Global Awards 2024

Finalists

Best Consultancy Award

  • Abbott Risk Consulting, UK – Abbott Risk Consulting
  • Axiom, UK – Closing the Skills Gap: What we can do
  • Genesis Energies, UK – Large Scale Production of Green Hydrogen in the UK
  • Kent, UK – Kent Best Consultancy Award
  • Pyrogen Group; Pyrogen Technologies (Aust), Malaysia –Automated Fire Extinguishing System for Indoor Electric Vehicle Charging Bay
  • Vysus Group, Spain – Ensuring Safety During the Energy Transition
  • WSP, UK – WSP Best Consultancy Award

Biopharma Award

Sponsored by Bouygues

  • University of Sheffield, UK – Innovating and Digitalising mRNA Vaccine and Therapeutics Production Platform Processes

Business Start-up Award

Sponsored by Sellafield Ltd

  • DyeRecycle, UK – Giving Colours a Second Life
  • EvoPhase, UK – Evolutionary Optimisation of Process Machinery
  • Oort Energy, UK – Innovation of PEM Stacks and Systems
  • Process Risk Consulting, UK – Building a Safe Path to Net Zero
  • ReVentas, UK – ReVentas Processes Currently Unrecyclable Plastic Waste to Produce Near-Virgin Grade Polymer
  • University of Sheffield; CCU International; AESSEAL, UK – FluRefin: Low Cost, Low Energy CO2 Capture and Refining Technology

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award

Sponsored by WSP

  • Bouygues Energies & Services, UK – Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Bouygues Energies & Services (BYES)
  • BP International, UK – How BP Fosters a Culture of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
  • Cyclife, UK – Cyclife UK Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative: Culture Club
  • ExxonMobil, UK – ExxonMobil UK Embrace Food Festival: Celebrating Diversity, Inclusion and Cultural Unity
  • Johnson Matthey, UK – Driving Inclusion Through the Power of Intersectionality
  • Kent, UK – Kent’s Global Inclusion Blueprint – Taking a Standardised and Systematic Approach
  • University of Melbourne - Department of Chemical Engineering, Australia – Promotion of Indigenous Australians in to Chemical Engineering

Industry Project Award

Sponsored by Nexos

  • All Energy; Australian Meat Processor Corporation; JBS Australia, Australia – Industrial Ecology: Multi-Fuel Biomass Boiler to Reduce Costs and Fossil Fuel Use
  • Bouygues Energies & Services, UK – Design and Delivery of a Cell Culture Media Production Facility
  • Fawley Refinery, UK – Fawley Demineralisation Plan Degasser Replacement Project
  • Newcastle University; Carbon Clean Solutions; Altrad Babcock; Richard Alan Engineering, UK – Artemis: Rotating Packed Bed Carbon Pilot Plant
  • Sellafield Ltd, UK – Our Race Against Time
  • Synthomer, Malaysia – Nitrile Butyl Rubber Best in Class Upgrade and Expansion Project
  • UK-HyRES, UK – UK Hub for Research Challenges in Hydrogen and Alternative Liquid Fuels
  • WSP, Canada – Attawapiskat First Nation Water Shortage Emergency

Innovative Process Award

Sponsored by BakerHicks

  • Anacarda, UK – Innovative Bio-Based Polymer Products
  • Bouygues Energies & Services, UK – Design and Delivery of a Cell Culture Media Production Facility
  • Chemical Reaction Engineering Group; Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; BioBusiness Venture, Malaysia – OzBiONY®: Sustainable Cellulose Pulp Technology
  • Dow Silicones, USA – Aggressive Distillation Fouling Eliminated Through Fundamental Understanding and Innovative Development
  • Newcastle University; Carbon Clean Solutions; Altrad Babcock; Richard Alan Engineering, UK – Artemis: Rotating Packed Bed Carbon Pilot Plant
  • Sellafield Ltd, UK – Our Race Against Time

Innovative Product Award

Sponsored by Harbour Energy

  • Bitrez, UK – Food and Drink and Innovative Process
  • Chemical Processing Services, UK – New Disruptive Bio Based Reduced Hazard Epoxy Hardeners
  • Dow, China – Dow MobilityScience™ Acoustic Barrier Technology Enabling Next Generation Acoustic Comfort and Sustainability
  • Dow Silicones, Belgium; LanzaTech, USA – EcoSense™ 2470 Surfactant Made from the Conversion of Recycled Carbon Emissions
  • Dow, Belgium – Upcycled Silica from Natural Feedstock Waste as Alternative to Microplastic Powders
  • University of Sheffield; CCU International; AESSEAL, UK – FluRefin: Low Cost, Low Energy CO2 Capture and Refining Technology

Oil and Gas Award

  • Adaptive Process Solutions, UK – APS’ Innovation Delivers Game-Changing Solution for Unacceptably High OiW Levels
  • BP, UK; Infosys, India; ScaleConsult, Norway – The Engineering Models Toolkit
  • Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering; Danish Offshore Technology Centre, Denmark – Treatment of Offshore Produced Water to Achieve a Zero Harmful Discharge
  • Optimize, UK – Driving Innovation in Energy Operations Through the use of Hybrid Modelling
  • Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS); Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Malaysia – Revolutionary Oil Absorption Technology with Kekabu 
  • Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia – World's First ZLD Project with Extreme Salinity Unconventional Frac Flow-Back Produced Water
  • Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia – North Ghawar Producing Department, Saudi Arabia – North Ghawar Producing Department's Deployment of Water Oil Separator Hybrid Flotation Technology

Process Automation and Digitalisation Award

  • BP International, UK – Unleash Refinery Constraints Using Real Time Optimisation, Automation and Digitalisation
  • BP, UK; Infosys, India; ScaleConsult, Norway – The Engineering Models Toolkit
  • Dubai Municipality – Sewage Treatment Plants Department, UAE – The AI-Driven Wastewater Treatment Solution at Jebel Ali STP (Smart STP)
  • ExxonMobil, UK – Gasoline Production: Real Time Optimisation
  • Group Technical Solutions, Project Delivery & Technology, Petroliam Nasional Berhad, Malaysia – CLARITY© - An Enterprise Digital Solution for Sustainable Water Management
  • Saudi Aramco – Abqaiq Plants, Saudi Arabia – Digitalisation at Abqaiq Plants: A New Era of Process Optimisation
  • Vysus Group, Spain; Kairos, Denmark – HAZOP Assistant, a Glimpse into the Future of PHA Studies

Process Safety Award

Sponsored by PM Group

  • Adnoc Offshore, UAE – Optimising Gas Lift Operations at UZ Field
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong; Delft University of Technology, Netherlands; China Petroluem & Chemical Corporation; Sinopec, China – VR_BlastSim: Pioneering Integration of AI-Powered Simulation and VR/IoT for Industrial Emergency Preparedness
  • Kent, UK – Process Safety Applied to Electrolysis Projects in the UK
  • PETRONAS Chemicals LDPE Ammonia, Malaysia –The Power of Fundamentals: Ensuring a Future Free from Process Safety Incidents
  • Saudi Aramco - APOD, Saudi Arabia – Facility Safety Management Through AI
  • Swagelok Company, USA – Swagelok® Ammonia Sampler Improves Sampling Safety, Accuracy, and Efficiency
  • University of Queensland; Ampol Lytton Refinery, Australia – Ampol-UQ Collaboration Provides Students with Industry Focused Process Safety Projects
  • Vysus Group, Spain; Kairos, Denmark – HAZOP Assistant, a Glimpse into the Future of PHA Studies

Renewable Energy Award

  • Chemical Reaction Engineering Group, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; BioBusiness Venture, Malaysia – OzBiONY®: World's Most Sustainable Process for Production of Cellulose Pulp and Lignin
  • Dubai Municipality, UAE – Warsan STP Biogas to Energy Plant
  • Oort Energy, UK – Innovation of PEM Stacks and Systems
  • Rolls-Royce SMR, UK; Constellation Energy Generations, USA – A Critical Partnership
  • Rolls-Royce SMR, UK – A Step Ahead
  • Rolls-Royce SMR, UK – What a Bore!
  • University of Birmingham, UK; Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute Europe, Germany – Application of Composite Phase Change Materials in Onboard Air Conditioning System

Research Project Award

Sponsored by Abbott Risk Consulting (ARC)

  • Activatec; The Biorenewable Development Centre, UK – Sustainable Bioproduction of Lactobionic Acid From Whey-Based Bioprocess
  • Cardiff University; Origin Aqua; Welsh Water, UK – Freeox: Replacing Chlorine-Mediated Water Treatment via H2O2 Synthesis
  • Chemical Reaction Engineering Group, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; BioBusiness Venture, Malaysia –OzBiONY®: World's Most Sustainable Process for Production of Cellulose Pulp and Lignin
  • Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC), UK – IDRIC - Green Transformation of the UK’s Industrial Heartlands
  • Johnson Matthey, UK; Doosan Enerbility, Republic of Korea – Partnering to Accelerate Decarbonised Ammonia Cracking to Power Solutions
  • North Carolina State University; University of Oregon; University of California at Berkeley, USA – Eco-friendly and Inexpensive Optimised Bipolar Membranes for Highly Efficient Water Dissociation
  • Rolls-Royce SMR, UK– Blowing Down our own Trumpet

Sustainability Award

Sponsored by Johnson Matthey

  • Circular Inovations (CIRCUIT) Research Centre; University of Auckland; Enviro, New Zealand – Driving sustainability in landfills: Cutting emissions and boosting renewable energy
  • Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shenzhen University, China; National University of Singapore, Singapore – Plant virus control in water and infected plants by advanced oxidation processes
  • Dubai Municipality - Sewage Treatment Plants Department, UAE – The AI-driven wastewater treatment solution at Jebel Ali STP (Smart STP)
  • DyeRecycle, UK – DyeRecycle - giving colours a second life
  • PETRONAS Penapisan (Terengganu), Malaysia – Transforming cooling water treatment: Sustainable non-phosphorus solutions for a greener future
  • ReVentas, UK – ReVentas processes currently unrecyclable plastic waste to produce near-virgin grade polymer
  • UPM Biochemicals, Germany – Defossilising the chemical value chain – UPM Biochemical's Leuna biorefinery

Training and Development Award

Sponsored by adi Group

  • Dubai Municipality, UAE – Sewage Treatment Plants Department, UAE – Simulation and Training System by Virtual Reality (VR)
  • Engro Polymers & Chemicals, Pakistan – Integrated Capability Model – End to End Framework for Technical Talent Development
  • ExxonMobil, UK – Process Safety Incident Management Support
  • Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia – No-code Digital Transformation-Driven Machine Learning Course for Petroleum Engineers and Geoscientists
  • Sellafield Ltd, UK – Influencing the Next Generation - An Exemplar
  • University of Sheffield, UK – Chem Eng Academy: Democratising Chemical Engineering Education

Water Award

  • Cardiff University; Origin Aqua; Welsh Water, UK – Freeox: Replacing Chlorine-Mediated Water Treatment via H2O2 Synthesis
  • Department of Environment and Resource Engineering; Danish Offshore Technology Centre, Denmark – Treatment of Offshore Produced Water to Achieve a Zero Harmful Discharge
  • National University of Singapore; Shenzhen University; Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shantou University Medical College, China – Make Ubiquitous Microplastics Nowhere to Hide
  • Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), Malaysia – Discrete Control Limit: An Innovative Water Chemistry Control Methodology for Open Evaporative Cooling Water System
  • Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia – World's First ZLD Project with Extreme Salinity Unconventional Frac Flow-Back Produced Water
  • WSP, Canada – Attawapiskat First Nation Water Shortage Emergency

Young Researcher

Sponsored by Elsevier

  • Dr Hassan Azzan, Imperial College London
  • Dr Juin Yau Lim, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
  • Dr James Sutjianto, DuPont de Nemours
  • Dr Qinyuan Gui, Dow Chemical (China) Investment Company
  • Mr Louis Allen, University of Sheffield
  • Ms Rima Alfaraj, Saudi Aramco
  • Professor Yi Yang, National University of Singapore/Beijing Normal University