The Oil & Gas Awards organizers announced that acting Secretary Christopher Abruzzo of the Department of Environmental Protection has joined the judging panel for the 2013 Northeast Oil & Gas Awards. The Oil & Gas Awards are accepting nominations until the end of November after which Abruzzo and more than 50 senior industry experts will judge the awards entries.
Abruzzo served as a deputy chief of staff to Governor Corbett. In this role, he was responsible for overseeing the activities of nearly 20 commonwealth agencies and commissions, among them DEP and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Abruzzo played a key role in developing and implementing several major initiatives at DEP. He brings 20 years of public service experience to DEP.
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The Oil & Gas Awards celebrate companies that have achieved corporate success whilst also fulfilling their responsibilities to the environment, maintaining the health and safety of their workers and being committed to their corporate social responsibility to the communities they work in.
It is fantastic for the awards initiative, the participating companies and the industry as a whole that the DEP is judging the awards, seeing the industry’s efforts to work in a responsible way and reviewing the best practice being developed by companies.
The 2nd Annual Oil & Gas Awards for the Northeast, Rocky Mountain and Gulf Coast regions will be presented to the winners in March 2014 at the gala dinner awards ceremonies in Pittsburgh, Denver and Houston respectively.
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Review the full awards judging panel at www.oilandgasawards.com/judges.
About the awards
The Oil & Gas Awards recognize the outstanding achievements made within the Upstream and Midstream sectors of the oil & gas industry. The awards are a platform for the industry to demonstrate and celebrate the advances made in the key areas of the environment, efficiency, innovation, corporate social responsibility and health and safety. The awards show the industry’s motivation to develop by recognizing and rewarding the efforts of corporations and individuals.
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Benefits of entering the awards:
- Showcase achievements to respected members of the relevant regional market.
- Support an industry drive to develop and demonstrate improvements within the sector.
- Finalist and winning companies will be showcased and celebrated at the Awards ceremony gala dinner in front of an audience of over 500 respected industry leaders.
- Finalists and winning companies will feature in event marketing and media in local, national and international press.
- Winners will have their team picture, logo and profile featured and fully profiled in the Awards Yearbook and on the Oil & Gas Awards website.
- Finalists and winners will be able to share their success with clients, prospects and partners.
For more information, visit www.oilandgasawards.com.
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