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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  

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