OMAN PETROLEUM & ENERGY SHOW

OPES 2026 ENERGY AWARDS

Celebrating excellence and collaboration in shaping a sustainable energy future.


The OPES 2026 Energy Awards will honour the breakthroughs, achievements, and excellence demonstrated across the oil and gas industry. In keeping with the conference theme Winning Through Collaboration: Achieving Sustainable Energy Future, the anticipated strong participation will foster meaningful knowledge exchange—contributions as valuable as the high-quality technical papers and insights shared by our distinguished expert panels.


These prestigious Awards will provide a platform to showcase the industry’s progress, highlight levels of innovation, and illuminate the direction in which the oil and gas sector is advancing.

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AWARD CATEGORIES

This year's Energy Awards features five main categories and 3 finalists will be shortlisted for each award category. The Winner will be announced at the Awards Ceremony.

Innovation and Technology Award
Innovations, R&D results, breakthrough technologies.
Transformation and Organisation Performance Award
Lean implementation, new ways of working, digitalisation, game changer, and industrial collaborations
In-Country Value and Human Capital Development Award
In-Country Value (ICV), local community development and social contributions, talent and professional development (SME Development), young professional development, building capabilities, support for new academic programs, and realising diversity and inclusiveness; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
HSE and Sustainability Award
Outstanding health and safety performance, energy, sustainability, and governance
Low Carbon Energy Award
Renewable energy, decarbonisation, alternate fuels, hydrogen, CCUS, carbon trading, resilience and competitiveness, and clean energy initiatives
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2025 Energy Awards Finalists

The following submissions have been shortlisted by the Awards Committee as finalists (in alphabetical order). One winner in each category will be announced during the OPES 2025 Energy Awards Ceremony on 12 May 2025.

Innovation and Technology Award
  • CCUS Evolution Journey Towards Sustainable Energy and Accelerate Net Zero Goals by ADNOC, United Arab Emirates
  • Extremely Low BTU Flare Tip Technology Breakthrough: A Crucial Step Toward Net-Zero in the Oil & Gas Industry by PTTEP, Thailand
  • High Power Laser Technology by Saudi Aramco, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Transformation and Organisation Performance Award
  • The Digitalization of the Management of Change (MOC) by OQEP, Sultanate of Oman
  • Upper Shuaiba Integrated Project Delivers Breakthrough in Drilling Efficiency by Halliburton, Sultanate of Oman
  • Wells Operations Center (WOC) to Drive Operational Excellence within Well Construction Operations by Petroleum Development Oman, Sultanate of Oman


In-Country Value and Human Capital Development Award
  • Empowering Omani Talent for Global Competitiveness by bp Oman, Sultanate of Oman
  • Investment in Entrepreneurship Centre within University of Technology and Applied Sciences (UTAS) - Human Capital by Daleel Petroleum, Sultanate of Oman
  • Omanization Long Term Sustainability - Building Internal Technical Experts by Oxy Oman, Sultanate of Oman
HSE and Sustainability Award
  • Project Cost Efficiency with Collated Carbon Reinforced (CORO) Implementation for Concrete construction in PT Pertamina Patra Niaga Regional Papua Maluku by PT Pertamina Patra Niaga, Indonesia
  • The Gold Standard: Detecting Emissions from Surface to Space by Petroleum Development Oman, Sultanate of Oman
  • Waste2Wealth by Oxy Oman, Sultanate of Oman
Low Carbon Energy Award
  • Green Energy Transition: Applying Machine Learning for Optimized Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO₂ Sequestration by Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman
  • Refining Crude Oil Using Electromagnetic Waves at Petroleum Products' Resonance Frequencies by THE PETROLEUM PROJECTS & TECHNICAL CONSULTATIONS CO. PETROJET, Egypt
  • Using New Gas Engine Technology to Significantly Enhance Energy & Gas Savings while Reducing GHG Footprint at Oman LNG by Oman LNG, Sultanate of Oman

JUDGING CRITERIA

The OPES 2026 Energy Award Committee will review all submissions and assess them according to the following criteria and corresponding weightings.


Elements (20%): Contains one or more topics in the relevant category, level of complexity, and difficulty

Impact (30%): Proven solution with quantifiable impact, magnitude of the impact (i.e., profitability, efficiency, HSE, ICV, etc.), and sustainability of impact

Novelty (20%): Level of novelty, genuineness, and authenticity of the solution, methods, approach or project

Industrial Potential (30%): Applicability to the wider industry, scale-ability, and replicability.


All submissions must provide a completed consent form from their organisation. Click the button below to download the form.


Selected finalists will be notified by 16 April 2026.

Submission Acknowledgement Form
Sample Awards Submission