The Education Sub-Committee is an advisory body dedicated to raising awareness of wellbore positioning practices and challenges within the drilling industry through workshops, webinars, e-books, public lectures, and other media.
Please contact Mahmoud Elgizawy if you would like to participate in this subcommittee.
Since its inception, the sub-committee has been involved in organizing SPE Applied Technology Workshops as a method of raising awareness of wellbore positioning issues to the broader industry. The workshop “Collision Avoidance and Wellbore Interceptions – Hits and Misses” was held in Inverness Scotland, Denver Colorado, Istanbul Turkey, and Galveston Texas. The workshop content was then expanded to become "Well Placement Best Practice for Increasing Value and Reducing Consequence.”
The Education sub-committee has editorial control for updates and expansion of the Joint Industry Project e-books "Introduction to Wellbore Positioning” and "Well Intercept." The e-books are living documents, and continue to be developed. The "Introduction to Wellbore Positioning” e-book is being translated into Spanish.
The Education sub-committee has developed an on-line competency course based on the Wellbore Positioning e-book. ISCWSA Wellbore Positiong Course. Using a mixture of videos, training exercises, and self-study material, it covers subjects such as mapping and geodesy, directional drilling, surveying, survey uncertainties, and high accuracy directional drilling.
More details can be found at
Students who are elgibile for a scholarship and are willing to commit 4-6 hours per week throughout the eight-week course are encouraged to fill out the application below to apply for scholarship.
You're invited to participate in an exciting Virtual Directional Drilling Competition hosted by ISCWSA, where your skills will be put to the test in a simulated drilling environment! Using directional drilling simulation software, you'll navigate through challenging well path and showcase your expertise in directional drilling.
ISCWSA acknoweldgement of long time contributors
| Position | Name | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Chair | Mahmoud Elgizawy | MElgizawy@slb.com |