Poster Second Place Award for the paper:

Al-Ghamdi A. M. and J. S. Watkins, (1996): Structural styles and depositional history of  North and South Padre Island OCS Areas, Offshore South Texas: Structural framework of the northern Gulf of Mexico: A special publication of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, V. 46, pp.1-9.

Selected paper as best AAPG papers presented in San Diego Meeting in 1996:

 Al-Ghamdi A. M. and J. S. Watkins, (1996): Miocene Structural Features of North and South Padre Island and OCS areas, offshore South Texas. Society of Exploration Geophysicsts (SEG) International Exposition and 66^th Annual Meeting, November 10 –15, 1996, p.1919.

10-Years KFUPM Service Award in 1997

Distinguished Services 2003