Data Science and Engineering Analytics Award

(Formerly Economics and Evaluation Award and Management and Information Award)

The Data Science and Engineering Analytics Award recognizes outstanding achievements or contributions to the advancement of petroleum engineering in data science and engineering analytics, with a focus on global impact. This award honors individuals whose work has significantly influenced the industry on an international scale, demonstrating exceptional leadership, collaboration, and the application of data science and engineering analytics. Contributions may include groundbreaking research, impactful publications, transformative technologies, or impactful initiatives that have advanced the field beyond organizational or regional boundaries, benefiting the broader petroleum engineering community worldwide.

The award will encompass (SPE Taxonomy):

• Information Management and Systems
• Research and Development and Emerging Technology Programs

Eligibility Requirements

The conditions of eligibility for the award are as follows:

• Any professional member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers in good standing shall be eligible to receive the award.

• Deceased members may not be nominated for SPE Awards. If a previously nominated candidate dies after 1 January in the year of presentation, and if duly selected for the award, the presentation shall be made posthumously in accordance with special procedures to be prescribed by the SPE Board of Directors. Posthumous award presentations are otherwise prohibited.

• No recipient of SPE Honorary Membership, the John Franklin Carll Award, Lester C. Uren Award, DeGolyer Distinguished Service Medal, or Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal and the Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal shall be eligible to receive the award.

• No recipient of the Management and Information Award shall be eligible to receive the award.

• No officer or member of the International Board of Directors of the Society shall be eligible to receive any award while serving on the Board. In addition, he or she will not be eligible to receive any award during the calendar year in which his or her term ends, and for a period of two full calendar years following the expiration of his or her term of service on the Board.

• No member of the Award Selection Committee shall be eligible to receive the award while serving as a member of the award committee in which they are judging, and for a period of two full calendar years following the expiration of his or her term of service on the committee.

• The award may only be presented to an individual for truly outstanding achievement.

• Past recipients of the award are ineligible to receive it a second time.

• Self-nominated candidates are not eligible.

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