Twelve SPE sections have been awarded the 2020 SPE Presidential Award for Outstanding Section, the highest honor a section can receive. The winning sections are
Balikpapan |
Beirut |
Benin City Nigeria |
Calgary |
Colombian |
Eastern Venezuela |
Lagos |
Macaé |
Port Harcourt |
Sudan |
Uganda |
Warri Nigeria |
These sections form the highest-ranked 5% of SPE’s 203 sections around the world. The Presidential Award scores the sections on their activities for technical knowledge dissemination (30%), section operations and sustainability (30%), member benefits (20%), outreach (10%), and innovation (10%). The recipients will be honored during the President's Session at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition.
2020 Section Excellence Award Recipients
Thirty four SPE sections won the SPE Section Excellence Award, which is given to 20% of eligible sections. A certificate is emailed to the award winners.
| Aberdeen | Egyptian | Los Angeles Basin | Tashkent |
| Abuja | Erbil | Mexico | Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Aktau | Gulf Coast | Northeast Colombia | Tyumen | |
| Azerbaijan | Hassi Messaoud | Northwest Russia | Ufa | |
| Bangalore | Ivano-Frankivsk | Oklahoma City | ||
| Brazil | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | Patagonia | ||
| Caracas Petroleum | Korea | Permian Basin | ||
Chengdu | Kuala Lumpur | South Australian | ||
| Croatian | Lima | South China Sea | ||
| Denver | London | Suriname |
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