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OTC Asia 2026 Spotlight on New Technology Award Winners Announced

The Spotlight on New Technology Awards recognize breakthrough innovations that demonstrate significant technical advancement and potential impact across the offshore energy value chain. The awards will be presented during OTC Asia, 31 March–2 April, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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The Offshore Technology Conference Asia (OTC Asia) has announced the recipients of the OTC Asia 2026 Spotlight on New Technology Awards, recognizing breakthrough innovations that demonstrate significant technical advancement and potential impact across the offshore energy value chain.

The Spotlight on New Technology Award, created exclusively to highlight exhibitors’ innovations, recognizes the latest and emerging solutions driving progress in offshore energy. The program showcases breakthrough technologies that enhance efficiency, safety, sustainability, and asset performance, underscoring their vital role in shaping the future of the industry.

The 2026 award recipients reflect the sector’s growing emphasis on digitalization, electrification, advanced materials, intelligent completions, and asset rejuvenation. Together, these innovations highlight how technology is supporting both conventional offshore operations and the broader energy transition.

OTC Asia 2026 Spotlight on New Technology Award Recipients

  • Mechanically Lined Tubulars
  • RapidPipe

  • Electrical Heating Technology for Reservoirs
  • Intelligent Compartmentalized Water-Control Technology for Horizontal Wells

  • “3-in-1” EFDT-Union Logging Tool: A Breakthrough in Technology and Operation Modes for Sidewall Coring, Pretesting, and Fluid Sampling

  • BaraHib Nano High-Performance Water-Based Fluid
  • EarthStar 3DX Horizontal Look-Ahead 3D Resistivity Service

  • iWrap HT400: Ultra-High Temperature Composite Wrapping System for Critical Asset Rehabilitation


  • Multiphase Compression Project

  • Tela Agentic-AI Assistant
  • PowerDrive One

  • eMAX: Electric, Monitoring, Automatic, X-Application Marine Loading Arm
  • Maestro Subsea Dexterous Manipulator for Diverless and ROVless Hull Operations

  • AMP All-Electric Intelligent Completion System
  • MARS: Mature Asset Rejuvenation by Surveillance System

Small Business Category

  • EzScan

The awards will be presented during OTC Asia 2026, taking place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about each award-winning technology through dedicated technical showcases on the exhibition floor.

OTC Asia 2026 is set to attract thousands of offshore energy professionals, industry leaders and technical experts from around the world. At the heart of the event is its large-scale exhibition, where leading companies and innovators will showcase the latest equipment, digital tools and emerging technologies.

For more information about OTC Asia 2026 and the Spotlight on New Technology Award program, please visit https://www.otcasia.org/.

About OTC Asia 2026

Hosted by Petronas, the Offshore Technology Conference Asia (OTC Asia) 2026 will take place from 31 March–2 April 2026 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Themed “Excellence in Asia: Advancing Energy Responsibly,” OTC Asia provides a premier platform for energy professionals to exchange ideas, share technological advancements, and advance scientific and technical knowledge related to offshore resources and environmental matters.