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Volume 2 | Issue 7

8 Feature StoryOPening dOOrs

13 SaFety alertWOrker’s hand caughT beTWeen The sheave and The deadline

6 aSSociation inFormation

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table of contents

Feature StorieS

opening Doors 8Worker’s Hand Caught Between The sheave And The Deadline 13

DepartmentS

Member Profile: Jennifer St. George 5Association News 6-7Upcoming Events 7Stats At A Glance 14

Cover photo: Todd Brown

Canadian Association of Drilling engineers (CADe)800, 540-5 Ave. SW, Calgary, Alberta T2P 0M2

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managing editors: Todd Brown, Mike MacKinnon

cWcJ photographer: Mike MacKinnon

advertising Sales: Nick Drinkwater

published by: JuneWarren-Nickle’s Energy Group

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President’s MessageWelcome everyone. I am honored to serve as the 2010–11

CADE president, and I’m looking forward to an exciting and productive year for the Canadian Association of Drilling Engineers (CADE).

The upcoming drilling and completions season will again challenge us with people and equipment as the summer of 2010 has shown a higher percentage of rig utilization than previous years. With predictions of close to 12,000 wells drilled for 2010, is the drilling in-dustry on the cusp of a turnaround? Only oil and gas prices will tell.

The changing pace of technology in drilling and completions, and in particular hori-zontal wells, has now removed the line between drilling and completions. In my opinion, drilling a horizontal well is a completion operation and running open-hole packers into a well for fracturing can arguably be considered a drilling operation.

For this reason, CADE will integrate completions into our association. An exchange of ideas is needed between the two disciplines to ensure seamless operations for safety reasons in particular and overall cost savings in general.

CADE welcomes the growth of our association and the exciting opportunity and new knowledge base that we gain.

In the past, our primary goal at CADE has been to provide our membership with quality technical programs and various opportunities to network with our peers. I believe we need to expand our role in a number of areas and reconfirm our commitment as engineers and professionals to society and our profession.

CADE has established strong relationships with local post-secondary institutions through student representatives at SAIT and the University of Calgary. CADE also sup-ports the future of our industry with bursaries and scholarship at these two schools as well as Memorial University of Newfoundland and others. CADE is introducing new graduate technologist and engineers to the leaders of the Canadian drilling and completions industry through our technical lunches and the CADE/CAODC Drilling Conference. Where else can a potential employee and employer meet informally on a monthly basis?

The spirit of the volunteer is strong at CADE, but there is plenty of room for more help. Our association relies heavily on our membership for help getting things done, so please look through the Canadian Well Construction Journal and volunteer to help. Our jour-nal provides a forum to help our peers learn from our own experiences and in the future, CADE expects a strong leadership role from our completions groups.

Safety has always been a major concern for CADE: our commitment to our family at home and our people in the field must prevail over the urgency of the job. The next year will be a challenge on all fronts as a push to drill, complete and tie in wells that are capital-intensive will tax drilling and service rig crews, as well as our highways and back roads with fracturing crews and rig moving equipment.

With the level of activity predicted in the next drilling season, CADE must be a leader in promoting safety on the wellsite as well as the highways.

CADE will continue to promote, discover and facilitate technical education to increase our own knowledge base as professionals. The CADE/CAODC Drilling Conference is returning again in the spring of 2011. The conference committee has begun the process of developing a program, choosing a venue, and will soon conduct a call for abstracts and par-ticipants. We encourage all of our members to participate in any way possible.

I wish you all a safe and successful year, and thank you for your support in the past. I look forward to seeing new faces in the future as CADE continues to create a long history within our industry.

Respectfully,John Garden, P.Eng.President, Canadian Association of Drilling Engineers

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MeMber PrOfile

Jennifer St. GeorgeProject Engineer, M-I SWACO

Describe your role with m-I sWACo, your background and your career path.I joined M-I SWACO straight out of university in 2004. I graduated with a B.Sc. Chemistry/Business Administration degree from St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. I started in the field as a drilling fluids specialist working on various projects from southern Alberta to the Arctic. After three years, I was brought into Calgary to provide assistance on some of our larger accounts. Currently, I am a project manager in our Calgary office working for both Husky Energy and TAQA North, providing technical solutions for their drilling operations.

What is the most rewarding part of your job?Working in the oil and gas industry, I am confronted with new and exciting challenges to overcome on a daily basis. These challenges can sometimes be chaotic, but bringing solutions to the table to manage it all is what I find the most rewarding.

What is the toughest part of your job?Balancing the demands of my 16-month-old daughter and the demands of this career can be a difficult act to manage. Ensuring that I am the best mom I can be while also providing my clients with the best possible service is what I strive for each day. Sometimes the two cross paths, and my clients get to hear “mommy, mommy” in the background or I show up to a meeting with a juice stain on my pants. Thankfully, though, everyone is very understanding.

Who has had the greatest influence on your career?I have had a lot of influential people in my life, but I would say it is the drive and hard work that I have seen in my mother that has really made me into the successful woman that I am today. My father is in the oil and gas industry, and was instrumental in providing me with the confidence to choose a profession in this challenging field. I have to thank both of them for supporting me through everything, even the time I blew up my chemistry kit performing one of my first lab experiments. It was that excitement, and their understanding, that had me completely hooked.

I recently married into a drilling fluids family, and have gotten tremendous support and understanding from my husband and father-in-law. Both have been influential in different stages in my career, and with two other members of the family also in the business, you can only imagine the interesting conversations that occur over dinner.

What do you like to do when you are not working?Currently, my life is dominated with my duties as mom and a career woman. On the off day that I have a moment to myself, I love horses, biking, learning to golf and reading a good book, not a technical paper, tour reports or offsets!

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Association/Membership News

Welcome new members NAME COMPANY TELEPHONE EMAIL

Serik Abdrazakov University Of Calgary 403-918-3303 [email protected] Abiodun Morgan Oil And Gas Limited [234]805430496 [email protected] Anisimov University Of Calgary 403-918-3303 [email protected] Aramide Student [234]805257385 [email protected] Asim Progas Pakistan Limited [92]2134142395 [email protected] Beingesner Petris Canada Ltd. 403-225-4954 [email protected] A. Biedler Techton Management Ltd. 403-234-9053 [email protected] B. Curlett Curlett Resources Limited 403-863-3552 [email protected] Da Costa SAIT [email protected] Damian Skye Bank Plc [234]8067761170 [email protected] Ezekiel Student [234]806796868 [email protected] Fong Conocophillips Canada 403-271-5638 [email protected] Foster Conocophillips Canada 403-260-1668 [email protected] McPhee NBC Technologies Inc. 403-269-7373 [email protected] Hassan Student [234]8033153321Bryan Hnatiuk Devon Canada Corporation 403-232-5512 [email protected] Johnson SAIT 403-860-3907 [email protected] Marsh Devon Canada Corporation 403-700-2011 [email protected] McGinn Conocophillips Canada 403-232-7100 [email protected] McPhee NBC Technologies Inc. 403-269-7373 [email protected] Micallif Eventure Global Technology 403-701-2788 [email protected] Neil Weatherford Geomechanics Services 403-693-7904 [email protected] Oluwadamilare Student [234]8056082962 [email protected] Orr Nexen Inc. 403-699-4570 [email protected] Patterson Wenzel Downhole 403-262-3050 [email protected] Pervez Can-Well Energy Services Inc. 403-568-2946 [email protected] Racicot Crescent Point Energy Corporation 403-718-5034 [email protected] Real Turner Company 6464522212 [email protected] Roett Suncor Energy Inc. 403-296-5455 [email protected] Rosan Signature Fencing & Flooring Systems, LLC 212-953-1116 [email protected] Samsudin Talisman Energy 403-231-2915 [email protected] Shamji University Of Alberta 780-604-4786 [email protected] Sparks Newpark Drilling Fluids 281-362-6813 [email protected] Seyi Victor Fieldsolution Integrated Services Ltd. [234] 80333722785 [email protected] Warren Q'max Solutions Inc. 403-513-6039 [email protected] Webb Devon Canada Corporation 587-777-5827 [email protected] Yuen Student [email protected]

TITLE NAME TELEPHONE

President John Garden 403-441-2300Past President Patrick Murphy 403-266-7383Vice-President TBASecretary Tammy Todd 403 613-8844Treasurer Alice Skoda 403-232-6066Membership Chairman Jason Tiefenbach 403-543-8012Education Chairman Mike Buker 403-213-3615 Social Chairman Dan Schlosser 403-531-5284CWCJ Editor Todd Brown 403-230-3055Technical Chairman Jeff Arvidson 403-232-7100IT Chairman Todd Brown 403-230-3055Drilling Conference Liaison Kim Barton 403-693-7576Executive Member Shannon Kelsick 403-992-4142Executive Member David White 403-699-5160CAODC Liaison John Pahl 403-292-7966

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Association/Membership News

caDe membership renewals 2010-2011

CADE membership year is September to September. Watch your e-mail over the summer for your CADE renewal link. Please remember the benefits of being a CADE member include APPEGA’s professional development hour, staying abreast of technological and industry advances, drilling conferences and a great opportunity to network. Your prompt attention will be greatly appreciated when you receive your renewal notification.

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editor’s note

As we start another fiscal year here at CADE, we have been quite busy this summer working on the association’s structure. We’ve launched our website’s new online payment system, we’ve launched our new blog with Shannon Bowen-Kelsick at the helm and we’re preparing for more special events in the coming year.

This month’s feature story on the future of procurement in the oilpatch was written by Jacqueline Louie. With the continual downward pres-sure on all our companies to do things faster, better and more economical, the two featured firms have really raised the bar, addressing all of those issues. I think you will find their story interesting. These companies are effectively reducing time spent sourcing and reducing costs through competition for their clients’ procurement managers and well construction engineers. This story is a bit different than in the past, but we felt strongly that the future is changing in the energy industry and we need to be telling more stories like this.

We hope you enjoy this month’s issue, and we look forward to seeing you all at our September luncheon.

Sincerely,

Todd Brown, canadian Well construction Journal Managing Editor [email protected] | cell: (403) 969-8148

upcoming caDe luncheon

DateThursday, September 9, 2010

Place The Westin, Calgary

Time 11:30 a.m. — Reception

12:00 noon — Luncheon 12:30 p.m. — Presentation

speakerJason LeClair,

LWD Technical Advisor, Halliburton

Abstract: Optimizing wellbore placement in the cardium formation using at-bit azimuthal logging while drilling technology

Early look-ahead capabilities of azimuthal at-bit technologies is proving extremely valuable as operators look to drill horizontally within thin pay zones of the Cardium Formation. As reservoirs can be as little as two meters thick, directional control and knowledge of geological surroundings is essential to overall success. At-Bit sensors provide immediate feedback while drilling. Azimuthal gamma readings can provide much greater insight into direction of formation changes leading to greater confidence while drilling.

This presentation will focus on the features and benefits of these technologies while drilling in the Cardium Formation. Particular attention will be paid to reservoir capture and increased efficiencies.

Jason LeClair holds a BSc in Earth Sciences (Geology) from Memorial University. With over 13 years in the oil and gas industry he has worked as a logging geologist, LWD operator, GeoSteering engineer, and an LWD technical advisor. He has worked on both offshore and land-based projects and most recently has been involved in optimizing wellbore placement in horizontal wells in western Canada.

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Opening Doors

Web-based logistics support programs are making it easier to source services and materialby Jacqueline LouiePhotography by Todd Brown

The world of procurement is changing dramatically. Two Calgary firms on the cutting edge of online procurement processes are promising savings to the oil and gas industry by reducing costs through web-based bidding services.

For drilling engineers, the pressure to reduce costs is great, so they are continually searching for efficiencies. They want services delivered faster, cheaper — and at the same time, still want per-formance. To this end, they are spending a great deal of time sourc-ing suppliers, getting bids and analyzing quotes.

For engineers, the biggest potential benefit to these kinds of sys-tems is their savings in both time and money. It means that instead of having to pick up the phone seven, eight or a dozen times trying to find a supplier with the best price, the job goes out all at once to all qualified suppliers on the system, who bid on the request for a quote. The engineer can then look at these submissions in a very short period of time and make a decision. The results, satisfied cus-tomers say, are less time spent on procurement and a significantly better price.


Potter says the web-based service “guarantees market value. That value you can then pass along to your customers.”

Using MAXEN allows CCS Midstream Services to offer its customers one price for transportation and disposal of oilfield waste. Customers who would normally obtain ser-vices from two different companies now turn to just one — CCS — with one invoice.

“It offers them the lowest possible cost of disposal,” Potter says. “It makes things more streamlined and more efficient for us and for our customers.

“It hasn’t been without its bumps along the way,” he adds. “It’s a new system and it’s online. There have been a few minor bugs, which is common when you’re just starting out a brand new system. However, the idea behind it is sound, and every day we learn about new ways to improve it.”

ZAAK Solutions Inc. is another new com-pany that has created a platform for an online sourcing solution.

Founded in April 2009, ZAAK offers an online sourcing tool that account manager Graham Evans describes as “an online market-place.” According to Evans, online sourcing is far more efficient than traditional sourcing, for both operators and service providers.

“We give the user control of selecting what they want, when they want it and from whom they want it,” he says. “With a live bidding event, we know they will get the best price the market is willing to bear.” And service providers are

exposed to new oppor-tunities for business.

ZAAK’s focus is to source products and services with similar specifications and multiple suppliers, such as surface rentals, tubulars, drilling rigs, rig moves, cementing, medical services, well-site accommodations, heavyweight drill string and line pipe.

In ZAAK’s system, which went live this past July, operators identify where and when their project will occur, highlight the product or service they will require for their project, then select the service providers they

MAXEN is a division of CCS Corporation, a Calgary-based firm providing integrated environmentally responsible solutions to the oil and gas industry in Canada and the United States. In 2009, CCS saw an opportunity to enter the logistics market and began developing a software system to link energy producers with trucking carriers.

“Internally, CCS Corporation moves between 1,200 and 1,500 trucking loads a day, so we knew there was a need for better scheduling and assurance that our carriers were qualified,” says MAXEN sales manager Rick Bellamy.

According to Bellamy, MAXEN’s elec-tronic platform is the first-ever electronic transportation bidding system designed for the energy industry.

“Similar systems have been developed in other industries, but MAXEN’s system is the first of its kind, that we know of, to meet the needs of energy companies,” he says. “And we are doing very well. We have been able to save our clients an average of 15 per cent per load.”

MAXEN has more than 530 trucking car-riers, representing over 6,000 units, signed up to receive requests for bids on its web-based system. All vendors who bid on a job are pre-qualified. When producers have entered their load requirements into the system at www.gomaxen.com, MAXEN posts the load to its load board and asks for competitive quotes from all of the carriers registered on the system.

“This system speeds up the quoting pro-cess. Putting in an order takes the user no time, and they are able to see the range of quotes very quickly,” Bellamy says. “We have created greater transparency in the market. Now, instead of having to spend all of their time making phone calls to get requests for proposals, energy producers can get this in-formation with just one easy step. We expose them to carriers they may not have known about. And vice versa — we expose carriers to new business opportunities. We can open them up to a greater number of clients, and

if you’ve got a truck sitting doing nothing, you can put it to work. This system increases efficiency and profitabil-ity for both sides, even during slower times.”

MAXEN also man-ages the system to create reports tailored to its clients’ needs. “You gain operational savings through better scheduling and project management,” Bellamy says. “We can report by location, project, com-modity, date and carrier, and we can send it to the client in one invoice per month. Issuing invoices this way saves our client significant administra-

tive time and money.”Ken Kingsmith, president of Alberta-based

Trendon Bit Service, a supplier of tri-cone and PDC drill bits to the energy industry, estimates that using MAXEN’s service saves his com-pany anywhere from $25 to $50 a shipment, or approximately 10 to 15 per cent per load.

“I’ve always had quick service and good pric-ing. It’s worked very well for me,” Kingsmith says. “It takes the guesswork out of the whole thing. If I’m shipping something from the U.S., I don’t have to go phon-ing a bunch of trucking companies. It saves me a lot of time and effort.”

For drilling engi-neers, the service offered by MAXEN is a solution to a number of challenges.

“It’s right up their alley — it allows them to deal with one vendor instead of two or more, and it guarantees them the best possible market price for transporta-tion,” says Brian Potter, southern Saskatchewan marketing repre-sentative with CCS Midstream Services.

An internal cus-tomer of MAXEN since last January, Graham Evans

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would like to see participate in their live sourcing event. Both sides can see the price and bidding activity as it takes place; however, the system does not identify the operator or bidders.

When the event closes, the service providers who have submitted the three lowest bids send in a proposal supporting their bid, which the operator can then download.

ZAAK also provides a fully transparent feedback module, where service providers and operators can describe their experience of the various companies they’ve dealt with.

“The feedback module allows both sides of the industry to create a reputation,” Evans says.

The concept of online sourcing exists in many industries. In the energy industry, “some operators have designed a similar product within their procurement group, but as far as we are aware, we are the first to offer something this unique as an independent, with these kinds of features and scale,” he adds.

“Our business model is very simple. We want to make it easy to use, highly secure and extremely effective. Our goal is simple: to support our members in running their business more efficiently, gaining access to new opportunities and experiencing the benefits of an innovative sourcing alternative.”

Adds Bellamy: “It’s a far easier way to communicate. It’s the way of the future. It’s something that can actually change the way the industry does business.”For more information about maXen’s services, contact rick Bellamy at (403) 718-1293.For more information about ZaaK Solutions, visit www.zaaksolutions.ca.

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safeT Y feaTure

Safety Alert (#14–2010)

Worker’s Hand Caught Between The Sheave And The Deadline

Description of incident:

A drilling crew was tripping out of the hole to retrieve a core barrel. They had just pulled two pipes and stopped for a flow check.The crew continued to pull the core barrel. The third pipe was racked back and the derrickhand leaned forward against his positioning lanyard and grabbed the deadline to stabilize the blocks from swinging. The elevators were latched onto pipe No. 4 and the driller began to hoist.The driller looked up to make sure everything was clear and then looked back at the weight indicator. The floorhands were getting the rotary tongs and slips ready. The driller was hoisting in second gear, between half and three-quarter throttle, so as not to dislodge the core.The derrickhand’s hand became caught between the sheave and the deadline. He yelled to the driller to stop. The blocks were lowered and he was able to remove his hand and climb down to the floor unassisted.The driller helped him remove his fall-arrest harness and the crew performed first aid. Medics responded and the injured worker was trans-ported to hospital for surgery. He lost a portion of three fingers on his right hand.

What caused it:

The derrickhand was distracted and his right hand was still on the deadline when the blocks reached monkeyboard height.

corrective actions:

➤ Signs will be installed at the monkeyboard level to remind workers of pinch points and moving equipment.Policy change: The derrickhand will stay back from the end of the diving board until the blocks are above him and the elevators are in the appropriate position. If at any point in the operation should the derrickhand put himself in a position where he is able to, or has grabbed onto the drill line, anyone who witnesses this will be responsible for alerting the driller. The driller will not allow the blocks to remain in motion while someone has a hand on the drill line or is in a position to do so.

➤ The blocks will remain at the floor until the derrickhand is fully hooked up. The derrickhand will proceed to the end of the diving board, signal to the driller that he is hooked up and then the driller may begin hoisting.Will be amended to say: the derrickhand must also stay back and remain in a safe position until the blocks are above his head.

contact:

For more information of event, please contact [email protected].

Incident Type: Failure to Follow Procedure

Release Date: June 28, 2010

location: Alberta, Canada

DISCLAIMER: This Safety Alert is designed to prevent similar incidents by communicating the information at the earliest possible opportunity. Accordingly, the information may change over time. It may be necessary to obtain updates from the source before relying upon the accuracy of the information contained herein. This material is presented for information purposes only. Managers and supervisors should evaluate this information to determine if it can be applied to their own situations and practices.

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Stats At A Glance

Drilling rig activity August 23, 2010

ACTIVE DOWN TOTAL % ACTIVE

Alberta 258 293 551 47%

Saskatchewan 84 46 130 65%

British Columbia 47 53 100 47%

Manitoba 20 2 22 91%

Western Canada Total 409 394 803 51%

Northwest Territories - 1 1 0%

Northern Canada Total - 1 1 0%

Ontario 1 - 1 100%

Quebec 2 1 3 67%

New Brunswick - 2 2 0%

Nova Scotia 1 - 1 100%

Newfoundland - 1 1 0%

eastern Canada Total 4 4 8 50%

Canada Total 413 399 812 51%

Service rig activity August 23, 2010

ACTIVE DOWN TOTAL % ACTIVE

Alberta 340 314 654 52%

Saskatchewan 134 63 197 68%

British Columbia 13 14 27 48%

Manitoba 14 1 15 93%

Western Canada Total 501 392 893 56%

Northwest Territories - 1 1 0%

Northern Canada Total - 1 1 0%

Quebec - 2 2 0%

eastern Canada Total - 2 2 0%

Canada Total 501 395 896 56%

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Information in this publication may be sourced through a variety of contributors. Members are encouraged to email their suggestions regarding articles, general content, and statistical graphs and charts to: Dale Lunan at [email protected]

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