New Orleans Driller. FEBRUARY, 2011 Volume 24, Number 2. March Monthly Meeting. Thursday, March 3, :30 am 1:00 pm (Doors open at 11:15)

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1 FEBRUARY, 2011 Volume 24, Number 2 Speaker: Topic: Note: March Monthly Meeting Thursday, March 3, :30 am 1:00 pm (Doors open at 11:15) Pan American Building 601 Poydras Street 11 th Floor New Orleans, LA Cost: $25 prepaid/$35 door John Peters - Chevron Update on API RP 96, WCID, Containment and Permitting Mr. Peters will be taking open questions to address people's specific concerns/questions on impending regulatory changes. If one has a specific question before the talk, cards will be available for submission. As always, there will also be an opportunity for open questions following the session. register via or contact Ms. Rose Bourgeois Rose.Bourgeois@crescentdrilling.com Table of Contents March Monthly Meeting Page 1 Membership Renewal Page 2 15 TH Annual Deepwater Symposium Page 3 AADE National Tech. Conference Page 4 Donation to L.S.U. Pate 5 AADE 2011 Golf Tournament Page 6-8 New Orleans Driller President AADE Officers 2011 Steve StAmand Century Exploration 1 st V.P. Lisa Grant Shell E&P Co. 2 nd V.P. Travis Webre Chevron USA Secretary Treasurer Chapter Rep. Diane Miller Pellerins Tubular Svc/ Chad LeBlanc Gulf Stream Services Bob Vaughn Bourbon Offshore Inc. Steering Committee 2012 Bob Freeman Connection Specialists John C. Prince Eni Petroleum Will Pecue Taylor Energy Co Bob Vaughn Bourbon Offshore Inc. Paul Vining Hudson Services 2010 Joseph Leimkuhler Shell E&P Company Rick Farmer Technical Forum Social Activities Newsletter & Admin. Assistant Registration UNO Nicholls State LSU Tulane Crescent Drilling Committee Members Zach Phillips Shell E&P Company Joyce Pokey Orr Premier Pipe Earleen Solomon Shell E&P Company Rose Bourgeois Crescent Drilling Earleen Solomon Shell E&P Company Student Section Advisors Bob Vaughn Bourbon Offshore Inc. Ty Rivet Crescent Drilling Chad LeBlanc Gulf Stream Services Will Pecue Taylor Energy Co. Alex Lawler

2 REMINDER PLEASE GO TO THE AADE NEW ORLEANS WEBSITE AND RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP

3 The 15 th Annual Deepwater Symposium will be held August 11 and 12, 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana. Hilton Riverside AADE will be the Sponsorship Lead and Joe Leimkuhler, Shell E&P Company, will serve as the Overall Chair. Mark your calendars and visit the website below in the coming months for more information.

4 The American Association of Drilling Engineers will host a National Technical Conference and Exhibition "Drilling Ahead" featuring improvements and innovations in drilling and completion technology. This conference will be of interest to persons with major operators, independents, drilling contractors, service companies, government, academia, equipment and materials manufacturers. Because there is a limited capacity for this event, we recommend advanced registration. Click on the link below to register online and reserve your seat. Click Here to Register Online Or click below to download the conference registration form Conference Registration Form The event details are as follows: Event Name: 2011 AADE National Technical Conference and Exhibition Date(s): April 12-14, 2011 Location: Hilton Houston North, Greenspoint Dr, Houston TX o Room Reservations: o $139/night rate if made prior to 3/15/11 Early Registration: o $ per delegate if registered by March 18 th. o $ for Early One-Day Registration. o $ For Seniors 65 and older (proof of age required) o For all walk-ins and late registrants (after March 18th) - The full registration cost will be $ The one day only registration fee will be $ Full Registration includes: o Admission to all technical papers and poster sessions o Access to exhibition hall o Daily continental breakfast o Cocktail hour (April 12th) o Conference Luncheons (April 12 & 13) o Houston Chapter luncheon (April 14th) o One digital copy of the proceedings Keynote Speaker: Keith Millheim, Managing Director, Nautilus International Houston Chapter Luncheon Speaker: Michael Berry, o Talk Show Host, News Radio 740 KTRH & The KPRC Plenary Session Title: "Drilling Optimization" For Booth & Sponsorship opportunities, contact Robin Gannon, Exhibits Chair at robin714@att.net. Visit for full information or contact the American Association of Drilling Engineers - Phone: info@aade.org

5 The New Orleans Chapter of AADE donated $20,000 in December 2010 to the Craft and Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering at LSU for the Well Control Teaching Laboratory Support Fund. AADE s intentions are to support the local universities by helping produce graduates for the Petroleum Industry. It seems fitting that AADE could provide some financial support directly into well control training, especially after last year s GOM tragedy. These funds are dedicated to supporting PETE 4060 Well Control Lab classes for the Spring and Spring Intersession of There is a total of 77 students who will take and complete the lab this year. There was a higher than usual number of students that needed to take this course. Extra lab sessions were needed to allow more students to take the senior drilling class next fall and graduate in a timely manner. The extra sessions of the PETE 4060 lab also create additional part time jobs for PETE Seniors who serve as assistant lab instructors. AADE received the following note from L.S.U.: Your support is instrumental in helping to fund the unique, full-scale activities in this lab, in keeping the lab sections small enough to be effective, and in having knowledgeable instructors to teach them. Examples of the impact of that support include all of the spring sections having already seen a gas kick circulated out from a 6000 well, which they will do it themselves later in the semester and each of the students operating the choke and then the pump during a pump start up beginning this week. Your continued cooperation and support is very much appreciated, John Rogers Smith, P.E., Ph.D. Associate Professor Craft and Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering Louisiana State University

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