Awards

Welcome to the SPE Dallas Section Awards page


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2018-2019

SPE Legion of Honor signifies 50 years of continuous membership. 

SPE Legion of Honor Inductees:

  • David W. Biegler    
  • Dale E. Branstetter    
  • Larry P. Brown    
  • Mahmoud K. Dabbous    
  • Reggis D. Farley    
  • Bill Z. Parker    
  • Jeremiah R. Trythall

International awards at ATCE in Dallas:

Terry Palisch                        

  • Distinguished Service Award and elected as a Distinguished Member

Scott Sheffield                      

  • Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal and automatically elected as a Distinguished Member


Southwest North America Regional award in 2018:

David Wesson                     

  • Completions Optimization & Technology

 

2017-2018

Section Service Award:

Dina Blair

International awards at ATCE in San Antonio:

Dr. Anil Kumar ​           Honorary Membership
Honorary Membership is the highest honor that SPE presents to an individual and is limited to 0.1% of the SPE total membership. This elite group represents those individuals who have given outstanding service to SPE or have demonstrated distinguished scientific or engineering achievements in the fields within the technical scope of SPE.

SPE Legion of Honor Inductees:

  • Augustus Payne         
  • Clifford Thompson         
  • Harry Turner         
  • Bradford Sinex         
  • Denny Bullard         
  • Rex Coppedge
 
2016-2017

Congratulations! The Dallas Section has earned the Gold Standard designation for 2016, in recognition of its exceptional programs in industry engagement, operations and planning, community involvement, professional development and innovation.  (certificate received 8/10/16; view the certificate on the Virtual Trophy Case page via the link above)

Congratulations to the following members of the Dallas Section who are receiving Mid-Continent Regional awards in 2016:

Pioneer Natural Resources     

  • Distinguished Corporate Support Award

Pat Handren                           

  • Service Award

Rob Bruant                              

  • Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Social Responsibility Award


Awards were presented Mid-Continent Region Director Michael Tunstall.

SPE Legion of Honor Inductees:

  • Arthur D Carter Jr        
  • Gerald R Coulter        
  • Charles W Gleeson       
  • Charles W Rogers       
  • John L Rowland         
  • Edwin L Wallace          
  • Herbert G Weinstein


2015-2016

Mid-Continent Regional:

Gary Schein                

  • Completions Optimization & Technology Award

Deepankar Biswas     

  • Reservoir Description & Dynamics Award

Terry Palisch              

  • Service Award

Richard Lemon           

  • Service Award

David Hamilton          

  • Service Award

SPE Legion of Honor Inductees:

  • Ralph D. Burks                
  • Herbert J Bell Jr            
  • Malcolm K Strubhar         
  • Jagannath R Ghole         
  • Richard R Schroeder           
  • Richard R Frazier                       


2014-2015

Dallas Section, recipient of the 2014 SPE President's Award for Section Excellence

Following members of the Dallas Section who were honored at ATCE 2014 in Amsterdam with International awards (awards were presented by 2016 SPEI President Nathan Meehan):

Dr. Thomas K. Perkins ​           Honorary Membership
Honorary Membership is the highest honor that SPE presents to an individual and is limited to 0.1% of the SPE total membership. This elite group represents those individuals who have given outstanding service to SPE or have demonstrated distinguished scientific or engineering achievements in the fields within the technical scope of SPE.

Dr. Thomas R. Sifferman        Distinguished Membership
Distinguished Membership acknowledges members who have attained eminence in the petroleum industry or the academic community, or who have made significant contributions to SPE.

Mid-Continent Regional awards:

Darrell Davis            

  • Reservoir Description & Dynamics Award

David Lewis             

  • Drilling Engineering Award 

Brian Walter            

  • Management & Information Award

Gary Patterson        

  • Service Award

Baker Hughes        

  • Distinguished Corporate Support Award


SPE Legion of Honor Inductees:

  • Dan K Adamson                    
  • David C Arndt                
  • Morgan L Crow                
  • Carl A Dimon               
  • John A Johnson              
  • Richard R Lindsly                
  • Ned G Mahfouz                
  • Richard D Rinehart        
  • Doyle T Stogner Jr        
  • John S Wagner Jr


                                                                      2013-2014

ATCE 2013 in New Orleans:

Brian Chacka            2013 Young Member Outstanding Service Award
Anil Kumar                2013 Formation Evaluation Award
Fred Stalkup             2013 Honorary Membership

*Please note that Fred Stalkup is one of only three SPE members worldwide to have received the Anthony F. Lucas Technical Leadership Gold Medal, the John Franklin Carll Distinguished Professional Award and the Lester C. Uren Technical Excellence award.

Mid-Continent Regional awards earlier this year:

Brad Robinson                      Completions Optimization and Technology Award
P. V. Suryanarayana              Drilling Engineering Award    
Richard Williams                    Production and Operations Award
Dan Auces                             Service Award
Michael Tunstall                     Service Award
Kelly Blackwood                    Young Member Outstanding Service Award
Denbury Resources               Distinguished Corporate Support Award

SPE Legion of Honor

SPE Legion of Honor signifies 50 years of continuous membership:

  • T. D. Badgwell
  • James H. Lyon
  • Milton D. McKenzie
  • John T. Moore
  • Avinash G. Nangea
  • A. W. Ritter; Tommy L. Sprinkle
  • Fred I. Stalkup
  • James C. Trimble.