Distinguished Achievement Awards
Each year, OTC recognizes individuals and companies that have made outstanding contributions to the offshore industry. OTC will present two awards at the annual Awards Luncheon on Tuesday, 4 May.
Award Winners
Distinguished Achievement Award for Individuals
Hubert L. (Hugh) Elkins
Hugh Elkins will receive the OTC Distinguished Achievement Award for Individuals for his contributions in more than 53 years in the offshore oil industry. Elkins served as director of business development for National Oilwell Varco before his retirement, and previously served more than 20 years in executive engineering posts at Hydril. Elkins developed the industry standard of six foot-radius technology for subsea wellhead guide bases and blowout preventer stack guide frames, which permitted industry interchangeability of subsea equipment.
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Distinguished Achievement Award for Companies, Organizations, and Institutions
Anadarko Petroleum and Enterprise Field Services
OTC's Distinguished Achievement Award for Companies, Organizations and Institutions recognizes the record-setting Independence Hub for its innovative collaboration in creating a coordinated infrastructure solution that provided access to ultra-deepwater reserves that previously were economically unfeasible. Natural gas from the project represents a 10 percent increase in the supply from the Gulf of Mexico.
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Awards Luncheon
1215–1345, Tuesday, 4 May
Tickets are USD 60 each. Purchase a ticket to this event.
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Keynote Speaker
Charles D. (Chuck) Davidson is chairman and chief executive officer of Noble Energy. He has more than 35 years of energy industry experience. Before joining Noble Energy, Davidson was chairman, president, and chief executive of Vastar Resources, a publicly owned subsidiary of ARCO.
Davidson has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Purdue University and a master’s degree in management from the University of Texas in Dallas. He is a member of several member and trade organizations and is a member of the National Petroleum Council, the Gas Technology Institute Board, the University of Texas at Dallas Advisory Board.
