OTC Recognizes 2026 Spotlight on New Technology® Award Winners
Sunday, March 15, 2026Houston, Texas, USA (16 March 2026)—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.
Selected for originality, technical ingenuity, demonstrated results and commercial potential, these innovations promise to improve safety, efficiency and sustainability across the offshore value chain. From autonomous well construction and advanced bit intelligence to AI-driven geotechnical models and next-generation subsea push systems, the lineup underscores how rapid technological progress is unlocking new possibilities for operators and service providers alike.
2026 Spotlight on New Technology Award Winners (alphabetical)
- Baker Hughes — Kantori™ autonomous well construction solution
- Bosch Rexroth — eSEA Push
- Bosch Rexroth Hägglunds — Hägglunds Thunder
- CNPC USA Corporation — Monobore Expandable Casing Technology
- CNPC USA Corporation — UltraSense™ — UHTHP Bit Intelligence
- Fugro — Fugro GeoAI Framework
- HYTORC — TorcSync
- i2k Connect Inc. — EnrgLLM™
- KeyDrill Technology LLC — KeyDrill Gyro While Drilling (KGWD)
- Oliden Technology, LLC — MaxFusion
- Oil States — GeoLok™
- Oil States — MPD Drill Ahead Tool
- SLB — Retina™ at-bit imaging system
- SLB — FIV-III™ dual-trigger formation isolation valve
- TB Global Technologies Ltd. — CHOKUSEN
- TB Global Technologies Ltd. — Harmless Emergency Release System for Offshore Ammonia Transfer
- Teledyne Marine — eXtreamer
Small-business winners (alphabetical)
- HYTORC — TorcSync
- i2k Connect Inc. — EnrgLLM™
- KeyDrill Technology LLC — KeyDrill Gyro While Drilling (KGWD)
- Oliden Technology, LLC — MaxFusion
Since 2014, OTC’s Spotlight program has highlighted the inventive work of small businesses alongside industry leaders. Small-business eligibility requires independent ownership (or nonprofit status) and fewer than 300 employees in the 12 months before the application deadline.
The 2026 Spotlight on New Technology winners will be honored at OTC on Monday, 4 May at NRG Center in Houston, Texas. For details about the award and recipient technologies, visit the OTC Spotlight on New Technology Award page at www.otcnet.org.
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