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Message From: Sent: To: Subject: IADC Drilling Contractor [drilling.contractor@ iadc.org] 8/1/2018 8:15:34 PM Bolen, Brittany [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Adm inistrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=31e872a691114372b5a6a88482a66e48-Bolen, Brit] [WARNING: SPF validation failed] IADC Drill Bits - August 2018 If you have trouble viewing this email please click here. |www.iadc.org/drillbits 1 DRILLBITS VortNy Sews etter t'om :he internat unal Assoc at or of Drilling Contractors AUGUST 2018 EDITION | Official monthly newsletter of the International Association of Drilling Contractors In this edition Advocacy Industry News Accreditation IADC Committees Industry Resources Recurring items Accreditation Updates Safety Alerts Rigs Receiving ISP certificates New IADC Members Conferences & Events Committee Meetings ADVOCACY U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Propose Revisions to the Endangered Species Act Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 2 ED 002061 00084268-00001 In the 25 July U.S. Federal Register, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service announced proposed revisions to regulations that implement portions of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Under the current ESA, species may be listed as either threatened or endangered, with regulations drafted to protect the habitat of an imperiled species. The proposed revisions are intended to bring clarity and consistency to the implementation of the act's requirements... READ MORE U.S. Department of Interior Issues Proposed Draft of Unified Regional Boundaries In accordance with Executive Order 13781, the U.S. Department of Interior recently submitted reorganization proposals, which includes establishing 12 unified regional boundaries across all DOI bureaus. Currently, DO I has 10 bureaus and 49 regions, each operating with unique regional boundaries. This has inhibited the sharing of resources and discourages a shared frame of geographic reference, resulting in operational and administrative inefficiencies. The new draft identifies 12 common regions, which will enable better management of watersheds, wildlife corridors and trail systems. Indian reservations, national parks and other significant DOI land management units that cross watersheds and county lines were kept in the same region to promote efficiency. The 12 unified regions will improve coordination of government services, move decision-making closer to the people who utilize the resources and improve coordination between federal, state and local agencies... READ MORE DRILLERSPC - Political Action Committee (PAC) of IADC The DRILLERSPAC is now up and running. It was sanctioned by lADC's Board of Directors to further lADC's goal of advocacy engagement with federally elected Members of Congress. DRILLERSPAC is not affiliated with any political party. It is organized and conducted on a voluntary, non-partisan basis. DRILLERSPAC is overseen by the PAC Board of Trustees, which is comprised of 10 members - three from offshore companies, three from onshore companies, two from drilling services companies and two IADC employees... READ MORE Washington D.C. Updates House: The House is now out on August recess for the next five weeks. Look for your local Congressman in their districts at town halls and other venues. In July the chamber completed the conference report for the National Defense Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 2 ED 002061 00084268-00002 Authorization Act, Interior Appropriations (which funds BLM and BSEE among other agencies at Interior and the EPA), and a Resolution that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the US. Senate: Instead of a five week recess, the Senate will continue to work for at least three of those fives weeks to focus on judicial nominations and appropriations bills. In July, the Senate approved Robert Wilkie as Secretary of Veterans Affairs. White House: The President nominated Brett Kavanaugh as an associate member of the Supreme Court, replacing Justice Kennedy. In addition, the President has been very focused on all things trade related, including several proposed tariffs on China and the European Union, among others. Also, NAFTA negotiations have picked back up in earnest with the election of Mexico's new President. READ MORE INDUSTRY NEWS IADC Donates Drilling Matters Kiosk to Ocean Star Rig Museum IADC recently donated a kiosk loaded with interactive educational information about the upstream oil and gas industry to the Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig Museum and Education Center in Galveston, Texas. The kiosk content includes an interactive drilling rig, a 3D game and narrated videos, along with basic information about drilling equipment and operations, the importance of hydrocarbons in fueling the global economy, facts about industry safety and environmental stewardship and more. The material contained in the kiosk mirrors that contained online at lADC's Drilling Matters website. "The Ocean Star Museum is very important in educating the public about the benefits of our industry, and IADC is proud to support their mission," remarked IADC President Jason McFarland. "lADC's Drilling Matters project neatly dovetails with the work of the Ocean Star Museum and the Offshore Energy Center. We are confident that many museum visitors will enjoy and benefit from the content on the new kiosk."... READ MORE IADC Australasia Chapter Issues 2017 Safety Awards Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 2 ED 002061 00084268-00003 On 16 May, the IADC Australasia Chapter presented its members with Safety Awards for 2017. The Award Program is open to all onshore and offshore members with a winner designated for each area. 9 of 11 IADC Australasia chapter member companies participated, resulting in an uptake rate of 81%, which was higher than previous years. The safety statistics for the participating companies were supplied quarterly and submitted in accordance with the 2017 ISP IADC Official Rules and Guidelines. Again this year the IADC ISP Program was able to support the Chapter's Award Program by supplying the data and winner notification. This has enabled the award program to continue at a significantly reduced cost whilst maintaining the confidentiality requirements... READ MORE BSEE Extends Deadline for Comments on Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control Revision Proposed Rule On 5 July, BSEE issued a notice to extend its deadline for comments on the Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control Revision Proposed Rule to 6 August. Though a joint trade association is being finalized between API, NOIA, PESA, IPAA, OOC, US Oil & Gas and IADC, all stakeholders are encouraged to individually submit comments as considered necessary and appropriate... READ MORE U.S. Energy Information Administration Releases International Energy Outlook 2018 The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently released their International Energy Outlook 2018, which focuses on how different drivers of macroeconomic growth may affect international energy markets. The report focuses on three heavily populated and high economic growth regions of the world: China, India and Africa. To perform the analysis, the EIA updated the IE02017 Reference case with new macroeconomic information and varied macroeconomic assumptions to create side cases for each region... READ MORE Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Issues Impact Assessment on Colorado Ballot Initiative #97 In January 2018, Colorado Ballot Initiative #97 was received by the Colorado Secretary of State. The initiative would designate a 2500-foot buffer zone around "occupied structure" and "vulnerable areas", and it is currently in the signature-collecting phase for inclusion on the November ballot. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 2 ED 002061 00084268-00004 The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission put together an impact assessment on the initiative, the most salient points of which include... READ MORE Concerned Groups Issue Petition to OSHA Regarding Occupational Exposure to Excessive Heat In early June, a petition was submitted to OSHA in support of initiating a rulemaking process for the first federal standard that would protect outdoor and indoor U.S. workers from occupational exposure to excessive heat. The petition was submitted by Public Citizen, a consumer and health advocacy group with more than 500,000 members, and includes the following supporters: former OSHA directors Eula Bingham and David Michaels, former CalOSHA director Ellen Widess, U.S. Davis heat expert Dr. Marc Schenker and 131 organizations and 89 other individuals... READ MORE Norway's Accident Investigation Board Reports on Air Accident Near Turoy, 0ygarden Municipality Norway's Accident Investigation Board's investigation into the crash of the Airbus EC225 LP Super Puma helicopter that occurred on 29 April 2016 has been concluded. The findings of the investigation revealed that the accident resulted from a fatigue fracture in one of the eight second stage planet gears in the epicyclic module of the main rotor gearbox. See here for an informative video documentary illustrating the investigation results along with the report... READ MORE U.S. Department of Interior Announces Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale On 12 July, the U.S. Department of Interior announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will make available for lease action approximately 78 million acres of offshore areas adjacent to Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Scheduled for 15 August, this forthcoming auction incudes all available unleased areas in the federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico... READ MORE UK Oil and Gas Authority Announces Production Efficiency Gains Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 2 ED 002061 00084268-00005 The UK Oil and Gas Authority recently issued a report, UKCS Production Efficiency in 2017, which found that production efficiency on the UK Continental Shelf has improved for a fifth consecutive year, rising to 74%. The 1% improvement from 2015 helped contribute an additional 12 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in 2017. Key points in the report include... READ MORE International Regulators Forum Calls on Industry to Further Enhance Offshore Safety During Annual General Meeting The International Regulators Forum (IRF) Annual General Meeting was convened in Aberdeen, Scotland on 7-8 June. Attended by representatives from all 10 member countries, the common theme for the conference is that opportunities persist in leveraging step change initiatives to continue to improve safety performance. Such opportunities are recognized in other industries' practices, enhanced data collection and sharing efforts, and continuing to reflect on past incidents to sustain and refine current safety cultures. Industry and standards development organizations in attendance at the meeting included ISO, IOGP and IADC... READ MORE IADC Headquarters Has Relocated IADC has moved! The IADC Houston office opened the doors to its new headquarters on 2 July, 2018. The new IADC headquarters is located at 3657 Briarpark Drive, a mere half a mile from the old building. It offers a brand new, custom-designed office space, and modern meeting facilities that offer significant value to lADC's members... READ MORE ACCREDITATION & CREDENTIALING IADC Accreditation Department Successfully Passes ISO 9001:2015 Recertification Audit In February, lADC's Accreditation Department successfully passed the ISO 9001:2015 recertification audit with zero findings and an added commendation for improvement since the previous year's audit. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 2 ED 002061 00084268-00006 The ISO 9001 family addresses various aspects of quality management and contains some of ISO's best-known standards, which provide guidance and tools for companies and organizations that want to ensure that their products and services consistently meet customer's requirements. ISO 9001:2015 sets out the criteria for a quality management system and is the only standard in the family that can be certified to. This standard is based on a number of quality management principles including a strong customer focus, the motivation and implication of top management, the process approach and continual improvement... READ MORE IADC Prepares to Roll Out WellSharp Well Servicing Accreditation in 2018 This spring, IADC will roll out the new WellSharp Well Servicing Accreditation which will replace the old WellCAP well servicing courses. The new accreditation will offer four standalone course options, which include coiled tubing; snubbing; wireline and workover. It also introduces two new courses, which include Subsea Supplement and Oil and Gas Operator Representative Workover & Intervention Well Control... READ MORE IADC COMMITTEES Minutes From 6/13 IADC DEC Tech Forum, "New Age in Drilling" Now Available The IADC Drilling Engineers Committee's 13 June Technology Forum, "The New Age in Drilling", focused on how the generational changing of the guard impacts development of new technology, refinement of business models, and the perspective of drilling professionals The event was hosted by National Oilwell Varco at its facility at 10353 Richmond Ave in Houston, The agenda featured five up-and-coming drilling technologists to present their perspectives on technology, decision making and more. In lieu of individual Q&A, the speakers participated in a panel following all presentations. In addition, spokespersons for DEC joint industry will provided updates on their work, and a proposal was made for a new JIP. DEC Advisory Board Member Robin Macmillan of National Oilwell Varco opened the meeting, welcomed the attendees and reviewed the agenda... READ MORE Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 2 ED 002061 00084268-00007 NDUSTRY RESOURCES SPE to Host Enhancing HSE Performance for Drilling Operations Workshop SPE will host a 3-day workshop, Enhancing HSE Performance for Drilling Operations, on August 14-15 at the Anadarko Tower in the Woodlands, outside of Houston, Texas. IADC representatives will be on hand to present on Drilling Matters, lADC's multimedia educational website... READ MORE IADC ISP Plaques Showcase Company Safety Record Safety should not be competitive in the drilling industry, but bragging rights always are! You have worked hard to build an impressive safety record. Your employees pay close attention to ensure that they work safely. Let your customers know about it. IADC ISP plaques are a stand-out way to ensure the world knows how successful your accident prevention program is. IADC has two types of ISP plaques available. The Executive Grade: Bronze-tone safety excellence medallion on a red velvet background with gold engraved text on a raised bronze-tone plate. Supreme Grade: Laser engraved text with company name, rig name or number and IADC logo in raised gold lettering. Both plaques include company name, rig name or number with the numbers of years without a Lost time or recordable incident... READ MORE Add a DrillingMatters.org Link to Your Website Show the browsers to your website that Drilling Matters to you. lADC's DrillingMatters.org is an educational tool designed to dispel myths and misconceptions about the petroleum industry, and demonstrate the value of our industry to humanity. We encourage IADC members to post a link to www.DrillingMatters.org on their websites. IADC will be happy to provide a reciprocal link on www.DrillingMatters.org... READ MORE Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 2 ED 002061 00084268-00008 IADC Lexicon Featured Term for July 2018 The IADC Lexicon (IADCLexicon.org) is a compendium of upstream-related terms, which, unlike conventional glossaries, are official definitions drawn from legislation, regulation and regulatory guidance, standards (global, national and regional), and IADC guidelines. Terms often have multiple definitions from different sources. Check out the new Random Term Generator. This month's Featured Term is: "Environment Plan" (Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Environment) Regulations 2009 (Statutory Rules 1999 No. 228 as amended), Australia, prepared on 1 January 2012) : Environment plan, in relation to an operator of an activity, means an environment plan submitted by the operator that is: iccepted and revised from time to time under these Regulations; but does not include: f the environment plan is accepted in part -- that part of the plan that is not accepted; or in environment plan for which the acceptance has been withdrawn. (click the link to read the full definition on the IADC Lexicon.) READ MORE ADC CONFERENCES Upcoming Conferences Call for Abstracts Expires Soon! IADC Drilling HSEStT Asia Pacific 2019 Conference & Exhibition When: Tuesday, 22 Jan, 2019 - Wednesday, 23 Jan, 2019 Venue: INSTEP Training Institute Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 2 ED 002061 00084268-00009 IADC Health, Safety, Environment 8t Training Conference & Exhibition When: Tuesday, 5 Feb, 2019 - Wednesday, 6 Feb, 2019 Venue: Omni Houston Hotel - West Houston IADC Drilling Caspian 2019 Conference & Exhibition When: Wednesday, 20 Feb, 2019 - Thursday, 21 Feb, 2019 Venue: Hilton Baku :r% \ b b l: .! 20 -21 FEBRUARY 2019 .... . -. , IADC '! .- . For the complete IADC Conference calendar visit: www.iadc.org/events Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 2 ED 002061 00084268-00010 Accreditation Updates IADC welcomes new members RigPass IADC welcomes 10 new members: Missouri University of Science 8t Technology; USA (Conditional) Tamkene Saudi Training Center; Saudi Arabia (Conditional); Alam Al-Sahara Training Company, Saudi Arabia (Conditional); Keane Group, USA (Conditional); Steel Energy Services, USA (Conditional) WellSharp Alpha Drilling Tech Inc., Philippines Rigs receive ISP certificates For certificates received since last LTI (in years): PV Drilling: PV Drilling VI (3); PV Drilling I (11); PV Drilling VI (5) ABERDEEN INSTITUTE FOR PRIVATE TRAINING, KUWAIT; ACT MASTERS, DOHA, QATAR; CORE GROUP, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, USA; ECM TECHNOLOGIES, LEEUWARDEN, THE NETHERLANDS; ENERGY EQUIPMENT SERVICES PTE LTD, SINGAPORE; STRUCTURAL PARTNER S.A. DE C.V., VILLAHERMOSA, TABASCO, MEXICO; UNIVERSAL PERFORMANCE CHEMICALS PVT LTD, NEW DELHI, INDIA; WELLPERFORM, HOLTE, DENMARK; LASSO DRILLING CORP, BROOKS, ALBERTA, CANADA; PETROTECH ME FZC, SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES For certificates received since last recordable incident (in years): Sidewinder Drilling LLC: Sidewinder 128 (4) Safety Alerts Alert 18-02: Fatality - Struck by/Caught Between Pipe Handling Catwalk Machine For the latest safety alerts visit: www .iadc.org/safety-alerts IADC Events Calendar - August 2018 Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 2 ED 002061 00084268-00011 M nms i Fri 10:30 amlAOC DEC Board a liOO pm 1ADC Supply Chain Committee am IADC Cybersecurity Committee 19 2D 23 am IADC ART BOP Controls Subcorramttte< Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 2 ED 002061 00084268-00012 Drill Bits is the monthly newsletter of the International Association of Drilling Contractors and is wholly owned and operated by IADC. 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