Middle East Energy Awards 2020 shortlist revealed
Our annual awards event, The Middle East Energy Awards, will return this year on 14 December in Dubai. We are excited to be able to host this event physically, under strict adherence to local and international safety guidelines.
It has been an exceptionally difficult year—I have never used the word “unprecedented” as often as I have this year. Yet there is much to be proud of, and many companies and people which rose up to the challenges that piled up throughout the year. Our awards ceremony will recognise some of the major achievements in 2020 across the energy industry, spanning upstream, downstream, midstream and utilities.
After much consideration from the three hosting editors of Oil & Gas Middle East, Refining & Petrochemicals Middle East and Utilities Middle East, we are prepared to unveil our shortlist for each category at the awards ceremony. Read on for the top five contenders in each category, which will compete for first place in the 16 categories at The Middle East Energy Awards.
The winners of each category will be decided by the three editors as well as two outside judges representing the industry as experts in their fields.
The Oil & Gas Executive of the Year and the Young Energy Professional of the Year are not included in this shortlist and the winners of those categories will be announced at the awards ceremony.
Clean Energy Initiative of the Year
First Solar-powered Lubricants Blending Plant in the UAE by ENOC
Using Renewables to Power Unconventional Gas Wells in Wa’ad Al-Shamal by Saudi Aramco
Bee’ah – Waste to energy power plant
Construction begins for a $5bn world-scale green hydrogen-based ammonia production facility powered by renewable energy at NEOM, Saudi Arabia.
First-ever ‘solar dome’ desalination plant currently under construction at NEOM
CSR Initiative of the Year
Project STOP, Borouge as Strategic Partner 3 votes
Department Of Energy in Abu Dhabi launches #SaveAtHome competition to encourage conservation 2 votes
DEWA’s Smart Living initiative to drive conservation 2 votes
GPCA for adopting Operation Clean Sweep initiative for its members in Arabian Gulf 2 votes
WFES CO2 Offsetting, Shell Abu Dhabi
Digital Enabler of the Year
Empower – Automated district cooling plant
DEWA – Launch of Digital DEWA, making DEWA the world’s first digital utility utilising autonomous systems for renewable energy, storage, expansion in AI adoption, and digital services
AVEVA for its unified operations centre
Saudi Aramco for Drilling at the Edge
Siemens for enabling machine learning at ADNOC
Downstream Project of the Year
Clean Fuels Project by KNPC
Hydrogen Pipeline Network Project in Yanbu by Air Liquide Arabia
ADNOC 'Crude Flexibility Project’
MEGlobal Oyster Creek Project by EQUATE Group
Liwa Plastics Industries Complex Project by OQ
EPC Company of the Year
McDermott
Petrofac
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering
Masdar
ACWA Power
Energy Woman of the Year
Ezz Almannai, Director, Planning and Development, National Oil & Gas Authority of Bahrain
Khadija Daghar, R&D Head, ADNOC
Tayba Al Hashemi, Chief Executive Officer, Al Yasat Petroleum
Latifa Lahsine, Vice-President - Engineering & Technical Support Group at ENGIE Middle-East, South & Central Asia and Turkey
Reem Al-Ghanim, Head of HR & Support Services, Chemicals, Saudi Aramco
Fatima Al Nuaimi, Chief Executive Officer, ADNOC LNG
HSE Initiative of the Year
ADNOC’s 100% HSE
ENOC Cares Campaign
L&T’s Zero Incident Credo Initiative
SABIC Life Saving Rules (LSR) Programme
Saudi Aramco Joining the World Bank Initiative of ‘Zero Routine Flaring by 2030’
Logistics Service Provider of the Year
DP World
Horizon Terminals
RSA Global
Mammoet
Tristar Group
Oilfield Services Company of the Year
Baker Hughes
NOV
Schlumberger
Schneider Electric
Weir
Talent Development Programme of the Year
ELEVATE Programme by EQUATE Group
Global Graduate Development Programme by Petrofac
STEM Education Programme by ADNOC
Upstream Professional Development Center by Saudi Aramco
DEWA – Future engineer summer camp online
Technical Innovation of the Year
EQUATE Group for developing an innovative ‘Mobile Non-Destructive Testing Inspection’ robot that will increase safety, efficiency and quality during maintenance of its facilities
Vertex 600MW solar PV module by Trina Solar to boost power output up to 600W
Siemens Gamesa launches 14mw offshore direct drive turbine with 222-meter rotor
HyPR HoleSaver by Churchill Drilling Tools
Thermally Assisted Gas-Oil Gravity Drainage (TAGOGD) Technique for Enhanced Oil Recovery by PDO
Technology Provider of the Year
HydroFlex Technology from Haldor Topsoe
C3 Oleflex Technology from Honeywell UOP
Propane Dehydrogenation Technology K-PRO from KBR
Lummus Technology
Saudi Aramco
Upstream Project of the Year
Rabab Harweel by PDO
Upper Zakum by ADNOC
South Ratqa heavy crude by KOC
Mahani-1 Exploration Project by SNOC
Marjan & Berri Redevelopment Project by Saudi Aramco
Utilities Project of the Year
Barakah Nuclear Power Plant – Abu Dhabi
Region's first solar energy landfill project by Bee’ah
First floating solar plant in UAE by Enerwhere
Al Khobar 1 desalination plant in KSA with a capacity of 210,000 m3
Jebel Ali Desalination Plant in JAPS, Dubai, with a capacity of 183,000 m3
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