Sinopec Wins Six Awards at 51st Geneva International Invention Exhibition

Key highlights
  • Sinopec won six awards at the 51st Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions: two Jury Special Commendation Golds and four Golds, and one project received the organizing committee's Special Innovation Award.
  • Shengli Oilfield presented key equipment for annual million‑ton CO2 capture, transportation and storage.
  • A winning project developed targeted viscosity‑reduction, low‑carbon technology for heavy‑oil reservoirs.
  • Other awarded technologies covered high‑purity hydrogen production, green cyclohexanone production, a high‑efficiency gas‑phase polyethylene catalyst, and recyclable binder‑free catalysts.

Awards at the Geneva Exhibition

Sinopec entries secured two Jury's Special Commendation Gold Awards and four Gold Awards at the 51st Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, and one project additionally received the organizing committee's Special Innovation Award.

Awarded projects

Highlighted winners include Shengli Oilfield's key equipment for annual million‑ton CO2 capture, transportation and storage; Shi Kanyan Institute's targeted viscosity‑reduction low‑carbon technology for heavy‑oil reservoirs; Shica Academy's green, efficient cyclohexanone production technology; Dalian Institute's high‑purity hydrogen production device and method; Beihua Institute's new high‑efficiency gas‑phase polyethylene catalyst; and Shanghai Institute's design, synthesis and industrial application of recyclable binder‑free catalysts.

Event context

The exhibition, founded in 1973, attracted over 1,000 invention projects from more than 35 countries and regions for this edition.

Source: Sinopec

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