Arthur Lubinski OTC Best Paper Award
Arthur Lubinski
The namesake of this award, Arthur Lubinski, was a Belgium native who graduated in 1934 with a degree in ingenieur civil mecanicien et electricien. He moved to the United States in 1947. In the early 1950s, Arthur dedicated his work to the behavior and performance of oil well tubulars (i.e. well casings and drill pipes). Arthur’s findings eventually formed standard industry practice. He served on the Mohole Project’s drilling panel and the Deep-Sea Drilling Project. His collective works covering a wide range of topics have been printed in a two-volume set.
Arthur was a fellow of ASME and a distinguished member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. These and other professional societies jointly sponsor the OTC. In 1976, he received the OTC Distinguished Achievement Award for Individuals.
| ASME Unit: | Petroleum Division |
| Date Established: | 1982 |
| Achievement: | Best Petroleum Mechanical Engineering paper presented at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas. The purpose of this achievement award is to encourage the highest standards of quality at the Offshore Technology Conference. |
| Limitations: | Must be a Mechanical Engineering paper presented at the Offshore Technology Conference. |
| Form of Award: | Plaque |
| Frequency of Award: | Annual |
| Administrative: | Petroleum Division |
| Level of Award: | Division |
| Selected By: | ASME-OTC Program Committee |
| Selecting Process: | Once the technical papers are finalized for that year of OTCH, the list of Mechanical Engineering Papers is provided for review by the ASME OTC Subcommittee members along with a scoring sheet. The subcommittee members rate the top 10 papers and provide their scoresheet to ASME staff who compiles and tallies all responses for the winner of the award. The winner is notified and asked to attend the Best Mechanical Engineering Achievement Awards Banquet where they will be awarded a plaque. |
| Funding: | Petroleum Division |
| Date Created: | 11/8/2000 |
| Date Modified: | 3/15/2001 |
| Contact Name: | Jamie Hart |
| Contact Email: | Hartje@asme.org |
| Contact Phone: | 821-810-5453 |
Winners of the Arthur Lubinski Best Paper Award at OTC
| 2024 | "HPHT Fatigue Resistant Wellhead System Design First Use" (OTC-35491-MS) Authors: K. Nguyen, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.; A. Grohmann, Dril-Quip Inc.; B. Mercan, 2H Offshore Inc. |
| 2023 | "API 17TR8 – HPHT Design Guideline for Subsea Equipment – A Focus onFatigue" (OTC-32329-MS) Authors: H. Brian Skeels, TechnipFMC; F. Earl Shanks and Russell M. Hoshman, Department of Interior – BSEE |
| 2022 | "Dynamic Operations For Wax Removal, A Challenge On Pre-salt Oil Wells" (OTC- 31989 -MS) Authors: Helena Maria Borja Veiga, TOTAL ENERGIES E&P do Brasil and Carole German, TOTAL ENERGIES E&P do Brasil |
| 2021 | No Award |
| 2020 | No Award |
| 2019 | "Real-Time Subsea Hydrate Management in the World's Longest Subsea Tieback" (OTC-29232-MS) Authors: Christophe Vielliard, OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company; Keith C. Hester, Francesco Roccaforte, and Alberto G. Di Lullo, Eni; Luca Assecondi, Hesham H. Elkhafif, and Amr Ewis, Petrobel; Sameh Sabbagh, Enppi; Harald Solheim and Alexandre Lupeau, OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company |
| 2018 | “A Novel Approach to Generating A Hurricane Database For The Gulf Of Mexico Based On Numerical Weather Prediction Models” (OTC-28909-MS) Authors: Juan Liria*, Henrique Coelho, Dave Sproson, Paulo Martinho, Cody Webb, Fernando Oropeza, Jill Bradon, Rosemary Smith, Zhong Peng Fugro – Fugro House, Hithercroft Road, Wallingford, OX10 9RB, UK |
| 2017 | “Hydrate Management for Systems with High Salinity Brines at Ultra-High Pressures” (OTC-27913-MS) Authors: Amadeu K. Sum*, Yue Hu, Bo Ram Lee, Colorado School of Mines; Prasad Karanjkar, ConocoPhillips; Joseph Gomes, Greg Kusinski, DeepStar® |
| 2016 | “Deepwater Hydrate Plug Remediation Using Gas Lift - A Unique Approach; Novel Application of Fundamental Physics” (OTC27146 ) Authors: Rebello |
| 2015 | “Next Generation HPHT Subsea Wellhead Systems Design Challenges and Opportunities” (OTC 25643) Authors: Jim Kaculi |
| 2014 | “Subsea Wellhead and Riser Fatigue Monitoring in a Strong Surface and Submerged Current Environment” (OTC 25403) Authors: Scot McNeil, Puneet Agarwal, Dan Kluk, Kenneth Bhalla, Ron Young, Steve Burman, Stergios Liapis, saurabh Jain, Vikas Jhingran, Stephen Hodges, Early Denison |
| 2013 | “Design Guideline Strategies for HPHT Equipment” (OTC 23943) Authors: H. Brian Skeels, Kwok Lun Lee, Anand Venkatesh, FMC Technologies |
| 2012 | "Compact Separation Technologies and their Applicability for Subsea Field Development in Deepwater" (OTC 23223) Authors: A. Hannisdal, R.Westra, M. R Akdim, A. Bymaster, E. Grave, D.Teng |
| 2011 | “Field validation and learning of the Parque das Conchas (BC-10) Subsea Processing System and Flow Assurance Design” (OTC21611) Authors: C. Deuel, Y.D. Chin, J. Harris, J. Germanese and N. Seunsom |
| 2010 | “FDPSOs: The New Reality, and a Game-Changing Approach to Field Development and Early Production Systems” (OTC 20482) Authors: W. David Harris, Harry J Howard, Kenneth C. Hampshire, of Murphy West Africa, Ltd.; Jeffrey A. Moore, P.E., Kenneth J. Bayne, of Doris, Inc.; Jean Pepin-Lehalleur, of Doris Engineering |
| 2009 | John C. McCarthy & David J. Buttle of MAPS Technology Ltd. |
| 2008 | P.A. Brown, E. Rooduijn and M Lemoël, Single Buoy Moorings Inc.; and G. Stone, Murphy Sabah Oil Co., Ltd |
| 2007 | Robert D. Blevins, Consultant and Mason Wu, Acergy |
| 2006 | J.K. Vandiver, S. Swithenbank, and V. Jaiswal of MIT and H. Marcollo of AMOG Consulting, |
| 2005 | R. McInnes, FMCTI; R.S. Arnold, Proforma PSI LLC; D.R. Wieczorek and B. Brooks, FMCTI, |
| 2004 | Y. Doreen Chin and Xuegeng Wang (Aker Kvaerner, Inc.) |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | Hugh M. Thompson (ChevronTexaco), Fred W. Grealish (MCS International), Ron D. Young (Stress Engineering Services, Inc.), H. Ken Wang (Stress Engineering Services, Inc.) |
| 2001 | G. V. Lever (Petro-Canada), B. Dunsmore (Halliburton Brown & Root), J. R. Keen (Petro-Canada) |
| 2000 | Robert L. Byers (Reading & Bates Development Co.), Richard E. Trevitt (Total Offshore Production Systems), William R. Philber (INTEC Engineering, Inc.) |
| 1999 | T.S. Taylor, T. Pendlington, R. Bird (BP Amoco) |
| 1998 | Mike Williams, Jim Hale |
| 1997 | Carl Langner, Bharat Shah |
| 1996 | J.E. Hall, W.Z. Sheng, M.J. Krenek, L.D. Couglas, and A.M. MacFarlane, Amoco Liuhau |
| 1995 | R. Swanson, V. Rao, C. Langer, G. Venkmatargman (Shell Dev.) |
| 1994 | J. Johnson (Oryx) M. Dacosta, R. Terrell (FMC) C. Burton (Intec) |
| 1993 | Egil Eide, R. A. Colmer |
| 1992 | R. H. Gunderson, A. Stevenson, J. A. Harris, Gahagan, T. Wimon |
| 1991 | Ga. Z. Forristall, R. S. Mercier, R D. Larrabee |
| 1990 | B. Baugh, W. S. Tillinghast |
| 1989 | S. J. Harding, Hugh Banon |
| 1988 | D. G. Clarke, A. S. Warne |
| 1987 | I. H. Brooks |
| 1986 | R. E. Frishmuth |
| 1985 | J. E. Miller, R. D. Young |
| 1984 | M. B. Allen, L. C. Eichberger TIE WITH M. Sakai, N. Nakazawa, T. Ono, H. Sarki |
| 1983 | J. K. Vandiver |