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World Oil Awards Winners Announced
Eleven Winning Companies Receive Top Honors at Global Petroleum Event
Houston, Texas – October 20, 2006 – World Oil® magazine announced the
eleven winners of the 2006 World Oil Awards at the fifth annual black-tie gala dinner last
night in Houston, Texas. The event, attended by close to 350 industry leaders, benefited
three universities that offer programs leading to careers in the petroleum industry. This
year's program also gave special tribute the past winners of the World Oil Awards, which
were established in 2002.
Marathon Oil Company won "The Health, Safety,
Environment/Sustainable Development Award" for their Bioko Island Malaria Control
Project. The "Innovative Thinkers Award" was given to Medhat Mickael, PhD,
Weatherford International Ltd., for his involvement in revolutionizing the design process
for logging-while-drilling (LWD) and wireline tools. China National Petroleum Corporation
was honored with the "Best Production Technology Award" for a series of
breakthroughs in enhanced oil recovery. Other winners included Baker Oil Tools for their
Z-Seal Metal-to-Metal Technology and IntelliServ (A Grant Prideco Company) for The
IntelliServ Network. Schlumberger received top honors for its Petrel application in the "Best
Data Visualization" category.
"The World Oil Awards, now in its fifth year, exists
to recognize outstanding accomplishments and foster new leadership in the oil and gas
industry," explained Alexandra Pruner, Publisher of World Oil® magazine. "The
quality and geographic diversity of the nominations received this year is very encouraging."
The eleven award categories span virtually all aspects of the upstream industry, ranging
from Best Drilling Technology to Best Outreach Program Award.
"In addition to the winning entries, this year's
program garnered nominations from companies, individuals and government organizations from
around the world, signifying a strong momentum and solid future for our industry,"
Pruner commented.
The complete list of winners at the 2006 World Oil Awards
is:
- The New Horizons Idea Award: The IntelliServ Network, IntelliServ (A Grant Prideco Company)
- Best Drilling Technology Award: PeriScope 15, Schlumberger
- Best Production Technology Award: Inject steam and/or flue gas to boost oil output and sequester CO2, China National Petroleum
Corporation
- Best Completion Technology Award: Z-Seal Metal-to-Metal Technology, Baker Oil Tools
- Best Fluids Award: FAZEPRO, M-I SWACO
- Best Exploration Technology Award: Reverse Time Migration, GX Technology
- Best Outreach Program Award: The Greater Houston Energy Education Collaborative (GHEEC)
- Best Data Management Solution Award: LOWIS Life-of-the-Well Information System, Weatherford International Ltd.
- Best Data Visualization Solution Award: Petrel, Schlumberger
- The Innovative Thinkers Award: Medhat Mickael, PhD, Weatherford International Ltd.
- The Health, Safety, Environment/Sustainable Development Award: The Bioko Island Malaria Control Project, Marathon Oil
The 2006 World Oil Awards benefited the University of
Adelaide in Australia, University of Stellenbosch, and University of Wyoming. This program
garnered hundreds of submissions from points around the globe. A third-party Advisory Board,
comprised of 22 senior industry executives and academics and The Next Generation Committee,
comprised of up-and-coming leaders in the petroleum industry who are recent graduates,
judged the short list of nominees.
The 2006 World Oil Awards were generously sponsored by
Halliburton, Hewlett-Packard, Schlumberger and Weatherford. This year's event also featured
an after-hours party hosted by Baker Hughes.
World Oil® magazine, the leading oil and gas trade
journal for the exploration, drilling and production sector, has a worldwide circulation of
35,000 readers. Gulf Publishing Company has published World Oil® for 90 years. Additional
information on the World Oil Awards program can be found at www.awards.worldoil.com.
Contact:
Jeanna Kozelsky Cournoyer
Gulf Publishing Company
Phone: 713.520.4402
Jeanna.Kozelsky@gulfpub.com
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