7 Indian companies nominated for Platts Global Energy Awards

MUMBAI: Seven energy companies from India, including Reliance Industries, have been chosen as finalists in the Platts Global Energy Awards, an annual program recognising exemplary industry leadership.

The seven companies are Reliance Industries, HPCL, Coal India, Cairn India, North Delhi Power Limited, Uhde India and GAIL India, a press release issued here today stated.

North Delhi Power Limited has been nominated in two categories--Power Company of the Year and Leading Technologies--Commercial, it said.

Platts Global Energy Awards highlight corporate and individual innovation, leadership, and superior performance in 17 categories spanning the entire energy complex.

The companies and the categories they have been nominated under are North Delhi Power under Leading Technologies-Commercial) and also under Operational Excellence--Power Company, GAIL under Operational Excellence--Downstream, Cairn India under Operational Excellence--Energy Producer, Coal India under Operational Excellence--Energy Producer, HPCL under Operational Excellence--Green Energy, Reliance Industries under Outstanding Programmes/End-User--Energy Efficiency and Uhde India under Premier Projects--Engineering.

Platts will also name the 2010 Energy Company of the Year and the winner of this award will be chosen from the entire list of finalists by the program's independent judges' panel, comprising of former regulators, past heads of major energy companies, leading academics and international energy experts.