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 GAS INDUSTRY AWARDS                                                                 OLIVER LANCASTER
                                                                                     CEO OF IGEM
                                                                                     “After all the trials and tribulations
                                                                                     of the last few years, it’s a great
                                                                                     privilege and a pleasure to be able
                                                                                     to say the Gas Industry Awards are
                                                                                     returning to our familiar stomping
                                                                                     ground in London.
                                                                                      “This award ceremony is a
                                                                                     celebration of all the hard work
                                                  LEADERSHIP AWARD                   our industry has been doing not
                                                      Andrew Blincow of Indigo Networks Ltd  just to keep our homes warm and
                                                      Dan Sadler of Equinor ASA      our businesses working throughout
                                                      Howard Forster of Cadent Gas Ltd  the pandemic, but also to support
                                                      Karen Sloan of Liberty Group   the country’s transition to a more
                                                                                     sustainable gas future.
                                                  MANAGER OF THE YEAR                 “Every day, people working in the
                                                      Andrew Clarkson of Pacifica Home   gas industry are striving to bring
                                                   Services Ltd T/A 0800Repair       cumulative emissions down, deliver
                                                      Denis Kerby of SGN Ltd         gas with security and flexibility,
                                                      Mumtaz Patel of Cadent Gas Ltd  raise the competitiveness of green
                                                                                     technologies and make our rapid
                                                  PRODUCT OF THE YEAR                journey to net zero as painless and as
                                                      FTPS Pipeline Spacers for Dead   fair as possible for everyone.
                                                   Insertion of PE Pipe over Weko Seals   “Without the dedication and hard
                                                   developed by FT Pipeline Systems Ltd  work of the people and professionals
                                                      MeteRSit 100% Hydrogen SMETS 2   honoured through these awards, our
                                                   Domestic Gas Meter and I&C GPRS Gas   country would simply grind to a halt.
                                                   Meter I Developed by MeteRSit UK Ltd  So, for that, we thank you and we
                                                      Revolutionary Natural Gas and   hope you will all join us in celebrating
                                                   Hydrogen Sensor Developed by      the incredible achievements this
                                                   Bohr Limited                      shortlist represents.”

                                                  PROJECT OF THE YEAR
                                                      Hydrogen Home undertaken by    MIKE FOSTER
                                                   Northern Gas Networks, Cadent and BEIS  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE ENERGY AND
                                                      Lowestoft IP pipeline replacement   UTILITIES ALLIANCE
                                                   through multi-utility tunnel undertaken   “The gas Industry is brimming with
                                                   by Vaughan Crawford, on behalf of   talent and innovation, but there
                                                   Cadent Gas Limited in collaboration   is so much good work that goes
                                                   with Darke Engineering Limited    unreported. The Gas Industry Awards
                                                      The Open Source SCADA (OSS) Project -   is a chance to recognise, celebrate
                                                   A cyber defence and controls platform,   and share some of that work, and
                                                   enabling digital transformation in the   also showcase some of the impressive
                                                   gas transmission network undertaken   talent within this fast-paced industry.
                                                   by Belcan in collaboration with    “Year on year the industry is
                                                   National Grid Gas Transmission    faced with global, economic, and
                                                                                     environmental challenges, but also
                                                  SAFETY AWARD                       exciting opportunities. Which it
                 ENGINEER OF THE YEAR                 Cook Smarter Cook Safer by The Hong   responds to with innovation and
                     Jack Deaney of Morrison Energy Services  Kong and China Gas Company Ltd  thought leadership.
                     Roger Crane of SGN Ltd           Gas Networks Ireland by Gas     “As we look forward and continue
                     Ryan Mallin of Cadent Gas Ltd  Networks Ireland                 to support the UK’s journey to net
                                                      UIS People Protect by UIS Ltd  zero, it is imperative that we stop
                 INNOVATION AWARD                                                    and recognise the hard work going on
                     Leakvision by Synovate, Synthotech   YOUNG PERSON’S ACHIEVEMENT AWARD  within the industry. The awards are
                  and Northern Gas Networks           Chloe Parker of National Grid Metering  the perfect mechanism for this.
                     The Robotic Roadworks and        Bradley Worrell of Morrison Energy   “Shortlisting the awards is
                  Excavation System (RRES) by SGN   Services                         a significant challenge. Each
                  and ULC Technologies                Matthew Goode of Cadent Gas Ltd  nomination deserves recognition, but
                     Tottenham PRS Re-build: Moving      Tracey Dao of SGN Ltd       there can only be one winner. I want
                  towards a ‘carbon net zero construction                            to congratulate everyone who has
                  site’ by United Living            For further details, and to book your   made it on to the 2022 shortlist. “
                     Infrastructure Services (ULIS) formerly   place at the awards ceremony visit
                  known as Fastflow                www.gasindustryawards.com



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