Midstream Finalists Announced for Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards 2025
Gulf Energy Information has announced the finalists for the 2025 Excellence Awards, honoring breakthrough technologies and projects in upstream, midstream and downstream sectors. The black-tie gala will be held Oct. 16 at The Post Oak Hotel in Houston.
HOUSTON (P&GJ) — Gulf Energy Information has named the midstream finalists for the 2025 Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards®, recognizing cutting-edge technologies, safety initiatives and projects advancing the global energy industry.
The black-tie event will be held Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, at The Post Oak Hotel in Houston, Texas, bringing 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 midstream finalists, comprising some of the brightest innovators and technologies in the field, are as follows:
Best Controls, Instrumentation, Automation Technology (Midstream)
- Automated Pipeline Rate Assist (APRA) – Expro
- Full Autonomous Operation of Crude Oil Plant – Saudi Aramco
- PICO with Bifold Manifold – Rotork
Best Digital Transformation (Midstream)
- Ecolab® Heat Exchanger IQ™ (formerly known as OMNI Heat Exchanger Intelligence) – Nalco Water, an Ecolab company
- Enterprise Risk Management Information System for (KPC) and its Subsidiaries (ERM IS) – Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
- PipeTest HydroView – PipeSense, LLC
- SEA.I – Saudi Aramco
- VR-based training program for field and control room operators – Promigas
Best Health, Safety or Environmental Contribution (Midstream)
- Capacity Indexes – John Bolt, S&B Engineers and Constructors
- SusTECnible Stations program – Cenit Transporte y Logística de Hidrocarburos
- Co2rozo – Nature-based solution (NbS) for carbon management and sustainable development in Colombia – Promigas
- Evapotranspiration Beds – Cenit Transporte y Logística de Hidrocarburos
- Mitigating Gas Flaring at Oil Producing Facilities – Saudi Aramco
Innovation in Pipeline Engineering (Midstream)
- PigCAM® – EV Cameras
- Remote Operated Inline Isolation Tool – Pipeline Ultraisolation, Group (PLUG)
Best Pipeline Integrity Technology (Midstream-related)
- FLO ULTIMA heavy crude drag reducing agent (DRA) – Baker Hughes
- High fidelity distributed sensing (HDS) for pipeline monitoring – Hifi
- A scoring and classification model to Highlight the Threat of Circumferential Stress Corrosion Cracking (CSCC) with Advanced Inline Inspection Tools – T.D. Williamson
- Project to assess the impact of hydrogen blending on the mechanical integrity of aging steel pipelines – Promigas
- Patent for Pipelines Scale Detection by Thermal Conductivity Principle – Saudi Aramco
Energy Project of the Year (Midstream)
- Initial Integrity In-Line-Inspection Data Review of A New Pipeline – JLM Consulting
- SPM (Single Point Mooring) Valeria – Cenit Transporte y Logística de Hidrocarburos
Most Promising Engineer (Midstream)
- Abigail Reed – S&B Engineers and Constructors
- Austin Hodges – S&B Engineers and Constructors
- Bader Inad Alotaibi – Saudi Aramco
- Josiah Soo Tot – ExxonMobil Pipeline
- Ramprasad Kamisetty – Flowchem LLC
Lifetime Achievement (Midstream)
- Angus Bowie – STATS Group
- Fatima Al Suwaidi – ADNOC Offshore
- Keith Leewis, PhD – Leewis and Associates
- Reena Sahney – Jiva Consulting
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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