Hart’s E&P Magazine announces 2009 Meritorious Award for Engineering Excellence winners at Offshore Technology Conference

HOUSTON, TEXAS- E&P magazine will recognize its 2009 Meritorious Award for Engineering Excellence winners during the opening day of the Offshore Technology Conference at Reliant Park in Houston, Texas on Monday, May 4, 2009.

E&P editor-in-chief Dr. William J. Pike said, “For 38 years Hart Energy Publishing and its predecessors have been honored to announce the winners of the Hart Meritorious Award for Engineering Excellence. This year’s winners continue the tradition of technical innovation that has allowed our industry to progress steadily in the face of more challenging reservoirs and more hostile operating environments. In a time of constrained economics it is more important than ever that the industry continue its push to develop efficient, cost effective technology. We thank the winners and all the entrants for their contribution to the industry.”

E&P’s April 2009 issue will showcase the winners. The honorees are as follows:

Drillbits: IDEAS^® - Integrated Dynamic Engineering Analysis System, Smith International, Inc.
Drilling Fluids: I-BOSS, MI SWACO
Drilling Tools: OneTrip StarBurst™ Level 4 Multilateral System, Weatherford International, Ltd.
Formation Evaluation: GC Tracer, Weatherford International, Ltd.
Completions: Delta Stim^®, Halliburton Co.
Exploration Technology, FireFly, ION Geophysical Corp.
Production Technology: CameronDC all-electric production system, Cameron International Corp.
Intelligent Systems and Components: Pore pressure and geomechanics solution, Landmark - a division of Halliburton Co.
Stimulation: Acid-on-the-fly blending system, Halliburton Co.
IOR: Metal-to-metal (MTM) downhole seal system, Caledyne Ltd.
Remediation: Motorized Cutting Tool (MCT), Weatherford International, Ltd.
Facilities: Power Xpert 8000 meter, Hess Corp. and Eaton Corp.

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