American Association of Drilling Engineers September 2016

Sylvia with Noble Energy will Discuss DrillingPractices in the Eagle Ford Shale Play

First General Meeting of the 2016­2017 AADE Session Set Monday, September 19

Join us for the first general meeting of the 2016­2017 session this Monday.The AADE Lafayette Chapter General Meeting will be at 11:30 a.m.

September 19, 2016, at the Petroleum Club of Lafayette. This month'sspeaker will be A.J. Sylvia of Noble Energy. Sylvia will discuss DrillingPractices in the Eagle Ford Shale Play and share insights gained whileworking as a drilling engineer.

Sylvia is currently working as a drilling engineer in the Permian and EagleFord regions for Noble Energy. He has previously worked for RosettaResources (which was acquired by Noble Energy), Chevron and Weatherford.

His previous experience includes working with a dual gradient drilling team,as a field drilling engineer aboard the Pacific Santa Ana Drill­ship, as well asworking on international and domestic managed pressure drilling operations.

Registration opens at 11 a.m. Attendees and their guests with reservations are $20, and walk­ins will

be $25. Please RSVP by noon Friday, September 16, 2016.

Register online today, email in your RSVP or call 337­266­8211.

AADE 2016­2017 Officers

President: Kristy Bonner, Foster MarketingFirst Vice President: Jerred Clark, PetroQuestSecond Vice President: Taylor Brazzel,Chalmers, Collins & Alwell, Inc.Secretary: Jarrod Suire, Cardno PPI Qualityand Asset Management, LLCTreasurer: Sharon Moore, Halliburton

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Meet the 2016­2017 AADELafayette Chapter Board

Special Thanks to These Volunteersfor Making Our Chapter Great

The AADE 2016­2017 leadership is in place and hasalready set out to tackle several efforts. This group ofvolunteers gives their time and talent to make AADE asuccess and to promote its mission of education.

Shown, from left, front row, are Second Vice PresidentTaylor Brazzel of Chalmers, Collins & Alwell, Inc.;Secretary Jarrod Suire of Cardno PPI Quality and AssetManagement, LLC; President Kristy Bonner of FosterMarketing; First Vice President Jerred Clark of PetroQuest; Treasurer Sharon Moore of Halliburton; andSteering Committee member Rick Farmer of StoneEnergy. Rick is also serving as this sessions AADENational president.

Back row, from left, are Steering Committee membersRick Voth of Blackhawk Specialty Tools, LLC; JayGallett, retired; Jeffery Svendson of AdvancedLogistics, LLC; Steering Committee chair AlWambsgans of DC International; and Alden Sonnier,FDF (Francis Drilling Fluids). Steering Committeemembers not shown include Craig Castille of StoneEnergy and Derrick Daigle of Halliburton.

Additionally, many of these volunteers and others serveas committee chairs for the following efforts. A special

AADE Steering Committee Members

Committee Chair: Al Wambsgans, DCInternationalJay GallettCraig Castille, Stone EnergyRick Voth, Blackhawk Specialty Tools, LLCDerrick Daigle, HalliburtonRick Farmer, Stone EnergyJeffery Svendson, Advanced Logistics, LLCAlden Sonnier, FDF (Francis Drilling Fluids)

TIME TO RENEW YOUR AD IN THELAFAYETTE DRILLER!

The AADE Lafayette Chapter publishes amonthly enewsletter called the Lafayette Drillerto share news and information about upcomingevents with its membership.

If you'd like to place an ad and support AADE'songoing efforts, please email us.

The following ad sizes and rates are forinclusion in all nine AADE Lafayette Driller

thanks to them for all they do.

AADE Committee Members

Arrangements: Kristy Bonner, Foster MarketingDatabase and Membership Committee: Taylor BrazzelChalmers, Collins & Alwell, Inc.Finance: Alden Sonnier, FDF (Francis Drilling Fluids)Fin, Feather, Fur Food Festival (F5): Joe Bernard, Pro­TGolf Committee: Rick Farmer and Tim Mannon, StoneEnergyJoint Industry: Alden Sonnier, FDF (Francis DrillingFluids)Knowledge Box: Sid Breaux, Breaux EngineeringPrograms: Jerred Clark, Petro QuestPublicity: Kristy Bonner, Foster MarketingScholarship: Rick Voth, Blackhawk Specialty Tools,LLCSporting Clays: Jeffery Svendson, Advanced Logistics,LLCULL Fluid Lab: Bruce Jordan, Stokes & SpiehlerULL Student Section Liaison: Bryce Percle, BakerHughesLSU Liaison: Jerred Clark, Petro QuestNicholls State Liaison: Jeffery Svendson, AdvancedLogistics, LLCWebsite: Kristy Bonner, Foster Marketing and SharonMoore, HalliburtonChapter Representative: Derrick Daigle, HalliburtonNational Board At­Large: Sharon Moore, HalliburtonDirector Emeritis: Al Wambsgans, DC InternationalDirector Emeritis: Jamie Crosby, ChevronDirector Emeritis Lafayette & National: AndreArceneauxDirector Emeritis: Doug Keller, Knight Oil Tools

2016­2017 Fall UL Scholarship HonoreesNamed

Kobie Renard and Andrew Troslcair were recentlyawarded scholarships from the AADE LafayetteChapter for the fall semester. Both are petroleumengineering students at the University of Louisiana andactive members in the AADE Student Chapter.Congratulations to them both and keep up the goodwork!

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As a volunteer­run organization, those in theoil and gas industry willing to offer their timeand talent are essential for making everyinformational effort, educational undertaking,networking event, scholarship and donationhappen. We need people like you to stepforward and get involved. If you'd like to chairor serve on a committee, volunteer to assistwith an event or offer up a speaker for amonthly meeting, please let us know. Thankyou in advance for your ongoing support ofAADE!

Brink with BSEE Covers Final Well Control RuleChanges and Hosts Audience Q&A

At the final AADE Lafayette Chapter General Meeting of the2015­2016 session, Fred Brink with the Bureau of Safetyand Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) discussed the“Final Well Control Rule” and answered questions from thegroup. The May 16 meeting was well attended with manyanxious to hear more about the new regulations that beginwithin the next 90 days. Brink is a petroleum engineeringgraduate of Louisiana State University class of 2009. He hassix plus years of offshore experience working withMMS/BSEE and started his career working as a fieldengineer in Lafayette. During his time in the LafayetteDistrict, he served as a drilling field engineer for two years;and in the GOM Region, he served as well operationscoordinator for District Operations Support. He currently isthe lead on BSEE’s Hurricane Reporting Team and servesas the chief of District Operations Support in the Gulf ofMexico Region. Brink, center, was presented a gift ofappreciation following his presentation by AADE LafayetteChapter President Alden Sonnier, right, and First VicePresident Matt Hensgens, left.

New Orleans AADE Chapter to Host 20th AnnualSporting Clays Event on September 23

The New Orleans Chapter of the American Association ofDrilling Engineers is pleased to announce its 20th AnnualSporting Clays Tournament. It will be held on Friday,September 23 at Covey Rise Lodge in Husser, Louisiana.Proceeds from the event will help fund oil industryscholarships at Louisiana State University, Nichols StateUniversity, University of New Orleans and the KnowledgeBox Program.

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