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35 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® JUNE 2013 Northeast Oil and Gas Awards Information Provided by Oil & Gas Awards P i t t s b u r g h , Pennsylvania, was the place to be for the inaugural 2012 Northeast Oil & Gas Awards celebration. Roughly 300 guests enjoyed a cham- pagne reception and lovely string quartet. Daniel Creasey, CEO of the Oil & Gas Awards opened the gala dinner with a few words of thanks, followed by a key- note address from the Northeast Awards Guest of Honor Secretary Michael Krancer. Secretary Krancer gave a stirring speech, and at the end of the night, com- mented on the awards, "The best all around and most fun event I've been to since I've been Secretary." After the dinner, Marc Bridgen, CMO of the Oil & Gas Awards, conducted the awards ceremony. Attendees applauded the finalists and celebrated the following 2012 Northeast Oil & Gas Awards win- ners: % Construction Company of the Year - West Penn Energy Services % Consultancy of the Year - ARM Group % Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative of the Year - Chesapeake Energy Corp. % Drilling & Well Services Company of theYear - McCutcheon Enterprises, Inc. % E&P Company of the Year, spon- sored by TEEMCO - Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. % Engineering Company of the Year - Thrasher Engineering, Inc % Environmental Initiative of the Year - Anadarko Petroleum Corp. % Future Industry Leader - Chad Gorman % Health & Safety Initiative of the Year - Anadarko Petroleum Corp. % Industry Leader - Tom Lopus % Industry Supplier of the Year - Total Equipment Company % Insurance Provider of the Year - Aon Corp. % Law Firm of the Year - K&L Gates LLP % Manufacturer of the Year - Forum Energy Technologies % Midstream Company of the Year - Williams % Recruitment Agency of the Year - Drill Baby Drill Staffing % Transaction of the Year, spon- sored by mergermarket - Williams % Trucking Company of the Year - Schneider National % Water Management Company of the Year - TETRATechnologies, Inc. Congratulations to all of the 2012 Northeast Oil & Gas Awards winners. Look for the Oil & Gas Awards winners from the Gulf Coast region next month! Focus on Energy Exposition The Energy Exposition is celebrat- ing its fourteenth year as the Rocky Mountain’s largest energy trade exhibi- tion June 5-6, at the Wyoming Center CAM-PLEX in Gillette, Wyoming. This will be the fifth year in Gillette, which is known as the “Energy Capital of the Nation” due to its vast oil reserves, nat- ural gas production, electric power plants, and large number of coal mines which produce over 30% of the nation’s coal for electrical generation. A symposium runs concurrent to the exposition. Topics on the agenda include energy policy, transfer of federal lands to state control, equipment instal- lation, lubrication, and communication technology. Seminars start at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday and run throughout the day. The exhibition hall opens at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, and the industry banquet begins at 6:00 p.m. A networking breakfast starts off the day Thursday, seminars again at 8:30 a.m., and the expo display of products and services opens again at 9:00 a.m. Be sure to look for WWDR there! For more information, visit: www.energyexposition.com Jack Bedessem spoke about worker safety at the 2012 Energy Expo. Photo by WWDR . Outside equipment displayed at the 2012 Energy Exposition. WWDR photo.