Houston – October 19, 2026 -- Lummus Technology received a record five Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards, including Technology Licensor of the Year for the third consecutive year.
Lummus takes three technology awards across licensing, petrochemicals and refining
Beyond the licensor title, Lummus won Best Petrochemical Technology for its Novolen® PP technology and Advanced VRC®. It also won Best Refining Technology for NovaHPTM naphtha-to-olefins technology.
Two Lummus employees earn individual honors
Ujjal Mukherjee received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Sydney Sweet received the Most Promising Engineer Award.
Leon de Bruyn, President and CEO of Lummus Technology, said the company's people earned recognition across nine categories, a result he tied to innovation and value delivered to customers.
Lummus and its employees are finalists in four more categories
Lummus and its employees were named finalists in the following categories:
- Best Digital Transformation
- Best Petrochemical Technology, for Reverse Olefins Conversion Technology (P2HOA)
- Energy Project of the Year, for the Venture Global Calcasieu Pass 2 LNG Project
- Most Promising Engineer, for Deepika Hegde
Awards extend a 2025 run of licensor and refining wins
In 2025, Lummus earned Technology Licensor of the Year and Best Refining Technology and was a finalist in three additional categories. The awards are sponsored by Gulf Energy Information, which describes itself as the world's largest independent media company serving the energy industry. They cover upstream, midstream and downstream segments of the energy value chain.