2011 WPC Excellency Awards

Every three years at the World Petroleum Congress, the World Petroleum Council honours outstanding projects within the oil and gas sector with the WPC Excellence Awards. 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.

Since the World Petroleum Council (WPC) was formed in 1933, it has experienced vast changes in the industry. Moving forward into the new millennium we will have new technical, environmental and social challenges ahead and the WPC's dedication to its principles "to promote the management of the world's oil and gas resources for the benefit of all" is demonstrated by these prestigious awards. By recognising partnerships between the environment, social responsibility and business, and encouraging a better understanding of the complex relationship between a clean environment, good business practice and a healthy economy, these awards, and thus their recipients, reflect the future of the industriy's achievement.

The over 60 member countries of the World Petroleum Council, representing 95% of the world's oil and gas production, are in a unique position to witness the technical achievements that allow the petroleum industry to work with greater efficiency, at lower cost and to produce a vast range of products with a care for the environment. Whether it's drilling deeper, using new analytical techniques or producing cleaner fuels our technical excellence awards will pick from the very best from upstream or downstream.

Our global industry is also leading the way in a number of social and environmental areas and we will showcase the best of these initiatives in our Social Responsibility Award.

The judging panel is selected from a group of international stakeholders and industry experts and is independent of WPC. To recognise the efforts of both NOCs and large organisations as well as small to medium sized organisations, there are two winners in each category. In addition, the WPC presents two highly commended awards within each category.

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

WPCEA 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)

WPCEA 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 industry
• Proved or clearly demonstrable long-term sustainable results

For 2011 the judges were:

• 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

• 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

The 2011 finalists are :

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

Winners for 2011:

WPCEA for Social Responsibility – Winners

Small to medium sized companies: Woodside – Ngala: Nurturing the Pilbara

Large Companies & NOCs: Exxon Mobil Corporation - NightWatch Campaign to Fight Malaria

WPCEA for Technological Development – Winners

Small to medium sized companies: Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) - Recovering waste hydrocarbon streams

Large Companies & NOCs: Exxon Mobil - Remote Reservoir Resistivity Mapping (R3M)
 

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.

WPCEA for Youth – Finalists (alphabetically by surname)

Yasmine Abu Hijleh - UAE

Youcef Mahboub – Algeria

Norbert Miskolczi - Hungary

Anup Roy – India - Winner

 

Previous Winners...

WPCEA 2008 Results

WPCEA 2005 Results

WPCEA 2002 Results