About the Event

Don't want to miss out on the groundbreaking drilling and completions research Darcy delivered in 2024? Let us bring you up to speed! We'll explore which industry trends shaped the narrative in 2024, showcase the breakthrough Innovators who transformed the landscape, and reveal how operators leveraged cutting-edge technology to tackle their biggest challenges. Curious what questions your industry peers brought to Darcy? Join us for this session where we'll break down:

• 2024's Defining Trends: Drawing from Darcy's unique market perspective, we'll highlight the year's most significant developments and movements. Our insights are powered by conversations with our growing community of 10,000+ energy industry professionals, deep-dive discussions with innovative technology providers, customized member research, and key takeaways from our series of Darcy Live Events.

• Top 10 Innovators of 2024: Get ready for our highly anticipated annual showcase featuring 10 standout technology Innovators. Our selection process combines quantitative engagement metrics from Darcy Connect - including member views, follows, and interactions - with our qualitative assessment of each solution's market impact and technological innovation.

• 2025 Preview: Be among the first to learn about Darcy's upcoming research agenda for 2025, including our initial focus areas. This is your opportunity to help influence and shape the topics we'll explore in the coming year!

• Guest Speaker (Matt Isbell) - Drilling Topic: 2024 and Beyond - Technologies to Watch! The speaker will explore the integration of digital tools in drilling operations, focusing on how technologies such as AI, predictive analytics, and automation enhance performance. The session will discuss how these tools contribute to well design, planning, and operational efficiency, ultimately improving decision-making and reducing risks throughout the well lifecycle. He will highlight key trends emerging in 2024 and their impact on strategies for 2025 and beyond. Through real-world stories, the speaker will illustrate the value of digital tools and how they seamlessly integrate into operations once effectively implemented.

• Guest Speaker (John Spears) - Completion Topic: Learnings from the 2024 Frac Market & Predictions for 2025 Industry guru John Spears will address the forces and trends that shaped drilling and completion activity in 2024, focusing on the never-ending race to offset declining reservoir performance with longer laterals and more efficient operations. In addition to highlighting the meaningful trends of 2024 among both operators and service companies, the speaker will discuss how a changing presidential administration might affect the macroeconomic forces that will shape the industry in the coming year.

About the Speakers

Matt Isbell, is the Senior Drilling Engineering Advisor with the Wells Team at Hess Corporation. He is a drilling system subject matter expert with worldwide experience as his current focus is connecting well construction roles with tools and processes to use real-time measurements to improve outcomes. He has a BSME from the University of Texas at Austin and currently serves on the SPE Forum implementation committee and chairs the IADC Drilling Engineering Committee. He now spends his days connecting the end-to-end well construction value chain to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost."

John Spears is President of Spears and Associates, a Tulsa-based market research firm that specializes in the oil and gas industry, primarily for the upstream sector (drilling and production). John has over 40 years of experience conducting market research on products and services used in the drilling, completion, production and pipeline sectors of the global petroleum industry for clients including oilfield service firms, operators, and financial institutions.