Honorable Mentions (Best Paper, Annual Meeting)

• 2018 "Least-squares seismic horizons with local slopes and multigrid correlations," Xinming Wu and Sergey Fomel
• 2014 "Azimuthal pre-stack depth migration for in-situ stress evaluation in a fractured carbonate oil reservoir: Predrill prediction of instantaneous shut-in pressure gradients," Heloise B. Lynn, Walter Lynn, Justin Obilo, and Vinod Agarwal

• 2012 "On the prediction of repeatability noise in marine time-lapse surveys," Juan Cantillo

• 2011 "An improved gradient computation for adjoint wave-equation reflection tomography," Uwe Albertin

• 2010 "New opportunities from 4D seismic and lithology prediction at Ringhorn Field," David Johnston, Upendra Tiwari, Michael Helgerud, Bernard Laugier

• 2009 "Building TTI depth models using anisotropic tomography with well information," Andrey Bakulin, Marta Woodward, David Nichols, Konstantin Osypov, and Olga Zdraveva

• 2008 "Case history: Converted-wave splitting estimation and compensation," Jim Simmons

• 2007 "Assessing estimated velocity depth models: Finding the 'error bars' in tomographic inversion," Eric Verschuur, Dana Chitu, and Mustafa Al-Ali

• 2006 "Detecting hydrocarbon reservoir with seabed logging in deepwater Sabah, Malaysia," Chin Keong Choo, Mark Rosenquist, Eleanor Rollett, Kamal Ghaffar, John Voon, and H.F. Wong

• 2005 "Azeri 4C Time-lapse design using 3D 4C OBS imaging decimation tests," Jack Bouska, John Howie, Bertram Nolte, Rodney G.K. Johnston, Richard Alexandre and Richard Walters

• 2004 "Using thumpers as a seismic source," David J. Monk, Jim Ross, William J. Mooney

• 2003 "Seismic interpretation using global image segmentation," Ira David Hale and Mark Jeffrey Emanuel
• 2003 "A brief history and recent advances of seismic technology in Mexico," Efrain Mendez-Hernandez

• 2002 "Removing distortions caused by water velocity variations: Method for dynamic correction," Scott MacKay and Jonathan Fried

• 2001 "MEMS for Geophysicists," Jon Tessman, Bruce Reichert, Jim Marsh, Jeff Gannon, and Howard Goldberg
• 2001 "Can joint PP and PS velocity analysis manage to corner the anisotropic depthing parameter?" Francois Audebert and Pierre-Yves Granger
• 2001 "AVO processing: Myths and reality," Guillaume Cambois

• 1999 "What is the best seismic attribute for quantitative seismic reservoir characterization?," Dennis A. Cooke, Arcangelo Gabriele Sena, Gregory P. O'Donnell, Tetang Muryanto, and Vaughn Ball
• 1999 "Velocity-independent datuming of seismic data," Panos G. Kelamis, D. J. (Eric) Verschuur, A. J. Berkhout, and Kevin E. Erickson

• 1999 "Meren field, Nigeria: A 4D seismic case study," David E. Lumley, Alan G. Nunns, Guy Delorme, A. A. Adeogba, and [[Michel F. Bee]
• 1999 "AVO lithology prediction using multiple seismic atributes," Daniel P. Hampson and Todor Todorov

• 1998 "Ground truth results of 3D prestack subsalt imaging for structure and stratigraphy," William L. Abriel, Elisha A. Buckner, Joseph P. Stafani, David C. Bartel, and Greg S. Raskin

• 1996 "The use of ground-penetrating radar for aquifer characterization: A geostatistical approach," Rosemary Knight and Jane Rea
• 1996 "Kirchhoff migration of seismic data compressed by matching pursuit decomposition," Bin Wang and Keh Pann
• 1996 "3-D beam steering--A powerful signal enhancement tool for noisy 3-D data," William A. Schneider, Robert Windels, Craig Artley, and Thomas R. Nickoloff

• 1995 "Seismic signatures of partial saturation," Rosemary J. Knight, Jack P. Dvorkin, and Amos Nur
• 1995 "A deterministic approach to reservoir description via 3-D poststack inversion and petrophysical analysis," Panos G. Kelamis and Nabil A. Akbar
• 1995 "Accurate migration using offset-checkshot surveys," Jerome R. Krebs, Daniel R. Fara, and Allen E. Berlin

• 1994 "Ultrasonic laboratory measurements of the elastic properties of shales," Brian E. Hornby
• 1994 "Successful estimation of Q from surface seismic data: Methodology and case studies," R. A. Clark
• 1994 "Subsalt imaging over the Mahogany salt sill," Davis W. Ratcliff
• 1994 "Stability of explicit depth extrapolation through laterally-varying media," John T. Etgen
• 1994 "SEG Distinguished Lecture: Environmental geophysics--fad or future?," Phillip R. Romig
• 1994 "Nonbright spot AVO: Two examples," Christopher P. Ross
• 1994 "Laboratory observations of azimuthal velocity variations caused by borehole stress concentrations,v Kenneth W. Winkler
• 1994 "Heimdal monitoring I: Establishing feasibility from cores and logs," Diane Jizba
• 1994 "Effect of strain amplitude and frequency on compressional and shear wave velocities and amplitudes in sandstones," Azra Tutuncu
• 1994 "AVO as an exploration tool: Gulf of Mexico case studies and examples," David Hall

• 1993 "Tomography with multiple arrivals: How to handle noise corrupted data?," F. Delprat-Jannaud
• 1993 "Prestack elastic migration by displacement potential extrapolation and time consistent image," S. Greenhalgh
• 1993 "Possibilities and limitations of turning ray tomography--a synthetics study," J. P. Stefani
• 1993 "Parameter testing of ground-penetrating radar for geological investigations in a poor-data area," Leigh Wood
• 1993 "Multicomponent VP/VS correlation analysis," James E. Gaiser
• 1993 "Modeling a priori information on the velocity field in reflection tomography," D. Sinoquet
• 1993 "Geometric constraints on seismic inversion," Roelof Versteeg
• 1993 "Comparison of AVO indicators: A modeling study," J. P. Castagna
• 1993 "A gravity study of Cameroon (West Africa) and geodynamical implications," Y. H. Poudom Djomani

• 1992 "Sensitivity analysis of cross-well electromagnetics," B. Spies
• 1992 "Seismic data integration in reservoir simulations through a multivariate statistical calibrating approach," F. Fournier
• 1992 "Models of seismic wave radiation from borehole sources in fast and slow formations, R. Gibson
• 1992 "Inverse borehole coupling theory and its application to hydrophone vertical seismic profiling," T. L. Marzetta
• 1992 "Improving prestack f-k migration velocity analysis using residual moveout," P. Fowler
• 1992 "High-resolution cross-well imaging of a west Texas carbonate reservoir: Part I, data acquisition and project overview," J. M. Harris
• 1992 "Ergonomics in 3-D depth migration," K. Wyatt
• 1992 "Do core sample measurements record group or phase velocity?," J. Dellinger
• 1992 "Defining the salt with walkaway VSPs and a salt proximity survey, Auger Field, Gulf of Mexico," T. B. Barker

• 1991 "Where are the fault-plane reflections?," S. MacKay
• 1991 "Steep-dip time migration and residual depth migration," J. L. Black
• 1991 "Prestack frequency-wavenumber (f-k) migration in a transversely isotropic medium," A. Gonzalez
• 1991 "Fluid saturation effects on extensional wave attenuation," C. S. Yin
• 1991 "Exact two-pass full dip (90 degrees) 3-D migration for vertically inhomogeneous media," Naide Pan
• 1991 "An examination of amplitude-versus-offset attributes of a middle Devonian carbonate bank margin at the Caroline giant gas pool, Alberta," R. G. Morris
• 1991 "Accurate finite-difference calculations of WKBJ traveltimes and amplitudes," L. C. Pusey

• 1990 "Radon multiple elimination, a practical methodology for land data," P. Kelamis
• 1990 "Modern technology in an old area: Bay Marchand Field revisited," Roger Wright
• 1990 "Gravity corrections for earth curvature," T. R. LaFehr
• 1990 "Efficient migration through irregular water-bottom topography," W. Lynn
• 1990 "Effect of viscoelasticity and anisotropy on amplitude-versus-offset interpretation," J. P. Blangy
• 1990 "Bullwinkle: A unique 3-D experiment," J. J. O'Connell
• 1990 "Aeromagnetic structural interpretation using neural networks: A case study from the northern Denver-Julesberg Basin," J. M. Wiener
• 1990 "3-D depth migration via McClellan transformations," D. Hale

• 1989 "Wave-type separation in 3-D anisotropic media," J. Dellinger
• 1989 "Statistical examination of linear trends in a compilation of aeromagnetic data from the southwestern U.S., V. J. S. Grauch
• 1989 "Seismic-stratigraphic analysis of Plio-Pleistocene depositional facies, east and west Cameron, offshore Louisiana," J. A. Pacht
• 1989 "Phase-modulated geotectonic imaging of the gravity field of North America," F. B. Davies
• 1989 "Magnetotellurics in Papua New Guinea", K. R. Christopherson
• 1989 "Inversion of observed gravity profiles by the ridge regression method," J. A. Lehman
• 1989 "Converted P-SV wave analysis of a fractured reservoir, Silo Field, Wyoming," D. Emmer
• 1989 "Attenuation of water-column reverberations using pressure and velocity detectors in a water-bottom cable," F. J. Barr
• 1989 "3-D f-k filtering," R. R. Stewart