The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) announced the winners of the 2026 Spotlight on New Technology Award, celebrating the boldest advances shaping the future of offshore energy. This year’s program highlights 17 breakthrough technologies—four from small businesses—that bring fresh thinking and real-world performance across drilling, completions, subsea systems, artificial intelligence (AI), and more.
Selected for originality, technical ingenuity, demonstrated results, and commercial potential, these innovations promise to improve safety, efficiency, and sustainability across the offshore value chain. From autonomous well construction and advanced bit intelligence to AI-driven geotechnical models and next-generation subsea push systems, the lineup underscores how rapid technological progress is unlocking new possibilities for operators and service providers alike.
2026 Spotlight on New Technology Award Winners
- Baker Hughes—Kantori autonomous well-construction solution
- Bosch Rexroth—eSEA Push
- Bosch Rexroth Hägglunds—Hägglunds Thunder
- CNPC USA Corp.—Monobore Expandable Casing Technology
- CNPC USA Corp.—UltraSense—UHTHP Bit Intelligence
- Fugro—Fugro GeoAI Framework
- Oil States—GeoLok
- Oil States—MPD Drill-Ahead Tool
- SLB—Retina at-bit imaging system
- SLB—FIV-III dual-trigger formation-isolation valve
- TB Global Technologies Ltd.—CHOKUSEN
- TB Global Technologies Ltd.—Harmless Emergency Release System for Offshore Ammonia Transfer
- Teledyne Marine—eXtreamer
2026 Spotlight Small Business Winners
- HYTORC—TorcSync
- i2k Connect Inc.—EnrgLLM
- KeyDrill Technology LLC—KeyDrill Gyro While Drilling (KGWD)
- Oliden Technology LLC—MaxFusion
Since 2014, OTC’s Spotlight program has highlighted the inventive work of small businesses alongside industry leaders. Small-business eligibility requires independent ownership (or nonprofit status) and fewer than 300 employees in the 12 months before the application deadline.
The 2026 Spotlight on New Technology winners will be honored at OTC on Monday, 4 May, at NRG Center in Houston. For details about the award and recipient technologies, visit the OTC Spotlight on New Technology Award page at www.otcnet.org.