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Upstream winners honored at 2026 Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards in Houston. October 15, 2026 (WO) - The 2026 Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards(R) were presented Thursday evening at The Post Oak Hotel in Houston, Texas (U.S.). The black-tie gala brought together senior leaders from operators, technology providers and service companies to recognize the people, projects and technologies shaping the global energy industry. The 2026 program drew 560 nominations, the most in its history, and 44 awards were presented across the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors. "The Awards set a new record this year, with 560 nominations from across the global energy industry. That depth of competition is what gives this recognition its weight. This year's winners represent the technologies, projects and people advancing how the industry finds, produces, transports and processes energy, more safely, more efficiently and with a lower carbon footprint," said John Royall, President and CEO, Gulf Energy Information. Lummus Technology, Aramco, ADNOC, SLB, Reliance Industries Limited and Halliburton were among the evening's top winners. Honorees are based across the Middle East, India, Europe and North America, with recognized projects spanning from the North Sea to Australia. Specialist technology firms, a leading energy law firm and a global professional society were also honored, a clear sign that excellence in this industry is not defined by company size. Artificial intelligence earned Best Digital Transformation honors in all three sectors, while lower-carbon work in ammonia, hydrogen and CO[2] recovery was recognized alongside advances in drilling, deepwater and pipeline integrity. The individual awards honored careers at every stage, from the industry's most promising engineers to its lifetime achievers. A complete list of the upstream winners is as follows: * Best Completions Technology: FloTracG(TM) Ultra-Light Buoyancy Gas Nanoparticle Tracer Technology - QuantumPro, Inc * Best Controls, Instrumentation, Automation Technology - Upstream: iTONG(TM) Intelligent Well Construction Solution - Expro * Best Deepwater Technology: SpecStar Elemental Spectroscopy while drilling - Halliburton * Best Drilling Technology: iCruise(R) Force intelligent high-performance RSS - Halliburton * Best Digital Transformation - Upstream: Ai Production System Optimization (AiPSO) - ADNOC * Best EOR Technology: Subsea Water Treatment - NOV * Best Exploration Technology: AlphaSight(TM)- SLB * Best Health, Safety or Environmental Contribution - Upstream: Cuttings Management and Recycling System - SLB * Best Modeling Technology: Unified Ensemble Modeling - Halliburton Landmark * Best Oilfield Fluids and Chemicals: ALARA(TM) Advanced Low-Aggressive Reservoir Acid - Baker Hughes * Best Production Technology: ExaCT(TM)- SLB * Energy Project of the Year - Upstream: North Sea Standardisation Initiative (NSSI) - TAQA Well Completions * Most Promising Engineer - Upstream: Pankaj Goel - ExxonMobil Upstream Company * Lifetime Achievement - Upstream: Ashok Santra - Aramco Americas * Energy Leader of the Year: Tayba Abdulrahim Al Hashmi - ADNOC Offshore * Upstream Operator of the Year - ADNOC The Awards extend sincere thanks to the 2026 partners, led by Platinum Partner Aramco, Gold Partner SLB and Bronze Partner Kuwait Oil Company, along with Expro, Lummus Technology, Halliburton, QuantumPro, Baker Hughes and Oceaneering. Their support reflects a shared commitment to recognizing the best work in global energy and to elevating the companies and people moving the industry forward. Gulf Energy Information (Gulf) delivers premium technical and business content, as well as market intelligence solutions, to the global energy and infrastructure industries through trusted engagement. For more than 100 years, Gulf's quality content and commitment to audience needs have led its company to become the most trusted resource in B2B media for the industries World Oil serve. Its market-leading brands, Petroleum Economist, World Oil, Pipeline & Gas Journal, Hydrocarbon Processing, Gas Processing & LNG, H2Tech, Hydrogen Economist and Underground Infrastructure, serve their markets with real-time content through digital media and in-person/virtual events. Gulf also provides market intelligence solutions to the global energy industry through Global Energy Infrastructure. Additional information on The Awards and the 2026 winners can be found at www.e2awards.com.

How Aramco learned to keep pumping oil under fire. Reuters/London Published on October 15, 2026 | 07:55 PM President and CEO of Aramco, Amin Nasser speaks at the 25th WPC Energy Congress in Riyadh on Monday. When attack drones struck Saudi Aramco's biggest oil pipeline last month, satellite images showed one of its pumping stations burnt to ashes. By the next day, scores of bulldozers were already building a new pipeline. Within days pumping resumed. The speed of the recovery illustrates how the world's biggest oil producer has transformed its ability to operate under attack after years of assaults on energy infrastructure across the region. "Today, our teams can handle multiple incidents simultaneously, and we continue to build this capability," Saudi state oil firm Aramco's chief executive Amin Nasser told Reuters in an interview last week. Nasser said Aramco has built specialised rapid-response teams, expanded emergency stockpiles for repairs and deployed drones to assess damage even while incidents are still unfolding. Lessons on how to operate under fire came after drones and missiles hit Aramco's major oil processing facility in Abqaiq in 2019, temporarily knocking out half of Aramco's production. "After Abqaiq in 2019, we came up with the idea of rapid response teams, or what we call zero-hour responders," Nasser said. The company, long-viewed as one of the most technically advanced oil producers, then began to prepare for the possibility of multiple attacks on its facilities at the same time, Nasser said. Those capabilities have been repeatedly tested since the US and Israel attacked Iran in February this year and Iran and its proxies retaliated with strikes that hit Middle Eastern infrastructure. The firm's crisis-management capabilities were tested again on Tuesday when a Houthi attack struck the company's headquarters complex, causing extensive damage. Saudi daily oil output dropped below 7mn barrels for most of the first six months of the war, down from over 10mn barrels before the war, according to data from the International Energy Agency. Like other Gulf producers, Saudi Arabia's oil exports have been constrained by attacks on tankers and a shortage of ships restricting crude flows through the Strait of Hormuz. Yet Aramco has managed to repair damaged facilities and restore operations quickly thanks to specialised response teams, years of contingency planning, drone technology and abundant spare parts. Technology has allowed Aramco to compress the time between an attack and the start of repairs, Nasser said. The company's response to incidents was now more than six times faster than the industry average, he added, meaning it often takes just days to restart a facility even after significant damage. Normally, oil firms first contain an incident and then assess the damage, but Aramco begins assessment with drones while an incident is still unfolding, Nasser said. "Inspection drones provide an exceptional level of visibility and detail," Nasser said. "By the time the situation is under control, we are ready to get to work." Response teams can quickly send repair materials to a site before work begins, Nasser said. Some 90% of materials needed for repairs are produced locally or held in a local warehouse as Aramco has spent years building up supply chains and inventories. The ability to maintain production despite repeated attacks has become an important selling point with Aramco's customers, Nasser said. "They see that Aramco is able to deliver under different scenarios." While Saudi oil production recovered to about 8mn barrels a day in September, export routes remain vulnerable to disruptions beyond Aramco's control. The company is studying possible alternative routes to the Strait of Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb and Suez, Nasser said, without elaborating. "Details will be disclosed if and when a final decision is made," he said. Reuters/London Last Edited October 15, 2026 | 07:57 PM

OPEC: Saudi Arabia raised its oil production by more than two million barrels per day in September A sharp Saudi jump in production is leading the OPEC+ alliance to increase its supply despite continued shipping disruption through the Strait of Hormuz, while the organization's figures reveal two opposing paths between its largest producer and its largest ally outside it. People walk past an oil barrel bearing the logo of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Baku, Azerbaijan - Reuters Saudi Arabia raised its oil production during September by more than 2 million barrels per day compared with August, according to the monthly report issued by OPEC, which stated that Riyadh had reported this data to the organization. According to the report, the Kingdom's average daily oil production after the increase reached 8.372 million barrels. OPEC+ alliance raises its production The average production of the OPEC+ alliance, which includes OPEC and Russia, reached about 39.07 million barrels per day during September, an increase of about 900,000 barrels per day from August, according to the report, which relies on secondary sources. This increase was mainly driven by the Saudi jump, despite continued disruption of shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. That coincided with Saudi Aramco accelerating oil loading from Gulf export ports during September, after an attack targeting the East-West Pipeline disrupted its shipments through the Red Sea. Why does this rise matter? This announcement comes at a sensitive time for global markets, as the data reveal signs of recovery in oil supplies from the central Gulf region, although shipments remain below their levels before the outbreak of war at the end of February 2026. The continuation of high Saudi production despite shipping disruptions carries a reassuring message to markets about Riyadh's ability to compensate for any interruptions through alternative export routes. For consumers and companies around the world, this rising production is directly linked to attempts to compensate for oil inventories that were depleted this year due to the Middle East and Ukraine wars, which may reflect on price stability in the medium term. On the other hand, Russian oil production fell by 38,000 barrels per day last month, according to the OPEC report, amid continued Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, including oil refineries. OPEC raises demand forecasts for 2027 OPEC lowered its forecast for global oil demand growth for 2026 for the sixth consecutive month, while raising its forecast for 2027, based on the world's need to rebuild inventories depleted by the Iranian war. The organization expects global demand to rise next year by 2.55 million barrels per day to average 108.3 million barrels per day, compared with expected growth of only 180,000 barrels per day in 2026. OPEC said: "This assumes that oil demand will actually decline in 2026 as currently expected, and that it will be further supported next year by the need to replenish oil inventories." Five key facts 1. Saudi Arabia raised its oil production by more than 2 million barrels per day in September, bringing it to 8.372 million barrels per day. 2. Total OPEC+ production reached 39.07 million barrels per day in September, up 900,000 barrels per day from August. 3. Russia's production fell by 38,000 barrels per day in September amid Ukrainian strikes on its energy infrastructure. 4. OPEC lowered its demand growth forecast for 2026 for the sixth consecutive month, to only 180,000 barrels per day. 5. OPEC raised its demand growth forecast for 2027 to 2.55 million barrels per day, bringing the global average to 108.3 million barrels per day.