• Reverse Foam Cementing an Offshore Production Tieback - Doug MacEachern, SEPCo, Mike Cowan, Shell Intl EP, Kirk Harris and Ronnie Faul, Halliburton
• Field Experience With Advanced Design Hole Opening Tools - Adel Sheshtawy, Nader Sheshtawy, Nada Isa and Lloyd Payne, TRI-MAX Industries, Inc.
• Analysis of Seal Integrity in Matagorda Island Field for Drilling Optimization - Pavel Syngaevsky, Sperry-Sun (Halliburton)
• First GoM Deepwater Well Deploying an Integrated Rotary Steerable Drill System Drills 18 ¼-inch Section - Juan A. Pinzon, Chris Prusiecki and Steve Barton, Schlumberger
• Case History of New Drills on an Old Platform in El 339 Field - Mark Schiller, ChevronTexaco

Deepwater Technology

• A Graphical Hole Monitoring Technology to Improve Drilling in High-Angle and Inclined Deepwater Wells in Real Time - Chris Lenamond, Schlumberger
• Gas Hydrate Inhibited Water-Based Muds for Ultra-Deepwater Drilling - David Power, Ken Slater, Catalin Aldea and Steve Lattanzi, M-I L.L.C.
• Rotary Steerable Systems Enable Single Trip runs for Larger Hole - Craig Sidwell, Greg Conran and Rob Utter, Schlumberger Drilling & Measurements
• Multilateral Systems for Deep Water Reservoirs - Jim Oberkircher, Halliburton and Odin Henrikssen, Norsk Hydro

• Coupling of Technologies for Concurrent ECD and Barite Sag Management - Greg Mullen, Jose Perez, Billy Dye and Bill Gusler, Baker Hughes INTEQ Drilling Fluids
• Third Generation High-Performance Water-Based Fluid Successfully Replaces Oil-Based Fluid at Ricinus and Narraway Alberta - Doug Fletcher, Petro-Canada Inc., Carl Smith, Alex Stoian, Catalin Aldea, Arvind Patel, M-I L.L.C.
• Fluid Design and Field Application of an Oil-Based Drill-in Fluid Using Copolymer and Flaked Calcium Carbonate in Fractured High Permeability Depleted Formations - Yonny Gonzalez, Lirio Quintero, Edgar Luna and Cristina Torres, Baker Hughes INTEQ; Efrain Casadiego, BP Exploration (Columbia) Ltd.
• Drilling Fluid Yield Stress: Measurement Techniques for Improved Understanding or Critical Drilling Fluid Parameters - David Power and Mario Zamora, M-I L.L.C.
• Progression of Water-Based Fluids Based on Amine Chemistry - Can the Road Lead to True Oil Mud Replacements? - Robert Schlemmer, Steve Young and Jim Friedheim, M-I L.L.C.
• The Application of HTHP Water Based Drilling Fluid on a Blow-Out - Mike Otto, Baker Hughes INTEQ

Drilling Optimization

• Survey Management Provides a Safer Drilling Environment with Reduced Drilling Costs - Roger Miller, Mike Terpening, Greg Conran, Schlumberger
• Liquid Additives Control Cement Slurry Properties - Segun Ogunsanya, Xiaodong Zhao, Lloyd R. Heinze, Texas Tech University and Doug W. Walser, B J Services Company USA
• Enhanced Drilling Performance Through Controlled Drillstring Vibrations - Anvar Bakenov, Thomas Gabler, CSIRO Petroleum and Emmanuel Detournay, Christophe Germany, University of Minnesota
• The Effects of Bit Nozzle Geometry on the Performance of Drill Bits - Michael Wells, PLUERE Inc. and Rolf Pessier, Hughes Christensen
• Economic Evaluation of Specialist Bit Optimization Engineering in North Sea Exploration Drilling - B. Bjelland, Norsk Hydro ASA, and P. Casey, Smith International, Inc.
• Dynamic Modeling Software - Bernd Schmalhorst and Michael Neubert, Baker Hughes INTEQ
• Achieving the Technical Limit: An Engineering Targeted Approach - David Pritchard, Successful Energy Practices International, LLC, T. Tochikawa, Japan National Oil Corporation (JNOC), E. Doi

Emerging Technologies

• The Leading Edge of Patented Drilling Technology - Tyson Winarski, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP
• The New Generation of Rotary Steerable Systems May be Closer Than You Think - Frank Schuh, Roger Herbert and John Harrell, Validus International, LLC
• The Leading Edge of Patented Drilling Technology - Craig Sidwell, Jim Jares and Marcus Durant, Schlumberger Drilling & Measurements
• Methane Hydrate as a Future Energy Source: Framing the Debate - David M. Pritchard, Successful Energy Practices International, LLC
• Minimization of Residual Oil on Cuttings by Mechanical and Chemical Treatment - Clotilde Gerard and Glenn Antle, M-I L.L.C.
• Re-entry Drilling Efficiency Enhanced using Gyro-MWD Technology - Robert Estes and Greg Szutiak, Baker Hughes INTEQ

Environmental

• Mercury in Drilling Discharges: An Overview - Michael E. Parker, ExxonMobil Production Company
• Meeting the Challenges of New SBF Regulations at the Rig Site - Stephen P. Rabke and Leo Linder, M-I L.L.C.
• Laboratory and Field Experience Using a New Tool for Finding Crude Oil Contamination in Synthetic-Based Drilling Fluids - Cuiwei Lai, Marc Chruan, John Candler and Trent Koch, M-I L.L.C.
• Environmental Impact of Potassium Sulphate-based Drilling Mud Systems: Development of Criteria for Waste Disposal in Terrestrial Ecosystems - Darlene Lintott, Anthony Neumann, Northwest Soil Research LTD and Jeff Robbins, Zell Oilfield Services Ltd.
• Pressure Requirements in Foam Drilling - Kai Sun, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• Hydraulic Fracturing: Recent Legal Developments in Coalben Methane Applications - Susan Ponce and Tom Knode, Halliburton

Formation Wellbore Stability

• Formation Characterization in a Different Perspective: Drill Cuttings Analysis Revisited - Jose Guzman, M-I L.L.C.
• The Difference between Fracture Gradient and Wellbore Pressure Containment and the Effect on Drilling Beyond Natural Pressure Limits - Hong Wang, Ronald Sweatman and Wolfgang Deeg, Halliburton
• Advantages and Challenges of Using Logging-While-Drilling Data in Rock Mechanical Log Analysis and Wellbore Stability Modeling - Paul Boonen, PathFinder Energy Services
• Process of Integrating Geomechanics with Well Design and Drilling Operation - Roi Lam and Nikolay Smirnov, Schlumberger

Lost Circulation

• How Can We Best Manage Lost Circulation? - Catalin Ivan and James Bruton, M-I L.L.C., Ben Bloys, ChevronTexaco
• Managing Circulation Losses with Synthetic-Base Drilling Fluid - Don Whitfill, Terry Hemphill and Uday Tare, Halliburton
• Use of Mixed Metal Oxide Fluid to Combat Losses in Porous and Fractured Formations: Two Case Histories - L. J. Fraser, M-I L.L.C., Bob Harrington and Carlos Albarrazin, TECPETROL, Gary Snyder, Dominion E&P, Fred Donham, M-I L.L.C.
• Aphrons Technology - A Solution - Boyd D. Schaneman, ChevronTexaco, Tom Jones and Anthany B. Rea, M-I L.L.C.

Productivity Optimization

• Key Drilling and Completion Concerns in Horizontal Wells - Robert C. Burton and Richard M. Hodge, ConocoPhillips
• Alternate Paths: Do We Need Them for FracPacking in Long Deviated Intervals? - Mike Mullen, Mullen Energy Corp., Wes Ritter, Don Dusterhoft and Sanjay Vitthal, Halliburton
• Deepwater Reservoirs Requiring High Rate/High-Volume Frac Packing Continue to Stretch Downhole Tool Capabilities - Latest Tool Design and Qualification Testing Results - Mike Mullen and Kevin Svatek, Mullen & Associates, Emile Sevadjian, Sanjay Vitthal, and Tommy Grigsby, Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
• U.S. DOE R&D Efforts in Deep Gas Drilling Technology - John D. Rogers, Brad Tomer, Gary Covatch, Bill Gwilliam, Jim Ammer, U.S. Dept. of Energy, NETL

Real Time Drilling

• Real-Time Drilling Optimization Based on MWD Dynamic Measurements - Field Test Results - D. Dashevskiy, J.D. Macpherson, V. Dubinsky and P. McGinley, Baker Hughes
• Modeling Real-Time Wellbore Stability within the Theory of Poromechanics - Younane N. Abousleiman, University of Oklahoma
• Real Time Decision Making for Value Creation while Drilling and in Well Intervention - Michael Economides, Luigi Saputelli and Michael Nikolaou, University of Houston

Rigs

• Remote Monitoring and Management: Maximizing the Safety and Efficiency of Rig Automation - Bryce Levett and Lance Suvans, Varco International, Inc.
• Drilling Facility Design - The Value of Operational Input - John Nichols, KCA Deutag Drilling Inc. and Gary Kirsch, National Oilwell
• A New, Downlink Drilling Control System that Changes Conventional Drilling Operations - Duane Wang, Sperry Sun Drilling Services, a Halliburton Company

Alternate Papers

• A Comparison of Sag Measurements and Implications for Actual Additive Performance and Selection - Robert Schlemmer, John Lee and Fred Growcock, M-I L.L.C.
• Advanced Laminar Flow Oil/Water Separation Technology - N. Nassif, GNESYS, Inc. and W. Hansard, Environmental Management Services, Inc.
• Oil Soluble Copolymers for Versatile Synthetic and Oil-Base Drilling Fluids - Lirio Quintero, Dave Clark and Tom Jones, Baker Hughes INTEQ