ADNOC has received 14 awards at the Oil & Gas Middle East Awards 2026, underscoring the reliability, resilience and excellence of its people and operations. The company’s impressive performance at the awards ceremony, winning approximately half of the awards, reflects its position as a leading, progressive global energy company and the significant growth and transformation achieved in recent years.
The awards were given to employees and projects across the ADNOC Group, recognising strong performance across the energy value chain, delivery of operational excellence, success in deploying advanced technology and artificial intelligence (AI) and responsible energy production. They also highlight strong leadership, workforce empowerment and continued progress in safety, decarbonisation and the execution of large-scale projects. Spanning upstream, downstream, technical, digital and support functions, the awards reflect the depth of capability across ADNOC’s integrated portfolio.
Musabbeh Al Kaabi, CEO of ADNOC Upstream, said: “The Oil and Gas Middle East awards reflect the extraordinary people, projects and operations that underpin ADNOC’s reliability, resilience and focus on long-term value creation. We dedicate the awards to our frontline employees and to the frontline workers in the UAE who safeguard our nation and ensure the continuity of ADNOC’s operations.”
Recognition from Oil & Gas Middle East highlights ADNOC’s builds on decades of disciplined investment, long-term planning, project execution and value creation, as well as the implementation of advanced technology, AI and robotics to drive the next phase of growth and expansion.
ADNOC’s Oil & Gas Middle East Awards 2026 winners include Operational Excellence Leader of the Year, awarded to Dr Ahmed Mohamed Alebri, CEO, ADNOC Onshore; Industry Voice Award, awarded to ADNOC Offshore; Unsung Hero Award, awarded to Alyaziya Alkaabi, Piping Engineer, ADNOC Sour Gas; Sustainability Advocate of the Year, awarded to Samar Al-Hameedi, Vice President, Climate Change, ADNOC Group; and Rising Energy Star Award, awarded to Basma Al Bishr, Head of Planning and Performance, ADNOC Offshore.
Further recognitions include Energy Woman of the Year, awarded to Shamma Al Shehhi, Manager, Wells & Petroleum Engineering, ADNOC; Workforce Empowerment Award, awarded to ITQAN, ADNOC Offshore Future Ready National Talent Accelerator; Energy Transition Project of the Year, awarded to ADNOC Gas for the CO₂ Recovery & Injection (CRI) project; Energy Innovator of the Year, awarded to ADNOC Sour Gas for SRU Energy Optimization; and Decarbonisation Strategy Award, awarded to ADNOC Group for its Carbon Management Framework.
Additional honours include Shutdown & Turnaround Excellence of the Year, awarded to Borouge, Exploration Project of the Year, awarded to ADNOC Onshore, UAE Unconventional Exploration Fast-Track Program; Innovation in Action Award, awarded to ADNOC for the World-First Novel Hybrid EOR Technology Deployment; and HSE Champion of the Year, awarded to ADNOC Offshore for the Imtithal HSE Assurance Programme.
