OTC Sponsoring Organizations Events
Some of the 12 OTC sponsoring organizations host their own events during OTC. Browse this list, or browse the list of official OTC events.
Annual ASME-IPTI Golf Tournament
Saturday, 30 April
Registration: 0730 hours / Tee Time: 0830 hours
ASME International Petroleum Technology Institute (IPTI) announces its 17th annual OTC Golf Tournament. This popular event is the premier pre-OTC golf tournament. It attracts nearly 300 golfers from a broad spectrum of the industry and raises thousands of dollars for student scholarships. Learn more.
ASME-IPTI / University of Houston Crawfish Boil
Sunday, 1 May
1300-1700 hours
Thousands of industry professionals and their families attend this annual event at the UH campus. Proceeds benefit engineering scholarships and academic programs at UH and other surrounding colleges.
There will be food, live music and dancing, raffles, moonwalk and games for children, and presentation of the Industry Achievement Award - Titanium Crawfish. Learn more.
SPE Training Courses
The Society of Petroleum Engineers offers a wide variety of cost-effective, hands-on training courses for all levels of professionals. Extend your stay during OTC 2011 to attend training courses conveniently located at the Holiday Inn Reliant Park.
- Petroleum Reserves / 30 April-1 May 2011
John Hodgin - Horizontal Well Completions / 6 May 2011
Steve Mathis - Introduction to Managed Pressure Drilling / 6 May 2011
Deepak Gala - Shale Gas Development / 6 May 2011
Steve Hennings
ASME-IPTI Petroleum Division BMEA Award Reception
Sponsored by ASME-IPTI Petroleum Division
Monday, 2 May
1730-2000 hours
Award Presentations:
- Lubinski Best Paper Award
- ASME Fellow
- Geoca Mechanical Engineering Achievement Award
- 28th Annual Woelfel Best Mechanical Engineering Achievement Award (BMEA)
- ASME Dedicated Service Awards
This event will take place on the Club Level of Reliant Stadium. You must RSVP to attend this event to Kim Miceli by email or call +1.281.493.3491.
ASCE OTC Hall of Fame Gala
Tuesday, 3 May
The sixth annual Gala Dinner will be held at the Petroleum Club in Houston, TX. At the Gala, we will continue the tradition of honoring outstanding Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) papers that set the standard for current practices worldwide and have become an integral part of the offshore design process, as well as lending themselves to other civil engineering disciplines. For more information, visit the OTC Hall of Fame website.
ASME-IPTI Early Career OTC Happy Hour
Wednesday, 4 May
Please join ASME leaders and staff for an afternoon of networking and information sharing. Learn more about this event online or contact the ASME office at +1.281.493.3491.


