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Award for Drilling Excellence

Category Criteria: The Award for Drilling Excellence recognizes organizations providing advanced drilling solutions to the energy industry. Drilling contractors, oilfield service companies, operators and any other company that engages in the drilling process are eligible to enter this category. The use of innovative techniques to preserve ecologically sensitive areas whilst carrying out the drilling phase will be rewarded. Organizations will be judged on the strength and quality of their performance where both safety, commitment to the preservation of the local area and commercial goals are demonstrably best in class. Entries may choose to demonstrate elements of, but are not limited to, the following: • Operational excellence • Use of directional drilling services, new drilling technologies and techniques • Innovative drilling rigs or vertical drilling services • Turnkey drilling solutions • Uncompromised commitment to environmental impact mitigation. • Completed campaigns demonstrating the effective use of technology and

improved efficiency • Specific challenges overcome • Solid HSE performance including safety and skills based training efforts • Efforts to minimize environmental impact • A CSR or community engagement initiative



Entering the Oil & Gas Awards

• Organizations are invited to submit entries for their chosen categories and regions in the Oil & Gas Awards through a self-nomination process. There is no charge for entering the Awards.

• If your organization enters the Awards and is voted a finalist by the Awards

judges your organization must attend the corresponding regional Oil & Gas Awards gala dinner. Please review the costs for attending the Awards at: http://www.oilandgasawards.com/pricing and plan your budgets appropriately.

• It is advised that you pencil the relevant event dates into your diary for the

regions your organization has entered. We also advise you may wish to prepare senior executives, so that if your organization is honored as a finalist they may wish to represent your organization at the gala dinner.

Below are the Scheduled Regional Oil & Gas Awards Programs and Submission Deadlines for 2019/2020.

2019 Rocky Mountain & West Awards – Denver, CO – End September 2019 – Date TBA 2019 Rocky Mountain Submission Deadline – Wednesday, July 17, 2019 2019 Texas & Midcon Awards – Houston, TX – End September 2019 – Date TBA 2019 Texas & Midcon Submission Deadline – Wednesday, July 17, 2019

2020 Northeast Awards – Pittsburgh, PA – Thursday, Mid March 2020, Date TBA 2020 Northeast Submission Deadline – Wednesday, December 12, 2019

• If you need assistance writing your entry or have any questions, we have an experienced editorial team here to help and guide you through the entry writing process. Please contact [email protected] or call 210 591 8471 to request a Complimentary Starter Pack.



Preparing your Award Entry:

• Select the region(s) you operate in using the map guide. You may enter any regions that you are active in i.e. have operations and/or clients.

• You may enter multiple regions but each regional entry must be submitted separately and you should try to make it regionally specific.

• Familiarize yourself with the category criteria and use this to make your entry specific to the category.

• You may enter multiple categories but each category entry should be submitted separately.

• 1,500 words is the recommended maximum entry length, plus supporting

documents of up to 10 pages.

• Bullet-format may be used to keep your entry concise.

• All completed entries should be sent to: [email protected] • When writing your entry you should consider the following:

1. Clearly state the category and region you are entering

2. Start with a brief overview of your organization (corporate bio)

3. Outline what sets your organization apart from its competitors?

4. Where possible refer to recent examples of your work in the region, specic to the category.

5. Clients may be referred to using ‘Client A’ and ‘Client B’ in place of their

trading names if confidentiality is of importance.

6. Where applicable tell the judges about commitment to the Award’s core values of health & safety, environmental stewardship, corporate social responsibility and innovation



Supporting Documentation: You may attach supporting documents to your entry, such as:

• Client testimonials.

• News/media features and editorial.

• Product/project specific corporate collateral.

• Photography.

• Web links and links to videos and other information are acceptable as part of an entry.

• Video files can also be embedded into your submissions.

When attaching your supporting documentation, please consider the length and relevance to chosen category criteria. There should be no more than 10 pages of supporting documentation. Below are the scheduled regional Oil & Gas Awards programs and Submission Deadlines for 2019.

2019 Rocky Mountain & West Awards – Denver, CO – End September 2019 – Date TBA 2019 Rocky Mountain Submission Deadline – Wednesday, July 17, 2019 2019 Texas & Midcon Awards – Houston, TX – End September 2019 – Date TBA 2019 Texas & Midcon Submission Deadline – Wednesday, July 17, 2019

2020 Northeast Awards – Pittsburgh, PA – Thursday, Mid March 2020, Date TBA 2020 Northeast Submission Deadline – Wednesday, December 12, 2019



Regional Boundaries: The map below shows the regional boundaries for United States Oil & Gas Awards and organizations should consider their activity in these regions for eligibility for entry. The Canada Oil & Gas Awards includes all oil and gas producing regions across Canada. Region 1 – Rocky Mountain and West Region 3 – Northeast Region 2 – Texas and Midcontinent Region 4 – Canada



Completed your entry? Final Checklist: Please ensure you have completed the following and then make your submission:

• Include contact details for your organization

• Made clear the category and region the entry is for

• You have highlighted your organization’s reasons for winning and addressed the category criteria where possible

• You have made your entry concise

• If you are submitting any (optional) supporting documents (no more than 10 pages) or photos you have made sure these are attached to your email

Once complete, please send your entry to:

[email protected] Good Luck! Please familiarize yourself with what happens next…



What Happens Next? After the entry deadline, all entries are correlated by region and category in to judge’s packs. The packs are sent to the judges for review, voting and to pass comment on. The judge’s votes are correlated to define the shortlist of finalists for each region. Judging will take approximately 1 week. After the judging period the finalists will be announced on the Oil & Gas Awards website and by our association and media partners. After the finalists’ announcement, our events team will be in touch to deliver the finalist’s logo badge and press release so finalists can promote their achievement. Finalists will also need to provide marketing assets such as high-resolution logos and corporate bios. Organizations that enter the Awards and are voted finalists by the Awards judging panel must attend the relevant Awards gala dinners for all of the regions they are voted finalist in. Please budget to attend the Awards and schedule availability of attendees, you can review the associated costs at: http://www.oilandgasawards.com/pricing.

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Entry Guideline and Category Criteria - oilandgasawards.com · Oil & Gas Awards 2013 1 Entry Guideline and Category Criteria Award for Drilling Excellence Canada Northeast Rocky Mountain