The Winners of the 2023 WPC Excellence Awards will be announced at the 24th Congress in Calgary this September!

Every three years at the World Petroleum Congress, the WPC recognises some of the most outstanding projects and innovations in the oil and gas sector with the WPC Excellence Awards (WPCEA). 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 standards. Companies can submit projects in three categories:

WPCEA on Gender and Inclusion - new category!

These criteria are taken into consideration by an independent panel when assessing the project:

• Effective policies, programmes and interventions in place to improve gender diversity, with measurable results
• Innovative use of technology to remove barriers to gender representation across the business
• Driving gender parity is a strategic business commitment supported across the board by senior management
• Company culture that recognises D&I as a fundamental organisational value
• Transparent D&I company targets

Gender and Inclusion, Social Responsibility & Technological Development

Each category will have two winners, one from an NOC or large business and the other to represent the work of small and medium size organisations.

• Small & medium sized businesses (SMEs) are non-subsidiary companies which employ less than 500 employees
• Academia are also counted as SMEs for the purpose of the Excellence Awards
• National Oil Companies and International Oil Companies should apply in the NOC/Large Company category

The following criteria are taken into consideration by an independent panel when assessing the projects:

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 sector
• Proved or clearly demonstrable long-term results

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)

WPC Excellence Awards for Youth

In recognition of the important contribution by youth to the energy industry, the World Petroleum Council rewards the best young authors of the Congress. These will be selected from the best abstracts submitted by young professionals under 35 and new submissions cannot be accepted as the Call for Papers has now closed.

The Winners of the WPC Excellence Awards will be announced during a luncheon at the 24th World Petroleum Congress in Calgary on 21 September 2023

Submissions for the 2023 WPC Excellence Awards are now closed and the Finalists are:

 Over 400 nominated projects were reviewed by the independent judging panel in this cycle’s awards nominations. The Finalists in each category are:

WPCEA for Social Responsibility – Finalists  (In random order)

WPCEA for Technological Development – Finalists  (In random order)

WPCEA for Gender and Inclusion – Finalists  (In random order)

If you have any questions on the above please contact WPCSecretariat@world-petroleum.org