Thursday, October 19 2023

Wednesday, Oct 18, 2023 midnight
Multi-day Event
General Meeting

     The 58th General Meeting of the ISCWSA was held in San Antonio, Texas in conjunction with the SPE ATCE. The meetings took take place in the Pavilion, Hilton Palacio del Rio, next to the Convention Center on Thursday October 19th, with Sub-committee workgroup meetings were on Wednesday October 18th.

 

     There was a Networking Event on Wednesday evening, thanks to SuperiorQC for sponsoring this event.

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Meeting Minutes to be posted here soon.

 

Introduction Hans Dreisig  (Total Energies)
ISCWSA Program Chair
Introduction
Progam Agenda Hans Dreisig  (TotalEnergies)
 ISCWSA Program Chair
Schedule and Program Review
Technical Presentation Georgy Rassadkin  (Gunnar Energy Services) Comparative Analysis of Five Different Magnetic Ranging Methods Used for Wellbore Intersections 
Sub-Committee Update Marc Willerth for Andy McGregor
(H&P Technologies)
Error Model Maintenance  -
Sub-committee activity Report
Technical Presentation Walter Philips (Wansco) Long-Term Effects of Wellbore Geometry on Mechanical Production Systems 
Administration Report Robert Wylie
(xnDrilling, Inc.)
Treasurer's Report
Coffee Break   kindly sponsored by
still open for sponsors !
Sub-Committee Update Darren Aklestad (SLB) Collision Avoidance
Sub-committee activity Report.
Technical Presentation Josh Albright (SuperiorQC) Validation of Well Placement within Planned Ellipse of Uncertainty 
Administration Report Phil Harbidge (Expro) Webmaster update
Technical Presentation Hans Dreisig (TotalEnergies) Denis Reynaud PathControl Comparison Of Stationary Versus Non-Stationary Mwd Surveys To Justify A Pragmatic Use Of Non Stationary Mwd Surveys 
Sub-Committee Update Mahmoud Elgizawy (SLB)
Robert Wylie (xnDrilling)
Education - Wellbore Surveying Course;
Sub-committee activity Report.
Lunch   kindly sponsored by
Gunnar Energy Services
Elections Marc Willerth
(H&P Technologies)
Positions up for election:
Administration Report Marc Willerth
(H&P Technologies)
Membership Chair  - 1. Program Chair  2. Membership Chairperson  3. Two Directors at Large
Technical Presentation Nicolas Zachman (SLB) Well Risk Management and Automated Survey Correction Platforms 
Sub-Committee Update

Jonathan Lightfoot
(Occidental Petroleum)

Mike Calkins (ThreeSigmaWellDesign.com)

OWSG / API RP78
Sub-committee activity Report.

Mike Calkins - Survey Uncertainty Quantification with R: Need for an Explicit Definition of the Chi-Square Tests

Technical Presentation Rustam Rakmangulov (KM Technology) Challenges and Innovations Needed in Definitive Survey Database Management 
Sub-Committee Update Phil Harbidge (Expro) Survey QA/QC, Drilling Data Quality and Uncertainty Description  -  Sub-committee activity Report
Technical Presentation John Hernandez (SLB) Meeting the challenge of increasing solar activity with automated survey analysis and quality control. 
Coffee Break   kindly sponsored by
still open for sponsors !
Technical Presentation Andrew Pare (HP Inc) Myths and Misconceptions of the Magnetic Field 
Sub-Committee Update Benny Poedjono / Jamie Dorey
(Independent  / SDI)
Wellbore Intercept  - Sub-committee activity Report: 
Technical Presentation Nico Cosca (HP Inc) Enhancing Wellbore Quality and Decision Making Through the Analysis of Cross-Axial Magnetometer Bias Errors 
Closeout Hans Dreisig
 (Total Energies) - ISCWSA Program Chair
Closeout