2020 Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation

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Mar 17, 2020, 16:32 ET

HOUSTON, March 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The annual Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation (MEAs) 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.

"Our magazine and its predecessors have consistently honored technical innovation that allows our industry to overcome seemingly impossible challenges," said Jennifer Presley, executive editor of E&P. "The Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation reflect the best of the best in technological advancement."

The expert panel of judges included engineers and scientists from operating and consulting companies worldwide. Each judge was assigned a category that best utilized his or her area of expertise. Judges were excluded from categories in which they or their companies have a business interest.

The 2020 Honorees:

ARTIFICIAL LIFT

• REDA Continuum Extended-Life ESP Pump	Schlumberger

DRILLBITS

• Ultrastrong Catalyst-Free PDC	Saudi Aramco
• Aegis Armor Cladding	Schlumberger

DRILLING FLUIDS/STIMULATION

• TETRA CS Neptune Fluid Systems	TETRA Technologies
• DELTA-TEQ Low-Pressure-Impact Drilling Fluid	Baker Hughes

DRILLING SYSTEMS

• Omega^X Solid-State Surveying System	Gyrodata
• AlphaST Single-Trip Openhole Cement and Sidetrack System	Weatherford

EXPLORATION/GEOSCIENCE

• SpiceRack	Saudi Aramco

FORMATION EVALUATION

• Intelligent Conveyance System	Weatherford
• EarthStar Ultra-Deep Resistivity Service 3D Inversion	Halliburton

HSE

• Rack Back Console	Frank's International
• Digital Flare Mitigation	Crusoe Energy Systems Inc.

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING/PRESSURE PUMPING

• ThinFrac MP Friction Reducer	BJ Services
• BreakThru Casing Flotation Device	Nine Energy Service

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS

• GumboNet	Data Gumbo
• Open Secure Automation Platform	Bedrock Automation

INTELLIGENT COMPONENTS

• PowerPath	U.S. Well Services
• Imersiv Augmented and Virtual Reality Solutions	Halliburton
• Additive Manufacturing for Fossil-Free Combustion in Gas Turbines	Siemens

IOR/EOR/REMEDIATION

• Nano-Encapsulated Reservoir Chemical Treatments	Saudi Aramco
• FiberLine Intervention System	Well-SENSE

MARINE CONSTRUCTION & DECOMMISSIONING

• CemFIT Heal Flexible Self-Healing Cement System	Schlumberger

NON-FRACTURING COMPLETIONS

• Deep Imaging Real-Time Fluid Tracking	Deep Imaging

SUBSEA SYSTEMS

• Casing Reconnect System	Schlumberger

WATER MANAGEMENT

• Acoustic Oil-Water-Fines Separation	Saudi Aramco

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