Hong Kong-(Business Wire)-With a legacy spanning 28 years, the annual F+L Week event provides a platform for industry professionals to network, share knowledge and explore the latest trends and innovations in the fuels and lubricants industries. Since 2017, F+L Week has honoured outstanding individuals and groundbreaking products with the prestigious F&L Asia Awards.
We are pleased to announce Goh Koon Eng of Chevron Oronite as the F&L Asia Person of the Year for 2023. Goh is a distinguished leader in the Asian lubricant additives landscape and has made a significant impact on Oronite and the industry as a whole in the region. Goh joined Chevron in 1991 and has held a variety of positions with increasing responsibilities. He is currently Vice President of Commercial for Chevron Oronite, based in Singapore.
Goh has played a significant role in several key Oronite advancements in Asia including establishing the company’s original presence in Singapore, expanding Oronite’s Singapore Manufacturing Plant through multiple large-scale projects, and establishing a manufacturing footprint in Ningbo, China.
Trevor Russell is a veteran of the additives industry. He joined the additives division of Exxon Chemical in 1980 and has forged an illustrious 43-year career that includes seven years as CEO of Infineum and nearly 25 years on the Corporate Leadership Team. F&L Asia announced Russell as the recipient of the F&L Asia Lifetime Achievement Award for 2023. Russell’s calm professionalism was instrumental in helping Infineum and the broader industry navigate its way through challenging times such as responding to Hurricane Katrina in the U.S. in 2005, the financial crash of 2009 and more recently the global Covid-19 pandemic. He has also spearheaded efforts to transform Infineum from its strong heritage of additive transportation chemistry into a sustainable specialty chemicals company.
Dr. Wenyang Zhang, senior staff mechanical design engineer at Tesla, Inc., is honoured with the F&L Asia Future Leaders Award for 2023. Dr. Zhang has made a remarkable contribution to the development of next-generation fluids and advanced cooling and lubrication designs. Dr. Zhang is a Certified Lubrication Specialist (CLS) from the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE), a Certified Lubricating Grease Specialist (CLGS) from the National Lubricating Grease Institute (NLGI) and serves as associate editor of the ASME Journal of Tribology.
Chevron Oronite’s OLOA® 49844, an innovative additive package designed for 2-stroke low-speed marine engines, receives the prestigious F&L Asia Product Development of the Year Award. This groundbreaking product, designed for engines operating on various low-sulphur fuels such as LNG, distillates, and Very Low Sulphur Oils (VLSOs), has garnered significant attention in the industry.
Notably, it was among the first market general MAN Category II 40 BN additive packages to receive a No Objection Letter (NOL) from MAN Energy Solutions. The MAN Category II specification sets a high-performance standard for marine lubricants. Development of this additive took place during Covid-19 restrictions which makes the R&D field testing efforts even more impressive.
Join leading figures from the Asian fuels and lubricants industry in celebrating the outstanding achievements of Goh Koon Eng, Trevor Russell, Dr. Wenyang Zhang and Chevron Oronite’s OLOA® 49844 at the F&L Asia Awards 2023 Dinner, which will be held at the Grand Ballroom, Four Seasons Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on June 15, 2023.
To find out more about F+L Week 2023, visit the conference website. For a quick glimpse of the event schedule, click here. To register, please contact conference@fuelsandlubes.com.
