KEYNOTE SPEAKER: ANN MCELHINNEY

Ann McElhinney is a journalist and documentary film director and producer. Her work examining the real life costs of environmental policies has outraged many in the environmentalist movement.

An inspiring and entertaining public speaker, she was voted the most popular speaker after Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter at CPAC.

Ann is the director and producer of FrackNation (2013)—a documentary on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and the natural gas boom in the US and abroad.

Technical Program for ERM 2013

The technical program will consist of the following topics:

• Hydraulic fracturing of vertical and horizontal wells
• Health, safety, security, environment and social responsibility
• Geophysics and geology
• Drilling and completions
• Petrophysics
• Production engineering and well testing
• Reservoir engineering and simulation
• Case studies, cost control and economics Project management

Why Pittsburgh?

Over the past 5 years since the last ERM was held in Pittsburgh the basin has grown considerably to accommodate the explosion of the Marcellus shale and more recently, its older brother, the Utica shale. The result of this is the rich legacy of experience that was already present in the basin is now armed with access to and the application for the latest technology for oil and gas field development. This has shifted our basin from being a mere ‘user’ of technology to being a true ‘developer’ of technology. We have also seen the industry embrace the added environmental challenges of the area and work through solutions that benefit the communities in which we operate.

The theme of the 2013 Eastern Regional Meeting is appropriately named “Bridging Experience with Technology” and Pittsburgh will be the perfect venue to share these realized successes to others in the basin and to showcase them to those operating in similar unconventional basins outside of the area.