HOUSTON (August 27, 2018) — Nearly 150 of the downstream processing industry’s brightest minds gathered Thursday to find out, and celebrate, the winners of the 2018 HP Awards. The awards ceremony seeks to recognize and honor the midstream and downstream processing industries top innovations and innovators.
Honorees took home awards in 12 categories—10 encompassing the latest technological advances in the hydrocarbon processing industry and two people awards—from the gala event in Houston, Texas. These innovations are enabling refinery, petrochemical and gas processing/LNG operators to optimize their operations.
This year, more than 80 nominations were submitted from 18 countries around the world. The following award winners were hand-picked by the HP Awards advisory board as this year’s most groundbreaking industry developments.
A complete list of the categories and winners appears below:
The 2018 HP Awards were generously sponsored by AspenTech, Eni, Fluor and KBR.
Hydrocarbon Processing, the leading oil and gas trade journal for the hydrocarbon processing industry, has a worldwide circulation of more than 30,000 subscribers. Gulf Energy Information has published Hydrocarbon Processing for more than 96 years. Additional information on the HP Awards program can be found here.
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