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9th November 2009, Monday
14.00 Registration
17.00 Hospitality suites open and cocktail reception
10th November 2009, Tuesday
Jump to the sessions:
Session A:
Dieselization – challenges and solutions
Session
B: Biofuels, emissions and environmental issues
Session C: Refining
operations and safety
08.00 Registration
Chairman: Matthew Crabbe, GTF
08.30 Keynote address
Small technologies deliver big punches to refineries
Charles Cameron, Head of Research and Technology, BP
09.00 Keynote address
Regulatory update and challenges facing refineries
• Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) – what’s being put in place
• ETS and how this will affect European refining
• Applications of emissions trading directive
• Benchmarking issues
Isabelle Muller, General Secretary, EUROPIA
09.40 Special address
Cost cutting as the old/new name of the refining game
Alois Virag, Senior Vice President, Head of Group Excellence, OMV
10.10 Coffee break
Session A: Dieselization – challenges and solutions
Chairman: Koenraad Herrebout, TOTAL
10.40 Dealing with dieselization
• Overview of the various options available to improve diesel-make from a
refinery
• Potential benefits for increasing diesel to gasoline ratio
• Importance of crude selection, optimising cut-points, improving diesel
recovery from the VDU, modifying FCC yields
• Addition of residue upgrading, and technologies for converting LPG and
gasoline to diesel and converting gasoline to petrochemicals
• Indicative overall refinery mass balances for a typical European refinery
• Capital and operating cost impacts, including overall refinery yield and
carbon emissions
FOSTER WHEELER
11.10 Dieselization of the world - how to increase diesel yield in a
refinery
• Maximisation of distillates production and minimisation of gasoline production
• Maximisation of the FCC LCO production
• Conversion of (FCC) gasoline into distillates
• Maximum distillates hydrocracking catalysts
SUD CHEMIE
11.40 Developments on how FCC additives can enhance diesel
production
• Overview of the independent variables available to today's FCC operator for
maximization of LCO yield
• Latest FCC catalytic technology to shift shifting yields from gasoline to
diesel
• Case study of over 13 successful commercial applications
INTERCAT
12.10 Lunch and opportunity to visit exhibitions
13.30 Increasing diesel production from the refinery FCC
• Desulfurization technology to produce low sulfur heavy FCC gasoline
• Case studies of existing operations
CDTECH
14.00 Dieselisation in Europe - flexible solutions for diesel
production
• Evaluating your processing options to expand diesel production
• Matching of opportunities against a range of technologies (“opportunity
enabling technologies”)
• Flexible technical solutions to maximise diesel production
• Technology to enable higher unit availability and shorter turnarounds
SHELL
14.30 Coffee break
15.00 Novel FCC LCO maximization techniques
• Using multiple injection points along the length of the riser to reversibly
shift yields between gasoline and light cycle oil without lowering riser outlet
temperatures
• Utilisation of latest distillate maximization catalysts
CHEVRON
15.30 Increasing LCO production in the FCC unit
• How operating conditions, such as reactor temperature and slurry recycle, can
be optimised to increase LCO yields
• Additional effect on FCC yields of using an LCO maximisation catalyst
• DieseliseR: maximises LCO yields for use in FCC units operating in maximum LCO
mode
• ResidCrackeR: deep resid cracking catalyst resulting in significant boosts in
LCO yields
• Case studies on DieseliseR and ResidCrackeR
GRACE DAVISON
16.00 Catalyst solutions to maximize transportation fuels from the
Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit
• Investing in a flexible and versatile process to process a variety of
feedstocks ranging from heavily contaminated residual feedstocks to clean and
hydrotreated Vacuum Gasoil
• Introducing a new gas oil catalyst family and technology to maximize
profitability for gasoline driven FCCUs
• Flexibility to produce large quantities of gasoline for the motor gasoline
pool and to generate higher amounts of Light Cycle Oil for the diesel pool
ALBERMALE
Session B: Biofuels, emissions and environmental issues
Chairman: Andrea Amoroso, ENI
10.40 Improving refinery margins and meeting air emissions targets
• SO2 management to generate more than $ 10 MM/yr net saving for the refinery
• Solutions to convert SO2 emissions into commercialized gypsum
• Allows high sulphur fuel oil auto-consumption to save diluents in fuel pool
and natural gas
• Opportunity for an optimization of the refinery SO2 emissions by treating
exhaust gas from boilers, heater applications and/or FCC unit
DV CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES
11.10 Operating refineries in a CO2 emission constrained world
• Examining issues in chemical CO2 generation, effect of deep conversion, and
CO2 cost allocation
• Estimating the potential for reducing CO2 emissions in refineries via energy
efficiency improvement
• Will the current diesel-driven refining trend be reversed?
KBC
11.40 Alternative work-practice for controlling VOC’s
fugitive emissions from leaks in refineries
• Results from improved LDAR method applied to the FCC and Crude distillation
units of the Saras refinery in Sarroch, Italy
• Effectively managing the Leak Detection and Control data
• combination of a new optical imaging and traditional “sniffing” instruments
• More cost-effective approach for controlling large leakers
SARAS
12.10 Lunch and opportunity to visit exhibitions
13.30 Disruptive technologies in transport fuels
• Supply and demand effects from new technologies with higher yields per unit of
energy input or allow new sources of energy to be cost competitive
• Examining three categories of future transport fuel: “Technology stretching
the current asset base”, “Fungible fuels” and “Electrification”
• Assessing the influence of political, regulatory and environmental pressures
on the adoption of new transport fuels
ACCENTURE
14.00 Synthesis gas as raw material for biofuels
Bullet points to be confirmed shortly
CHOREN INDUSTRIES GMBH
14.30 Coffee break
15.00 Green gasoline volatility prediction: to prepare or to predict?
• Calculating DHAblender^® vapor liquid equilibrium (VLE) from GC retention
index [2] and binary phase diagrams
• Comparing RVP and distillation to the classical method results (80+lab data)
• Demonstrating the behavior of the 100+ component mixtures
• Case study on results of test conducted in an American gasoline blending
facility
ENVANTAGE
15.30 Novel hydrotreating technology for production of green diesel
• New process to treat light gas oil and up to 30% RTD (Raw Tall Diesel) to
produce a renewable diesel meeting all EN 590 specifications
• RTD is non-edible and does not add to problems of global food shortage
• Addressing the challenges must be addressed when introducing a renewable
feedstock
• Results from experiments on model compounds
• How the correct choice of catalyst system can lead to entirely satisfactory
performance
HALDOR TOPSOE
16.00 Green olefins – exploiting biomass as a source of olefins
production
• Overcoming challenges in using biomass for olefins production
• Emphasis on feedstock source and crude oil price
• Under what conditions can such a project be viable outside Brazil and how
competitive are they?
NEXANT
Session C: Refining operations and safety
10.40 Plant throughput reliability and safety in spite of cooling water hydrocarbon leaks
BAKER HUGHES
11.10 Case study
Ras Tanura Hydrocracker trouble-shooting exercise
• Practical solutions through close and cooperative efforts between a refinery
and its technology suppliers
CRI CRITERION and SAUDI ARAMCO
11.40 Improve operator performance through the application of human
factors
• Improving operations reliability through improvement of operator performance
• Reducing the costs associated with abnormal situation management
• Comprehensive system’s approach to the design and deployment of solutions
• Human performance metrics – addressing the strengths and weaknesses of human
operators
HUMAN CENTERED SOLUTIONS
12.10 Lunch and opportunity to visit exhibitions
13.30 Immersive virtual reality plant simulation - A 3D gaming
approach to improve refinery reliability, safety and performance
• Leveraging Virtual Reality (VR) models to improve time-to competency in
critical areas
• Use of high-fidelity simulators to accomplish process understanding and
training
• Range and associated value of multimedia aids that are economically and
technically accessible today to support process design, training, maintenance
and safety management
IPS
14.00 Process safety management: An operationally motivated vision
• Implementing PSM in response to incidents which results in property damage and
impact on production
• Early phases to define and develop management systems
DNV and OMV
14.30 Coffee break
15.00 - 16.30 Safety forum - closed-door workshop
Exclusive to refinery managers and operating personnel, this workshop will focus
on recent events and experiences in the industry where system and component
failures have led to near misses or recordable safety incidents. We will look at
best-practices and innovative procedures to minimise incidences, including:
• The current operations environment
• Enhanced safety procedures while maintaining competitiveness
• Insurance strategies
• Optimising your resources
• Just-in-time scheduling
• Knowledge management
Chairman: Alois Virag, Senior Vice President, Head of Group Excellence, OMV
NOTE: The Safety Forum is only open to senior refinery managers and entrance will be permitted by invitation only. This forum is not open to suppliers. If you would like to make an application to attend the forum please contact saffa.khan@gtforum.com
The organisers' decision is final.
16.30 Panel discussion
Successful strategies in the current market conditions
• Emerging from the downturn: a new environment for refining
• Changes in market dynamics and how this is impacting your operating margins
• Assessing efficient asset management and cost-efficiency tools
Roberto Ulivieri, Managing Consultant, PURVIN AND GERTZ
Olivier Raevel, Vice President, Structured Products, KOCH SUPPLY & TRADING
Andrea Amoroso, Vice President Process Technology, ENI
Charles Cameron, Head of Research and Technology, BP
17.10 End of Day Two
20.00 Gala dinner
