Excellence Awards

WPC Excellence Awards winners in 2011 announced. Click here for more.

Finalists for prestigious WPC Excellence Awards in 2011

Every three years at the World Petroleum Congress, the World Petroleum Council honours exceptional projects and initiatives within the oil and gas sector with the WPC Excellence Awards. The prestigious awards will be presented to the winners on the first day of the Congress by H.E. Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Attiyah, Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of the Control and Transparancy Authority.

The prizes get awarded in two categories:

TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT and SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

The objective of the WPC Excellence Awards (WPCEA) is to distinguish companies, institutions or any public or private organisation (not individuals) engaged in the oil and gas industry for promoting or operating with high excellence.

The following criteria were taken into consideration when assessing the projects:

World Petroleum Council Excellence Awards on Technological Developments

Technological breakthroughs
Innovative applications of existing technologies
Cost effectiveness
Wide applicability for the petroleum industry
Proved or clearly demonstrable and sustainable results (long term)

World Petroleum Council Excellence Awards on Social Responsibility

Innovative and far-reaching social responsibility initiatives benefitting the community or environment
Commitment and involvement of management and employees
Cooperation with local communities and stakeholders and development of mutually beneficial relations
Feasibility
Wide applicability and reproducibility within the petroleum sector
Proved or clearly demonstrable long-term sustainable results

Over 100 proposals were reviewed by the independent judging panel in this cycle’s awards nominations.

WPCEA 2011 Judging Panel:

Social Responsibility

Dr Nabeel Al Salem, Deputy Director, Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF)
Robert Cox, Technical Director, IPIECA
César González Neumann, Executive Secretary ARPEL
Jim Shaw, Manager Community Relations, CCS Corporation, Canada
Donna Shepherd, Director, Creating Communities Australia (CCA), Australia

Technological Development

Michael Engell-Jensen, Executive Director, OGP
Torstein Indrebø, Secretary General, International Gas Union
Martin Maeso, Technical Director, Energy Institute, UK
Elena Nekhaev, Director, Resources and Technologies, WEC
Prof Anatoly Zolotukhin, Vice Chancellor, Gubkin University of Oil and Gas, Russia

Finalists:

WPCEA for Social Responsibility
(Finalists listed alphabetically by company)

Small to medium sized companies

Hunt Oil Company of Peru L.L.C. - Hunt Global Partnerships
Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) - Helping to Build the Modern State of Qatar Through Active Community Involvement and Quality Qatarization
Woodside – Ngala: Nurturing the Pilbara

Large Companies & NOCs

Chevron Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production - The Angola Partnership Initiative (API)
Exxon Mobil Corporation - NightWatch Campaign to Fight Malaria
Statoil Canada Ltd. – Local Opportunity Centre

WPCEA for Technological Development
(Finalists listed alphabetically by company)

Small to medium sized companies

INOVx Solutions, Inc. - Asset Virtualization Solution for Collaborative Asset Management
Maris International Ltd – CCS (Continuous Circulation System)
Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) - Recovering waste hydrocarbon streams

Large Companies & NOCs

Exxon Mobil - Remote Reservoir Resistivity Mapping (R3M)
Siemens Nederland N.V. – STC-ECO Design and experience - The world's first API-Class, canned, sealless compressor
Shell Global Solutions International - Taking openwater wireline to greater depth

All the projects selected by the judges will be showcased during the Congress on Monday, 5 December at the Digital Poster Plaza (Hall 8) from 14h30 to 16h00.

WPC Excellence Awards for Youth

With many excellent submissions received by young authors, the World Petroleum Council decided to acknowledge the importance of youth to the energy industry by rewarding the best young presenters of the Congress. The 20th World Petroleum Congress Organizing Committee has chosen the best abstracts submitted by young people under 35 from all papers and posters in the Congress Forums.