Equate, BOROUGE and FERTIL recognised at the MECW 2011 Awards

21/10/11

The MECW 2011 Awards offered an opportunity to showcase plant, project and technology excellence in the Middle East petrochemical and fertilizer industries.

The MECW awards consisted of the following three categories:
•    Plant of the Year
•    Project of the Year
•    Technology of the Year

And the winners are...

PLANT OF THE YEAR AWARD
Awarding a plant which has achieved operational excellence and/or made significant environmental contributions.

2011 WINNER: EQUATE PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY
Asrar Mohammad, Environmental Expert Engineer, Equate Petrochemical Company

The Plant of the Year Award is being presented to Equate for developing its own set of relevant HSE programmes, launching the Middle East’s Plant Water Recycle Project and Implementing an Effective and Sustainable Energy and Water Conservation Programme.
Accepted by: Senthil Kumar Paneer Selvam, Senior Production Engineer, Equate Petrochemical Company

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PROJECT OF THE YEAR AWARD
Awarding a producer / EPC Contractor who has implemented a new build, revamp or capacity expansion project on time and within budget with a strong safety record.

2011 WINNER: ABU DHABI POLYMERS COMPANY (BOROUGE)
Faisal Al Shemsi, Senior Vice President, Borouge 3 Project

The Project of the Year Award is being presented to Borouge for the Borouge 2 Project which started up all units safely, on time and with minimum environmental impact.  A challenging project consisting of four EPC contractors, it had an outstanding safety record that sets a new benchmark for the industry, and with minimum environmental impact (significantly reducing flaring during start-up.)

Accepted by: Nader Iskandar, Communications Specialist

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TECHNOLOGY OF THE YEAR AWARD
Recognizing a company for developing and/or improving upon an existing technology which drives the industry forward/makes an environmental contribution.

2011 WINNER: RUWAIS FERTILIZER INDUSTRIES (FERTIL)
Mohamed Al Rashid, General Manager

The Technology of the Year Award goes to Fertil for its Recovery of Waste Water Using Reed Bed Technology.

Accepted by: Hashim Lari, Projects Division Manager





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