Top Producer - Junior
UTS Energy Corporation
UTS Energy's winning formula focuses on growth through a partnership in Alberta's rich oil sands reserves.
Top Producer - Major
Nexen Inc.
Having been in operations for more than 30 years, Nexen is now a global energy leader with over 3,200 employees.This successful Canadian-based producer also has extensive global operations including the North Sea, deep-water Gulf of Mexico, offshore West Africa and the Middle East.
Top Producer - Energy Trust
Paramount Energy Trust
Paramount Energy Trust is a leader amongst energy trusts with a strong management team, proven production and vast opportunities left in its 1.8 million net acres of undeveloped lands.
Top Producer - Oil Sands
Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd.
Petrobank's dual approach to the oil sands both as a producer and a technology developer has provided profit windfalls for investors.
Top Producer - Unconventional Gas
Ember Resources Inc.
Ember Resources is focused on maximizing unconventional gas from coal bed methane reserves. Natural gas production in Canada peaked in 2000 and continues to decline.
Best Overall Service & Supply Firm
GE Industrial Inspection Technologies
GE, a global leader in technology, is helping industry get a better glimpse into their oil and gas operations. Their cutting-edge inspection innovations are helping companies gain an edge in this highly competitive marketplace.
Top Alternative Energy Project
ATCO Gas - Drake Solar Landing Community
Drake Landing Solar Community is a the world's first solar energy project designed to harness 90 per cent of its space and water heating requirements from the sun.
Environment - Carbon Reduction
Penn West Energy Trust
Penn West has been helping Canada reduce greenhouse gas emissions and is the only company operating a CO2 injection project in Alberta. Since 2001, Penn West has injected an impressive 137 kilo tonnes of CO2.
Top Technology - Drilling
Volant Products Inc.
By automating the drill pipe connection process, Volant's Gatorback product significantly improves rig safety while providing cost saving benefits, a win-win for both drillers and producers.
Top Technology - IT
Acceleware
Acceleware's supercharged data processing power is getting industry a better look at complex data sets such as 3D seismic. With computing power running 35 times faster, companies can win the race with quicker data interpretation, the ability to run more simulations, and improve design quality.
Leading Safety Organization
Enform
Enform has been delivering world-class petroleum industry training courses and safety initiatives for over 50 years. Enform's massive safe driving campaign is targeted at the leading cause of death in industry - driving accidents.
Award of Merit for Field Safety - Producer’s Pick
Lou Doiron
Lou Doiron was a driving force in establishing the front lines safety initiative known as Safety Stand Down Week that brings executives and field workers together on the front lines in the oil patch. Now in its seventh consecutive year, participation in this event has grown tremendously - from 66 registered companies in 2002, to 330 in 2007.
Inspirational Industry Legend
David P. Werklund, CCS Corporation
David Werklund is a maverick in the oil and gas industry inspiring others with his success story of building CCS from a small oilfield service company into an industry leader in North America.
Top Human Resources Agency - Producer’s Pick
Prominent Personnel
Throughout the last 10 years, Prominent Personnel has carved a niche as a specialized human resources provider for Canada's oil and gas industry.
Top Industry Association
Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC)
PSAC continues to be an industry leaders amongst associations by providing cutting edge initiatives such including conferences, social events and fundraising. PSAC has 270 member companies, employing more than 68,000 people in the service and supply sector.
Top Educational Institute
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is the focal point of world renown research into in situ oil sands production including steam assisted gravity drainage known as SAGD.
Top Information Source - Print or Web
Canadian Centre for Energy Information
The Centre for Energy's new portal provides internet users with the A-Z of the energy sector. This comprehensive site includes consumer tips, videos and pod casts, energy facts, statistics, news and market feeds and overviews on the Canadian energy system.
Corporate Giving - Best Donation
PSAC – STARS Starlight Starbright Gala
Throughout the last 13 years of hosting an annual gala event for STARS, PSAC has raised over $3 million!
Most Influential Author
Peter Tertzakian - A Thousand Barrels a Second
Tertzakian has become world-famous and a global spokesperson as a result of his book about global energy trends.
Top Financial Institution
ARC Financial
Calgary-based ARC Financial Corp. has become one of the world’s leading energy focused private equity firms that now has over $1.88 billion of capital under management.
