Weatherford International announced that Bill Lane, vice president of emerging technologies for artificial lift, received the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Gulf Coast Regional Production and Operations award for his outstanding contributions to SPE and dedicated service to the gulf coast region. Lane was honored at the 2015 SPE Gulf Coast Section Awards on 21 May 2015 at the Norris Center in Houston.
Lane has 38 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He has been with Weatherford and its predecessors for over 20 years in various executive positions. Lane’s current duties include evaluating emerging artificial lift technologies, researching oil and gas applications from a production standpoint, collaborating in technical publications, representing the artificial lift team on technology issues and providing content for and lecturing on artificial lift. Lane is also a member of the Weatherford unconventional resources team.
Image: Bill Lane/SPE