--- title: Kent celebrates success at Oil and Gas Middle East Awards 2026 date: 2026-04-02T13:26:00+01:00 author: Alex Chisholm canonical_url: "https://kentplc.com/news-insights/kent-success-at-oil-and-gas-middle-east-awards-2026" section: Blog --- 02 Apr 2026 Press Releases & Featured Stories # Kent celebrates success at Oil and Gas Middle East Awards 2026 ![Generic Event Banner AI]() Our Senior Vice President of Digital and AI, Wassim Ghadban, has been recognised as Change Agent of the Year at the Oil & Gas Middle East Awards 2026. This award recognises leaders who are driving meaningful transformation across the industry, championing new ideas, technologies and ways of working that deliver measurable impact. Wassim’s achievement reflects Kent’s commitment to innovation, continuous improvement and shaping a more efficient, sustainable energy future. Kent was also highly commended in the AI Excellence in Energy category, highlighting our work in digital innovation through solutions such as P&ID autogeneration and our autonomous lifecycle work. Together, these recognitions demonstrate how Kent is combining leadership, engineering expertise and advanced technology to drive progress across the energy sector. 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