Technical Agenda

Workshop day 1, 10:00-11:00

Session 1: Drilling a Well - Uncertainties and Risks

Session Chairmen: Mamdouh Mahfouz, Intro Group and Ali Salem

1000-1015

Session 1.1: Overview and Challenges including Economics

1015-1030

Session 1.2: Project Framework and Design (Geomechanics-Resevoir)

1030-1045

Session 1.3: Every well is different

1045-1100

Session 1.4: Contracts, Legislation and Insurance

1345-1445

Session 2: Drilling Equipment and New Technology

Session Chairmen: Adel Youssef, Schlumberger and Mahmoud Shawkat, Baker Hughes

1345-1400

Session 2.1: Rig Technology - Onshore/Offshore

1415-1430

Session 2.2: Drilling Bits

1430-1445

Session 2.3: Hole Openings/Coring

1445-1500

Session 2.4: Well Heads

 

workshop day 2, 0905-1005

Session 3: Formation Damage Mitigation

Session Chairmen: Mohamed Nashaat, BP and Tamer El Mahdy, Red Back Drilling tools

1005-1020

Session 3.1: MPD - Managed Pressure Drilling, Wael Ibrahim Amin El Sherbeny

1020-1035

Session 3.2: New Drilling and Completion Fluids

1035-1050

Session 3.3: Intelligent Completion Technologies

1050-1105

Session 3.4: Zonal Isolation

1245-1345

Session 4: Case Histories

Session Chairmen: Essam Fattah, MIDCO and Ahmed Samir, Halliburton

1245-1300

Session 4.1: The impact on the industry post GOM incident

1300-1315

Session 4.2: Case history offshore

1315-1330

Session 4.3: Case history onshore