Preliminary Technical Agenda  

Wednesday, 16 September

Session I: Well Control on Drilling, Completion, and Workover Operations
Session Chairpersons: Shiniti Ohara, Devon; Edwin Badani, Repsol Bolivia

Speaker 1:     Alfonso Humberto Celia Silva, Petrobras
“Well Control Operations in Cased Wells”

Speaker 2:     Halliburton
“TBD”

Speaker 3:     Transocean
“TBD”

Session  II: Well Control in Deepwater, Complex Wells and Mature Fields
Session Chairpersons: Alfonso Celso Celia Silva, Petrobras

Speaker 1:     Fred Ng, Wild Well
“Well Control in HPHT Well with Simultaneous Loss and Gain”

Speaker 2:     TBD
“Well Control Aspects in Exploratory Drilling in Brazil”

Speaker 3:     TBD
“Well Control Aspects in Casing Drilling”

Session III: Well-Control Equipment
Session Chairpersons: Emmanuel Nogueira, Petrobras; Orlando Scaringi    Filho, Petrobras

Speaker 1:     Andy Hill, Schlumberger
“Well Control during Completion Operations in Deepwater                          Developments”

Speaker 2:     Roger Stave, ARG
“RMR & CMP - Impact on Well Control”

Speaker 3:     Sara Shayegi , Halliburton
"Meeting Well Control challenges with Managed Pressure                           Drilling”

Session IV: Blowout Control and Contingency Planning
Session Chairpersons: Jim LaGrone and John Walters, Boots and Coots       International

Speaker 1:     Jim Lagrone, Boots and Coots International
“TBD”

Speaker 2:     John Walters, Boots and Coots International
“TBD”

Thursday, 17 September

Session V: New Technologies
Session Chairpersons: Carlos Roberto Derossi and Guilherme Siqueira Vanni, Petrobras

Speaker 1: Jerolme Schubert - Texas A&M University
“What' really new - new technologies in well control around the world”

Speaker 2: Corrado Lupo, Schlumberger
 “Systems Downhole Pressure Real-time Measurements and Managed
  Pressure Drilling Techniques Influence Over Conventional Well Control”

Speaker 3: Marcelo A. P. Batocchio- Hallibuton
“Control Valves and Monitoring – Challenges and Development for Special 
 Applications”

Session VI: Training and Competence
Session Chairpersons: Steve Kropla, IADC

Speaker 1: Steve Kropla-IADC
“Building a Well Control Culture with WellCAP “

Speaker 2: Valdo Ferreira Rodrigues-Petrobras 
"Well Engineering Training and Education – Developing and Maintaining
 Critical Competencies in a Major Operator “

Speaker 3: Otto Luiz Alcantara Santos-Petrobras
“Ways to Successfully Reduce the Well Blowouts “

Session VII: Well-Control Regulations and Risk Analysis
Session Chairpersons: Angela Vargas, Schlumberger; Nilo de Moura Jorge, Petrobras

Speaker 1: Luiz Fernando Oliveira, DNV Energy Solutions South America
“Concept Selection for Well Control in an HPHT Field Using an Enterprise
 Risk  Management Approach”

Speaker 2: Carlos Magno Couto Jacinto, Petrobras/CENPES
“Applications of risk analysis techniques in well safety in PETROBRAS: a
 quantitative approach”

Speaker 3: Gerard Cuvillier, Schlumberger
“Well Control Rules and Regulations”

Session VIII: Well-Control Strategy/Philosophy as an Integral Part of Well Design
Session Chairpersons: Thomas M. Wadsworth

Speaker 1: Daniel F. Eby, Cudd Well Control
“TBD”