TECHNICAL CATEGORIES
1. Drilling Process and Technology
a) Bit/Hole Openers
b) Cementing and Zonal Isolation
c) Directional Drilling and Hole Enlargement
d) Downhole Tools
e) Drilling Fluids
f) Drilling Mechanics (Vibration, Stick Slip, etc.)
g) Geomechanics
h) Geoscience (Rock Mechanics)
i) HPHT
j) Solids Control and Waste Management 

2. Tubulars
a) Casing and Zonal Insolation Tools
b) Drilling Tubulars
c) Expandables
d) Production Tubulars
e) Riser and Conductors 

3. Deepwater and Subsea
a) Deepwater Drilling and Completion
b) Deepwater Drilling Rigs
c) Deepwater Methods and Technologies
d) Deepwater Well Control
e) Sub Salt Drilling, Tar and Rubble Zones
f) Subsea Wells
g) Surface BOP and Related Technologies
h) Shallow Hazards (Gas, Oil, Hydrates)
4. Offshore Technology
a) Drilling Equipment Rental
b) Drilling Equipment Servicing, Assembly & Manufacture
c) Floating Well Stimulation
d) Offshore Supply Base & Logistics
e) Rig Classification & Certification
f) Rig Equipment
g) Rig Process Automation
h) Rig Technology
i) Subsea Technology

5. Well Technology and Field Development
a) Completion Technology
b) Cost Effective Project Implementation
c) Cost Effective Well Head Jackets
d) Enhanced Oil Recovery
e) Field Development
f) Mature Field Rejuvenation
g) Well Design
h) Well Intervention
i) Well Stimulation (Fracing)
j) Smart Well Completions

6. Management and Systems
a) Contracts
b) Drilling Management
c) Health, Safety and Environment
d) Integrated Project Implementation
e) People - Competence and Training - Competence Development & Management
f) Performance Drilling
g) Planning - Risk Management, Well Cost, Scheduling
h) Process Safety
i) Quality
j) Regulatory Compliance
k) Well Control—Procedures and Technologies 

7. Leading and New Technologies/ Methodologies
a) Dual Gradient Drilling
b) Factory Style Drilling
c) Innovative Technologies
d) Managed Pressure and Underbalanced Drilling
e) Nano Technology
f) Real Time Operating Centres and Remote Data Gathering
g) Shale Gas/Oil Development
h) Special Techniques (Through Tubing Operations, Drilling with Casing and Drilling System Automation)
8. Case Studies
a) Challenging Projects That Overcame Adversity
b) Deep Well Drilling
c) Extended Reach Drilling
d) Frontier Operations and Extreme Environments
e) Low Cost Wells
f) Mature Fields
g) Shale Drilling
h) Unconventional Projects