2016 Meritorious Awards Recognizes Engineering Innovation

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Mar 31, 2016, 03:33 ET

HOUSTON, March 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The 46^th annual Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation honors engineering excellence and achievement in the upstream petroleum industry. The MEA program honors new products and technologies that demonstrate innovation in concept, design and application. E&P Magazine editors will present medallions and plaques to the 2016 winners of Hart Energy's MEAs on Monday, May 2 -- opening day of the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston's NRG Center. The May 2016 issue of E&P will showcase the winners' technologies.

"Our magazine and its predecessors have consistently honored technical innovation that allows our industry to overcome seemingly impossible challenges," said Mark Thomas, Editor-in-Chief, E&P. "The Meritorious Awards for Engineering reflect the best of the best in technological advancement."

The expert panel of judges included engineers and scientists from operating and consulting companies worldwide – no service companies. They applied their knowledge to select winners in their areas of expertise. Judges were excluded from categories in which they or their companies have a business interest.

The 2016 Honorees:

Exploration

Jet Research Center – Advanced Perforating Flow Laboratory, Halliburton

Formation Evaluation:

Integrity eXplorer™ Cement Evaluation Service, Baker Hughes
FTeX™ Advanced Wireline Formation Pressure Testing Service, Baker Hughes

HSE:

Hand and Finger Injury Prevention Program, Weatherford

Drillbits:

Talon™ Force PDC Bit, Baker Hughes

Drilling Fluids/Stimulation:

Broadband Services' Composite Fracturing Fluids, Schlumberger

Drilling Systems:

ICE UltraHT Drilling Services, Schlumberger

Hydraulic Fracturing/Completions:

PosiFrac Toe Sleeve™, TAM International

Onshore Rigs:

FlexGen^® Solid State Generator, FlexGen^® Power Systems

Intelligent Systems and Components:

Manara Production and Reservoir Management System, Saudi Aramco and Schlumberger

IOR/EOR/Remediation:

SmartPlex^® Downhole Control System, Halliburton

Water Management:

xWATER Integrated Water-Flexible Fracturing Fluid Delivery Service, Schlumberger
AquaView^®, Select Energy Services
BrineCare™ Fracturing Fluid Systems, Baker Hughes

Subsea Systems:

DTG2 ROV, Deep Trekker Inc.

Floating Systems and Rigs:

R-550D, Zentech Inc.
Firestop™, Trelleborg Offshore & Construction

Marine Construction:

SealWelding™, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions

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