First Quarter

Agenda

8:00 AM - Coffee (Business Cards)
8:30 AM – Introduction and Welcome – Morris Keene – OXY
8:35 AM – DEA Business:

• • Review 1Q03 Meeting Agenda – David Dowell
  • Contractors Update of Active DEA Project’s – David Dowell
  • Introduction of New DEA Logo – David Dowell
  • Update on the 2003 DEA Workshop @ Moody Gardens (only presentations required)- Mike Killalea

9:00 AM - DEA Projects and Discussion Items: DEA # 149 – ” Barite Sag Tester”, Professor Shteryo Lyomov – Sponsor – Unocal
9:45 AM – BREAK
10:00 AM – Special Announcement: ASME Emerging Technologies & AADE National Technical Conference Gary Collins – ConocoPhillips
10:15 AM - Special Presentations: The Role of the Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC) Don Duttlinger
10:45 AM - DOE Drilling Technologies Overview – Roy Long
11:30 AM – LUNCH
12:30 PM – High Speed (1 MB/sec) Data Transmission Through Drillpipe – David Hall
1:15 PM – BREAK
1:30 PM – Microwave Processing of Materials – Mahlon Dennis
2:15 PM – Wrap Up – Morris Keene
2:30 PM – ADJOURN GENERAL MEETING

Minutes

8:00 AM – Coffee (Business Cards)
8:30 AM – Introduction and Welcome – Morris Keene – OXY The introduction and welcome and safety minute was given by Vice Chairman Morris Keene.
8:35 AM – DEA Business:

• • Review 1Q03 Meeting Agenda – David Dowell
  • Contractors Update of Active DEA Project’s – David Dowell
  • Projects were updated in the usual routine.
  • Introduction of New DEA Logo – David Dowell
  • David explained that as an affiliate of the IADC, the DEA needed a new logo that matched the color schemes used by the IADC. The DEA advisory board debated the matter and finally settled on a two color logo using the red and black scheme commonly used by the IADC to print their flyers. That logo can be seen by clicking -HERE-. It will soon replace the one seen at the top of this page.
  • Update on the 2003 DEA Workshop @ Moody Gardens (only presentations required) Mike Killalea
  • Presentations are still needed for the DEA Workshop in June. It was stressed that PAPERS ARE NOT REQUIRED – ONLY PRESENTATIONS. Anyone with an idea for a presentation should contact Mike Killalea at (281) 578-7171.

9:00 AM – DEA Projects and Discussion Items: DEA # 149 – ” Barite Sag Tester”, –Professor Shteryo Lyomov – Assoc. Prof –University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski”Sponsor – Unocal. The professor presented his proposed project on barite settling and explained how the system would work. Participants will receive an actual sag tester and the software developed in the project. For more details download the documents that follow:

• This is a 32K MS Word file (doc)- To download, Right Click on the following link & choose “Save As”. — Proposal-in-Word-format –
• This is a 1.1MB PowerPoint File- To download, Right Click on the following link & choose “Save As”. — Sag-Presentation–.
• This is a 115K Acrobat file (pdf)- To download, Right Click on the following link & choose “Save As”. — JCPT-paper-on-Sag-

9:45 AM – BREAK

10:00 AM – Special Announcement: ASME Emerging Technologies & AADE National Technical Conference — Gary Collins – ConocoPhillips Gary explained what the ASME Emerging Technologies forum was about. He also highlighted the upcoming AADE National Technical conference that will be here in Houston on April 1st and 2nd. There will be 3 OUTSTANDING lunch time speakers. For more details download the document that follows. This is a 57K PowerPoint file – To download, Right Click on the following link & choose “Save As”. –ASME-AADE–

10:15 AM – Special Presentations: The Role of the Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC) — Don Duttlinger- PTTC Don explained the history and workings of the PTTC. This represents a good example of getting the technology where it is needed. For more information, download the file that follows. This is a 950K PowerPoint file- To download, Right Click on the following link & choose “Save As”. –PTTC-Presentation–

10:45 AM – DOE Drilling Technologies Overview — Roy Long — DOE Roy presented an overview of some new DOE sponsored technologies that are coming of age. For more information, download the file that follows. This is a 1.1MB Adobe file (pdf) – To download, Right Click on the following link & choose “Save As”. –Roy-Long-Presentation–

11:30 AM - LUNCH
12:30 PM High Speed (1 MB/sec) Data Transmission Through Drillpipe – — David Hall – IntelliServ David presented a talk on Novatek’s development of a high speed drillpipe data system. This is a 1MB Adobe file (pdf) – To download, Right Click on the following link & choose “Save As”. –Drillpipe Presentation–

1:15 PM - BREAK
1:30 PM – Microwave Processing of Materials – Mahlon Dennis Tom Dennis presented some details on a new DOE sponsored technology for sintering tungsten carbide. For more information, download the file that follows. This is a 760KB Adobe file (pdf) – To download, Right Click on the following link & choose “Save As”. –Microwave Presentation–

2:15 PM – Wrap Up – Morris Keene
2:30 PM – ADJOURN GENERAL MEETING