ICoTA Canada News

Celebrating Excellence: Scott Sherman Receives ICoTA Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award

Craig Fraser — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 02:13:13 GMT

It's our privilege to announce that Scott Sherman has been honored with the ICoTA Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his outstanding dedication and transformative contributions to our organization.

Since joining the Global Board in 2014, Scott has embraced every role with genuine enthusiasm and unwavering commitment:

SPE Liaison (2015) – Strengthened outreach and industry collaboration
Joint Industry Project Liaison (2016) – Advanced innovation and partnership
Vice President & President (2017-2025) – Led with vision and integrity

A Legacy of Leadership:

Under Scott's leadership, ICoTA has thrived. He ensured the financial stability of the Canadian Chapter through challenging years, including navigating the organization successfully through COVID-19.

In 2020, when connection mattered most, Scott launched seven webinars that brought together participants from around the world—promoting knowledge sharing, engagement, and community during unprecedented times.

Making a Lasting Impact:

Scott's contributions extend far beyond titles and roles. He has shaped ICoTA's direction, strengthened our community, and inspired countless individuals through his service, dedication, and leadership.

On behalf of ICoTA, thank you Scott for your extraordinary service, for inspiring us all, and for leaving a lasting impact on our organization and the broader well intervention community.

And yes, you've officially earned that lifetime membership!

Please join us in congratulating Scott Sherman on this well-deserved recognition!

2024 SPE/ICoTA Well Intervention Conference & Exhibition

Craig Fraser — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 01:18:11 GMT

With another successful conference behind us, preparations are well underway for the 23rd edition of this global event! The SPE/ICoTA Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition will be held 19-20 March, 2024 at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Convention Center in The Woodlands, Texas, USA.

Mark your calendars for March 19-20, 2024 for the opportunity to collaborate with well intervention experts from diverse backgrounds and perspectives!

https://www.spe-events.org/wellintervention/

2023 SPE/ICoTA Well Intervention Conference & Exhibition - Registration now open!

Craig Fraser — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 16:51:24 GMT

Preparations are well underway for the 2023 conference and exhibition, to be held 21–22 March at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Convention Center in The Woodlands, Texas, USA. This, the 22nd edition of the global event, is expected to be the best one yet, as the world emerges from the pandemic and the intervention space becomes increasingly relevant and thrives. An exciting keynote speaker has already been secured, and abstract submissions are rolling in for the technical sessions.

Waterway Marriott & Convention Center, The Woodlands, Texas
21st March 2023 - 22nd March 2023

https://icota.com/events/2023-spe-icota-well-intervention-conference

Introducing Paul Carragher, ICoTA Global Treasurer

Craig Fraser — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 16:45:37 GMT

ICoTA Global are delighted to introduce our new Treasurer Paul Carragher for the 2022-2023 term!

BiSN Founder & CEO Paul Carragher becomes ICoTA Global Treasurer continuing to support ICoTA and their mission to enhance communication, gather technical expertise, and promote safety, training, competency, and industry-accepted practices around rapid technological advances within the well intervention industry.

“I’m delighted to be joining Stuart and Lucas on the ICoTA board and I’m looking forward to supporting and expanding the ICoTA network on a global basis. When I was brand new to the oil patch, a Conoco engineer told me that this was the association I needed to join, he wasn’t wrong”.

It remains an exciting time to be involved in well intervention. If you are not already a member of ICoTA, we strongly recommend joining your local Chapter where you can benefit from the network for technical exchange, past presentations, and discounted events.

DACC IRP Volume #21 - Coiled Tubing Operations

Craig Fraser — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 22:19:53 GMT

IRP 21 was opened for a full scope review in March 2018. Approval was provided by the DACC to remove drilling sections of the document during this review. The complete details of the revisions can be found in Appendix A of the document.
https://www.energysafetycanada.com/Resource/DACC-IRP-Volumes/DACC-IRP-Volume-21-Coiled-Tubing-Operations
Coiled tubing operations are upstream petroleum industry operations using specialized equipment to carry out workovers and drilling on oil and gas wells. Coiled tubing applications fit into two general categories: fluid conveyance applications (pumping) such as fracturing/acidizing a formation, removing sand, scale or wax and mechanical applications such as cutting tubulars or setting a plug or packer.

The IRP includes information about coiled tubing operations including recommendations for:

Operations planning
Well Control Equipment
Accumulator Equipment
Coiled tubing specifications
Fluids and circulating systems
QA for Well pressure control equipment
Elastomeric seals
Well servicing operations

Developer: DACC
Sponsor Organization: CAPP and PSAC
Current Status: Sanctioned September 15, 2021
Feedback:To provide feedback or comments on the IRP 21 document email Safety@energysafetycanada.com.

IRP 21 Industry Review

Craig Fraser — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 23:45:36 GMT

IRP 21 - Coiled Tubing Operations, was opened for a full scope review in March 2018. Approval was provided by the DACC to remove drilling sections of the document during this review. The complete details of the revisions can be found in Appendix A of the draft document.

Coiled tubing operations are upstream petroleum industry operations using specialized equipment to carry out workovers and drilling on oil and gas wells. Coiled tubing applications fit into two general categories: fluid conveyance applications (pumping) such as fracturing/acidizing a formation, removing sand, scale or wax and mechanical applications such as cutting tubulars or setting a plug or packer.

The draft IRP includes information about coiled tubing operations including recommendations for:

Operations planning
Well Control Equipment
Accumulator Equipment
Coiled tubing specifications
Fluids and circulating systems
QA for Well pressure control equipment
Elastomeric seals
Well servicing operations

Developer: DACC
Sponsor Organization: CAPP and PSAC
Current Status: Available for Industry Review (Closes March 25, 2021)
Feedback: Feedback or comments for the draft IRP can be emailed to Safety@energysafetycanada.com. An email confirmation will be issued.

Beware of scams!

Thu, 08 Oct 2020 18:06:28 GMT

BEWARE OF SCAMS

Secondary contractors unaffiliated with SPE want your business! Don’t be targeted by predatory companies selling hotel rooms or Attendee Lists who claim to be affiliated with SPE.

The Woodlands Waterway Marriott is the Official Housing Vendor for 2019 CTWI, and the ONLY contractor authorized by SPE to contact you about housing accommodations. Experient is the ONLY company authorized to contact you about Registration and Attendee Lists rentals.

If you receive phone calls or emails from any other company claiming to be the housing vendor for 2019 CWTI or claiming to sell Attendee Lists, please ignore them. If you are unsure, please contact Show Management for verification.

Just wanted to make sure our members understand that there are some scams out there claiming the conference has moved online, etc!

ICoTA Webinar Recordings

Craig Fraser — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 17:05:13 GMT

ICoTA Webinars increasing in popularity!

It’s fantastic to see how popular our webinars are becoming. Attendee numbers are on the rise and we are reaching more and more people from across the globe.

Commenting on a recent webinar, an attendee reported that “It was a very clear and informative webinar and proves we can continue to share in an effective manner during these unprecedented times.”

As an association, we want to continue to support the industry as much as possible and for a limited time, our webinars are free to members and non-members of ICoTA. The recent recordings can be found below. Please do not distribute these further without our permission. Contact us for more information.

ICoTA Europe Webinar - Evaluating Reservoir & Completion Performance Through Tubing - https://vimeo.com/428154448/4d1491fd6c

ICoTA Canada Webinar - Well Boss - The Evolution of Multi-Stage Fracturing - https://vimeo.com/422852483/7d4d98e397

ICoTA Europe Webinar - OGUK Guidelines - Unlocking Brownfield Resource Opportunities - https://vimeo.com/423510274/d958070649

ICoTA Canada Webinar - DHVI- Wellbore Inspection - https://vimeo.com/428146402/d9299d1077

Details of our next series of webinars will be published here . To make sure you don’t miss out, we’d encourage you to become a member of ICoTA. For more information, visit our Membership Page

We look forward to seeing you all at more virtual events soon!

2020 Event Listing (Updated)

Craig Fraser — Wed, 06 May 2020 17:00:00 GMT

Have a look at the exciting list of events presented by ICoTA Canada for 2020.

ICoTA Canada Flyer - 2020 Events - Update May 6th 2020.pdf

Stay tuned for full details and registration information.

The show must go on(line)!

Craig Fraser — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:52:11 GMT

Our ICoTA Chapters have begun to take advantage of hosting webinars and virtual lunch and learns, and it has been fantastic to see the results.

https://icota.com/news/icota-webinars

ICoTA Canada hosted its first online seminar at the beginning of the month, attracting 79 participants who have all shown an interest in attending similar virtual events. Following its success, the Chapter will host its next webinar on April 29 - High Strength Coiled Tubing - How Is Fatigue Life Affected By Slip Damage? This webinar will highlight the findings of some recent testing of quench and tempered coiled tubing and will compare the results to conventional coiled tubing.

ICoTA Europe follows suit by hosting its first webinar on April 28, presented by TGT and Tullow. Free to attend for all ICoTA members, the two companies will present a case study where passive acoustics have been used to assess the suitability of a zone for Single Well Chemical Tracer Testing by evaluating how effectively targeted zones are in communication with the production string and how effectively adjacent zones are isolated from each other by the relevant completion components.

As an association, we want to support our members as much as possible through this challenging time by continuing to host training events. The format may have changed, but we're delighted to see the same enthusiasm and engagement from our membership. We look forward to seeing you all at more virtual events soon.

Cancelled - 2020 SPE/ICoTA Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition

Craig Fraser — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 17:33:27 GMT

Due to ongoing public health concerns of COVID-19 and limited postponement options, the SPE/ICoTA Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott, The Woodlands, Texas has been cancelled. We want to keep everyone's health and safety in mind during this time, click here for more information.

We appreciate everyone’s understanding of these complex circumstances and hope you can join us at next year's event scheduled for March 23-24, 2021

2020 ICOTA AGM

Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:28:54 GMT

ICoTA Canada AGM

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020

Location:

Metropolitan Conference Centre, 333 4th Ave SW Calgary AB

Speakers:

TBD

Topic:

Registration:

$ 40.00 – ICoTA Members
$ 50.00 – Non-members
Free - Corporate Members (Voucher Redemption)

Registration/Payment Cut Off: March 11, 2020

Details:

When: Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Registration: 11:00

AGM: 11:45

Presentation: 12:15

2019 Fall Mixer

Wed, 30 Oct 2019 21:34:20 GMT

Last event of the year! Register today!

2019 ICOTA Roundtable Program now available!

Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:51:09 GMT

The 2019 ICOTA Roundtable Program now available!

ICoTA Canada 2019 Roundtable Program – 23rd October

Metropolitan Centre 333-4th Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta

7:00 Registration & Buffet Breakfast

8:00 Opening Remarks – President ICoTA Canada

8:05 Optimizing milling & intervention using realtime data and diverting agents – Brad Watson (STEP Energy Services)

8:30 High resolution acoustic imaging – Stephen Robinson (Darkvision Technologies)

8:55 Driving completion efficiencies using sensor driven data – Chad van Buskirk (Cold Bore Technology)

9:20 A new coil conveyed reservoir evaluation technique – Dave Jellett (Pursuit Technologies)

9:45 Coffee Break & Exhibition (40 mins) – Sponsored by Global Tubing

10:25 Revisiting Extended Reach – Rob Standen (NCS Multistage)

10:50 New insights on CT friction reduction for wellbores with debris and for openhole wells- Epsa Sharma (Baker Hughes)

11:15 Pumping down a 2” CT string in a 3 mile horizontal well – John Yeung (Element Technical Services)

11:40 Using multiple variables to design and execute operations in extended reach wells – Kaveh Yekta (Essential Energy Services)

12:05 Group photograph for presenters only (by registration table)

12:05 Lunch & Exhibition

12:45 Keynote address – Vivian Krause

13:30 ICoTA Innovation Award – Michael Bosdet (TSGI)

13:35 Advancements in thermal rod interventions – John Taskinen (Snubco Group)

13:50 New and cost-effective method for isolating surface casing vent flows – David Yager (Winterhawk)

14:25 Novel velocity string method for restoring production in depleted wells – Epsa Sharma (Baker Hughes)

14:50 Coffee Break & Exhibition (25 mins) – Sponsored by Mobile Data Technologies

15:15 Next generation shear blades for high strength CT – Ryan Smith (Nexus Energy Technologies)

15:40 Recent experiences of CT drilling in severe sour environments – Bruce Reichert (Tenaris)

16:05 Innovative process to improve CT Operations– Yunhao Li (NOV)

16:30 Closing remarks – President ICoTA Canada

16:35 Cocktails & Exhibition

Call for Papers is open for the 2020 SPE/ICoTA Well Intervention Conference & Exhibition

Wed, 12 Jun 2019 17:50:05 GMT

Share your insights and expertise at the 2020 conference. The program committee invites you to share your technical innovations and accomplishments by submitting a paper proposal for consideration.

The call for papers submission deadline is 6 August 2019.

To be considered for the Technical Program, submit your abstract by August 6, 2019.

2019 ICOTA INNOVATION AWARD

Sun, 02 Jun 2019 20:50:40 GMT

The ICoTA Canada Innovation Award recognizes outstanding technical innovation or application of technology for well intervention. The application of the new intervention technology or technique should demonstrate one or more of the following:

- reduced risk
- increased production
- improved efficiency
- reduced costs
- improved safety
- minimized environmental impact
- AND generally increase value to operators

For more information, please visit: http://icota-canada.com/icota_innovation_award

2018 ICOTA Roundtable Program now available!

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:19:45 GMT

ICoTA Canada 2018 Roundtable Program – 24th October Metropolitan Centre 333-4th Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta

7:00 Registration & Buffet Breakfast 8:00 Opening Remarks – President ICoTA Canada

8:05 Dynamic behavior of a BHA during sleeve shifting operations – Rob Standen (NCS)

8:30 A deployable jarring and cutting solution for extreme stuck in hole scenarios- Earl Eagely (Reservoir Group)

8:55 Bridge plug milling: where does the time go? – Craig Fraser (Trican)

9:20 Q&T technology improves safety and reliability in challenging CT shale Operations – Garry McClelland (Global)

9:45 Coffee Break & Exhibition (40 mins) – Sponsored by Global Tubing

10:25 An update of sour performance testing and field performance – Bruce Reichert (Tenaris)

10:50 Novel coating to prevent corrosion of coiled tubing bias welds– Yunhao Li (Quality Tubing)

11:15 Addressing microbial challenges in coiled tubing: we are all in this together – Virginia Wornstaff (OSP)

11:45 String performance analysis using multi-company data reveals new insights– Paul Brown (CoilData)

12:05 Group photograph for presenters only (by registration table)

12:05 Lunch & Exhibition 12:45 Keynote address: – “Oil and Gas Industry Trends” – Peter Tertzakian (ARC Energy Institute)

13:35 Seeing inside wells through opaque fluids using acoustics– Stephen Robinson (Darkvision)

14:00 Dust control and soil stabilisation for lease roads and sites – Pascale Launiere (Trican)

14:25 New acid tunnelling insights from full scale acid tests – Silviu Livescu (Baker Hughes)

14:50 Coffee Break & Exhibition (25 mins) – Sponsored by Wenzel Downhole Tools

15:15 Using DAS to optimise frac completions thru’ improved understanding of cluster performance, inter-stage communication, diverter effects and cross well strain – Carson Laing (Optasense)

15:40 Undeniable diversion: Completing wells more efficiently with SlicFrac – Jenna Robertson (TTS)

16:05 IRP 21 Update – Bailey Epp (STEP Energy)

16:30 Closing remarks – President ICoTA Canada

16:35 Cocktails & Exhibition – Sponsored by Tenaris

IRP 21 Update

Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:49:28 GMT

IRP 21 was sanctioned in May 2017, following a limited scope review. The key revisions include reformatting to match the current style guide, updated references, and most importantly, a revision of the Well Servicing Pressure Categories. These revisions align the IRP 21 Well Classification System with global API Standards.

See here for more information and to download the new IRP:

http://www.enform.ca/resources/detail/27/dacc-irp-volume-21-coiled-tubing-operations

Intervention Technology Award Winner

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 15:13:34 GMT

BiSN Oil Tools
Wel-lok M2M™ WSO (Well Shut Off Tool)

BISN is a leading provider of metal to metal downhole sealing solutions to the oil and gas industry. Utilising their in-house groundbreaking modified thermite heater, BiSN is breaking the mould of traditional usage of elastomer seals and cement plugs for water shut off in oil and gas wells.

As an innovative and dynamic organisation providing new solutions to some age old problems, BiSN has the capacity to react to market demands. With experienced engineers as part of their team, they are finding multiple applications for their unique sealing Wel-lok M2M™ technology.

Entering the competition with the Wel-lok M2M™ WSO (Water Shut Off) tool, BiSN impressed the judges by the speed at which this new innovation has already been applied in the field, in a market notorious for reticence in the uptake of new products. The panel also recognised the value of BiSN’s Wel-lok M2M™ WSO capability to reduce local environmental impact and improve production whilst providing the engineer with an easily deployable tool. The high statistics of well life extension data undoubtedly helped to confirm this BiSN tool as a firm winner.

The uniquely developed BiSN technology, branded ‘Wel-lok M2M™’ simply put means sealing the well with metal to metal (M2M). It has been run in numerous locations around the world in both on and offshore environments.

ICoTA International’s Annual Intervention Technology Award recognizes outstanding technical innovation or application of technology for well intervention. The application of the new intervention technology or technique should demonstrate; reduced risk, increased production, improved safety or minimized environmental impact.

Paul Carragher, CEO of BiSN received the winner’s trophy from Steve Deshotels, Senior Chairman of ICoTA at the SPE/ICoTA Well Intervention and Coiled Tubing Conference & Exhibition, held at the George R. Brown in Houston.

To find out more details about its various applications see the website www.bisn.com.

Other close contenders (in no particular order) short-listed for this year’s award were:

Qinterra Technologies - PrecisionStroker Expander
Teledrill - Newton System
Welltec - ELine Downhole Jetting Tool

ICoTA Canada Roundtable - Program now available

Wed, 12 Oct 2016 12:42:33 GMT

The ICoTA Canada Roundtable Event is approaching quickly.

Click here to register before the Oct 19th deadline.

This year our program includes 12 presentations, 4 focus presentations and a keynote address by G. Allen Brooks.

This years program:

7.00 am – Registration & Buffet Breakfast

8.00 am – Opening Remarks – Greg Chapin (President ICoTA Canada)

8.10 am – Recent advancements with a unified CT extended reach technology – Silviu Livescu (Baker Hughes)

8.35 am – Optimisation of metal-on-metal lubricants for CT applications – Scott Sherman (Trican)

9.00 am – Agitating explosives in extended reach wells; a good idea? – Jack Kolle (Tempress Technologies)

9.25 am – Coiled Tubing roles in re-fracs – Eric Schmelzl (NCS)

9.50 am – Coffee Break & Exhibition (40 mins)

10.30 am – Challenges building a 9000m string; reaching the limits in extended reach operations? – Irma Galvan (Global Tubing)

10.55 am – A new CT grade for improved general and sour service – Bruce Reichert (Tenaris)

11.20 am – Development and compatibility testing of CT with 140 ksi min. yield strength – Kevin Elliott (Quality Tubing)

11.45 am – The Challenges of CT failure analysis – Justin Bekker (Stress Engineering)

12.10 pm – Group photograph for presenters only (by registration table)

12.10 pm – Lunch & Exhibition

12.45 pm - Keynote address: – “Do you feel better after 2 years in hell?” G. Allen Brooks (G. Allen Brooks LLC)

1.35 pm – Real-time Collaborative Interventions – Arun Joseph (Stimline)

1.50 pm – Online KPI’s enable operators to assess service company performance – Paul Brown (Coildata)

2.05 pm – Potential effects of water hammer pulses on sand transport – Jack Kolle (Tempress Technologies)

2.20 pm – Hydraulic short trips for cleaner wellbores – Kevin Thiessen (Thru’ Tubing Solutions)

2.35 pm – A novel method of transporting sand – Scott Churchill (Trican)

3.00 pm – Coffee Break & Exhibition (25 mins)

3.25 pm – Choosing a biocide for well interventions; protecting your equipment, fluids & reservoir – Virgina Wornstaff (OSP)

3.50 pm – CT telemetry system improvements; monitoring realtime tension, compression and torque – T.Watkins(Baker)

4.15 pm – Thin clad CRA : down hole corrosion protection – Stefan Hartman (Shell International)

4.40 pm – Closing remarks – Greg Chapin (President ICoTA Canada)

4.45 pm – Sponsored Cocktails & Exhibition

ICoTA Canada AGM - Registration Now Open

Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:10:17 GMT

Members/Non-members,

Registration for the ICoTA Canada Annual General Meeting is now open. Click here to register now.

ICoTA Canada Photo Contest

Tue, 09 Feb 2016 16:25:31 GMT

ICoTA Canada has decided to to run a photo contest this year to generate some fresh visual content for the new website.

Photos can be submitted to icotaphotocontest@gmail.com. Please include your name, the company you're with (if appropriate), a brief description of where the photo was taken and whether or not it was taken with a cell phone.

Don't miss out on some great prizes. We look forward to everyone's submissions!

ICoTA Board

The Prizes:

Best Photo: Choice of free admission to the ICoTA Canada Roundtable OR the ICoTA Canada Golf Tournament (~$350 value) – must be used in 2016 / 2017.

Best Photo taken with a Cell Phone: Free Admission to an ICoTA Canada Lunch and Learn / Technical Session or a 1 year paid ICoTA membership (~$50 value) – must be used in 2016 / 2017.

5 Runner Up Prizes: Free Admission to an ICoTA Canada Lunch and Learn / Technical Session or a 1 year paid ICoTA membership (~$50 value) – must be used in 2016 / 2017.

Contest Rules:

Photos must be submitted by July 01, 2016.

The contest is open to current members and non-members.

The photos must be industry related and should have a focus on coiled tubing / wireline / interventions, but all oilfield themed photos are welcome.

The photos do not have to be current or recent – a great photo that you took while working at Fracmaster in the 1980s would be a welcome contribution, as would an amazing photo taken on a job you were on yesterday.

You must have taken the photo.

All judging will be done by the ICoTA Canada Selection Committee selected by the ICoTA Canada Website Committee Chair.

The photos cannot show any proprietary technology not already in the public domain.

Photos of ‘Train Wrecks’ will not be considered for the purposes of this contest.

ICoTA Canada is given unlimited use of the photos for display on the ICoTA Canada website and for promotional and marketing purposes.

Winners will be notified by July 31, 2016 so they can determine how to use their prizes in 2016.

Results will be announced at the ICoTA Canada Roundtable in October, 2016

E-Learning Courses for the Well Intervention Industry

Tue, 19 Jan 2016 20:59:58 GMT

In keeping with the ICoTA mission statement, we are proud to offer the following online courses through a third party Learning Management System. These courses were specifically prepared and developed for ICoTA by Athena Engineering Services.

Learn more at the ICoTA USA Chapter website:

http://www.icota.com/training.htm

Coiled Tubing Industry in a Major Downturn: Challenges & Solutions

Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:39:11 GMT

SPE & ICoTA Intersociety Lunch

Date: Tuesday, 19 January, 2016

Speakers: Silviu Livescu & Tom Watkins

Location: Calgary Petroleum Club

Time: 11:30 – 1:00 pm

https://specalgary.com/initiative/56545b3cfebd21a2026f2b51

Abstract:

Coiled tubing has been developed for its ability to perform remedial work on a live well. For more than 50 years, coiled tubing has mainly been an intervention technology used to maintain or increase production. It has evolved from a challenging engineering solution to a mature technology with a global market share of more than $5.4 billion in 2014, including the North America unconventional oil and gas market where coiled tubing is part of the well completion operations.In prior cycles, declines in rig activity have not affected the coiled tubing market immediately. However, the last year downturn has seen a dramatic change in the commodity business model of well interventions, in general, and coiled tubing applications, in particular. The coiled tubing industry, similarly to all other oil and gas sectors, is responding to the new market conditions through technical innovation. Recently developed intelligent coiled tubing systems combine real-time downhole data monitoring with additional capabilities to simultaneously provide downhole power, significantly improving operational efficiency and accelerating well recovery in all types of coiled tubing operations. From milling, stimulation, and well cleanouts to gas lifting, camera services, logging and perforating operations, these novel systems can provide accurate, real-time downhole monitoring of high-resolution depth correlation, differential pressure, and temperature data. The knowledge and confidence gained by using these intelligent coiled tubing systems drive the coiled tubing industry further.

Silviu Livescu Bio:

Silviu Livescu is the chief scientist in Baker Hughes’ worldwide Coiled Tubing Research and Engineering (CTRE) facility in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was previously affiliated with ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company in Houston, Texas, USA and the Department of Energy Resources Engineering at Stanford University, California, USA. Silviu has conducted fundamental and applied research and industrial research and development projects in application areas as diverse as reservoir engineering, production engineering, well intervention, and flow assurance. Silviu holds BS and MS degrees from University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Romania and a PhD degree from University of Delaware, Delaware, USA, all in mechanical engineering.

Tom Watkins Bio:

Tom Watkins is the global field support manager for Baker Hughes' worldwide Coiled Tubing Research and Engineering (CTRE) facility in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Tom, a licensed engineer in Alberta, brings experience from nearly a decade of working in research and development of coiled tubing technologies. A graduate of SAIT Polytechnic, Tom has several patents and publications helping the industry move forward.

The SPE would like to thank our sponsor for this luncheon

This luncheon is sponsored by Schlumberger. Schlumberger is the world’s leading supplier of technology, integrated project management and information solutions to customers working in the oil and gas industry worldwide. Schlumberger provides the industry’s widest range of products and services from exploration through production.

Don’t Miss Out and Sign Up Today!

https://specalgary.com/initiative/56545b3cfebd21a2026f2b51

January 19, 2016

From 11:45 AM to 1:00 PM

Calgary Petroleum Club

319 5th Ave SW

Calgary, AB

ICoTA Canada Corporate Sponsorship Program for 2016

Tue, 05 Jan 2016 14:14:46 GMT

ICoTA Canada is pleased to announce the return of Corporate Sponsorship Program for 2016

The program is divided into four levels based on the number of members registered – Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. As a corporate member your company and selected employees receive the following:

Each corporate sponsorship includes a number of memberships to ICoTA Canada and vouchers to be redeemed at ICoTA Canada events.
Platinum – 20 memberships and vouchers
Gold – 15 memberships and vouchers
Silver – 10 memberships and vouchers
Bronze – 5 memberships and vouchers
Additional members $35/member
Sponsorship of the ICoTA Canada website is included.
Hole sponsorship at the annual ICoTA Canada golf tournament.
Company name on a sponsorship banner which is displayed at every ICoTA Canada function.
Vouchers redemption details will be sent to the corporate sponsor administrator prior to select ICoTA events throughout the year.

Registration is available for a limited time only - sign up before March 31, 2016.

Any questions regarding the Corporate Membership program should be directed to icota@icota-canada.com

ICoTA Donates to Alberta Children's Hospital

Wed, 16 Dec 2015 17:25:36 GMT

Thank you to everyone who entered the charity draw at the 2015 ICoTA Canada Golf Tournament. We we're able to raise $815.00 this year! The funds were presented to Alberta Children's Hospital this week by ICoTA Canada board president, Greg Chapin.

Now Available - 2015 ICoTA Roundtable Presentations

Mon, 02 Nov 2015 17:43:48 GMT

Thanks to everyone who attended and presented at our Roundtable event this year. Speaker presentations are now available in the members area!

ICoTA Canada Website Upgrade

Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:20:16 GMT

The ICoTA Canada website has recently been upgraded. Existing member should have received instructions on how to re-activate their ICoTA Canada account.

If you have not received the email or are having difficulties logging on, please send us a note at icota@icota-canada.com and we'll address this issue as quickly as possible.