SPE announces the members elected as this year's International Award recipients, who will be recognized during the Annual Awards Banquet at the 2023 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) in San Antonio in October.
International Awards recognize individuals who make significant technical and professional contributions to the petroleum engineering profession and to the worldwide oil and gas industry.
The biographies of the awardees will be published in the October issue of JPT.
SPE/AIME Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal for Technical Leadership
Russell Johns, Pennsylvania State University
SPE Cedric K. Ferguson Award
Md Aminul Islam, Equinor ASA
Feifei Zhang, Yangtze University
SPE Completions Optimization and Technology Award
Frank Chang, Aramco Americas
SPE Data Science and Engineering Analytics Award
Supriya Gupta, SLB
SPE/AIME DeGolyer Distinguished Service Medal
Saeed Al-Mubarak, Saudi Aramco
SPE Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty
Baojun Bai, Missouri University of Science & Tech
SPE Distinguished Member Award
Behnam Jafarpour, University of Southern California
Iskander Diyashev, Texas A&M University
Joseph Frantz Jr., Frantz & Associates
Jennifer Miskimins, Colorado School of Mines
Shauna Noonan, Occidental Petroleum Corp.
SPE Distinguished Service Award
I. Yucel Akkutlu, Texas A&M University (PE DEPT)
Eissa Al-Safran, Kuwait University
Junichi Sugiura, Sanvean Technologies
Ali Yousef, Saudi Aramco PE&D
SPE Drilling Engineering Award
Guodong David Zhan, Saudi Aramco PE&D
SPE/AIME Honorary Member Award
Birol Dindoruk, University of Houston
Curtis Hays Whitson, Whitson AS and Norwegian University of Science and Technology
SPE Formation Evaluation Award
Zoya Heidari, The University of Texas at Austin
SPE Giovanni Paccaloni Young Professional Service Award
Olawale Ajayi, NNPC E&P Limited (NEPL)
Gabrijel Grubac, Blade Energy Partners
Eelah Muzan, Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria (SPDC)
Baraa Hameed Salman, Petroleum Research & Development Centre Iraq
Vlada Streletskaya, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil & Gas
Adam Zalewski, Equinor ASA
SPE Health, Safety, and Environment Award
Kirsty Walker, SLB
SPE John Franklin Carll Award for Distinguished Professionals
Anil Ambastha, Chevron Technology Center
SPE Lester C. Uren Award for Technical Excellence
Tao Yang, Equinor ASA
SPE Management Award
Bader A. Al Munaifi, Kuwait Oil Company
SPE Production and Operations Award
Eduardo Pereyra, University of Tulsa
SPE Projects, Facilities, and Construction Award
Carolyn Koh, Colorado School of Mines
SPE Public Service Award
Rahul Patil, Halliburton
SPE Reservoir Description and Dynamics Award
Jack Jones, NSI Fracturing LLC
SPE/AIME Rossiter W. Raymond Memorial Award
Shimin Liu, Pennsylvania State University
Guijie Sang, University of Strathclyde
SPE Stephen A. Holditch Visionary Leadership Award
Khaled Al-Buraik, Saudi Aramco SAOO
SPE Sustainability and Stewardship in the Oil and Gas Industry Award
George Koperna Jr., Advanced Resources Intl Inc.