Herve Vigor presented, on behalf of Colin Stuart, at the 1st IBC Drillship conference, held in SIN

Combat Deepwater Drilling Disasters through Effective Well Integrity Management, and the presentation covered the following topics:

• How important is Well Integrity Management in mitigating deepwater drilling disasters?

• What are the key factors in Operator’s well design and operations management that increase susceptibility to accidents?

• Detailed analysis on Well Integrity Management procedures

• Deepwater environments pose greater risks for prevention and response

• Latest regulatory update on Well Integrity Management post Macondo

• Future prevention of Deepwater Disasters requires major improvement in Risk Assessment and Management by both Drilling Contractor and Operator