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IADC recognizes Sarah Kern, Nathan Moralez with Exemplary Service Awards
Helmerich & Payne’s Sarah Kern and
BP’s Nathan Moralez each received IADC
Exemplary Service Awards on 3 November
at the 2022 IADC Annual General Meeting
in New Orleans, La.

Ms Kern, who serves as Senior Industry
Affairs Analyst at H&P, recently com-
pleted a term as Co-Chair of the IADC
Young Professionals Committee and now
leads the IADC Advanced Rig Technology
(ART) Committee as Co-Chair. She also
serves on the Program Committees for the
IADC ART Conference and the IADC/SPE
International Drilling Conference.

Mr Moralez, BP Senior Rig Automation
Engineer, has been active with the IADC
ART Committee since 2015 and has served
as Chair of ART’s Data, Controls and
Sensors Subcommittee since 2018.

Sarah Kern (left) and Nathan Moralez (right), pictured with IADC President Jason
McFarland, received Exemplary Service Awards in November.

IADC Brazil Chapter honors 23 rigs at annual safety awards
Pictured at the IADC Brazil Chapter’s safety awards ceremony in December are
(from left) Leandro Luzone, Chapter Secretary; Adriana Pais, Chapter Administra-
tor; Mardonildo Filho, Chapter Chair; Marcelo Pombo, Diamond Offshore, whose
Brasdril subsidiary received an award for the Ocean Courage; Aristeu Andreatta,
Chapter Vice Chair; and Roberto Paschoalin, IADC Regional Advisory for Brazil.

The IADC Brazil Chapter recognized
23 rigs, owned by eight contractors, at
its annual safety awards ceremony on 3
December. The awards are given to rigs
that have operated in Brazil for 12 months
without a lost time incident (LTI).

The rigs honored at the awards cer-
emony are:
Brasdril: Ocean Courage
Constellation: Alpha Star, Brava Star,
Gold Star, Lone Star
Helix: Siem Helix 1, Siem Helix 2
Ocyan: Norbe VI, Norbe VIII, Norbe IX,
ODN I, ODN II
Seadrill: West Carina, West Jupiter, West
Saturn, West Tellus
Transocean: Corcovado, Driller III,
Mykonos, Petrobras 10000
Valaris: DS-15
Ventura: Carolina, SSV Victoria
SAPC holds Q4 2022
meeting in Dubai,
reelects chapter officers
IADC’s Southern Arabian Peninsula
Chapter (SAPC) held its Q4 2022 meet-
ing on 11 November in Dubai. The meet-
ing saw 97 people in attendance.

The meeting also featured three guest
speakers: Maria Conceicao, Founder of
the Maria Cristina Foundation; Ravi
Mishra, Regional Manager – Middle
East at Axess Group; and Davendra
Rajcoomar, Operations Manager at the
Callen Group.

Each of the current chapter officers
also were reelected for another year:
Wayne Bauer, Chair
Doug McEwan, Vice Chair
Gareth Burrows, Secretary
William Devoto, Treasurer
The SAPC is based in Dubai and
primarily represents member compa-
nies in the UAE, Oman and Qatar. The
chapter holds quarterly meetings in
addition to social functions, includ-
ing an annual golf tournament and
gala dinner that often attracts more
than 1,000 attendees. The next SAPC
golf tournament is scheduled for 16-17
March and will mark the 25th anniver-
sary of the event.

The chapter has also scheduled its Q1
2023 meeting for 10 February in Dubai.

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