures in this table include applications submitted before and after October 12, 2010.

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Lafayette Chapter of the American Association of Drilling Engineers

19th Annual Scholarship Sporting Clays Tournament The Lafayette Chapter of the AADE requires that all participants in this event be current members of AADE due to insurance reasons. The cost for a one year’s membership in the Lafayette Chapter of AADE is $25.00. If you became a member last year, please be aware that memberships in AADE run in conjunction with the calendar year and you will have to renew your membership to participate in the event.

There are 2 ways to sign up for AADE Membership. We have implemented an easier way to enroll using 123 Signup. RENEW your Lafayette Chapter Membership using the following website address. https://www.123signup.com/renew?Org=aade‐lafayette You will be prompted to enter your e‐mail address. Type in your e‐mail address, click OK, and click Renew. Update Missing Profile Information, if applicable, and click Next. You will be prompted to enter your credit card information. Click Pay. A receipt will be e‐mailed to you upon completion. For NEW members, JOIN AADE Lafayette Chapter using the following website address. https://www.123signup.com/enroll?Org=aade‐lafayette Select Member and click Enroll. Type in your e‐mail address, and click Next. Enter your contact information into the required fields and click Next then click Proceed to Checkout. Enter your credit card information and click Pay. A receipt will be e‐mailed to you upon completion

If you are not sure if you are a current member or which e‐mail address is in the 123 Signup system, please contact Sharon Moore at [email protected] or call 337‐266‐8211.

The above website links to renew your membership or join can be found on the homepage of the Lafayette Chapter of AADE website under Quick Links. www.aade.org/lafayette Completing a membership application can be done on the day of the tournament. To avoid filling out the form and for a quicker process, bring your business card. Inform your team members to bring their business card also. Payments can be made via cash, check, and credit card, or charged to your credit card tab if you obtain one at the event.

For any questions pertaining to AADE membership, please contact Sharon Moore at [email protected] or 337‐266‐8211.

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