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Organized by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), the workshop is taking place on 29 and 30 November at the Kempinski Al Othman Hotel in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. It is supported by Aramco as the Host Organization and SLB as the Co-Host Organization. The workshop committee is led by the Sultan Sumat Workshop Chairperson Digital Drilling Group Leader, Aramco and Workshop Co-Chairperson, Oscar Ramirez, Global Performance and Technology Manager, SLB. The workshop opened with speeches from notable keynote speakers Najeeb Al-Abdulrahman, chief drilling engineer, Aramco; Ahmed Waguih, director digital drilling, SLB and Ghassan Mirdad, CEO, Arabian Drilling. Sharing his insights on the current drilling industry, Al-Abdulrahman said, "Today, the drilling industry is going through sweeping changes due to the challenging nature and complexity of its operations. And as the world and all industries are adopting and making use of the fourth industrial revolution technologies, drilling operations are no different. Drilling operations improvement opportunities are shaped by digitalization and rely on the ongoing adoptions of the key fourth industrial revolution pillars to address the difficult and complex nature of drilling and workover operations."
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