Friday, March 10 2023
ISCWSA #57 - Stavanger, Norway
The 57th General Meeting of the ISCWSA was held in conjunction with the SPE/IADC Drilling Conference in March 2023, in Stavanger, Norway, hosted by Equinor at the Equinor Business Center in Forus.
Error Model, Collision Avoidance, Survey QAQC, Education and Well Intercept Subcommittee meetings were held on Thursday March 9th, with the General Meeting on Friday March 10th.
AkerBP kindly sponsored a Networking event on the evening of March 9th.
ISCWSA#58 will be held in San Antonio in October 2023.
ISCWSA main meeting 57 presentations links are below:
Minutes of Meeting to be uploaded here soon.
| Introduction | Adrián Ledroz (Gyrodata) ISCWSA Chair |
Introduction |
| Progam Agenda | Hans Dreisig (TotalEnergies) ISCWSA Programme Chair |
Schedule and Program Review |
| Technical Presentation | Manoj Nair (NOAA) | A Proper Use of the Adjacent Land-Based Observatory Magnetic Field Data to Account for the Geomagnetic Disturbances During Offshore Directional Drilling |
| Sub-Committee Update | Andy McGregor (H&P Technologies) |
Error Model Maintenance - Sub-committee activity Report |
| Technical Presentation | Sigve Hovda (NTNU) |
Prediction of instantous wellpath while drilling |
| Administration Report TO BE UPLOADED SOON | Robert Wylie (xnDrilling, Inc.) |
Treasurer's Report |
| Coffee Break | kindly sponsored by Equinor | |
| Sub-Committee Update | Darren Aklestad (SLB) | Collision Avoidance Sub-committee activity Report. |
| Technical Presentation | Ross Lowdon (SLB) | Geothermal drilling - the need for advanced surveying |
| Administration Report | Phil Harbidge (PDHWellplacement) | Webmaster update |
| Technical Presentation | Mohamed Elshabrawy and Grace Nnorom (Shell) | Real-time Survey Data QC |
| Sub-Committee Update | Mahmoud Elgizawy (SLB) Robert Wylie (xnDrilling) |
Education - Wellbore Surveying Course; Sub-committee activity Report. |
| Lunch | kindly sponsored by Equinor | |
| Administration Report | Marc Willerth (H&P Technologies) |
Membership Chair |
| Technical Presentation | Brett VanSteenwyk (Algorithms and Analytical Thinking) |
Multistation: Updates and Validation |
| Sub-Committee Update | Jonathan Lightfoot recorder / stand-in (Occidental Petroleum) |
OWSG / API RP78 Sub-committee activity Report |
| Technical Presentation | Chad Hanak (SupriorQC) | Validation Testing Survey Correction Software |
| Sub-Committee Update | Phil Harbidge (PDHWellplacement) | Survey QA/QC, Drilling Data Quality and Uncertainty Description - Sub-committee activity Report |
| Technical Presentation | Angus Jamieson (HPInc) | 10 Reasons why your new idea won't work |
| Coffee Break | kindly sponsored by Equinor | |
| Technical Presentation | Alex Neves (Gyrodata) |
Definitive Survey Methodology - Update to an Old Concept for Higher Reliability |
| Sub-Committee Update | Benny Poedjono / Jamie Dorey (Independent / SDI) |
Wellbore Intercept - Sub-committee activity Report |
| Technical Presentation | Xiong Li (Xcalibur Multiphysics) | From Magnetic Data to Basement Depth to IFR Model |
| Closeout NO SLIDES | Adrián Ledroz (Gyrodata) - ISCWSA Chair |
Closeout - Must be out of building by 17:00 |