2020 Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation

HOUSTON, March 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The annual Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation (MEAs) honor engineering excellence and achievement in the upstream petroleum industry. The MEA program recognizes new products and technologies that demonstrate innovation in concept, design and application.

"Our magazine and its predecessors have consistently honored technical innovation that allows our industry to overcome seemingly impossible challenges," said Jennifer Presley, executive editor of E&P. "The Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation reflect the best of the best in technological advancement."

The expert panel of judges included engineers and scientists from operating and consulting companies worldwide. Each judge was assigned a category that best utilized his or her area of expertise. Judges were excluded from categories in which they or their companies have a business interest.

The 2020 Honorees:

     
              ARTIFICIAL LIFT





     --  REDA Continuum Extended-Life ESP Pump                             
     Schlumberger





     
              DRILLBITS





     --  Ultrastrong Catalyst-Free PDC                                     
     Saudi Aramco



     --  Aegis Armor Cladding                                              
     Schlumberger





     
              DRILLING FLUIDS/STIMULATION





     --  TETRA CS Neptune Fluid Systems                                    
     TETRA Technologies



     --  DELTA-TEQ Low-Pressure-Impact Drilling Fluid                      
     Baker Hughes





     
              DRILLING SYSTEMS





     --  OmegaX Solid-State Surveying System                               
     Gyrodata



     --  AlphaST Single-Trip Openhole Cement and Sidetrack System          
     Weatherford





     
              EXPLORATION/GEOSCIENCE





     -- SpiceRack                                                          
     Saudi Aramco





     
              FORMATION EVALUATION





     --  Intelligent Conveyance System                                     
     Weatherford



     --  EarthStar Ultra-Deep Resistivity Service 3D Inversion             
     Halliburton





     
              HSE





     --  Rack Back Console                                                 
     Frank's International



     --  Digital Flare Mitigation                                          
     Crusoe Energy Systems Inc.





     
              HYDRAULIC FRACTURING/PRESSURE PUMPING





     --  ThinFrac MP Friction Reducer                                      
     BJ Services



     --  BreakThru Casing Flotation Device                                 
     Nine Energy Service





     
              INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS





     -- GumboNet                                                           
     Data Gumbo



     -- Open Secure Automation Platform                                    
     Bedrock Automation





     
              INTELLIGENT COMPONENTS





     --  PowerPath                                                         
     U.S. Well Services



     --  Imersiv Augmented and Virtual Reality Solutions                   
     Halliburton



     --  Additive Manufacturing for Fossil-Free Combustion in Gas Turbines 
     Siemens





     
              IOR/EOR/REMEDIATION





     --  Nano-Encapsulated Reservoir Chemical Treatments                   
     Saudi Aramco



     --  FiberLine Intervention System                                     
     Well-SENSE





     
              MARINE CONSTRUCTION & DECOMMISSIONING





     --  CemFIT Heal Flexible Self-Healing Cement System                   
     Schlumberger





     
              NON-FRACTURING COMPLETIONS





     --  Deep Imaging Real-Time Fluid Tracking                             
     Deep Imaging





     
              SUBSEA SYSTEMS





     --  Casing Reconnect System                                           
     Schlumberger





     
              WATER MANAGEMENT





     --  Acoustic Oil-Water-Fines Separation                               
     Saudi Aramco

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