ASME Recognizes Petroleum Mechanical Engineering Achievement at the Offshore Technology Conference

ASME Recognizes Petroleum Mechanical Engineering Achievement at the Offshore Technology Conference ASME Recognizes Petroleum Mechanical Engineering Achievement at the Offshore Technology Conference ASME Recognizes Petroleum Mechanical Engineering Achievement at the Offshore Technology ConferenceBenton Baugh, the president of Baugh Consulting Engineers Inc., received the ASME Petroleum Divisions 2013 Geoca Mechanical Engineering Achievement Award at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) last month. ASME presented seven awards recognizing technical achievement and distinguished tafelgeschirr in the field of petroleum-related mechanical engineering during a special reception at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC). The conference took place May 6-9 at Reliant Park in Houston.The 2013 awards program was sponsored by the ASME Petroleum Division, which works in conjunction with the ASME International Petroleum Technology Institute to provide continuing education and other service s to engineers and technical professionals in the oil and gas and related industries. (From left) Barbara Thompson, Petroleum Division Executive Committee member Michael Ireland, managing director, Institutes Tim Graves, operations director, IPTI ASME President-Elect Madiha Kotb and ASME Past President hauptstadt der seychellen Rockwell at OTC. Benton F. Baugh, the president of Baugh Consulting Engineers Inc., received the 2013 Geoca Mechanical Engineering Achievement Award during the reception. This award, named after former ASME Board of Governors member and Petroleum Division Chair Karl Geoca, honors distinguished and meritorious achievement or service in the field of petroleum mechanical engineering.The Society also bestowed the 2013 Arthur Lubinski Award recognizing the best technical paper delivered during ASME-sponsored technical sessions at OTC. Three engineers at FMC Technologies - H. Brian Skeels, Kwok Lun Lee and Anand Venkatesh - shared the honors for th eir paper, Design Guideline Strategies for HPHT Equipment.Aker Solutions Managed Pressure Operations unit was honored with the 30th Annual Woelfel Best Mechanical Engineering Award (BMEA), which is presented to a company or an organization for outstanding petroleum mechanical engineering achievement in a product, device or system displayed at OTC. Aker Solutions was honored for the development of a riser safety system that controls wellbore fluids during oil and gas offshore drilling. Aker Solutions won the Annual Woelfel Best Mechanical Engineering Award for outstanding petroleum mechanical engineering achievement in a product, device or system displayed at the conference. Four runners-up received BMEA Awards of Merit. Baker Hughes Inc. collected two Awards of Merit, for the FASTrak LWD fluid analysis and sampling service and the SureTrak steerable drilling liner service. Also receiving BMEA Awards of Merit were Cam Tech Products Inc., for designing the Gorilla Torqu e Iron Roughneck, and Subsea 7, for the development of mechanically lined pipe for subsea applications.To watch videos of the Woelfel Best Mechanical Engineering Award winner and all of the finalists, visit the Petroleum Division Awards at the 2013 OTC webpage at http//asme-ipti.org/awards-at-otc-2013. To learn more about ASME International Petroleum Technology Institute programs and activities, visit www.asme-ipti.org.