2009 SPE International Award Recipients

SPE congratulates the following 2009 honorees and award recipients. They will be recognized during the 2009 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans, Louisiana USA in October.

Honorary Member

James P. Brill, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma USA
Abbas Firoozabadi, Reservoir Engineering Research Institute, Palo Alto, California USA
Alain C. Gringarten, Imperial College, London UK
Joseph E. Warren, Frontier Resources, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

John Franklin Carll Award

Akhil Datta-Gupta, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas USA

Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal (2010)

Christine A. Ehlig-Economides, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas USA

Mukul M. Sharma, University of Texas, Austin, Texas USA, was previously approved as recipient of the 2009 Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal

Lester C. Uren Award

Anil K. Ambastha, Chevron IndoAsia, San Ramon, California USA

Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty

Mohan G. Kelkar, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma USA

DeGolyer Distinguished Service Award

L. Kent Thomas, Consultant, Bartlesville, Oklahoma USA

Distinguished Member

Anil K. Ambastha, Chevron IndoAsia, San Ramon, California USA
Hazim H. Abass, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Hisham M. AlQassab, Schlumberger, Pearland, Texas USA
Ramona M. Graves, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado USA
J. Roger Hite, Business Fundamentals Group, Houston, Texas USA
Roger B. Hough, Lowell Professional Services, Calgary, Alberta Canada
Russell Johns, University of Texas, Austin, Texas USA
Mridul Kumar, Chevron ETC, Houston, Texas USA
David O. Ogbe, Greatland Solutions, LLC, Greenwood, Colorado USA
Erdal Ozkan, Colorado School of Mines, Golden Colorado USA
Hemanta K. Sarma, University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia
Wolfgang E. Schollnberger, Potomac, Maryland USA
Mohamed Y. Soliman, Halliburton Energy Services Group, Houston, Texas USA
Salam P. Salamy, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Cedric K. Ferguson Medal and Certificate

Bernhard Hustedt, Brunei Shell, Seria, Brunei (Medal)
Paul van den Hoek, Shell, Rijswijk, The Netherlands (Certificate)
“Induced Fracturing in Reservoir Simulation: Application of a New Coupled Simulator to a Waterflooding Field Example”

Distinguished Service Award

Danny Bell, EXCO Resources, Dallas, Texas USA
Joyce M. I. Holtzclaw, Nations Petroleum Limited, Keene, California USA
Robert W. Chase, Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio USA

Completions Optimization and Technology Award

Joseph A. Ayoub, Schlumberger, Sugarland, Texas USA

Drilling Engineering Award (2010)

Allen Sinor, Hughes Christensen, The Woodlands, Texas USA

Phillip D. Pattillo, BP, Houston, Texas USA, was previously approved as the recipient of the 2009 Drilling Engineering Award.

Formation Evaluation Award

T. S. Ramakrishnan, Schlumberger, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA

Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Social Responsibility

John Veil, Argonne National Laboratories, Washington, DC USA

Management and Information Award

Mehrzad Mahdavi, Dexa Systems Incorporated, Houston, Texas USA

Production and Operations Award

Hisham A. Nasr-El-Din, Texas A&M, College Station, Texas USA

Projects, Facilities and Construction Award

Norman D. McMullen, BP America, Cypress, Texas USA

Public Service Award

William J. Milliken, Chevron, San Ramon, California USA

Reservoir Description and Dynamics Award

Ram G. Agarwal, PetroTel, Tulsa, Oklahoma USA

Young Member Outstanding Service Award

Abhishek Anchilya, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas USA
Anthony E. Onukwu, Eclipse Petroleum, Aberdeen, Scotland
Julio C. Soriano, Encana Oil and Gas, Denver, Colorado USA