The Energy Business Awards (EBA), in association with APPEC (Asia-Pacific Petroleum Conference), are pleased to announce the third Energy Business Awards, Asia (EBAA) to be presented during APPEC 2009 in Singapore, 03 - 05 November 2009.

These are the first regional awards to be conferred by EBA and recognise the critical contribution being made by the Asia marketplace to the global energy complex. Asia is both the world's fastest growing energy market, as well as playing a significant role in the fast growing environmental markets through the development of CDM projects.

As with the annual EBAs, now in their eight year, the EBAA reward excellence in energy business and are open to all companies with a physical and/or financial presence in Asia, or with ongoing energy projects in the region. For the third EBAA there will be five Asian awards accorded:

- Energy Company of the Year
- Excellence in Energy Trading and Risk Management
- Excellence in Energy Broking
- Excellence in Emission Markets; and
- Excellence in Renewable Energy.

The EBAA is a two-stage process, comprising a nomination period followed by voting on a shortlist of five nominees in each award category. Companies can either nominate themselves or be nominated by a third party, with the EBAA Awards Panel determining the short listed nominees from the nominations received.

The nomination period is now closed. The voting process is now opened. For the names of the short listed nominees and to vote, please visit: http://www.energy-business.com/content/voting/voting-ebaa-2009.php.