Energy Companies snag honors at Platts Global Energy Awards
Energy companies from seven countries and three continents tonight received honors for leadership, innovation and exemplary performance at the 17th annual Platts Global Energy Awards, often described as the “Oscars” of energy. Eighteen awards were bestowed upon companies and individuals at the Cipriani Wall Street in lower Manhattan before an audience of 400 energy executives hailing from 15 countries.
Spain’s Repsol stole the show as a triple winner: “Energy Company of the Year,” one of two “Rising Star” honors and this year’s newly revised “Industry Leadership-Downstream.” Not since 1999 has one company won three of the program’s 18 awards.
For the first time in the program’s near 20-year history, and a sign of the changing face of global energy, women won two of the top honors: “CEO of the Year,” awarded to Nishi Vasudeva of India’s Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), and “Rising Star – Individual,” awarded to Maria Victoria Zingoni, Repsol’s executive managing director of downstream.
Winners of the 2015 Platts Global Energy Awards:
- Energy Company of the Year: Repsol
- Breakthrough Solution of the Year: Algenol
- CEO of the Year: Nishi Vasudeva, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
- Commercial Application of the Year: Caterpillar Inc.
- Construction Project of the Year: Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company (YASREF)
- Corporate Social Responsibility Award: Reliance Industries Limited
- Engineering Project of the Year: Royal Dutch Shell
- Financial Deal of the Year: First Reserve; Apex Clean Energy; Morgan Stanley Commodities Group Inc.; Gulf Power Company
- Grid Edge Award – Energy Management: REstore
- Industry Leadership Award – Biofuels: Honeywell UOP LLC
- Industry Leadership Award – Downstream: Repsol
- Industry Leadership Award – Exploration & Production: Anadarko
- Industry Leadership Award – Midstream: Williams
- Industry Leadership Award – Power: Bruce Power
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Terry Boston, PJM Interconnection
- Rising Star Award – Company: SolarReserve
- Rising Star Award – Individual: Maria Victoria Zingoni, Repsol
- Strategic Deal of the Year: Dynegy