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Induction Dinner 2009
Canadian Petroleum Hall of Fame names 2009 Inductees
Every year, the Selection Committee of the Canadian Petroleum Hall of Fame—housed in the Canadian Petroleum Discovery Centre near the site of the famed Leduc No. 1 oil discovery at Devon—recommends a maximum of six individuals, including an industry pioneer, for induction. Four oil and gas industry veterans have been chosen for induction this year into the Canadian Petroleum Hall of Fame at a gala dinner on Thursday, September 24th. This 13th Annual Induction Dinner will be held in Calgary at the Westin Calgary.
This annual event was founded by a group of petroleum industry executives “to recognize, document, preserve, and publicize the names and accomplishments of those persons, both alive and deceased, whose contributions to the advancement of the Canadian petroleum industry have been of The four inductees for 2009 include:
- Ward Brandow, a long-time oil and gas industry publisher who launched what is now known as the Global Petroleum Show in 1966.
- Daniel Wilfred Laurier Claypool, a Saskatchewan native who worked on the rigs from the age of 16 and who, in his retirement years, was instrumental in the creation of the Canadian Petroleum Discovery Centre and remains a volunteer guide at the Centre.
- Ian McLaren Cook (deceased), who pioneered the Energy Resources Conservation Board’s globally-renowned core storage facility and the collection and preservation of electric logs from all wells drilled in Alberta.
- Brian Floyd Levang, who co-founded Jomax Drilling in 1972 and devised a number of innovative ways to make the drilling process more efficient in terms of rig lay-out. He also invented the vibrating mud hopper and the patented stabbing guide.
For more information on the Canadian Petroleum Hall of Fame Society, please explore this site further. For details regarding the dinner, please contact Tanja Nelson at (780) 944-9333 ext. 306 or toll free at (800) 563-2946.
