SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS

Trinidad and Tobago Section

Annual Awards

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The Society of Petroleum Engineers Trinidad and Tobago Section (SPETT) recognizes

individuals and companies annually for outstanding service to the Society and the Industry.
Awards in recognition of such service are to be presented at SPETTs Applied Technology
Workshop from June 30th to July 1st 2015 and include the following:
(i)

Trevor Boopsingh Young Engineer Award

(ii)

Kermitt Walrond Award

(iii)

Outstanding Member Award

(iv)

Corporate Support Award

(v)

Membership Development Award

Nominees for these awards are solicited from SPETT members, who were financial members
for 2014 and who are financial members for 2015. Companies operating in Trinidad and Tobago
during 2014 are eligible for consideration for award (iv) above. Nominations must also satisfy
the additional criteria as enunciated below.

SPETT reserves the right to select awardees at its discretion and is not obligated to present
awards in any or all categories in a given year. Awards in the above categories are limited to a
maximum of one (1) per annum.

In an effort to promote peer recognition, the criteria for these awards were modified in 2004 to
eliminate the practice of self-nomination by stipulating that all nominations are to be made by a
bona fide nominator. Nominators are required to be financial members of SPE for the year
during which nominations are made. In cases where only one nomination is received for an
award, it is not automatic that that nominee will receive the award but the nomination will be
assessed according to the criteria for the award.

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Detailed criteria for the above captioned awards

(i) Trevor Boopsingh Young Engineer Award

This award is presented to a member who is less than thirty-five (35) years of age at December
31st for the particular year under consideration. For the year being considered, the member
should be less than 35 years at December 31st, 2014. Criteria for consideration are as follows:

Currently working in the local petroleum industry, and

Has made some tangible technical contribution to the industry, and

Has served at, at least, the SPETT section level, and

Has had his/her work presented at a local, regional or international SPE or other
equivalent technical conference and/or has had his/her work published in an
international journal, and/or

(ii)

Has obtained a patent or has had a patent pending on his/her name

Kermitt Walrond Award

This award, named after the first Chairman of the SPETT Section, Dr. Kermitt Walrond, is
presented to a member of the SPETT Section for dedicated service to the Society of Petroleum
Engineers at the Trinidad and Tobago Section level. Criteria for consideration are as follows:

Must have been a member of SPETT for at least ten (10) years, and

Must have served on the SPETT Board of Directors for at least five (5) of those years

(iii)

Outstanding Member Award

This award is presented to a member of SPETT Section for dedicated service to the petroleum
industry in Trinidad and Tobago. It recognizes individuals who distinguish themselves through
service to the industry in professional, technical or commercial enterprise, who would have
maintained the highest standards of professionalism and integrity and who would have brought
distinction to the Society of Petroleum Engineers through their efforts. Criteria for consideration
are given below. The recipient of this award must be:

Actively employed or managing a business within the petroleum industry, and/or

Should have a track record of achievement for his/her company, and/or

Should have distinguished himself/herself through service at the national level in the
petroleum industry

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Corporate Support Award

SPE is a voluntary organization. The Society is heavily dependent on the many professionals in
our industry who contribute time and effort towards the advancement of the Societys mission
and vision. Such human capital investment would be unavailable were it not for the significant
support of the many organizations within our industry who promote our professional pursuits for
the overall benefit of our citizens. SPETT is therefore eternally grateful for this support and
publicly recognizes those contributions by conferring its Corporate Supporter of the Year Award
on that organization which would have contributed significantly, through the efforts of its
employees, financially and otherwise to the well-being of the Society and, by extension, our
industry. This award is to be presented to a company operating in Trinidad and Tobago during
2014. Criteria for consideration are as follows:

Number of active SPE members in that company

Companys support to SPE related activities in Trinidad and Tobago, e.g. Technical
Programmes, Membership Development Activities, Conferences, Golf, Annual Banquet
etc.

(v)

Encouragement to, and support of, its employees to attend SPE technical programmes

Companys support in encouraging its employees to publish work done in that company

Companys support to other SPE related activities, locally, regionally and internationally
Membership Development Award

SPEs work is accomplished through the dedication and commitment of its members on a purely
voluntary basis. In seeking to promote the vision and mission of the Societys work, it is
imperative that its members seek to attract new beneficiaries through recruitment efforts.
Evidently, it takes significant effort to continue to expand both the sections membership, and by
extension, talent pool. This award recognizes the efforts of its members who undertake to bring
new members into SPEs fold.

The Membership Development Award is presented to an SPETT Section member, who would
have been a financial member of the Society during the year of recognition, and who would
have recruited the greatest number of members (at least five) during 2014.

Nominations MUST satisfy ALL the following criteria:

1. Nominators must be financial members of SPE for the year 2015.
2. All nominations must be dated and provide the following information for the:2.1. Nominee
Name, mailing address, phone number, email address, SPE membership number,
the award being proposed, information that fits the stated criteria in the relevant
award category OR must clearly state why the nominee should be considered for the
award. In the case of the Corporate Support Award, the name, business address and
the name and contact information of an appropriate company official must be
provided
2.2. Nominator
Name, mailing address, phone number, email address, SPE membership number,
original signature

3.

Nominations not satisfying the foregoing criteria will be deemed ineligible and will not be
considered.

Submissions
Submission deadline is 6.00 p.m. March 31st April 2015. Submissions can be emailed to:
Director- Awards, Recognition and Events at

chenelle_orosco@hotmail.com

OR
Secretary at

anickie@hotmail.com