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2008 SPE International Award Recipients

SPE congratulates the following 2008 honorees and award recipients. They will be recognized at the Annual Banquet during the Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Denver, Colorado, USA on 22 September.

Honorary Member

Kenneth E. Arnold, K Arnold Consulting, Houston, Texas USA
Elmond L. Claridge, TCA Reservoir Energy Services (retired), Pearland, Texas USA
Dato' Mohamad Idris Mansor, Consultant, Selangor, Malaysia
Gary A. Pope, University of Texas, Austin, Texas USA

John Franklin Carll Award

Fred I. Stalkup, Petro Tel, Dallas, Texas USA

Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal (2009)

Mukul M. Sharma, University of Texas, Austin, Texas USA

Antonin Settari, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada, was previously approved as recipient of the 2008 Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal

Lester C. Uren Award

Rodolfo Camacho Velazquez, PEMEX, Mexico City, Mexico

Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty

Andrew K. Wojtanowicz, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge USA

DeGolyer Distinguished Service Award

James P. Brill, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma USA

Distinguished Member

Jude O. Amaefule, Emerald Energy Resources, Lagos, Nigeria
Annie Audibert-Hayet, Total, Paris, France
James W. Crafton, Performance Science, Evergreen, Colorado, USA
Betty Jean Felber, U.S. Department of Energy, Sand Springs, Oklahoma, USA
Charles D. Haynes, University of Alabama, Guntersville, Alabama USA
Ashok K. Khurana, Curtin University, Bridgewater, SA Australia
Sunil L. Kokal, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudia Arabia
Lewis B. Ledlow, ConocoPhillips, Houston, Texas USA
Mamdouh Mahfouz, SAPESCO, Cairo, Egypt
Daulat D. Mamora, Texas A&M, College Station, Texas USA
Niladri K. Mitra, ONGC, New Delhi, India
Dean S. Oliver, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma USA
Phillip M. Poettmann, Schlumberger, Moscow, Russia
Maurizio Senese, CACT Operators Group, Guangdong, China

Cedric K. Ferguson Medal and Certificate

Takeshi Hiraiwa, Abu Dhabi Marine Operating, Abu Dhabi, UAE (Medal)
Koichi Suzuki, Zakum Development, Abu Dhabi, UAE (Certificate)
"New Method of Incorporating Immobile and Nonvaporizing Residual Oil Saturation into Compositional Reservoir Simulation of Gasflooding."

Distinguished Service Award

Peter K. Currie, Delft University of Technology, Rijswijk, The Netherlands
Ali Ghalambor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana USA
Thomas A. Gouldie, Santos Limited, Adelaide, Australia
Alain Labastie, Total, Pau, France
Kenneth D. Oglesby, Impact Technologies, Tulsa, Oklahoma USA

Drilling and Completion Award

Phillip D. Pattillo, BP, Houston, Texas USA

Norman R. Warpinski, Pinnacle, Houston, Texas USA, was previously approved as the recipient of the 2008 Drilling and Completion Award.

Projects, Facilities and Construction Award

Edward Wichert, Sogapro Engineering, Calgary, Canada

Formation Evaluation Award

Carlos Torres-Verdin, University of Texas, Austin, Texas USA

Health, Safety, and Environment Award

John A. Hall, Halliburton, Houston, Texas USA

Management and Information Award

J. Roger Hite, Business Fundamentals Group, Houston, Texas USA

Production and Operations Award

A. Dan Hill, Texas A&M, College Station, Texas USA

Public Service Award

Joyce Holtzclaw, Nations Petroleum, Bakersfield, California USA

Reservoir Description and Dynamics Award

Ali H. Dogru, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Young Member Outstanding Service Award

Karam S. Al-Yateem, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Husameddin S. Al-Madani, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Natalie Pestana Chadud, DONG Energy E & P, Copenhagen, Denmark
Timothy W. Crumrine, ConocoPhillips, Anchorage, Alaska USA