ADIPEC (Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference) has announced the nominees for the prestigious ADIPEC Awards 2015. These awards honour achievement and accomplishment in the oil and gas industry. A total of 501 entries were received from over 240 companies, across 32 countries.
The entries were reviewed and scored by 28 members of the Regional Select Jury, led by the Awards chairman Abdul Munim Saif Al Kindy, CEO, ADCO. The winners will be announced on November 9 at the Awards Gala Dinner to be held at Emirates Palace.
The final shortlist for all eight categories:
Category 1 – Best Oil & Gas Mega Project
International Petroleum Investment Company – Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline Project (ADCOP)
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) – Harweel 2AB: PDO First and World’s Largest Miscible Sour Gas Injection Project
Zadco – Upper Zakum 750 Initial Production
Category 2 – Best Oil & Gas Innovation or Technology
Surface:
Petroleum Development Oman, GlassPoint Solar –
Solar Steam Generation for Enhanced Oil Recovery
Schlumberger
Vx Spectra Flowmeter
Total Research Center-Qatar, Total E&P Pau  – France – LIPS
Sub-Surface:
BP Exploration (Epsilon) Ltd. – Oman Branch – Geo-Engineered Completion Optimization in a Giant Unconventional Tight Gas Reservoir, Khazzan Field, Oman
Schlumberger – ZEiTECS Shuttle Rigless ESP Deployment System
Schlumberger – Manara production and reservoir management system
Category 3 – Best Oil & Gas CSR/HSE Project or Initiative
ADCO – Achieving Sustainable Zero Flaring through Spiking Gas Compressor at ADCO Shah Field
Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd. – The Shah Gas Field Development Project: From Barren to Barrel
Saudi Aramco – Saudi Aramco Environmental Education Program
Category 4 – Oil & Gas Woman of the Year
Kuwait Oil Company – Hosnia Hashim, A Visionary Leader
Mubadala Petroleum – Salma Al Hajeri, Oil & Gas Woman of the Year
Petroleum Development Oman LLC, Shell Development Oman LLC – Intisaar Al-Kindy, Exploration Director, PDO
Category 5 – Best Oilfield Services Company
Local:
EMDAD LLC – EMDAD Integrates Solution Provider
Megarme General Contracting Co. LLC – Best Oilfield Services Company – Inspection, Repair, Maintenance Utilizing Rope Access  Solutions
Trizac Abu Dhabi, Oilfield Supplies and Services -30 years of Operational Excellence
Regional:
Gulf Drilling International – GDI: Towards Sustainability and Operational Efficiency
Narayana Expert Engineering, Industrial Inspection, Technology & Energy Consultancy (NeemTech) – Best Oilfield Services Company
Zamil Offshore Services Company – Offshore Fleet, Services Expansion & Quality Enhancement
International:
Halliburton – Solving Challenges
Schlumberger – Global Strength, Local Understanding
Weatherford Manufacturing and Services – Ahead of the Curve, Proudly Made in the UAE
Category 6 – Young Adipec Engineer
Abubaker Saeed, Saudi Aramco
Talha Ahmad, Saudi Aramco
Ali Al-Khatib, Saudi Aramco
Category 7 – Best Dissertation of the Year
Saif Al-Ghafri, Imperial College London
Amar J Alshehri, Stanford University
Marzieh Riahinezhad, University of Waterloo
Category 8 – Best Practice Award
ADMA-OPCO, NDC, Nobel-Denton, LOC – New Rig Pre-loading Procedure on Difficult Location
BAPCO (Bahrain) – Rapid Operational Excellence by Technology Assisted Governance
Petroleum Development Oman – Delivering Technical Integrity & In-Country Value (ICV) Through the In-Sourcing of Equipment Repairs.