2018 Meritorious Awards Recognize Engineering Innovation

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Mar 09, 2018, 08:00 ET

HOUSTON, March 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The annual Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation honor engineering excellence and achievement in the upstream petroleum industry. The MEA program recognizes new products and technologies that demonstrate innovation in concept, design and application. E&P magazine editors will present medallions and plaques to the 2018 winners of Hart Energy's MEAs on Monday, April 30, – opening day of the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston's NRG Center. The May 2018 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 Jennifer Presley, Executive Editor, 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; service company professionals were not eligible to join the panel. 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 2018 Honorees:

ARTIFICIAL LIFT

Lift IQ Production Life Cycle Management Service – Schlumberger

DRILLBITS

StingBlock Advanced Stabilization Conical Element Cutter Block – Schlumberger

DRILLING FLUIDS/STIMULATION

CEMPRO+– Pegasus Vertex, Inc.

DRILLING SYSTEMS

Endura® Dual-String Section Mill – Weatherford
JetPulse® High-Speed Telemetry Service – Halliburton

EXPLORATION

DrillCam – Saudi Aramco

FORMATION EVALUATION

Pulsar Multifunction Spectroscopy Service – Schlumberger

HSE

CO₂-EOR and Sequestration Project with a Comprehensive Monitoring Program – Saudi Aramco

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING/PRESSURE PUMPING

SC Bowhead II – Stage Completions

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS

WellWatcher Advisor Real-Time Intelligent Completion Software – Schlumberger

IOR/EOR/REMEDIATION

Torus Insert Safety Valve – Baker Hughes, a GE company

NON-FRACTURING COMPLETIONS

IMAGE Frac™ 2.0 pressure-based fracture maps – Reveal Energy Services

ONSHORE RIGS

AutoTong® System – Weatherford

SUBSEA SYSTEMS

Helically Grooved Buoyancy for VIV Suppression – Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.

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