2012 agenda - Gulf Publishing Company

2012 Agenda
Day 1: Tuesday, 12 June
8:30–9:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast
AGENDA
2:15–7 p.m. eni Plant Tour (Tour departs from and returns to MiCo – Milano Congressi)
Day 2: Wednesday, 13 June
9:15–9:30 a.m. Opening Remarks: John Royall, President & CEO, Gulf Publishing Company
Keynote Speakers
9:30–10:15 a.m. Giacomo Rispoli, Executive Vice President, Research & Development and Projects, eni Refining & Marketing
10:15–10:45 a.m. Michael Lane, Secretary General, CONCAWE
10:45–11 a.m. Coffee Break
TRACK 1: HEAVY OIL
Session 1
Session Chair: Michael Stockle, Chief Engineer—Refining Technology,
Foster Wheeler
11–11:30 a.m. Heavy Oil Processing in IOCL Refineries—Susobhan Sarkar (speaker) & Tapan
Kumar Basak of Indian Oil
11:30 a.m.–12 p.m. Processing Heavier Crudes to Meet Future Energy Needs; Improved Modeling
Improves Design—Joseph McMullen (speaker) & David Bluck of Invensys
Operations Management
12–12:30 p.m. Latest Improvements in VGO Based Hydrocracking Technologies—Jérôme
Bonnardot of Axens
12:30– 1 p.m. Commercial Experience in Difficult Feedstock Upgrading with Criterion/
Zeolyst’s Catalysts—Gert Meijburg of CRI/Criterion Catalyst Company Ltd.
1–2:30 p.m. Lunch Followed by Coffee & Desserts in Exhibit Hall
TRACK 1: HEAVY OIL
Session 3
Session Chair: Eric Benazzi, Marketing Director, Axens
2:30–3 p.m. (Getting) More Value from FCC Bottoms—Victor Scalco, General Atomics
(speaker) & John Paraskos of Chevron Research/Gulf Petroleum
3–3:30 p.m. A Proper Design and Sophisticated Numerical Analysis May Extend the Life
of Coke Drums—Patrizio Di Lillo of Walter Tosto S.p.A.
3:30–4 p.m. Innovative, Highly Engineered Delayed Coking and FCCU Solutions—
Werner Vermeire of DeltaValve
4–4:30 p.m. Afternoon Break
TRACK 1: HEAVY OIL
Session 5
Session Chair: Giacomo Fossataro, General Manager, Walter Tosto S.p.A.
4:30–5 p.m. EST Technology for Tar Sands Upgrading: A Profitable and Sustainable
Business by Nicoletta Panariti (speaker) and Andrea Amoroso of
eni Refining & Marketing
5–5:30 p.m. Sour2Power—P.C. Chandrahasan of Conceptual & Engineering Services,
Siemens Oil & Gas
5:30–6 p.m. Steam System Management in Mega Refineries and Petrochemical
Complexes—Ali Bourji of WorleyParsons
6–7:30 p.m. eni Welcoming Reception in Exhibit Hall
TRACK 2: Hydrogen
Session 2
Session Chair: Dr. Syamal Poddar, President, Poddar & Associates
Balancing H 2
Demand and Production: Optimising the Lifeblood of a
Refinery—Luigi Bressan of Foster Wheeler
Efficient Hydrogen Management in Refinery—Debangsu Ray (speaker)
& Mukesh Mohan of Indian Oil
Hydrogen-Creep Resistant 9% Chromium Heavy Plates for Future High
Temperature Refining Reactors—Cédric Chauvy (speaker), S. Pillot & L.
Coudreuse of Industeel, ArcelorMittal Group
Simulate Your Refinery to Increase Your Bottom Line—Luigi Pedone (speaker)
& Regina Meloni of Saipem S.p.A. and Vassilis Harismiadis (speaker) of
Hyperion Systems Modeling
TRACK 2: Environment & Safety
Session 4
Session Chair: Madhukar Onkarnath Garg, Director,
CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
Sulphur Recovery Facilities of Petroleum Refineries with Very Stringent
Requirements of SO 2
Emissions—Michele Colozzi (speaker) of Tecnimont KT
S.p.A. & Antonio Salati of Processi Innovativi
Road to Implementation of a HIPPS— Ahmer Irshad of Conceptual &
Engineering Services, Siemens Oil & Gas
Effluence & Carbon Management in Petkim—Dilek Celenk Akinci, (speaker)
Sadi Senocak & Secil Kirsen Dogan of Petkim Petrochemical Inc.
TRACK 2: Energy Efficiency
Session 6
Session Chair: Carlos Cabrera, Executive Chairman, Ivanhoe Energy
Flaring Minimization Program at Saudi Aramco—Muhsin D. Al-Khudhairi of
Saudi Aramco
Energy Efficiency in Oil Refineries—Rakesh Jain of Indian Oil
Integrated Power Automation—Steve Royston of ABB
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Day 3: Thursday, 14 June
9–9:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
AGENDA
9:30–9:35 a.m. Morning Remarks: T. Wright, Director, Global Events, Gulf Publishing Company
Keynote Speakers
9:35–10:20 a.m. Rajkumar Ghosh, Director (Refineries), Indian Oil
10:20–10:50 a.m. tbd
10:50–11 a.m. Coffee Break
TRACK 1: HEAVY OIL
Session 7
Session Chair: Rajkumar Ghosh, Director (Refineries), Indian Oil
11–11:30 a.m. The First EST Industrial Plant—The EST Project at Sannazzaro Refinery by
Andrea Amoroso and Francesco Misuraca (speaker) of eni Refining & Marketing
11:30 a.m.–12 p.m. Maximize Heavy Oil Profits—Robert P. Bartek, Scott Fess and Kevin Talmage
(speaker) of Applied Rigaku Technologies, Inc.
TRACK 2: Environment & Safety
Session 8
Session Chair: Andrea Gragnani, Refining Product Line Director, Technip
The Ultimate Path to H 2
S-Free Gas—Joseph Gentry, Zhepeng Liu and Dr. Matt
Thundyil (speaker) of GTC Technology
Greenhouse Gases Inventory Management in the Brazilian Chemical and
Petrochemical Industry—Obdulio Fanti of Brazilian Association of Chemical
Industries (Abiquim)
12–12:30 p.m. Refinery Product Blending Optimization—Alan Munns of ABB Sulfur Recovery from Dilute H 2
S Sources: An Alternative to the Liquid Redox
Process—Michael P. Heisel of ITS Reaktortechnik GmbH (speaker) & Angela F.
Slavens of WorleyParsons
12:30– 1 p.m. New Gasifier Design to Convert the Bottom of the Barrel—Dev Barot of Revamping Solutions—Betrand Bouzet of Axens
Gasification Technology, Inc.
1–2:30 p.m. Networking Lunch Co-sponsored by ABB followed by Coffee & Desserts in Exhibit Hall
TRACK 1: HEAVY OIL
Session 9
Session Chair: Antonio di Pasquale, VP Refining Product Line, Technip
TRACK 2: Petrochemical/
Refining Integration
Session 10
Session Chair: Stephany Romanow, Editor, Hydrocarbon Processing
2:30–3 p.m. Diesel for Bunker. An Environmental Constraint or an Opportunity for
Deep Convesion in the Long Run?—Laura Zanibelli and Carlo Gabriele Clerici
(speaker) of eni Refining & Marketing
3–3:30 p.m. Transportation Fuels and Petrochemicals from Waste Plastics—Sanat Kumar
(speaker), H.U. Khan, Manisha Sahai, Ajay Kumar, S.M. Nanoti & M.O. Garg of
CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
3:30–4 p.m. Produce Virgin Oil from Used Lube Oil—An Innovative Eco-friendly
Technology—M.O. Garg (speaker), U.C. Agrawal, Manoj Kumar, Manoj
Srivastava, S.M. Nanoti and Sunil Kumar of CSIR-Indian Institute of
Petroleum, Dehradun
4–4:30 p.m. Afternoon Break
TRACK 1: HEAVY OIL
Session 11
Session Chair: John Baric, Licensing Technology Manager,
Shell Global Solutions International B.V.
4:30–5 p.m. Bringing Heavy Crudes to Market—Dr. Michael Silverman (speaker)
and Carlos Cabrera of Ivanhoe Energy
5–5:30 p.m. Maximise Transport Fuels and Power with Foster Wheeler PetroPower—
Michael Stockle of Foster Wheeler
5:30–6 p.m. Integrated Refining and Petrochemical Units Convert Residue to
Propylene—Dalip Soni (speaker), Rama Rao & Gary Sieli of Lummus
Technology, a CB&I company, and Ujjal Mukherjee of Chevron Lummus Global
6–7:30 p.m. Closing Reception
Expand the Throughput—Leon Markowski of PROBAT Leon Markowski &
Kamil Marszalek, ORLEN Projekt S.A. (speaker)
Refinery & Petrochemical Integration—IOCL’s Experience & Future
Option—S.M.Vaidya (speaker) & Sanjiv Singh of Indian Oil
Unique Petrochemical Opportunities Harvesting Shale
Gas Deposits—Ron Venner of Lummus Technology, a CB&I company
TRACK 2: Biofuels/Clean fuels
Session 12
Session Chair: Andrea Amoroso, Vice President, Process Technology,
eni Refining & Marketing
Industrial Investigation on Feasibility to Raise Near Zero Sulphur
Diesel Production by Increasing Fluid Catalytic Cracking Light Cycle Oil
Production—Ilshat Sharafutdinov, Dr. Dicho Stratiev (speaker) & Ivelina
Shishkova of Lukoil Neftochim Bourgas
Recommended Practice for Valves Used in Hydrogen Service—Tito Sequeira
of Tyco Flow Control
Development of Biofuels, Catalysts and Technologies at Albemarle—
Frans Plantega, Albemarle
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