Intervention Technology Award
Recognizing outstanding technical innovation for well intervention, this is an award you want to add to your credentials.
Call for Entries
Entries for the 2026 20th Annual Intervention Technology Award have now closed.
All finalists will be required to make a short presentation to the panel of judges (comprised of ICoTA Board members) on the Monday just prior to the annual SPE/ICoTA Well Intervention Conference at the Waterway Marriott Hotel in The Woodlands, Texas. If a finalist is unable to present during this time, the submitted technology will be disqualified for the award.
Criteria
Innovative use of an existing technology or application of a new technology
Implementation and refinement of the technology over time or in a single project.
The technology must have been applied in a well intervention operation, for the first time, within the last 18 months
What is the purpose of the technology?
What is new, innovative or an improvement about the technology? (Describe the technology)
What distinguishes this technology from existing or previous technology already available?
Explain and quantify, if possible, how the technology benefits your clients and/or the industry.
Latest Winners
Welltec - Welltec Lateral Intervention Tool WLIT™ - 2014 Award
A tool designed to address the challenges of intervening in multilateral, Maximum Reservoir Contact (MRC) and Extreme Reservoir Contact (ERC) wells.
Previous Award Winners
Welltec - Well Cutter Tool - 2013 Award
A tool that enables efficient, safe drill pipe, liner, tubing and casing recovery operations without the need for explosives.
Schlumberger - LIVE Digital Slickline Trigger - 2012 Award
Safe, On-Demand, Efficient and Recordable Perforating on Slickline. Presented by Matthew Billingham, Global Domain Champion, Slickline Perforating/Remedial Services, Schlumberger.
Schlumberger - LIVE Digital Slickline Service - 2011 Award
LIVE digital slickline services enable a wider range of activities to be performed with precision, control and certainty, anywhere with slickline access.
Ziebel - Z-System - 2010 Award
LIVE digital slickline services enable a wider range of activities to be performed with precision, control and certainty, anywhere with slickline access.
Baker Hughes - Rib Steered Motor for CT Directional Drilling Technology - 2009 Award
Presented by Steve Carey, Slim Hole Re-Entry PLM
Baker Atlas - Gasview Service - 2008 Award
Presented by Steve Carey, Slim Hole Re-Entry PLM
TecWel - WLD (Well Leak Detector) - 2007 Award
Presented by Joel Johns, Sales & Marketing Manager