Oral-History:Don Hannegan
About the Interviewee
Don is Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) Strategic Technology Development Manager for Weatherford, Registered Professional Engineer, recipient of The World Oil 2004 Innovative Thinker Award for his role in developing MPD tools & techniques, SPE 2006-2007 Distinguished Lecturer (Offshore Applications of MPD), IADC Exemplary Service Award recipient and member of Pi Epsilon Tau Petroleum Engineering Honor Society.
Don authored the MPD Chapter in SPE’s new textbook Advanced Drilling & Well Construction and is lead author of a book to be published under the auspices of the IADC Technical Publications Committee entitled Drilling Optimization Tools & Technology, lead author of the Pressure Management chapter in the current edition of the IADC Drilling Manual and author of the MPD Option chapter in the 2015 edition of IADC’s Deepwater Well Control Guidelines.
He is presently serving on the SPE Distinguished Lecturer Committee and co-chair of the Pressure Management & Well Control session at the SPE 2014 & 2015 Annual Technical Conference, and has been invited to serve chair-elect of the 2016 Drilling Sessions and chair of the 2017 Drilling Sessions.
Don has 21 issued and 31 published patent applications consigned to Weatherford, most of which speak to various drilling methods and pressure control equipment designs.
About the Interview
Don Hannegan: An interview conducted by Amy Esdorn for the Society of Petroleum Engineers, September 29, 2015.
Interview SPEOH000128 at the Society of Petroleum Engineers History Archive.
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Interview
INTERVIEWEE: Don Hannegan
INTERVIEWER: Amy Esdorn
DATE: September 29, 2015
PLACE: Houston, Texas
