Contributors
Egill Abrahamsen Weatherford International Limited,
Houston, Texas
Chip Abrant Weatherford International Limited, Houston,
Texas
Bo Anderson Weatherford International Limited, Houston,
Texas
Peter Anselmo New Mexico Institute of Mining and Tech-
nology, Socorro, New Mexico
Cory Arceneaux Chevron, Katy, Texas
Mirambek Ataushiyev Chevron, Houston, Texas
Robert P. Badrak Weatherford International Limited,
Houston, Texas
Dave Barrow Chevron, Houston, Texas
Frederick E. Beck Consultant, Denver, Colorado
Susan Beck Weatherford International Limited, Houston,
Texas
Joe Berry Varco Incorporated, Houston, Texas
Ed Blair Chevron, Houston, Texas
Tom Blasingame Texas A&M University, College Station,
Texas
Daniel E. Boone Consultant in Petroleum Engineering,
Houston, Texas
Gordon R. Bopp Environmental Technology and
Educational, Services Company, Richland,
Washington
T. Wayne Brewster Chevron, Houston, Texas
John Breidenthal Consultant, International Association of
Drilling Contractors (IADC)
Ronald M. Brimhall Consultant, College Station, Texas
Ernie Brown Schlumberger, Sugarland, Texas
David Burt BP, France
Tom Carlson Halliburton Energy Services Group, Houston,
Texas
Thomas Carter Consultant, Houston, Texas
William X. Chavez, Jr. New Mexico Institute of Mining
and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico
Francisco Ciulla Weatherford International Limited,
Houston, Texas
Ivan W. Clay CGMS
Vern Cobb Consultant
Robert M. Colpitts Consultant in Geology and Geo-
physics, Las Vegas, Nevada
Robert B. Coolidge Weatherford International Limited,
Houston, Texas
Heru Danardatu Schlumberger, Balikpapan, Indonesia
Tracy Darr van Reet Chevron—retired, El Paso, Texas
Robert Desbrandes Louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana
Aimee Dobbs Global Santa Fe, Houston, Texas
Patricia Duettra Consultant in Applied Mathematics and
Computer Analysis, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Ernie Dunn Weatherford International Limited, Houston,
Texas
Michael Economides University of Houston, Houston,
Texas
Ksenia Eliseeva Chevron, Houston, Texas
James Falconer National Oilwell Varco
John Farraro Chevron, Houston, Texas
Jason Fasnacht Boart Longyear, Salt Lake City, Utah
Joel Ferguson Weatherford International Limited, Houston,
Texas
Jerry W. Fisher Weatherford International Limited,
Houston, Texas
Robert Ford Smith Bits International, Houston, Texas
B.J. Gallaher
Craig Gardner Chevron, Houston, Texas
Kazimierz Glowacki Consultant in Energy and
Environmental Engineering, Krakow, Poland
Bill Grubb Weatherford International Limited, Houston,
Texas
Boyun (Gordon) Guo University of Louisiana, Lafayette,
Louisiana
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Anton Hriczko CGMS
Mark Heironimus El Paso Production, El Paso, Texas
Matthew Hill Unocal Indonesia Company, Jakarta,
Indonesia
John Hosford Chevron Texaco, El Paso, Texas
Michael C. Jackson Chevron
Phillip W. Johnson University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa,
Alabama
Harald Jordan BP America, Inc., Farmington,
New Mexico
Mike Juenke Weatherford International Limited, Houston,
Texas
Reza G. Kashmiri International Lubrication and Fuel,
Incorporated, Rio Rancho, New Mexico
William Kersting MS, New Mexico State University, Las
Cruces, New Mexico
Murty Kuntamukkla Westinghouse Savannah River
Company, Aiken, South Carolina
Joseph V. LaBlanc
Doug LaBombard Weatherford International Limited,
Houston, Texas
Julius P. Langlinais Louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana
William Linn Key Energy Services, Houston, Texas
John Lofton Chevron, Houston, Texas
Michael Lorenz Chevron, Houston, Texas
Catherine Rivera Lyons ERM
William C. Lyons Consultant (retired), Houston, TX
Tom Mangum Consultant, Tomball, Texas
James Martens Weatherford International Limited,
Houston, Texas
F. David Martin Consultant, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Robert Martin Chevron, Houston, Texas
George McKown Smith Services, Houston, Texas
Graham Mensa-Wilmot Chevron, Houston, Texas
David Mildren Dril Tech Mission, Fort Worth, Texas
Mark Miller Pathfinder, Texas
Richard J. Miller Richard J. Miller and Associates,
Incorporated, Huntington Beach, California
Stefan Miska University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Carl Montgomery NSI Technologies Inc., Tulsa,
Oklahoma
Steve Morey BP, Houston, Texas
Tom Morrow Global Santa Fe, Houston, Texas
Abdul Mujeeb Henkels & McCoy, Incorporated, Blue Bell,
Pennsylvania
Bob Murphy Weatherford International Limited,
Houston, Texas
Charles Nathan
PK Pande Annadarko Petroleum Corp., Houston, Texas
Tim Parker Weatherford International Limited, Houston,
Texas
Phil Pattillo Consultant
Pudji Permadi Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung,
Indonesia
Jim Pipes Weatherford International Limited, Houston,
Texas
Adam Pitts Tesco, Houston, Texas
Gary Plisga Consultant in Hydrocarbon Properties
(retired), Katy, Texas
Floyd Preston University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Toby Pugh Weatherford International Limited, Houston,
Texas
Randy Pyrch CanRig Drilling Technology Ltd., Houston,
Texas
Carroll Rambin Weatherford International Limited,
Houston, Texas
Bharath N. Rao President, Bhavya Technologies, Inc.
Richard S. Reilly New Mexico Institute of Mining and
Technology, Socorro, New Mexico
Steven Riedinger Chevron, Houston, Texas
Cheryl Rofer Tammoak Enterprises, LLC, Los Alamos,
New Mexico
Chris S. Russell Consultant in Environmental Engineering,
Grand Junction, Colorado
Oleg Salzberg
Jorge H.B. Sampaio, Jr. New Mexico Institute of Mining
and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico
Alex Sas-Jaworsky SAS Industries, Houston, Texas
Eddie Scales National Oil Well, Houston, Texas
Ron Schmidt Weatherford International Limited, Houston,
Texas
Sue Schrader
Ardeshir K. Shahraki Dwight’s Energy Data, Inc.,
Richardson, Texas
Paul Singer New Mexico Institute of Mining and
Technology, Socorro, New Mexico

Francisco Sinisterra Archer
Jack Smith Weatherford International Limited,
Houston, Texas
Michael B. Smith NSI Technologies Inc., Tulsa,
Oklahoma
Mark Trevithick T&T Engineering Services, Inc.,
Houston, Texas
Dwayne Tyus CanRig Drilling Technology Ltd.,
Houston, Texas
Adrian Vuyk, Jr. Weatherford International Limited,
Houston, Texas
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Tom Wadsworth TH Hill Associates, Spring, Texas
Bill Wamsley Smith Bits International, Houston, Texas
Sue Weber Consultant in Computer and Mathematics
Deryck Williams Chevron, Houston, Texas
Jack Wise Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque,
New Mexico
Dana Witt Chevron, Houston, Texas
Andrzej K. Wojtanowicz Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Tom Wynn AGR