This year, the judging panel for the Oil & Gas Middle East and Refining & Petrochemicals Middle East Awards received a competitive crop of candidates for each of the 10 award categories. Each candidate was scrutinised until the judging panel was able to decide on a shortlist, and ultimately one winner and one ‘highly commended’ were chosen.
This year, the ‘CSR Initiative of the Year’ Award was judged by the editors of Oil & Gas Middle East and Refining & Petrochemicals Middle East, as ‘Editor’s Choice’ from the nominations received.
More than 500 students, aged eight to 12, are taking advantage of Sipchem Innovation Club, 120 of whom are undergoing intensive one-month programmes to build their potential in areas related to artificial intelligence, programming, 3D printing, robotics and how to build initial designs as a nucleus for future projects.
Mufleh S Al-Shammari, manager, corporate communications and CSR, Sipchem, who received the ‘CSR Initiative of the Year’ Award on behalf of Sipchem, said: “We feel proud to be announced the winners in this year’s CSR initiative category.”
The ‘highly commended’ nomination in this category is the ‘Go Green’ initiative by Petrochemical Industries Company of Kuwait.
The jury panel this year, comprising five judges – 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 – considered the merit of each and every entry, and decided the winner and the ‘highly commended’.
The Oil & Gas Middle East and Refining & Petrochemicals Middle East Awards 2018 recognized excellence across all sectors of the oil and gas industry, with 10 categories representing the industry. Click any of the below links to see category winners and highly commended:
1. HSE Initiative of the Year
2. CSR Initiative of the Year
3. Training Initiative/Programme of the Year
4. Logistics Service Provider of the Year
5. Technical Innovation of the Year
6. Downstream Project of the Year
7. Operational Excellence Strategy of the Year
8. Oil & Gas Woman of the Year
9. Young Oil & Gas Professional of the Year
10. Oilfield Services Company of the Year
