WPC Excellence Awards
The World Petroleum Council gave recognition to the most
outstanding projects and innovations in the oil and gas industry
with the WPC Excellence Awards.
The WPC Excellence Awards recognized companies, institutions and/or any public or private organizations
engaged in the oil and gas industry for promoting or operating with high excellence standards.
Companies submitted projects in two categories—
Social Responsibility and Technological Developments
Each category had two project winners, a National Oil Company (NOC) or large business
and a small- or medium-size organization within the oil and gas industry. All project entries were reviewed
and winners were selected by an independent panel from the World Petroleum Council.
Over 130 nominated projects were reviewed by the independent judging panel in this cycle’s award nominations.
WPCEA for Social Responsibility – Winners & Finalists
Small to Medium Sized Companies
WINNER
Sakhalin Energy: Sakhalin: Indigenous Island
FINALISTS
Pertamina Refinery Unit III: Lighting Hopes: Electrify Rural Communities from Micro-Hydro Power Plant
Salym Petroleum Development: Good Neighbour
Large Companies & NOCs
WINNER
Exxon: Building local capacity in Guyana
FINALISTS
Chevron: Peace, Prosperity, and Partnerships in the Niger Delta
Chevron: Partnering to Eliminate Malaria in Bioko Island
WPCEA for Technological Development – Winners & Finalists
Small to Medium Sized Companies
WINNER
Kayrros: Geospatial Monitoring for Oil & Gas Climate Stewardship
FINALISTS
Aramco Americas: Sensor Ball
Fishbones AS: Multilateral Well Stimulation
Weatherford: Vero® Automated Connection Integrity
Large Companies & NOCs
WINNER
Halliburton Landmark: Permedia® CO2 Toolkit: Understanding the Flow Dynamics of Injected CO2 in the Subsurface to De-risk Long-term Carbon
FINALISTS
Satbayev University: SmartTranPro software-energy saving of paraffin oil transportation through pipelines
Saudi Aramco: Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Enhanced Oil Recovery Project
The winners were announced during the WPC Excellence Awards Ceremony held at the 23rd World Petroleum Congress.
The finalists’ projects were showcased during the Congress. The Social Responsibility and Technical Development Finalists presented their projects on the Exhibition Floor.
WPCEA 2021 Judging Panel
Social Responsibility
Miguel Moyano, Executive Secretary, ARPEL, Uruguay
Dr. Pierce Rimer, Director General, World Petroleum Council
Brian Sullivan, Executive Director, IPIECA
Technological Development
Andy Calitz, Secretary General Elect, IGU
Iman Hill, Executive Director, IOGP
Mark Rubin, Executive Director, SPE, USA
WPC Excellence Awards for Youth
WINNER
- Pedro Miras, Senior Gas Balance Analyst, Repsol
RUNNERS UP
- Taha Enes Kon, Design Engineer, Turkish Petroleum Offshore Technology Centre
- Tamara Seres, WPC YP Representative for the Serbian National Committee
In recognition of the important contribution by youth to the energy industry, the World Petroleum Council rewarded the best young authors of the Congress. These have been selected from the best abstracts submitted by young professionals under 35.
WPC Excellence Awards
for Young Authors
In recognition of the important contribution by young professionals to the energy industry, the World Petroleum Council recognized the outstanding young authors of the Congress. These were selected from the best abstracts submitted by young professionals under 35.
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