International Sustainability and Stewardship in the Oil and Gas Industry Award Recipients

Recognizing outstanding contributions to sustainability, environmental stewardship, and responsible development in the oil and gas industry.

Subhash Ayirala
2026 RECIPIENT
Subhash Ayirala
Zhenhua Rui
2025 RECIPIENT
Zhenhua Rui
Linda Battalora
2024 RECIPIENT
Linda Battalora
George Koperna
2023 RECIPIENT
George Koperna
Flora Moon
2022 RECIPIENT
Flora Moon
Steven L. Bryant
2021 RECIPIENT
Steven L. Bryant
Kamel Ben Naceur
2020 RECIPIENT
Kamel Ben Naceur
Karen E. Olson
2019 RECIPIENT
Karen E. Olson

Regional Sustainability and Stewardship in the Oil and Gas Industry Award

Recognizing SPE members for outstanding contributions to sustainability, environmental stewardship, and responsible development across SPE regions worldwide.

2026 Latest
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Africa Region
Chikeluba I. Akah
ExxonMobil Nigeria
Europe Region
Nihal Darraj
Imperial College London
Middle East and North Africa Region
Christian D. Winterfield
Saudi Aramco PE&D
Northern Asia Pacific Region
Song Zhaojie
China University of Petroleum (Beijing)
Russia and the Caspian Region
Nadezhda Sheveleva
UHSEP
South Asia and the Pacific Region
Rahul Patil
Halliburton
2025 View 2025 SPE announcement →
Africa Region
Chidozie Ezenachi
Mobil Producing Nigeria UnLtd.
Europe Region
Matthias Hartung
Wintershall Dea
Gulf Coast North America Region
Esuru Okoroafor
Texas A&M University
Middle East and North Africa Region
Feras Rowaihy
Saudi Aramco PE&D
Southwestern North America Region
Bailian Chen
Los Alamos National Laboratory
2024 View 2024 SPE announcement →
Eastern North America Region
Wei Wang
Aramco Americas
Europe Region
Leon Beugelsdijk
Shell Global Solutions International BV
Gulf Coast North America Region
Bo Ren
Aramco Americas
Latin America and the Caribbean Region
Viviana Coelho
Petrobras
Middle East and North Africa Region
Mohamed Ahmednasreldin Mahmoud
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
Northern Asia Pacific Region
Ray (Zhenhua) Rui
China University of Petroleum—Beijing
South Asia and the Pacific Region
M. Bernadette Cullinane
Deloitte Consulting
Southwestern North America Region
Hugh Daigle
The University of Texas at Austin
2023 View 2023 SPE announcement →
Gulf Coast North America Region
Trina Engels
Talos Energy LLC
Latin America and the Caribbean Region
Elsa Acevedo Calero
Prensa Grupo SAC
Middle East and North Africa Region
Abdelwahab Noufal
ADNOC Upstream
Rocky Mountain North America Region
Bonnie Ellwood
Enerplus Corporation
Russia and Caspian Region
Zhdaneev Oleg
A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis
South, Central and Eastern Europe Region
Werner Donke
Werner C. Donke
Southwestern North America Region
Arvind Ravikumar
University of Texas at Austin
2022 View 2022 SPE announcement →
Mid-Continent North America Region
Ayman Mohmmed Almohsin
Saudi Aramco PE&D
Middle East and North Africa Region
Saad Menahi Al-Mutairi
Saudi Aramco PE&D
North Sea Region
Suzanne Hurter
TNO
Northern Asia Pacific Region
Zhou Zhou
University of Petroleum China Beijing
Rocky Mountain North America Region
Salina Derichsweiler
 
Russia and Caspian Region
Boris Belozerov
Gazpromneft NTC
South Asia and the Pacific Region
Jitendra Sangwai
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
South, Central and Eastern Europe Region
Zahraa Alkalby
TotalEnergies E&P France
Western North America Region
Tony Zamora
Consultant
2021 View 2021 SPE announcement →
Middle East and North Africa Region
Abdulaziz Salem Al-Qasim
Saudi Aramco PE&D
North Sea Region
Alison J Isherwood
LR Senergy
Russian and Caspian Region
Andrey Bochkov
Gazpromneft NTC
Canadian Region
Audrey Mascarenhas
Questor Technology
Western North America Region
Charlene Wardlow
California Geologic Energy Management Division
Latin America & Caribbean Region
David Alexander
University of Trinidad & Tobago
Gulf Coast North America Region
Fiji George
Cheniere Energy Inc.
Southwestern North America Region
Mazaruny D Rincones Garcia
Concho Resources
South Central & East Europe Region
Robert A Philipp
TERRA Umwelttechnik GmbH
Rocky Mountain North America Region
Walter C. Dobbs III
International Reservoir Technologies Inc.
2020 View 2020 SPE announcement →
Middle East and North Africa Region
Amar Al Shehri
Saudi Aramco
North Sea Region
Babatunde Anifowose
Coventry University
Western North America Region
Daniel B. Palmer
OGCI Climate Investments
Gulf Coast North America Region
Flora Lee Moon
Expressworks
Eastern North America Region
Jean Elkhoury
Schlumberger Doll Research
Russian and Caspian Region
Kevin Ricketts
Chevron Corporation
Northern Asia Pacific Region
Kittipat Visitsopa
Chevron Thailand E&P
Africa Region
Onyinye Reginald-ugwuadu
Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria (SPDC)
Latin America & Caribbean Region
Rocío Salas
National University of Engineering
Canadian Region
Steven Bryant
University of Calgary
2019 View 2019 SPE announcement →
Middle East and North Africa Region
Abdulrahman A Al-ghamdi
Saudi Aramco NAOO
Western North America Region
Adam Brandt
Stanford University
Rocky Mountain North America Region
Linda Battalora
Colorado School of Mines
Eastern North America Region
Martin Poitzsch
Schlumberger
Gulf Coast North America Region
Nigel Jenvey
Gaffney, Cline & Associates Ltd.
Russian and Caspian Region
Richard Howe
North Caspian Operating Company N.V.