Sinopec boss wins Petroleum Executive of the Year award

 Sinopec boss wins Petroleum¹ Executive of the Year award

LONDON, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese oil giant Sinopec's boss Fu Chengyu has been awarded the title of the Petroleum Executive of the Year in London on Monday evening by the world leading energy research group Energy Intelligence (EI).

Fu, chairman of the Beijing-based Sinopec, also known as the China Petrochemical Corporation, the fifth largest oil company in the world, is the first leader of an Asian oil and gas company to earn the award for his transformational personality.

"His peers recognize that Mr. Fu is a transformational figure in China's oil industry and emerging markets as a whole," said Ivan Sandrea, President of the EI.

Sandrea spoke² highly of Fu's extensive experience in building partnerships³ with international oil companies and participating in Chinese oil and gas investments around the world.

"By effectively harnessing China's strong technical skills, he has been a catalyst⁴ in this globalization of his country's petroleum business."

Fu said at the awarding ceremony that the award to him is recognition of the involvement and contribution by a Chinese energy company in world energy industry.

He said it is the recognition of Sinopec's establishment of a sound interaction system integrating overseas investment, international trade and engineering and technological⁵ services, enhancing international operation and management level and competitiveness, and cultivating Sinopec brand worldwide.

Fu started his career in oil industry in 1982, joining China National Offshore⁶ Oil Corporation (CNOOC). He became Sinopec's chairman in 2011. Under his leadership, Sinopec's overseas operation has expanded swiftly to more than 20 countries and regions including Southeast Asia, Africa and South America.

The Petroleum Executive of the Year award is the international energy industry's most prestigious⁷ award, given in recognition of outstanding leadership by an executive in the international energy industry.

Nominations⁸ for the award are solicited⁹ from CEOs and other senior managers of more than one hundred of the world's largest oil and gas firms, as they appear in the annual Top 100 rankings by Energy Intelligence.

The Petroleum Executive of the Year selection process begins with Energy Intelligence eliciting¹⁰ nominations from the heads of the 100 largest oil companies determined¹¹ by the annual company rankings in Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, an EI publication. These nominations are then voted on by a committee of previous award winners and former senior oil executives.

By the end of 2011, Sinopec's total assets have increased by 17 percent year on year to 1.745 trillion yuan (279.2 billion U.S. dollars), ranking the fifth largest company in sales in Forbes Global 2000.

1 petroleum   

n.原油，石油

参考例句：

• The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 partnerships   

n.伙伴关系( partnership的名词复数 )；合伙人身份；合作关系

参考例句：

• Partnerships suffer another major disadvantage: decision-making is shared. 合伙企业的另一主要缺点是决定要由大家来作。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• It involved selling off limited partnerships. 它涉及到售出有限的合伙权。 来自辞典例句

4 catalyst   

n.催化剂，造成变化的人或事

参考例句：

• A catalyst is a substance which speeds up a chemical reaction.催化剂是一种能加速化学反应的物质。
• The workers'demand for better conditions was a catalyst for social change.工人们要求改善工作条件促进了社会变革。

5 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。

6 offshore   

adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面

参考例句：

• A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
• A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。

7 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

8 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

9 solicited   

v.恳求( solicit的过去式和过去分词 )；（指娼妇）拉客；索求；征求

参考例句：

• He's already solicited their support on health care reform. 他已就医疗改革问题请求他们的支持。 来自辞典例句
• We solicited ideas from Princeton University graduates and under graduates. 我们从普林斯顿大学的毕业生与大学生中征求意见。 来自辞典例句

10 eliciting   

n. 诱发, 引出 动词elicit的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• He succeeded in eliciting the information he needed from her. 他从她那里问出了他所需要的信息。
• A criminal trial isn't a tribunal for eliciting the truth. 刑事审讯并非是一种要探明真相的审判。

11 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。