Wallace E. Pratt Memorial Award

The Wallace E. Pratt Memorial Award is to honor and reward the author(s) of the best AAPG Bulletin article published each calendar year. Click for recipients and award details ...

Robert H. Dott, Sr. Memorial Award

The Robert H. Dott, Sr. Memorial Award is to honor and reward the author/editor of the best Special Publication dealing with geology published by the Association. Click for recipients and award details ...

SEG-AAPG Best Paper in Interpretation Journal Award

The SEG/AAPG Best Paper in Interpretation Journal Award is to honor and award the author(s) of the best paper in the Journal Interpretation. Click for recipients and award details ...

J. C. "Cam" Sproule Memorial Award

The J. C. "Cam" Sproule Memorial Award is given to recognize and reward younger authors of papers applicable to petroleum geology. Click for recipients and award details ...

John W. Shelton Search & Discovery Award

The John W. Shelton Search and Discovery Award is given at the Annual Convention of the Association each year in recognition of the best contribution to the "Search and Discovery" website in the past year. Click for recipients and award details ...

George C. Matson Memorial Award

The George C. Matson Memorial Award is given each year at the annual convention of the Association in recognition of the best AAPG paper presented the previous year at the annual convention. Click for recipients and award details ...

Jules Braunstein Memorial Award

The Jules Braunstein Memorial Award is given each year at the annual convention of the Association in recognition of the best poster session paper presented the previous year at the annual convention. Click for recipients and award details ...

A. I. Levorsen Memorial Award

The A. I. Levorsen Memorial Award recognizes the best paper presented at each AAPG Section meeting, with particular emphasis on creative thinking toward new ideas in exploration. The award is made at the Section meetings for papers presented at the previous year’s meetings. Click for recipients and award details ...

Gabriel Dengo Memorial Award

The Gabriel Dengo Memorial Award is given each year at the Annual convention in recognition of the best AAPG paper presented at the previous year’s International conference. Click for recipients and award details ...

Ziad Beydoun Memorial Award

The Ziad Beydoun Memorial Award is given each year at the annual convention in recognition of the best AAPG poster session paper presented at the previous year’s International conference. Click for recipients and award details ...

Latest Awards Videos

Presentation of Wallace E. Pratt Memorial Awards to Kurt W. Rudolph and Frank J. Goulding for 'Benchmarking exploration predictions and performance using 20+ yr of drilling results: One company’s experience' (February 2017 AAPG Bulletin) at the Opening Session, Annual Convention & Exhibition in San Antonio, Texas on May 19, 2019.
Presentation of J. C. 'Cam' Sproule Memorial Award to Yuanjia Han, Brian Horsfield, Richard Wirth, Nicolaj Mahlstedt and Sylvain Bernard for 'Oil retention and porosity evolution in organic-rich shales' (AAPG BULLETIN, June 2017) at the Opening Session, Annual Convention & Exhibition in San Antonio, Texas on May 19, 2019.

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