The winner of the Curtis Blount Outstanding Paper announced at the 2025 SPE/ICoTA Well Intervention Conference!

The winner of the 2025 Curtis Blount Outstanding Paper was recently announced during the SPE/ICoTA Well Intervention Conference. This award, presented annually by the SPE/ICoTA Conference Technical Committee honors the memory of Curtis; a two-time distinguished lecturer with SPE, author of multiple papers and longtime ICoTA Board of Director member.

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A huge congratulations to TechnipFMC (in collaboration with Halliburton) for winning the Curtis Blount Outstanding Paper Award at this year’s SPE/ICoTA Well Intervention Conference & Exhibition in The Woodlands, TX! 🏆

The winning paper, SPE 224032: "Riserless Coiled Tubing Services from Light Well Intervention Vessel, First Operation in a Live Subsea Well", was authored by P. Buset, B. Gramstad, M. Howitt, S. Maeland, A. Sbordone, T. Stinson, C. Tramer, T. Øia from TechnipFMC and D.A. Barclay from Halliburton. This groundbreaking work sets a new standard in well intervention technology.

As the recipient of this prestigious award, TechnipFMC will now have the opportunity to present at any upcoming ICoTA conference (worldwide), with all expenses paid!

We can’t wait to see the continued impact of this innovative work! Learn more about TechnipFMC's innovative technology here.

Honorable mentions go to:

  • SPE 224068 "Bespoke Insert Safety Valve Design Installed in Deepwater Gulf of Mexicovia Light Well Intervention" authored by Sarah Dallimore, Max Mondelli, Stuart Dennistoun, Charlotte Prentice, Mahd Dada, and Lawrence Ramnath, BP,Houston, USA; Celeste Yates, Adam Manlandro, and Stuart William Murchie, Baker Hughes, Houston, USA
  • SPE 224090 "Design and Execution of the First Polymer Gas Shut-Off in Open Hole GravelPack Completion in ACG Field Using Coiled Tubing" authored by T. Huseynov, N. Gafarov, C. Inglis, A. L. Hughes, and M. Allahverdiyev, bp, Baku, Azerbaijan; A. Syifaa'I and S. A.T. W. Tin, SLB, Baku, Azerbaijan; D. E. Parra and A. Taghiyev, Baker Hughes, Baku, Azerbaijan

Congratulations to TechnipFMC and a big thank you to all of the finalists!