The 2024 Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards was held on Wednesday evening at the Post Oak Hotel in Houston, Texas (U.S.). The black-tie gala recognized the energy industry’s leading innovations and thought leaders. “We received nearly 500 nominations this year, from which more than 180 finalists emerged. This is a record year for nominations, and a testament to the evolution in the technologies shaping the global oil and gas industry,” said John Royall, Chief Executive Officer, Gulf Energy Information. Honorees received awards in 29 categories, encompassing the full breadth of the oil, gas and energy industries. Today’s innovations are enabling operators to find, produce, transport and process hydrocarbons more safely, economically, efficiently and sustainably. A complete list of the categories and winners is as follows:

• Best Catalyst Technology: FT CANS for Sustainable Aviation Fuel – Johnson Matthey
• CCS/CCUS/Carbon Removal Project of the Year: STRATOS – 1PointFive
• Best Controls, Instrumentation, Automation Technology – Downstream: Convection Section Cleaning Rover – Integrated Global Services
• DE&I in Energy: Growing Responsibilities and Opportunities for Women (GROW) – Sempra Infrastructure
• Best Digital Transformation – Downstream: Honeywell Forge Performance + Production Intelligence – Honeywell
• Energy Legal Services Provider of the Year: White & Case
• Best Outreach Program: Securing Our Energy Future Project – Consumer Energy Education Foundation (CEEF)
• Best Health, Safety or Environmental Contribution – Downstream: Pioneering AI-driven Plant Video Surveillance Project with Jio Platforms – Reliance Industries Ltd.
• Technology Licensor of the Year: Lummus Technology
• Best Petrochemical Technology: Thermal Crude-to-Chemicals (TC2C™) – Lummus Technology
• Best Refining Technology: FT Unicracking™ – Honeywell UOP
• Energy Project of the Year – Downstream: Balikpapan Oil & Gas Infrastructure Project – PT Pertamina
• Hydrogen Project of the Year: MH500, An Innovative Methane Pyrolysis Unit – Modern Hydrogen
• Most Promising Engineer – Downstream: Anderson Castillo Ramirez – Ecopetrol
• Lifetime Achievement – Downstream: Robert Haugen – Element Fuels
• Energy Leader of the Year: Justin Bird – Sempra Infrastructure
• Operator of the Year: Neste

The 2024 Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards were generously sponsored by Aramco, SLB, Expro, Lummus Technology, Halliburton, CNPC, Eddie V’s, BASF, Modern Hydrogen, Sinopec, NOV, Women’s Global Leadership Conference in Energy, RAV Technologies.

Gulf Energy Information (Gulf) delivers premium technical and business content, as well as market intelligence solutions, to the global energy and infrastructure industries through trusted engagement. For more than 100 years, Gulf's quality content and commitment to audience needs has led our company to become the most trusted resource in B2B media for the industries we serve. Our market-leading brands—Petroleum Economist, World Oil, Pipeline & Gas Journal, Hydrocarbon Processing, Gas Processing & LNG, H2Tech, Hydrogen Economist, Carbon Economist and Underground Infrastructure—serve their markets with real-time content through digital media and in-person/virtual events. Gulf also provides market intelligence solutions to the global energy industry through Global Energy Infrastructure.

Additional information on the Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards program can be found at www.e2awards.com.