Drilling Engineering Award
The Drilling Engineering Award of the Society of Petroleum Engineers
recognizes outstanding achievement or contributions to the advancement of
petroleum engineering in the area of drilling.
Nominee Eligibility
Must be a living member of SPE or a group with at least one SPE member.
A nominee is not eligible:
- If they have received the John Franklin Carll Award, Lester C. Uren Award, DeGolyer
Distinguished Service Medal, or Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal
- If they are on the current SPE Board of Directors, Drilling Engineering Award committee or those who have served in these positions during the past 2 years.
To Nominate
- Fill out nomination form.
- Complete all required information on nomination form; incomplete nominations will not be accepted.
- Include a complete statement of the reasons for proposing the candidate, with a record of the candidate's professional and industrial achievements in detail.
- Send to awards@spe.org by 15 February
- Encourage no more than 3 colleagues to send letters supporting this nomination to awards@spe.org.
Do not reference or attach a resume or CV; all information must be included on the nomination form. Nominations and letters of recommendation are considered confidential. Candidates remain on the active consideration list for 3 years and if a candidate is not selected during the 3-year active consideration
cycle, they can be renominated the following year if all other eligibility
requirements are met.
About the Technical Discipline
This technical discipline covers:
- drilling equipment
- operational environment
- downhole operations
- site operations
- drilling design and analysis
- drilling management
