CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVE Lonnie Kerley Plains Exploration

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1 January 2009 West Coast Driller A Publication of the West Coast American Association of Drilling Engineers P.O. Box 9953, Bakersfield, CA A.A.D.E. Monthly Technical Forum Jan 15th, 2009 Speaker: Various Topic: Time: Place: Cost: Operators Forecast 5:30 Social Hour 6:30 Dinner 7:00 Presentation Rice Bowl $20, if RSVP by COB on Wed., Nov 19th $25 after RSVP: Patti or Patti.Holliday@Halliburton.com Board of Directors OFFICERS President Fred Holmes Key Energy st VP Carl Simonson Chevron nd VP Frank Hutton Oxy of Elk Hills Treasurer Bud Frederick Driltek Secretary David Arias Halliburton CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVE Lonnie Kerley Plains Exploration STEERING COMMITTEE Brian Briggs Aera Energy Jim Fox Driltek Bob French Geo Drilling Fluids Dave Guerrero J.D. Rush Merritt Hayslett San Joaquin Bit From the President Fred Holmes "IT S TIME TO HUN- KER DOWN ". July 3, 2008 Kern River crude posted price: $ December 19, 2008 Kern River crude posted price: $ Oil prices fell so far and so fast that no one could react. Now, the reactions from producers and service companies will be dramatic. Many projects have been cancelled or put on hold. January 15, 2009 is the A.A.D.E. Operator s Meeting - AKA (Liar s Club). This will be a very important and interesting meeting. Each oil company s presentation will include the number of wells to be drilled as well as the capital available for drilling in The Operator s Meeting is always very well attended. PLEASE RSVP TO PATTI AT HALLIBUR- TON BY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14 TH - IF YOU PLAN TO AT- TEND THE MEETING. Patti.holliday@halliburton. com Dennis Lovett Terra-Gen Power Jeff Quintana Vintage Pat Sullivan Halliburton Tim Zdarko Aera Energy It is my pleasure to serve as your A.A.D.E. president Fred S. Holmes

2 January 2009 Page 2 News Briefs Bob French Happy New Year to everyone!!! It looks as if our economy will be considerably slower in all areas, not just the Oil Industry in the coming year. Let s all hope that the powers that be can turn the page and somehow use more wisdom to get us out of this economic mess than they could muster while getting us in it. In the mean time the oil price has bounced up a little from its low, let s hope it continues to move up. We have not had a meeting since November at which time John Postle was the speaker and did a great job on casing wear and hardbanding. We really appreciate him coming out to speak to us. We had a pretty good turn out even though we were competing with the Geothermal Golf Tournament and some other events here in town. We have two events this month, first is our monthly forum meeting which is always our largest turn out for the year for a regular meeting. I expect it will be again because everyone wants to know what the companies are planning this year. There should be about eight of the busiest companies there to talk about their drilling plans for Then on Friday the next day we will have our Steve Thomas Semi-Annual Sporting Clay Shoot at Five Dogs Range. Be sure to get signed up for both of these events, for the meeting call or Patti and for the Shoot, the entry form is included in this newsletter. Help keep the AADE strong this year by attending the regular forum meetings and participating in the Golf tournament in March and the Shoot this month and the one in May. We always appreciate any articles of interest for the newsletter, so if you have something, contact me, Bob French or bfrench@geodf.com. Bob French bfrench@geodf.com (661) AADE CALENDAR /15/09: Annual Operators Forecast 1/16/09: Sporting Clay Shoot 2/19/08: Monthly Technical Forum 3/20/08: Golf Tournament 4/16/08: Monthly Technical Forum 5/15/08: Sporting Clay Shoot This schedule is tentative and may by subject to change.

3 MWSS Crude Pricing 10/15/08-01/05/2009 $70.00 $60.00 $50.00 $40.00 $30.00 $20.00 $10.00 $- 10/15/08 10/22/08 10/29/08 11/5/08 11/12/08 11/19/08 11/26/08 12/3/08 12/10/08 12/17/08 12/24/08 12/31/08 Lucky Member Cindy Callaway Lucky Me! Happy New Year to all. I hope the year to come is prosperous and fulfilling for all! Good health. Too! I would like to first thank you for the Fifty dollars. I put a new pair of shoes on my horse with a little added extra money added to it. My last years of school was in Ojai Ca. Landed in Bakersfield Ca. Cheaper I met Jim Callaway in 1989 been together every since. I have a daughter Crystal she is 26, two grand children Natalie 7, and Nathan 2. I work for Halliburton in the Procurement Dept. Don t know for how long? But I enjoy it, I like the people I work with two and a half days a week. The rest of the time goes to Jim and my horses. Jim will tell you horses mostly. We had a great Thanksgiving dinner with Kyle Callaway my stepson and his family. Christmas was great I cooked a great meal, everyone was full and happy and ready for the after turkey nap! Favorite saying: Any day on a horse is a good day! Any day back on the same horse is an even better day!

4 STEVE THOMAS SEMI-ANNUAL SPORTING CLAYS SHOOT SPONSORED BY THE A.A.D.E Come out and join us at Five Dogs Shooting Range for a day of Shooting, eating, prizes and just having fun. DATE: January 16, 2009 TIME: Registration starts at 7:00am Shoot starts at 9:00am COST: Shoot and Lunch - $ per person Lunch only - $10.00 per person Shooting will be limited to the first 40 teams - so get your applications in early. Lunch, awards, and prizes follow shoot. AADE Membership is REQUIRED. Entry deadline is January 12,2009 * Please note that there is only one starting time, we will be shooting the 20 stations. PLEASE HELP SUPPORT THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND by BEING A STATION SPONSOR or DONATING A PRIZE for THE RAFFLE!!! ********************************************************************************** SHOOTER COMPANY PHONE MEMBERSHIP ENTRY FEE $15 $125 Shooting Time: 9:00 a.m. Station Sponsorship Donation - $ Checks, Visa & Master Card accepted: Method of payment: VISA MasterCard Check TOTAL DUE: $ Card Number Exp. Date Zip Code & Billing Address Print Name (as it appears on card) Signature Please make checks payable to: A.A.D.E P.O. Box 9953, Bakersfield, CA Questions or Donations, call Pat Sullivan at or Merritt Hayslett at

5 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF DRILLING ENGINEERS 2009 NATIONAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION March 31 st April 2 nd 2009 New Orleans, LA CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The 2009 American Association of Drilling Engineers National Technical Conference & Exhibition is scheduled for Tuesday, March 31 st through Thursday, April 2 nd 2009 in New Orleans. Registration information for this event will be available beginning in end-august The theme of the 2009 Conference is Unlocking the Potential: Sustaining Drilling Performance. The goal is to share knowledge, best practices, new technologies, and improvements to existing technologies with a focus on case studies as related to the well construction (drilling, completions, production technology) industry. The technical sessions will cover a wide array of topics including (but not limited to) drilling technology, case studies, implications to production / completion systems, HS&E, US play types and challenges, emerging technologies and a number of additional topics. In addition, an exhibit hall with contractor presentations and a student section poster contest will be available for participants. Preliminary Instructions for Abstracts: Additional information on Abstract Submission will be forthcoming and available on the AADE website at in August. Deadline for submission of abstracts will be November 15 th, with notifications made shortly thereafter. All presentations will be required to submit a 3-5 page paper in conjunction with the presentation. If interested, submit a one or two paragraph abstract via with the subject line 2009 AADE National Conference to Nicole Baird (Nicole.Baird@Shell.com) or Lisa Grant (Lisa.Grant@shell.com). Please include the author(s) name(s), company and contact information, society affiliations, and presenting author. The abstract is used strictly to determine whether or not the presentation is suitable for the Conference. Submissions are open to all industry organizations, including student AADE sections. For More / Additional Information, please contact: Nicole Baird, 2009 Conference Chairperson. (Nicole.baird@shell.com) Lisa Grant, Technical Content. (Lisa.Grant@shell.com) Paul Vining, Exhibitors / Sponsorship. (paul.vining@hudsonservicesinc.com) Benny Manuel, Student Member Liaison. (bmanuel@offshorees.com)

6 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF DRILLING ENGINEERS MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION DATE: Chapter Affiliation (please check one of the following): Dallas/ New West Permian Mid- Anchorage Fort Worth Houston Lafayette Orleans Coast Denver Basin Continent Alaska $20.00 $20.00 $15.00 $15.00 $15.00 $25.00 $15.00 $25.00 $20.00 Last Name First Name MI Company Title Business Phone Address Fax City St. Zip Code Business Type: (Please circle one) (10) Oil and Gas Producer (20) Engineering/Operations Consulting (30) Environmental (40) Equipment/Service Supply Company (50) Consumable Product/Service Supply Company (60) Drilling Contractor (70) Governmental or Regulatory Agency (80) Other Job Function: (Please circle one) (A) Management (B) Engineering (C) Operations (D) Technical Support/Service (E) Research and Development (F) Field Service/Technician (G) Training (H) Purchasing (I) Marketing/Sales (J) Other Address AADE FORM No. 020 (8/94) Rev. 05/21/2008 NEW ORLEANS: LAFAYETTE: HOUSTON: DALLAS/FT. WORTH: WEST COAST: DENVER: PERMIAN BASIN: MID-CONTINENT: ALASKA: Member No. Mail Form and Payment direct to appropriate Chapter(s). CHAPTERS: PO Box New Orleans LA PO Box Lafayette LA PO Box Houston TX PO Box Dallas TX PO Box 9953 Bakersfield CA Attn: Pat Lawson - c/o M-I/Swaco th St. #1000 Denver CO PO Box Midland TX PO Box Oklahoma City OK PO Box Anchorage AK AADE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS: (Do not mail Dues Payment to this address) P.O. Box , Houston, TX Fax: carolynberry@att.net