Downstream finalists announced for prestigious Gulf Energy Awards 2025
Gulf Energy Information has announced the downstream finalists for the 2025 Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards®, celebrating breakthrough technologies, innovative projects and industry leaders shaping the future of energy.
The black-tie event will take place Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, at The Post Oak Hotel in Houston, Texas (U.S.). The gala will bring together professionals from across upstream, midstream and downstream sectors for an evening of recognition, networking and celebration.
“The Excellence Awards are more than an awards ceremony — they are the largest and most prestigious celebration of energy innovation,” organizers said. “Whether nominating, hosting a table or sponsoring, companies should be part of this moment.”
The downstream finalists, comprising some of the brightest innovators and technologies in the field, are as follows (For a complete list of all award categories and nominees, visit https://e2awards.com/finalists-2/):
Best Advancement in Maintenance Technology
Cornflake – Robot for surface infrastructure inspections – Promigas, Gases de Occidente and Transmetano
Data-Driven Maintenance Strategy Based on Energy Efficiency Metrics – Cenit Transporte y Logística de Hidrocarburos
Enviromech™ Composite Thief Hatch – Encino Environmental Services, LLC.
Inlet Integrity Program – Nalco Water, an Ecolab company
ISOMAG Magnetic Rotary Seal Bearing Isolators – ISOMAG Corporation
Best Catalyst Technology
BHARAT Bottoms Cracking Additive (BHARAT BCA) – Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited CRDC
Butene skeletal transformation catalyst with low yield of by-produced oil – SINOPEC
Innovative Chromium-Free HySat Catalyst Platform for Hydrogenation Processes – Clariant AG International
LCH™ technology – Johnson Matthey
StyroMax™ UL-100 high activity styrene catalyst for ultra-low SHR operations – Clariant Corporation
CCS/CCUS/Carbon Removal Project of the Year
CHAMP – Aramco Americas
Enzyme Assisted CO2 Capture Technology (eCO2Sorb) – Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Green Rig Sustainability Approach Towards Carbon Emission Reduction – Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
Oil States CCS Netherlands Project – Oil States
Bio-Energy Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) project – Stockholm Exergi
Best Coating/Corrosion Advancement Technology
CorrosionRADAR LR CUI Risk Monitoring Solution – CorrosionRADAR
Heat-Flex® AEB – Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine
MPAC (Multi-Pipe Azimuthal Corrosion Tool) – GOWell International, LLC
TK™-Drakōn – NOV Tuboscope
VENUS: Robotic CUI Inspection Platform – ARIX Technologies
Best Controls, Instrumentation, Automation Technology (Downstream)
Aspen GDOT™ Dynamically Optimizes Production at Borouge Olefins Complex – Borouge & Emerson’s Aspen Technology business
CENTUM VP R7 – Yokogawa
Integrated Electrical Automation and Energy Management System – Reliance Industries Limited
iTHERM SurfaceLine TM611 Surface Thermometer – Endress+Hauser USA
Excellence in Corporate Culture
Breaking Barriers: Advancing Gender inclusion in Refining Operations – Reliance Industries Limited
Energía – Cenit Transporte y Logística de Hidrocarburos
PATHS program and the MindFULL learning brand – S&B Engineers and Constructors
WeLead – Building future leaders through Mentoring – SLB
Best Digital Transformation (Downstream)
BPMARRK® 2.0 – Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
Electrical Equipment Performance Management (EEPM) Digital Platform – Reliance Industries Limited
Integrated Planning Tool – Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Aveva Group plc & Accenture Solutions Private Limited
Acuity Process Twin Pro – KBC (A Yokogawa Company)
Operations Copilot – Saudi Aramco
Solyntek AI – Solyntek
Visual MESA Greenhouse Gas Emissions Management (VM-GEM) – KBC (A Yokogawa Company)
Best Outreach Program
Ahmadi Sports Day 2025 – Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
Fueling the Future Camp – Consumer Energy Education Foundation
Green Gas Alliance – Promigas, Gases de Occidente and Transmetano
Summer Training Program for High School Students – SASREF
Best Health, Safety or Environmental Contribution (Downstream)
Mision Guajira – Promigas, Gases de Occidente and Transmetano
OSPAS’s Innovative Pipeline Solution – Saudi Aramco
Risk Pulse – Reliance Industries Limited
Innovation in Pipeline Engineering (Midstream)
PigCAM® – EV Cameras
Remote Operated Inline Isolation Tool – Pipeline Ultraisolation, Group (PLUG)
Technology Licensor of the Year
Lummus Technology
Merichem Technologies
Saudi Aramco Licensing Group
Best Petrochemical Technology
Arsenal Plus – Caustic Tower Optimization – Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company
EDHOX™ Technology – Linde Engineering and Clariant Corporation
Novel Adsorption Process for Online Purification of Thermic Fluids – Reliance Industries Ltd.
Short Residence Time Electric (SRT-e) Heater – Lummus Technology
Best Refining Technology
3D TRASAR for Crude Overhead Systems Premium – Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company
CDDME for Renewable Dimethyl Ether Production – Lummus Technology
indDSK® – Indian Oil Corporation Limited
IR800 Analyzer – Yokogawa
RelFarmS – Reliance Industries Limited
Energy Project of the Year (Downstream)
Acelen – KBC (A Yokogawa Company)
The Acrylics/Oxo Alcohol Project – Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Refinery and petrochemical project in Gulei, China – Saudi Aramco and Sinopec
Solar-Wind-Energy Storage (SWES) for Net Zero Retail Outlet – Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
Hydrogen Project of the Year
Neoform H2 – Aramco Americas
Petcoke Gasification complex – Reliance Syngas Ltd.
Most Promising Engineer (Downstream)
Abhik Banerjee – Lummus Technology
Ajay Khande – Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited CRDC
Alexis Shackleford – BASF Corporation
Cody Penick – Lummus Technology
Lifetime Achievement (Downstream)
Bipin V. Vora – Honeywell (retired)
James Jenkins – S&B Engineers and Constructors
Marilyn Blaschke – Baker Hughes
Energy Leader of the Year
Ahmed Jaber Al-Eidan – Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
Leon de Bruyn – Lummus Technology
Dr. Abd El-Rahman Sayed Hassan Ibrahim – Egyptian Natural Gas Company (GASCO)
Kelly Seibert – Honeywell UOP
Muhammad Arsalan – Saudi Aramco
Torbjørn Weywadt Nilsen – Subsea Production Systems
Operator of the Year (all streams)
The winners in this prestigious category will be revealed in-person at the Gala.
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