“Rockets & Rigs” Smart Oil & Gas Exploration Nov 28,2018 | 8:40 AM – 9:30 AM “Rockets & Rigs” Presented by: James Franks Pioneer Natural Resources Director, Technology Development and Implementation

Rockets and Rigs The Start of a Journey The Vision The (Brief) History The Next Steps; Challenges

Rockets and Rigs – let’s get this out of the way Picture a well known movie about space and drilling starring Bruce Willis Ben Affleck Liv Tyler Owen Wilson Steve Buscemi Michael Clarke Duncan Billy Bob Thornton Will Patton  It is not this! (well, not yet ) Armageddon, Michael Bay, Touchstone Pictures, 1998

Rockets and Rigs Vision Networking for professionals Promoting cross industry collaboration Developing value propositions and technology Sharing technology, experiences and processes Testing of systems to be used in Space must be tested on Earth – we can help each other!

Rockets and Rigs Brief History – Oct 2017 Blast Off!! Small group gathers to discuss Formulation of white paper begins Potential Collaboration Areas Identified Operations; Remote Expert (Medicine) Sensors; Communications Water Rock Identification/Excavation

Rockets and Rigs Brief History – Feb 2018 Validation (without actionable results) Larger group gathers to discuss Presentations from “Rocket” and from “Rigs” Potential Collaboration Areas Operations; Remote Expert (Medicine); Autonomous Sensors; Communications Water; Harsh Environments Rock Identification/Excavation

Rockets and Rigs Brief History – July 2018 Set the stage for action! Small group reviews NASA Technology Develop large group meeting format Focused Collaboration Areas Sensors, Water, Energy Storage Targeted Investigation Sessions (TBD) Rapid “Digital Twinning” Real-time training; AR/VR/XR; Remote Operations Leak Detection

Rockets and Rigs Next Steps – Feb 2019 Actionable Results Workshop to build value cases Attendees from the various organizations Framework (draft) Presentations from NASA Innovation inspirational / training Workgroups develop value cases – present to large group Goal: 1 to 2 technologies advance to industry/academia

Rockets and Rigs Next Steps – Beyond Feb 2019 Develop sessions to on the following: What are we working on today What are we working on tomorrow Targeted Technology

Rockets and Rigs Next Steps – Getting involved What would Rockets do? What would Rigs do? Who should be here? Stay Connected and Involved. If interested, please reach out! www.rocketsandrigs.org - needs some updating…  fredrick.jenet@utrgv.edu - linkedin.com/in/fjenet steven.a.gonzalez@nasa.gov - linkedin.com/in/steven-gonzalez-248312 james.franks@pxd.com - linkedin.com/in/james-franks-5593bb64

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