This year presented a very competitive class of nominees, and six finalists have made it through the rigorous selection process for Oil & Gas HSE Initiative of the Year 2018.
- Artificial Lift Safety System, Kuwait Oil Company
- Asset Integrity Management System, Leading-edge Implementation Strategies, Yanbu NGL Fractionation Department, Saudi Aramco
- CCS and CO2-EOR Pilot Project, Saudi Aramco
- Happiness Contributes to Improved HSE Performance, AlMansoori Specialized Engineering
- Occupational Exposure Monitoring Strategy, ADNOC Sour Gas
- Safe Behaviour Observation Tour, Halliburton Energy Services
Last year, Saudi Aramco won this award for its ‘Predictive Personal Portective Equioment and Worksite Supervisory Sytem (E-Factory),’ which judges describes as innovative and visionary.
“We are witnessing sound accountability and awareness about health, safety and environment issues in the Middle East oil and gas and refining and petrochemicals industry,” said Dr. Samantha J Horseman, team lead, human energy management at Saudi Aramco. “Our [E-Factory] is innovative and cutting edge. It is the future of the industry– it will be able to predict accidents and injuries before they happen.”Â
Awards will be given on September 12, 2018 at Buddha-Bar, Grosvenor House in Dubai. In the meantime, the jury panel will deliberate and decide a winner from each category. The jury panel: Luciano Poli, president, India, Middle East and North Africa, Dow; Vivek Chandra, CEO and founder, Texas LNG; Nicholas Kjaer, general manager, Middle East, Churchill Drilling Tools; Ben Oudman, regional manager, DNV GL, oil and gas, Continental Europe, Eurasia, Middle East, India and Africa; and Annabel Green, chief technology officer, Tendeka.
The sponsors of this year’s Awards are Petrofac (gold sponsor), Orpic (silver sponsor), Proserv, Restrata and Alsuwaiket & Albusaies.
