We are pleased to announce the recipients of the prestigious EAGE Best Paper Awards for 2024. These recognitions are presented annually to honor the most exceptional contributions published in EAGE journals during the preceding year. Selected through a rigorous evaluation process, these papers stand out for their impact on our geoscientific community, and exemplifies the high standards of excellence that EAGE is committed to.
The winners are:
Loránd Eötvös Award
Award for Best Paper in Geophysical Prospecting in 2023:
Leon Thomsen, for his paper “A logical error in Gassmann poroelasticity”, published in Geophysical Prospecting, Volume 71, Issue 4.
Ludger Mintrop Award
Award for Best Paper in Near Surface Geophysics in 2023:
Meling Stemland and co-authors Bent Ole Ruud, Tor Arne Johansen, for their paper “Case study of combined marine- and land-based passive seismic surveying in front of Nordenskiöldbreen outlet glacier, Adolfbukta, Svalbard”, published in Near Surface Geophysics, Volume 21, Issue 5.
Norman Falcon Award
Award for Best Paper in Petroleum Geoscience in 2023
Gisele Nery Camargo and co-authors María González, Filipe Borges, Alexandre Maul and Webster U. Mohriak, for their paper “Challenges for seismic velocity modelling of rafts and impacts for pre-salt depth estimations”, published in Petroleum Geoscience, Volume 29, Issue 1.
Robert Mitchum Award
Award for Best Paper in Basin Research in 2023
Daan Beelen and co-author Lesli J. Wood, for their paper “Predicting bottom current deposition and erosion on the ocean floor” published in Basin Research, Volume 35, Issue 5.
Nigel Anstey Award
Award for Best Paper in First Break in 2023
Yang Xue and co-authors Dan Clarke and Kanglin Wang, for their paper “Multi-scenario deep learning 4D Inversion: A Brazil pre-salt case study”, published in First Break, Volume 41, Issue 9.
Congratulations to all awardees! The papers above are stored in EarthDoc. All members have access to the most recent entries from First Break and from their journal of choice, as part of their membership benefits. Remember: when you activate or renew your EAGE membership, you can choose (or change) your desired journal.
Starting from 2025, a new Best Paper Award category will be added to this prestigious set: the Rosemary Hutton award is dedicated to the best work published in the journal Geoenergy. A free online subscription to Geoenergy will be included in the membership benefits of everyone renewing their membership for 2025.
