Congratulations to the 2026 Spotlight on New Technology® Award Winners
The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) proudly announces the winners of the 2026 Spotlight on New Technology Award, celebrating the boldest advances shaping the future of offshore energy. This year’s program highlights 17 breakthrough technologies—four from small businesses—that bring fresh thinking and real-world performance across drilling, completions, subsea systems, AI and more.
2026 Spotlight on New Technology Winners (alphabetical)
2026 Spotlight Small Business Winner (alphabetical)
Baker Hughes — Kantori™ autonomous well construction solution
The Kantori™ autonomous well construction solution is an intelligent
ecosystem unifying planning, execution, monitoring, and optimization.
Blending AI, physics-based models, and Baker Hughes’ drilling expertise,
Kantori enables faster decisions, precise wellbore placement, reduced
nonproductive time, and high-performance wells, scaling from single-well
deployments to full-field operations with safety and reliability worldwide.
Booth 643
Bosch Rexroth — eSEA Push
Aging subsea infrastructures with leaking hydraulic systems increase
OPEX and can lead to shutdowns. The DNV-certified eSEA Push electric
actuators offer an innovative, easy-to-install override for existing systems.
With forces up to 745kN and SIL 3 safety, they integrate seamlessly,
extend asset life and restore valve control in brownfield applications.
Booth 3437
Bosch Rexroth Hägglunds — Hägglunds Thunder
Hägglunds Thunder introduces a permanent magnet motor, creating a fully electric path to our renowned direct drive power. It delivers the high torque, gearless precision, and unbeatable reliability synonymous with Hägglunds, now in a highly efficient, water-cooled system with torque up to 200 kNm and full monitoring.
Booth 3437
CNPC USA Corporation — Monobore Expandable Casing Technology
The MonoX™ expandable casing technology offers an innovative solution
to replace LCM and conventional casing, overcoming drilling complexities
and extending well construction options. This technology can be
employed to seal complex formations without compromising the original
wellbore size, thereby simplifying the casing sequence, and ensuring the
achievement of geological objectives in deep and ultra-deep formations.
Booth 1111
CNPC USA Corporation — UltraSense™ — UHTHP Bit Intelligence
UltraSense™ integrates ultra-high-temperature sensors, electronics,
and onboard storage into a drill bit to directly measure rock-bit drilling
dynamics. Operating up to 420 °F and 30,000 psi, it enables measurements
in ultra-deep HPHT wells. It records temperature, shock, vibration, and
rotation to diagnose drilling dysfunctions, optimize performance, reduce
downtime, and advance intelligent drilling and drill-bit design.
Booth 111
Fugro — Fugro GeoAI Framework
Fugro GeoAI Framework automates the interpretation of geophysical and remote sensing data using fine‑tuned models and workflows guided by subject‑matter experts, with QA/QC validation. Built in Esri ArcGIS, it delivers consistent and accurate geohazard, habitat, and infrastructure insights up to 10× faster, helping accelerate decision-making and reduce risk for nearshore and offshore projects.
Booth 2529
HYTORC — TorcSync
When bolts are tightened unevenly, joints can fail. HYTORC’s TorcSync technology wirelessly synchronizes electric torque tools to deliver true parallel joint closure with consistent, controlled parameters. The result? Faster bolting, fewer errors, greater portability, and safer, stronger joints – every time.
Booth 2843
i2k Connect Inc. — EnRG-LLM™
Power your workflows with the EnRG-LLM™ model—the only AI built on the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ authoritative, peer-selected technical corpus. By integrating petroleum engineering terminology through fine-tuning, the EnRG-LLM model delivers expert answers. Enhanced by technologies including Chat and GIS, it transforms vast energy archives into actionable, high-stakes intelligence.
Booth 3560
KeyDrill Technology LLC — KeyDrill Gyro While Drilling (KGWD)
KeyDrill GWD is a rugged, compact MEMS-based gyro system delivering true-north surveys every 20 seconds and continuous north toolface and azimuth etc. measurements while drilling. Field-proven and cost-efficient, it ensures high accuracy in magnetic interference environments, improves directional control, and reduces operational costs by about 55% versus conventional GWD systems.
Booth 1609
Oliden Technology, LLC — MaxFusion
MaxFusion is a latest generation high-speed Telemetry MWD tool providing 15 BPS Physical Telemetry utilizing a continuous wave Siren and a 200W Turbine for BHA power.
It’s providing more real-time data words at a faster rate, allowing customers to optimize well placement, improve RealTime decisions, mitigate risk, and maximize ROI.
Booth 1825
Oil States — GeoLok™
GeoLok™ leverages field-proven oilfield technology to decrease casing requirements in geothermal well applications. Its ‘cut and pull’ approach reduces material costs, heat loss and cementing voids, decreasing well downtime and OpEx while boosting thermal energy output and efficiency. GeoLok allows continuous monitoring and provides greater protection for shallow aquifers.
Booth 2142
Oil States — MPD Drill Ahead Tool
The Drill Ahead Tool, an industry first, streamlines managed pressure drilling (MPD) operations by allowing packer installation without removing and re-installing the drill string. Its notched piston-and-spring assembly eliminates the need for extra trips to the surface, significantly reducing downtime and operating costs during MPD equipment deployment.
Booth 2142
SLB — Retina™ at-bit imaging system
The Retina™ at-bit imaging system redefines formation evaluation by delivering high-resolution, complete borehole images directly at the drill bit. Integrated into PDC drill bits, it captures pristine formation detail before drilling impact, enabling confident decisions, optimized well placement, and expanded subsurface understanding - without impacting drilling performance or efficiency.
Booth 661
SLB — FIV-III™ dual-trigger formation isolation valve
The SLB FIV-III™ dual-trigger formation isolation valve, equipped with eTrigger™ IV electronic activation, delivers steadfast redundancy for well control in demanding environments. Its remote operation, robust sealing, extended suspension capability, and adaptive activation ensure offshore operations enhanced safety, efficiency, and compliance, setting a new benchmark in reliability and operational performance.
Booth 661
TB Global Technologies Ltd. — CHOKUSEN
CHOKUSEN is a breakthrough system delivering automatic marine loading arm connection without mechanical link between FLNG and LNG carriers. Combining high-accuracy visual sensing for real-time vessel motion capture, and adaptive motion-control, it redefines offshore transfer operations by enhancing safety, efficiency, reducing manpower, and strengthening operational flexibility.
Booth 1957
TB Global Technologies Ltd. — Harmless Emergency Release System for Offshore Ammonia Transfer
High-speed nitrogen-purged ERS is designed for safer maritime ammonia
transfer. By rapidly purging residual ammonia between isolation valves prior
to disconnection of emergency coupler, it reduces exposure of ammonia to
negligible toxicity level. Lightweighted, CFD-validated, and optimized for
bunkering booms and offshore loading arms, enhancing safety without
compromising operational efficiency.
Booth 1957
Teledyne Marine — eXtreamer
eXtreamer, developed by Teledyne Marine and Geometrics, combines
rugged streamer construction with next generation electronics to
deliver ultra high resolution seismic data in a compact, flexible system.
Designed for demanding environments, it reduces downtime, supports
rapid redeployment, and easily scales for evolving UHR and UUHR
survey needs in today’s fast changing energy exploration market.
Booth 1601
Winning Technologies Receive:
Technology Criteria and Judging
Technologies to be considered for the Program must meet five general criteria—new, innovative, proven, broad interest, and significant impact. Both hardware and software technologies are applicable. Applications will be reviewed and evaluated by experts in the appropriate fields of technology. A committee made up of representatives from the OTC Board will judge the applications and determine the award recipients. Only information submitted in writing in the application will be considered by the judges.
Spotlight on New Technology - Small Business Award
In support and recognition of innovative technologies being developed by small businesses (less than 300 employees), applicants may chose the small business category during the application process.
These winners will receive the same benefits listed above, but with the added recognition as a “Small Business Award” winner. New technologies developed by small businesses will also be considered for the primary Spotlight on New Technology award.
Small Business Award Requirements
To be considered for the Small Business Award, your company must:
The Distinguished Achievement Awards are the most prestigious recognition in the offshore energy sector, honoring breakthroughs and leadership that shape the industry—from technology and operations to safety, sustainability, and engineering excellence. Each nomination celebrates work that leaves a lasting legacy.
Submission deadline: 15 September 2026
