April 2010 Page 1 West Coast DrillerWest Coast Driller

A Publication of the West Coast American Association of Drilling Engineers P.O. Box 9953, Bakersfield, CA 93389

www.aade.org April 2010

A.A.D.E. Monthly Technical Forum

April 15, 2010

Speakers Eric Epton

Baker Hughes Topic

Real Time Well Tool Face Information

Time

5:30-Social Hour 6:30-Dinner

7:00-Presentation

Place Coconut Joes Banquet Hall

Cost

$20 if RSVP

RSVP Ariana Enriquez

334-3600 or Ariana.Enriquez@Halliburton.com

2009-10 Board of Directors OFFICERS President Carl Simonson Chevron 654-7206 1st VP Frank Hutton Oxy of Elk Hills 412-5346 2nd VP Dennis Lovett Terra-Gen 760-764-1300 Treasurer Bud Frederick Driltek 327-3021 Secretary David Arias Halliburton 334-3601 CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVE Lonnie Kerley Plains Exploration 395-5204 STEERING COMMITTEE Regan Braseth Chevron 654-7523 John Hood Vintage 869-8000 Brad Elliot Seneca Res. 391-3545 Jason Mundorf SJ Bit 834-3233 Jim Fox Driltek 327-3021 Jeff Quintana Oxy 412-5382

Travis Adams GEO 325-5919 Pat Sullivan Halliburton 334-3600 Dave Guerrero J.D. Rush 392-1900 Tim Zdarko Aera 665-5356 Fred Holmes Key Energy 763-1537 Kevin Jeffreys SLB 333-4876

Your Tax Dollars At Work - Really Last Friday I had the opportunity to visit Los Alamos National Labo-ratory (LANL) in New Mexico. Many of you may remember Los Ala-mos as the home of the Manhattan Project and birthplace of the atomic bomb. Today, the lab supports a wide range of scientific research and engineering from ge-nome sequencing to the energy industry. Some-one said there are more PhD’s at Los Alamos than anyplace else in the world and I can believe that.

From the President

available on the LANL web-site (which is pretty interest-ing, especially if you’re a tech nerd). A couple of the technologies that may even-tually benefit the drilling industry are acoustic particle separation and nano technol-ogy. While the potential for acoustic particle separation may be obvious to anyone that has ever stood by a shaker, nano technology may leave you scratching your head - as it did me. I learned that nano refers to both very tiny things (like

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Congress has authorized LANL to partner with private industry to “move technologies from the lab to the mar-ketplace to benefit soci-ety and the U.S. econ-omy.” In this case, the government got it right: Allowing this technol-ogy to benefit everyone is huge. During my visit, I was able to see some of the projects and technologies. While I can’t comment on spe-cific projects, I can say something about the technologies, since they are public knowledge

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About the Speaker: Topic: Real Time Well Tool Face Information Reduces Directional Uncertainty and Risks in Difficult Sidetracks Bio: Eric Epton is the Directional Drilling Coordinator for Baker Hughes INTEQ in Bakersfield, CA. He has previously worked as a Directional Drilling Coordinator and Drilling Engineer for Baker Hughes INTEQ in Houston, TX. He started his career as a Field Engineer for Schlumberger in various US Land locations. He is holds a BS in Petroleum Engineer-ing from Louisiana State Univer-sity.

Abstract: The advent of real time drilling dynamics tools has intro-duced new downhole measurements to the drilling environment. These measurements can be used to pre-cisely and accurately define well-bore geometry. By using known survey information and realtime definition of the wellbore geometry, an accurate calculation can be made to determine wellbore position even in the presence of magnetic interfer-ence without the use of gyros. The presentation will cover the methodology of this practice and a case history.

Eric Epton | West Coast Direc-tional Drilling Coordinator Baker Hughes | USL Operations Office: 661.282.2326 | Fax: 661.834.2450 Cell: 832.248.5727 | eric.epton@bakerhughes.com http://www.bakerhughes.com | Ad-vancing Reservoir Performance

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carbon nanotubes) and controlling properties on a molecular scale. Nano-scale design may yield the strongest metals known to mankind. Don’t hold your breath; I doubt we’ll be making drill strings out of nano-metals any time soon, but they have already applied diamond nano-composites to drill bits so you may soon be drilling with nano technol-ogy!

Please remember, our next technical forum is on April 15th at Coconut Joe’s. I hope to see you all there!

Carl Simonson office: (661)654-7206 Email: csim@chevron.com

Metal made from nano-layers of copper and niobium (LANL).

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ing at Coconut Joe’s for Baker Hughes presentation! Travis Adams Office: (661)325-5919 Email: travis@geodf.com

Nice weather has arrived! Well an-other great AADE golf tournament. As always lots of great food and fun made for a perfect day on the golf course. Thanks to everyone who supported the AADE golf tourna-ment this year and thanks to Dave for another great tournament. It would be great if everyone from the golf tournament came out to support the sporting clay shoot coming up May 14th. The sporting clay shoots are always a lot of fun and a great stress reliever. The jackets we got at the last shoot were especially nice. On to the technical forum, this month we will be hearing from Eric Epton with Baker Hughes Inteq on Real Time Well Tool Face Informa-tion Reducing Directional Uncer-tainty and Risks in Difficult Side-tracks. Directional drilling is always a interesting topic. The technology in the directional department seems

to be advancing at a rapid pace. It’s always a good idea to stay up to date with new technology . You never know when it might improve your drilling program. Attached to the newsletter this month is the flier for the 34th annual Boy Scouts golf tournament. This is the 100th anniversary for the Boy Scouts of America and a record turnout at this years golf tournament would be a great way to support our local Boy Scouts. The tournament will be held on June 18th at Stock-dale Country Club. Please see the attached flier for more details. The AADE board is work-ing on setting up Pay Pal so all AADE events can be paid for ahead of time and with a credit card. We feel this will make things easier on everyone’s expense accounts. I hope to see everyone at the monthly technical forum meet

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I grew up in South Louisiana (Houma). I attended Nicholls State University and finished school in Orlando, Florida with a degree in golf course management. After working in the golf industry, I joined Smith International, Inc. in 2008, completing their extensive training program. I then relocated to Bakersfield, California where I am now a salesman with Smith.

Lucky Member of the Month—Kevin Killian

AADE CALENDAR—2010

2/18: Monthly Technical Forum

3/19: Golf Tournament

4/15: Monthly Technical Forum

5/14: Clay Shoot

This schedule is tentative and may be subject to

change

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1st 2010 AADE West Coast Chapter Invitational Golf Tournament

I hope we all had a good time this year. This year is not only special since it was the first invitational AADE golf tournament, but also the great weather we were blessed with. I would like to again thank and remember our Armed Forces currently fighting in Af-ghanistan, Iraq and around the world. Because of their loyalty and dedication we are able to enjoy days such as this. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Honor Guard was on hand to sound out a taps tribute to Roger Gunning who served in the US Navy and is no longer with us. I will always re-member him as a strong supporter of our AADE Golf Tournament and a good friend to many of us. Sponsors and the generosity of our members all create an atmosphere that everyone en-joys every year; because of those efforts we were able to once again raise a significant amount of money for scholarship awards. I would like to recognize our Sponsors and individuals who make this tournament a suc-cess. Grand Prize Raffle Sponsor San Joaquin Bit Service: $ 2500.00 Pebble Beach U.S. Open – Brad Peters, Merritt Hayslett, Jerry Mejia, Mike Kennedy, Jason Mundorf Diamond Sponsors: - $ 2,000.00 Aera LLC-Tim Zdarko, Lane Wilburn, Jim Autrey Ensign United States Drilling – Larry Lorenz

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Platinum Sponsors: - $ 1,000.00 ELCO Inc. – Ed Ganzinotti & Andy Locklear Golden State Drilling – Greg Weaver Schlumberger – Bob Pelletier Weatherford – Richie Arias & Tim Ludeman Gold Sponsors: - $ 500.00 B&L Casing – Larry & Brian Jenkins Cameron – Keith Smith Champion Technologies – Jason Bergstrom Downhole Stabilization – Mike Jarboe DrilTek – Jim Fox Geo Drilling Fluids – Jim Clifford & Bob French Hydril/Tenaris - Dennis Boos Hughes Christensen – Jason Mason& Bob Kilby JD Rush – Teri Seely Rain for Rent – Lonnie Blaylock Smith Completions – Rosie Montano & Ken Steinke Weststar & Atlas Crane – Dan Corriea Wild Well Control – Matt Vorkamp The On Course Food Sponsors which everyone looks forward to year after year. My un-derstanding is this was the last year for Mr. Tom Varble, who is retiring. Thanks Tom!! (I hope he left the recipe for the pork chops) Baker Hughes Companies – Pork Chops- Tom Varble & Crew BJ Services – BBQ – Jimmy Dean, Tim Frame & Bruce Felber Champion Technologies – Fajitas -Jason Bergstrom & Crew Halliburton –Breakfast Burritos - Mark Hansen & Crew Smith Completions- Bloody Mary’s & Baileys – Rosie Montano& Crew Weatherford – Pit Beef BBQ – Larry Peabody & Crew Wild Well Control –Refreshments - Matt Vorkemp & Bruno De La Mata Without these persons our tournament would be a lot duller place. Special thanks to the J.D. Rushettes: JD Rush- Lisa Velvick - Asst. Coordinator JD Rush- Lisa Tatum JD Rush -Lisa Burkhart JD Rush- Jim Foster

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Jeannette Hack- SAS Tools Seaboard International-Dan Case I would also like to introduce two fine gentlemen who helped with setup on Thursday prior to the tournament and also conducted a superior raffle prize operation. Both will be assuming more responsibilities in the golf tournament operation as a whole. Regan Braseth – Chevron Kevin Killian – Smith International Special Thanks to Bud Frederick of Driltek for all that he does here at the tournament. Sundale Country Club Dave Bolar – Sundale PGA Pro Now for this year’s winners: Low Gross – 17A Excaliber Well Services Kelly Stevens, Santos Alvarez, Bill Graham, Kevin Caudill

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Low Net –17B Weststar Atlas Crane Team Mr. John Rainwater, Mike Gooding, Mark Del Marter, Sir Bob Dowell Thanks to everyone, see you all again next year! Dave Guerrero J.D. Rush Company Golf Tournament Chairman

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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: May 14, 2010 TIME: Registration starts at 7:00am Shoot starts at 9:00am COST: Shoot and Lunch - $125.00 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 May 7, 2010 * 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!!!

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