Congratulations 2026 Finalists!

 

Best Advancement in Maintenance Technology – Midstream

Elios 3 NDT Inspection Drone – Flyability

MACI – AI-Enabled Internal Combustion Anomaly Monitoring – Cenit Transporte y Logística de Hidrocarburos S.A.S.

OCP Reduces Risk and Costs with Industrial AI-Driven Turbocharger Surge Prediction – OCP Ecuador and Aspen Technology (Emerson)

Reliability Improvement of HTHR Exchanger by Advanced Technology – Reliance Industries Limited

Waste‑to‑Value Sulphur Spillage Recovery Using Customized Mobile Loader – ADNOC Gas

Best Catalyst Technology

Advanced Self Kinetics Controlled Catalyst Technologies (RELCAT™200Y and RELCAT™300Y) for production of Gas phase polypropylene grades – Reliance Industries Limited

Decam low-carbon ammonia technology – Honeywell Technologies and thyssenkrupp Uhde

ECOTREAT® – Merichem Technologies

Max Distillate Hydrocracking Catalyst – CAN-HC153 – Saudi Aramco

SiliconTrap™ – Topsoe

Toluene Disproportionation and Transalkylation Technology for Complex Feedstocks – SINOPEC Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology Co., Ltd.

Best Completions Technology

Adaptive Elastomer-Composite Casing for Mitigating Fracture-Slip-Induced Casing Deformation – CNPC, CNPC Engineering Technology R&D Company Limited, CNPC USA Corporation

ePLUS® Dart (Unlimited System) – Packers Plus Energy Services

FloTracG™ Ultra-Light Buoyancy Gas Nanoparticle Tracer Technology – QuantumPro, Inc.

High Flow Series Pumps – GD Energy Products

NautilX™ Multi-Lateral and Coiled Tubing Drilling System – Global Dynamics

Remote Clamp Installation System – Expro

SwellPlug – TAQA Well Completions

Turing® electro-hydraulic control system – Halliburton

CCS/CCUS/Carbon Removal Project of the Year

CarbonTrace™ Carbon Sequestration Project in collaboration with BCarbon – QuantumPro, Inc.

The CO₂ Recovery Injection project – ADNOC Gas

Umm Al Dalkh (UAD) Zero Flaring Project – ADNOC Offshore

Best Coating/Corrosion Advancement Technology

AI Failure Analysis Field Assistant – SLB

Corrosion Inhibitor for Sour Crude (CISC) – Aramco

Digital Coating Inspection Portal – AI Driven – ADNOC Offshore

The SputteredPipe – Arculus Solutions, Inc.

Best Controls, Instrumentation, Automation Technology – Upstream

An Innovation That Enabled Paradigm Shift In Maintaining Well HSE Critical Equipment – ADNOC Offshore

AutoRig Project – ADNOC Offshore

iTONG™ Intelligent Well Construction Solution – Expro

Kantori™ real-time fluids monitoring (RFM) service – Baker Hughes

LOGIX™ GO automated geosteering and orchestration – Halliburton

NordLink™ Wired Circulation Sub – NOV

WATCH: Wellsite Asset Tracking for Control of Hazards – Aramco

Best Controls, Instrumentation, Automation Technology – Midstream

Recipient to be revealed at the Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards Gala® on October 15, 2026.

Best Controls, Instrumentation, Automation Technology – Downstream

3DTRASAR™ Technology for Cooling Water Premium Plus – with deposit sensing and deposit identification – Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company

AMI Smart Gas Metering, Remote Monitoring and Operational Automation Platform – Surtigas

AspenTech AVA™: 24/7 AI-powered Advisor within Aspen DMC3™ – Aspen Technology (Emerson)

Cybersecurity Innovation Laboratory 4 Control – Aramco

Safeguarding Critical Assets: Advanced Refractory Heat-Up Automation for Petcoke Gasifier Reactor – Reliance Industries Limited

Visual MESA® Multi Period Optimizer (VM-MPO) – KBC (A Yokogawa Company)

Best Deepwater Technology

MPD On-Demand™: The New Standard in Deepwater MPD – HMH

ONEFIT™ (Caseless Insertable) – Expro

OSTMZ™ sand control system – Halliburton

Solids-free Alternative Ultra-high Density Innovation Completions Fluid [SAUDI CF] – Aramco Americas

SpecStar Elemental Spectroscopy while drilling – Halliburton

VERSAFLO NXT – Expro

Best Drilling Technology

iCruise® Force intelligent high-performance RSS – Halliburton

ION+™ Stealth Mach – NOV

MPD Drill Ahead Tool – Oil States

Pandora210® – Hephae Energy Technology

Integrated HPHT Thermal and Pressure Management System – NOV

The World’s First 24” NLV Ultra Slim ECP system Successful implementation in Jurassic Offshore Well – Kuwait Oil Company

TRU-Steer™ ultimate rotary steerable service – Baker Hughes

Universal Fluid for Drilling and Cementing – Aramco Americas

Excellence in Corporate Culture

2026 People Action Plan – ADNOC Offshore

Building from Within: A Strategic Internal Certification Ecosystem for Manufacturing Excellence – Reliance Industries Limited

Competence as Culture – Reliance Industries Limited

Energía en Equilibrio – Integrated Employee Wellbeing Mode – Promigas SA ESP

The Rhythm that Unites Us – Cenit

Best Digital Transformation – Upstream

Ai Production System Optimization (AiPSO) – ADNOC

AI-Enabled Autonomous Walking Island Rig AD-300 – ADNOC Drilling Company PJSC

Centri-FI™ Consolidated Controls Solution – Expro

Digital Seawater Treatment (Digital SWT): AI-Powered Predictive Operations Platform – NOV & AkerBP

Subsurface Advisor™- SLB

Wellnova – Repsol Sinopec Brasil and Ouronova

Best Digital Transformation – Midstream

AI Assisted Operation: Autonomous Actions for Active Alarm Resolution – ADNOC Gas

ATLAS: Operational Intelligence Platform for Natural Gas Network Balancing Management – Surtigas

Buxus® App and Website- Sander Resources

DemaenStream – DemaenStream Limited

OGx for resilient satellite connectivity for oil and gas industry solution providers – SKYWAVE™, an ORBCOMM Company

Physics-Informed Al Gas and NGL Network Production Optimizer – Saudi Aramco

Predictive Management for Malena Compressor Station Operations – Promigas SA ESP

Real-Time Multi-Model Ensembled AI Solution for Gas Turbine Capability and Power Margin Prediction in Mega-Refinery’s Captive Power Plant. – Reliance Industries Limited

Best Digital Transformation – Downstream

AI Control Room – Autonomous Operations at Scale – (Borouge) Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Ltd.

AI-Enabled Auto Defect Analysis and Detection of weld joints (From Dark Room to Digital Intelligence — Defects Found in Seconds, Not Hours). – Reliance Industries Limited

AI-Native Transformation at RIL’s Jamnagar Manufacturing Division – Reliance Industries Limited

Enterprise Energy Intelligence – Decision Advantage at Scale – (Borouge) Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Ltd.

Establishing a fully integrated digital ecosystem – Lummus Technology

Production Operations Reporting Tool – Saudi Aramco

Visual MESA® Production Accounting (VM-PA) – KBC (A Yokogawa Company)

 Energy Legal Services Provider of the Year

Bracewell LLP – Bracewell LLP

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP – Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

King & Spalding – King & Spalding

White & Case LLP – White & Case LLP

Best EOR Technology

Guardpro™: Supercritical CO₂-EOR Injection Packer System – CNPC-USA Corporation, CNPC Engineering Technology R&D Company Limited (CPET)

Subsea Water Treatment – NOV

Umm Niqa Lower Fars (UNLF) Polymer Flooding Pilot: Unlocking Heavy Oil Recovery in a Sour, High-Salinity Reservoir – Kuwait Oil Company

Best Exploration Technology

AlphaSight™ – SLB

FlowStar formation testing service – Halliburton

HSR‑NMR: Illuminating Unconventional Cores – Saudi Aramco

Integrated Autonomous Surveys – Oceaneering International, Inc.

National Digital Resource (NDR) – Halliburton Landmark

Best Outreach Program

Artificial Intelligence & Digital Technologies (AIDT) Integrated Value Realization Program – ADNOC Offshore

EnergyXP – Energy Education Foundation

Geoscientists without Borders®- Society of Exploration Geophysicists

KOC Blue Competence – Kuwait Oil Company

Ministry of energy and infrastructure Outreach & Ajyana/Intilaqa Program – Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, United Arab Emirates

Best Health, Safety or Environmental Contribution – Upstream

Air Compliance Management Program (ACMP) – Kuwait Oil Company

CarboCrete – Aramco Americas

Caterpillar Gas Mechanical System (HSE – Upstream) – Caterpillar Oil & Gas

Cuttings Management and Recycling System – SLB

Mitigating Hydrogen (H2) Accumulation in Subsea Umbilical Splitter Boxes – ADNOC

Spring ARK Anti-Rotation Key “Spring ARK” – Expro Group

Turning HazWaste into Resources – Estedama Company  

Best Health, Safety or Environmental Contribution – Midstream

A smart-helmet-based digital presence control solution – ADNOC Gas

An advanced nano-filtration initiative – ADNOC Gas

Circular Economy Program Initiatives & Digitalization – Saudi Aramco

Mobile Natural Gas Combustion Unit (TEA) – Promigas SA ESP

Best Health, Safety or Environmental Contribution – Downstream

CASHE (Change Agents for Safety, Health & Environment) – Reliance Industries Limited

Improving SAF Production Using Integrated Machine Learning and Rigorous Process Simulation Technology – NEXTCHEM & Aspen Technology (Emerson)

Petcoke Gasification Complex (PCG) – Reliance Industries Limited

Safety Culture Transformation Strategy at Gases de Occidente – Promigas SA ESP

Transforming Lives: Sustainable Natural Gas Expansion Program in Vulnerable Communities – Surtigas

Best Innovation in Pipeline Engineering – Midstream

HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited – HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited

In Line Inspection Assessable Pipeline Repair Sleeves – Pipe Spring LLC

Reinforced Thermoplastic Pipe – ADNOC Offshore

SureTap® Plug – STATS Group International

Technology Licensor of the Year – Downstream & Midstream

Lummus Technology – Lummus Technology

Saudi Aramco Licensing Group – Saudi Aramco

Best Modeling Technology

Innovation with Integrated Real-Time Optimization (iRTO), a transformative technology – ADNOC Gas

New Established Unconventional Petrophysical Workflow – Kuwait Oil Company

OTS (Direct Connect) for Gas Dehydration Unit (GDU) – BAPCO Upstream

PCML for Predicting Well Performance in Unconventional Reservoirs – Aramco Americas

Unified Ensemble Modeling – Halliburton Landmark

Best Oilfield Fluids and Chemicals

ALARA™ Advanced Low-Aggressive Reservoir Acid – Baker Hughes

Extended Release (XR) – SLB

HYTREAT™ ECO, an anti-agglomerant low dosage hydrate inhibitor (LDHI-AA) – Clariant Oil Services

OmniCem™ – SLB

PetroShield™ lubricating corrosion inhibitor – Baker Hughes

Tuned® Prime HT™ cement spacer – Halliburton

XOF 700 Series: Ethoxylate Surfactant Platform for Scalable, Cost-Efficient EOR/IOR in the Permian Basin – Indovinya, Indorama Ventures

Best Petrochemical Technology

Arsenal Plus™ Caustic Tower Optimization – Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company

Development and Commercialization of Antipolymerant Technology (RELAP™) for Enhancing Naphtha Cracker Reliability and Operational Efficiency – Reliance Industries Limited

Novolen® PP technology – Advanced VRC® – Lummus Technology

Purification of mono ethylene glycol using adsorptive purification process in polyester plants – Reliance Industries Limited

Reverse Olefins Conversion Technology – P2HOA – Lummus Technology

Best Pipeline Integrity Technology

Application of Robotic CCTV Inspection and BJV Cleaning Technology for Integrity Assessment of Slug Catcher Pipelines in Offshore Facilities – ADNOC Offshore

MEG Injection to Eliminate Flow-Induced Pulsations and Safeguard Pipeline Integrity – Reliance Industries Limited

PipeGuard for CO2 – PipeSense

Smart PIG – Artificial Intelligence Powered Non-Destructive Testing for Pipe Inline Inspection – Aramco

Subsea Automated Pig Launcher – NOV

Velonix® – Optimized pig control. Every run, every line. – Expro

Best Production Technology

ExaCT™ – SLB

FOAMTREAT – PFAS-Free Secondary Defoamer – Clariant Oil Services

IntelTrace FYI™ Frac Yield Insights for Enhanced Productivity – QuantumPro, Inc.

LUFKIN SROD™ V9.5.0 – LUFKIN Industries

QPulse™- Non-intrusive Multiphase Flow Measurement – Expro

Thru-Tubing ESP (TT ESP™) – Lex

Zero-Flaring Multiphase Production Boosting System – SLB

Best Refining Technology

Advanced Corrosion Control Program for Crude Overhead Systems – Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company

NovaHP™ naphtha-to-olefins technology – Lummus Technology and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

Novel Non-Catalytic CS₂ Removal and High-Purity iC₅ Recovery through Innovative Divided Wall Column Technology and Asset Repurposing – Reliance Industries Limited

Best Pipeline Rehabilitation Technology

High‑Power Laser Descaler Technology for Surface Flowlines – Saudi Aramco

Integrated Multi-Front Pipeline Rehabilitation Initiatives. – Reliance Ethane Pipeline Ltd.

Energy Project of the Year – Upstream

Caterpillar Gas Mechanical System – Caterpillar Oil & Gas

Neotork/Egypt’s Western Desert Basin – Neo Oiltools

North Sea Standardisation Initiative (NSSI) – TAQA Well Completions

Energy Project of the Year – Midstream

100MW Power Upgrade for Full Load Compressor String Testing – Ebara Elliott Energy

Australia’s First Offshore Gas Storage Project – SLB

Critical VFDs Replacement at one of our site – Accelerated Shutdown Execution Excellence – ADNOC Gas

Delivering Capacity with Excellence – ADNOC Gas

TK-707: Creating Value Before Construction – CENIT Transporte y Logística de Hidrocarburos S.A.S.

 

Energy Project of the Year – Downstream

De-bottlenecking and Augmentation of Cryogenic Facilities at BPCL Uran import LPG terminal – Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

Gasflexi – Promigas SA ESP

Innovative projects to minimize flare loss and reduce carbon footprint at DTA & SEZ Refinery – Reliance Industries Limited

Petcoke Gasification Complex, increasing power generation from Expander by lowering turndown capacity with engineering control – Reliance Industries Limited

Venture Global Calcasieu Pass 2 LNG Project – Lummus Consultants International

Hydrogen Project of the Year

CHAMP – Clean Hydrogen and Accelerated Mineralization Program – Aramco Americas

Methane Plasmalysis – Graforce

Smart Advanced Process Control for PSA Productivity Enhancement – Reliance Industries Limited

Most Promising Engineer – Upstream

Guoqing Jian – Aramco Americas

Pankaj Goel – ExxonMobil Upstream Company

Siva Rama Krishna Jandhyala – Halliburton

Most Promising Engineer – Midstream

Shamma Rashed Alshamsi – ADNOC Gas

Khasebah Al Hefeti – ADNOC Gas

Prathesh Selvaraj – Emerson Automation Solutions

Most Promising Engineer – Downstream

Deepika Hegde – Lummus Technology

Dr. Marwan Sendi – Saudi Aramco

Sydney Sweet – Lummus Technology

Lifetime Achievement – Upstream

Ashok Santra – Aramco Americas

Dr. Nihal Obeyesekere – Clariant Oil Services

Maurice Slack – Volant Products

Lifetime Achievement – Midstream

Recipient to be revealed at the Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards Gala® on October 15, 2026.

Lifetime Achievement – Downstream

Dr. Amir F. Abdul Manan – Saudi Aramco

Ujjal Mukherjee – Lummus Technology

Energy Leader of the Year

Ahmad Jaber Al-Eidan – Kuwait Oil Company

Dr. Mark Hofacker – SLB

Mohamed Al Ali – ADNOC Offshore

Tayba Abdulrahim Al Hashmi – ADNOC Offshore

Operators of the Year (all streams)

Recipients to be revealed at the Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards Gala® on October 15, 2026.