E&P Magazine Announces 2011 Winners Meritorious Awards for Engineering Excellence

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Mar 08, 2011, 02:57 ET

HOUSTON, March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- E&P magazine will recognize all the winners of Hart Energy's 2011 Meritorious Awards for Engineering Excellence during the opening day of the Offshore Technology Conference at Reliant Park (May 3, 2011, in Houston). E&P's May 2011 issue will showcase the winners.

"For 40 years Hart Energy and its predecessors have been honored to recognize and announce the winners of the Meritorious Award for Engineering Excellence," E&P editor Judy Maksoud said. "This year's winners continue the tradition of technical innovation which has enabled our industry to make steady progress in the face of more challenging reservoirs and more hostile operating environments."

The honorees are:

Drillbits: Baker Hughes for its Kymera™ hybrid bit technology
Drilling Fluids: Newpark for its Evolution™ drilling fluid system
Drilling Tools: Schlumberger for SonicScope™
Formation Evaluation: Halliburton for GeoTap™ IDS
Completions: Baker Hughes for Equalizer™ Select
Stimulation: Baker Hughes for OptiPort™
IOR/EOR: Brinker Technology for Platelet Barrier technology
Remediation: Weatherford for its Well Intervention Unit
Intelligent Systems & Components: Verdande Technology for its DrillEdge™ software platform
Exploration Technology: Geotrace for Bandwidth Extension
Facilities: Baker Hughes for its Eco Centre

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