ABOUT SPE DSATS
DSATS is the Drilling Systems Automation Technical Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). Our purpose is to accelerate the development and implementation of systems automation in the well drilling industry by supporting initiatives that communicate the technology, recommend best practices, standardize nomenclature and help define the value of drilling systems automation. Appropriate initiatives include workshops, forums, lectures, and technical and white papers.
DSATS actively encourages the participation of automation experts from outside the drilling industry as well as those from within.
Officers
Blakley Farrow – Section Chair
Rium Johnson – Administrative Chair & Online Community Webmaster
Sathianandan (Sam) Dharmaselvan – Treasurer
Cody MacDonald – Membership Chair
Moray Laing – Lead Program Chair – North America
Nestor Ruiz – Program Chair – South America
Serafima Schaefer – Program Chair – Europe / Sub-Saharan Africa
Eric Cayeux – Deputy Program Chair – Europe
Mohammad Khan – Program Chair – Middle East
Pastor Chukwu – Program Chair – Africa
Bineet Tripathi – Program Chair – Asia
Indrajeet Kumar – Deputy Program Chair – Asia
Farhan Khan – Program Chair – Australia
Dan Sui – University Relations Chair
Matt Isbell – D-WIS Subcommittee Chair
Paul Pastusek – Open-Source Subcommittee Chair
Rodica Mihai – V&V Subcommittee Chair
Enrique Losoya – Drillbotics Subcommittee Chair
Eric Cayeux – Drilling Data Quality and Uncertainty (DDQU) Subcommittee Chair
Board Members
Andre Alonso Fernandes
Calvin Holt
Dimitrios Pirovolou
Karma Slusarchuk
Shashi Talya
Robert Wylie
Emeritus Board Members
John de Wardt
Fred Florence
John Macpherson
Society of Petroleum Engineers Staff
Greg Hickey – SPE Technical Section Liaison