Upstream finalists announced for Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards 2025

HOUSTON (WO) — Gulf Energy Information has announced the upstream 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. 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 upstream finalists, comprising some of the brightest innovators and technologies in the field, are as follows:

Best Controls, Instrumentation, Automation Technology (Upstream)

• AnyCem® automated cementing system – CNPC Engineering Technology R&D Company Limited
• Hummingbird all electric-land cementing unit – Baker Hughes
• InjectRT™ intelligent chemical treatment optimization service – Baker Hughes
• OCTIV® Auto Frac service – Halliburton
• Sense & Dispense remote chemical injection and monitoring system – ChampionX
• Titan™ with Brandt AI – Autonomous Centrifuge System – NOV

Best Digital Transformation (Upstream)

• Automated Drilling Mud Report Using Generative AI – NOV
• CENTRI-FI™ Consolidated Controls Solution – Expro
• Leucipa™ Field Optimize – Baker Hughes
• Pix Safety, Pix Flight, Pix Blue and Idexa – Pix Force
• Real-time Well Engineering (RTWE) – Halliburton Landmark

Best Health, Safety or Environmental Contribution (Upstream)

• Flare Gas Optimization Using Nitrogen – Saudi Aramco
• Green Rig Sustainability Approach Towards Carbon Emission Reduction – Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
• HydraSOLV – Aramco Americas
• Low Impact Workover Package (LIWP) – Oil States
• O-Next® – Tubos Reunidos Group, S.L.
• Smart Catwalk Safety and Surveillance Solution – Expro
• Spring ARK Anti-Rotation Key – Expro
• Geopolymer Cement Projects – Saudi Aramco
• VIGILANCE™ Intelligent Safety and Surveillance Solution – Expro
• VIVAZ – Clariant Oil Services

Energy Project of the Year (Upstream)

• EOG–ADNOC Concession for Unconventional Block in Abu Dhabi – EOG Resources
• Hawiyah Unayzah Gas Reservoir Storage Project (HUGRS) – Saudi Aramco
• The Archie Initiative – Aramco Americas, Stanford University, University of Calgary, Argonne National Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh
• Underbalanced Coiled Tubing Drilling (UBCTD) – Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC)
• ‘Zero’ Flaring Design on MJ Ruby FPSO Deepwater Operations – Reliance Industries Limited

Most Promising Engineer (Upstream)

• Fatimah H. AlNasser – Saudi Aramco
• Khawlah Alanqari – Saudi Aramco
• Muhammad Abou Amad – ADNOC Offshore
• Pankaj Goel – ExxonMobil Upstream Company
• Rostyslav Dolog – Aramco Americas
• Sara Alkhalaf – Saudi Aramco

Lifetime Achievement (Upstream)

• Dr. Ashok Santra – Aramco Americas
• Keith Blaschke – Halliburton Energy Services
• Michael Eugene Hogan – Oil States
• Robert van Kuilenburg – Noble Corporation
• Ronald R. Johnson – ExxonMobil
• Wei Wang – Aramco Americas

Register and View Full Finalists List

See the full list of finalists across upstream, midstream and downstream categories and secure your spot for the gala by registering here.

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