The Canadian Association of Drilling Engineers (CADE) and the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (CAODC) thank all of those who had submitted abstracts for this year’s technical program!

The technical committee had a difficult task of narrowing down the submissions and is proud to present our 2010 technical program. This expanded event will be split into two concurrently running sessions to allow our audience a choice of subject matter most meaningful to their interests. Four key areas will be explored: Risk Management, Planning & Safety, Completions, Managed Pressure Drilling and Directional Drilling. It is within each of these areas that our industry has made tremendous innovative advances and serves our conference theme well.

The purpose of this conference is to promote a better understanding of best practices in operations, innovative well construction processes, changes in regulations, and new technology developments.

The theme for this year’s conference is Innovative Solutions for Unconventional Challenges. Technical and operations personnel are continually challenged to find Innovative Solutions for Unconventional Challenges—to some extent; it is part of their job descriptions. The recent changes in the world economy have provided their own set of challenges including lower commodity prices, less demand for products, less demand for services and utilization of equipment, and most of all, uncertainty. Solutions to these challenges require innovative and sometimes unconventional thinking. Our success as an industry will depend on our ability to provide innovative and potentially unconventional solutions to the new and sometimes unconventional challenges created due to the vastly altered business realities of today.

The Conference Executive Committee would like to officially invite you to register for the CADE•CAODC Drilling Conference and welcomes your contributions.