1. W ORK G ROUP ON E VALUATION OF NAF R EMOVAL AND W ATER - W ETTING BY S PACERS – W INTER 2016, A USTIN, T EXAS Paul Sonnier – Chairman

2. A GENDA Meeting minutes from last meeting Update

3. R OUND R OBIN T ESTING P LAN Base Fluids – Metal Coupons New instructions written Videos for each step are complete Samples ready for shipment Evaluate test procedure at each lab in Q1 If all labs match, continue with testing additional samples If all labs still not matching investigate goniometer differences

4. P ARTICIPATING L ABS Chevron Trican Baker Hughes Schlumberger Clamart CSI Technologies Drilling Specialties Schlumberger Houston Petrobras Halliburton

5. P ROJECT U PDATE Analysis of Best Practices for Deepwater Cementing in Oil Based Mud (OBM) and Synthetic Based Mud (SBM)

6. P HASE II UPDATE Placement Simulator Field Validation One job performed – evaluating results Plan to have additional jobs Field Trials Conoco well being drilled in Deepwater Plan to catch all strings in well being drilled with OBM Samples from jobs will be analyzed through a suite of testing as well as simulation runs for predictions of contamination Laboratory Continuing fundamental studies with Princeton – adhesion testing Seal Effectiveness testing ongoing with Annular Seal testing Design criteria for the lab in development

7. RPSEA A CKNOWLEDGEMENT S TATEMENT Funding for this project is provided by RPSEA through the “Ultra- Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Resources” program authorized by the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005. RPSEA (www.rpsea.org) is a nonprofit corporation whose mission is to provide a stewardship role in ensuring the focused research, development and deployment of safe and environmentally responsible technology that can effectively deliver hydrocarbons from domestic resources to the citizens of the United States. RPSEA, operating as a consortium of premier U.S. energy research universities, industry, and independent research organizations, manages the program under a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory.www.rpsea.org