The Dewhurst Award

In 1933, Mr. Thomas Dewhurst (1881-1973), then President of the Institute of Petroleum in UK, organised what was to become the first World Petroleum Congress. The Dewhurst Lecture is a tribute to him and to the person asked to deliver the Dewhurst Lecture.

As an organisation, we use the Dewhurst Lecture to celebrate scientific and technological excellence in the petroleum industry. The recipients of the award are well known throughout the industry and have demonstrated unusually high achievements over many years.

Throughout the life of the World Petroleum Council there have only been the following recipients of the Award:

• H.E. Dr Saleh A. Al-Athel, President, King, Abdulaziz University for Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia - The 1st Dewhurst Lecture (1991)
  
  
• Sir Peter Holmes, Former CEO, Royal Dutch/Shell group, United Kingdom - The 2nd Dewhurst Lecture (1994)
  
  
• Kenneth T Derr, Chairman and CEO, Chevron Corporation, USA - The 3rd Dewhurst Lecture (1997)
  
  
• Pierre Jacquard, Chairman and CEO, IFP, France - The 4th Dewhurst Lecture (2000)
  
  
• Mr Euan Baird,Chairman of the Board, President,and Chief Executive Officer of Schlumberger - The 5th Dewhurst Lecture (2002)
  
  
• Lord Browne of Madingley, Group Chief Executive, BP P.L.C. - The 6th Dewhurst Lecture (2005)

• H.E. Ali Al-Naimi, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. - The 7th Dewhurst Lecture (2005) - To be presented in Madrid 2008