LARTC Los Premios de Excelencia | World Refining Association

CELEBRATING DOWNSTREAM SUCCESS & EXCELLENCE IN 2024

The Latin American Refining Technology Conference Awards of Excellence ceremony recognizes and celebrates the outstanding achievements throughout the Latin American downstream industry, highlighting the refineries, engineers, executives and technologies that have been at the forefront of the progress the sector continues to make.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Our network submit their nominations across six awards categories. The World Refining Association creates a longlist, which is put to our esteemed panel of awards judges to create a shortlist. The shortlist is then published, and our judges will vote for a second time, deciding on a winner for each award.

The final results were announced at the awards ceremony on September 4 in Cartagena, Colombia.

THE 2024 AWARDS CATEGORIES

Catalyst Producer of the Year

Market reputation for continued consistency of project delivery
Market reputation for excellence, customer engagement, project management & technological advances year on year
Innovation that has led to meaningful success in terms of energy efficiency & financial performance, value creation, increased performance of refinery unit or business unit
Meaningful impact on decarbonisation within customer refineries, measured by reduction in overall emissions & increase in efficiency
Successful case studies of implementation & customer journey

Digital Technology Provider of the Year

Market reputation for excellence in the Digital Transformation space
Successful case studies of business performance improvements through digitalization of assets and work methods
Consistent innovation and technology upgrades to help clients improve their digital transformation goals
Innovation that has led to both new technology adoptions but also created value and improved financial performance
Successful case studies of implementation & customer journey navigating both technical and culture changes required for digitalization

Energy Transition Solution of the Year

Market reputation for growth in the Energy Transition space
Successful case studies of quantifiable decarbonisation in the Downstream space
Consistent innovation and technology upgrades to help clients improve their decarbonisation goals
Innovation that has led to both reductions in emissions but also created value, improved financial performance & improvements in energy efficiency
Successful case studies of implementation & customer journey

Downstream Executive of the Year

Longstanding industry reputation of over 20+ years
Performance in executive position managing growth, strategy development, change management and improvements in performance of the downstream business
Leadership in terms of energy transition through new strategy and implementation thereof
Market reputation both locally and globally

Outstanding Young Refiner of the Year

Demonstrated excellence in their role within the refinery
Outstanding individual engineer in their field
Reputation among colleagues and within their company for work-ethic, helping team members and displaying leadership
Deemed to be an essential part of the refinery team and adding value to the business

Refinery of the Year

The leading refinery in Latin America for improvements in energy efficiency
The regional leader fowr energy transition, investments in decarbonisation technologies, successful implementation
The Modern Refinery – this refinery has transformed its operations in terms of process safety and automation
Outstanding financial performance through volatile demand periods

2024 AWARD WINNERS

CATALYST PRODUCER OF THE YEAR PROVEEDOR DE CATALIZADORES DEL AÑO

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PROVIDER OF THE YEAR TECNOLOGÍA DIGITAL DEL AÑO

Aspen Unified

ENERGY TRANSITION SOLUTION OF THE YEAR SOLUCIÓN DE TRANSICIÓN ENERGÉTICA DEL AÑO

Topsoe eReact

OUTSTANDING YOUNG REFINER OF THE YEAR INGENIERO DESTACADO DEL AÑO

Julia Mercedes Oneto

Jefa de Planta en Aromático

DOWNSTREAM EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR EJECUTIVO DOWNSTREAM DEL AÑO

Ernesto Alfonso Gómez Cabarcas

Head of Refinery Development, Ecopetrol

REFINERY OF THE YEAR REFINERÍA DEL AÑO

Refinaria de Paulínia (REPLAN)

TABLES & TICKETS

Host a table of 10 industry colleagues and peers for a night of celebration, networking and candid discussion.

Want to come to the dinner but not available for the LARTC conference? Book a dinner ticket to join us for a celebratory evening that is a key highlight in the Latin American downstream calendar.

2024 AWARDS SPONSORS

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2024 AWARDS JUDGES