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11th November 2009, Wednesday
Jump to the sessions:
Session A: Heavy oil
processing
Session
B: Global developments and impact on latest technologies
Session
C: Sustainable refining challenges and solutions
08.00 Registration
Chairman: Josef Lichtscheidl, OMV
08.30 Keynote presentation
Outlook for oil and gas markets
• Demand trends – impact of the recession and policy moves
• Production and trade prospects in OPEC and non-OPEC countries
Trevor Morgan, Senior Economist, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
09.00 Case study
Neste Oil’s live test of HVO type fuel with Finland’s public buses
Simo Honkanen, Senior Vice President Sustainability, HSSE, NESTE OIL
09.30 Challenges for the automotive industry – CO2, regulated
emissions and biofuels
• CO2/emissions challenges for the automotive industry
• Impact of EU Directives for fuels and vehicle emissions
• Foreseen gasoline/diesel/biofuels-mix required in the future (particularly for
refining industry: the gasoline/diesel balance)
• Biofuels: CO2 reduction potential and quality issues
Anders Roj, Manager Fuels and Lubricants, VOLVO
10.00 Special address
Hydrous ethanol for gasoline blending – cost and energy savings
Hans Keuken, Managing Director, HE BLENDS B.V.
10.30 Coffee break
Session A: Heavy oil processing
Chairman: Dawood Nassif, BAPCO
11.00 Maximising liquids yield and conversion from residue and extra
heavy oil
• Advantages of slurry phase residue/XHO hydrocracking process based on Veba
Combi-Cracking (VCC) technology
• Economic and performance benefits of this slurry phase process over delayed
coking and other slurry phase hydrocrackers
• Yielding larger train sizes and improvements in integrated hydrotreating stage
BP
11.30 Continuous reliability improvements for a high conversion resid
hydrocracker
• Sharing information with all users of the technology via web based forum
• Working with equipment and other suppliers where improvements are needed or
where vendor improvements are offered
• Audits of operating conditions currently versus those assumed at design of the
plant considering new operating parameters (deep dive)
• Decreased turnaround time as well as quicker restarts to improve overall
availability
CHEVRON AND SHELL
12.00 Lunch and opportunity to visit exhibitions
13.00 Latest improvements in VGO based hydrocracking
technologies
• Selecting from different commercially proven hydrocracking processes with
conversions ranging from low-to-medium to high-to-full, mainly to high quality
middle distillates
• Latest developments in hydrocracking processes and catalysts
• Case studies of recent commercial projects
AXENS
13.30 Hydrocracking pre-treat catalyst developments
• Albemarle’s catalyst portfolio for hydrocracking pretreat applications
• Improving catalyst stability on heavy feeds
• Improving activity and stability in both heavy and light feed operations
• The use of Nebula for hydrocracking pre-treat through the catalyst from
UOP-Albemarle Hydroprocessing Alliance
ALBEMARLE
14.00 Maximising distillate yields and refinery economics – an
alternative solution to conventional fuel oil or residue conversion
• Overview of the technology application and its relative economics
• Examples of emulsion properties from a variety of global refinery residues
• Case study from Lithuania
QUADRISE FUELS INTERNATIONAL
14.30 Coffee break
15.00 A model based approach for hydroprocessing optimization in
petroleum refineries
• Overcoming the challenges for converting heavy oil feedstocks into desired
lighter products
• Taking into account the transport phenomena between gas-liquid phases and
liquid solid particle phases and kinetics for hydrodesulphurization (HDS),
hydrodenitrigenation (HDN), hydrodearomatization (HDA) and hydrocraking (HCR)
• Modelling industrial trickle bed reactor (TBR) foe hydrotreating (HDT) of
vacuum gas oil (VGO) and other heavy fractions oils
• Troubleshooting of a hydroprocessing unit
SARAS
15.30 Balance future gas oil and residual fuel oil requirements with
advanced residue conversion solutions
• Future needs of residue fuel oil supply
• Commercialization and unique capabilities and benefits of the Uniflex Process
• Innovative options for converting heavy residual fuel oils to high yields of
low-sulfur gas oils and marine fuels, as well as low-cost feed stocks for
hydrogen manufacture
UOP
16.00 Case study
Residue Fluid Catalytic Cracker (RFCC) project in Korea achieved
remarkable benchmark targets
• Key factors contributing to quick project cycle time and achieving all project
objectives
• Project execution strategies
• Update on the performance of the SK’s No 2 FCC Project
SK ENERGY
Session B: Global developments and impact on latest technologies
Chairman: Josef Lichtscheidl, OMV
11.00 Maximising refinery margins through technology and flexibility
• Volatility of FCC margins and products value requires immediate
response
• Breakthrough "Co-Catalyst" concept provides maximum flexibility and fastest
possible reaction
• Use of robust Resid Technology allowed BASF customers to take advantage of
opportunity crudes to boost FCC profit
• Innovative Prox-SMZ Technology Platform solutions pushed the catalyst
operating envelope to unprecedented limit
BASF
11.30 The importance of rapidly evaluating opportunity
crudes
• Rewards and pressures for refiners to process opportunity crudes
• Increasing profit margins through opportunity crudes
• Evaluation of opportunity crudes - good assay data and understanding of
refinery constraints
• Advanced assay generation and analysis tools to enable rapid screening of
crudes and optimisation of blends
SPIRAL SOFTWARE
12.00 Lunch and opportunity to visit exhibitions
13.00 FCC Technology – Key to unit reliability and profitability
SHELL
13.30 Case study
Refining for profits, not products
• Separating the aromatics from FCC gasoline
• Optimal conversion of gasoline components into high-value petrochemicals
• Case study of an Eastern European operator
GTC TECHNOLOGY
14.00 Increased R & D efficiency in economic downturn
• Current trends in the market
• Translation into R & D focus
• Challenges and possible solutions
AVANTIUM
14.30 Coffee break
15.00 H2 management console – smart techniques for your hydrogen
production and use
• Modification of the hydrogen network to satisfy the increased demands for
hydrogen
• Identifying rich hydrogen streams for purpose of hydrogen recovery
• Sizing the capacity of dedicated H2 producers
• Evaluating H2 make-up quality for final users
TECHNIP
15.30 H2 management in CO2-constrained environment
• Improvement of hydrogen plant availability
• Measurement and improvement of plant efficiency
• New SMR plant Capital Cost reduction
• Measuring and Reducing CO2 from hydrogen plants including carbon capture for
sequestration or enhanced oil recovery
AIR LIQUIDE AND LURGI
16.00 Hydrogen production by steam reforming - enhanced plant
performance and integrated catalyst/reformer designs
• Excess of naphtha in Europe - what can be done?
• Hydrogen utilization and management
• Bottom of the barrel upgrading
• Impact of new legislation on refining (Fuels Quality Directive, Renewables
Directive, IMO decisions, ETS post 2012)
• Fuel to meet the requirements of future engine technology
SUD CHEMIE
Session C: Sustainable refining challenges and solutions
Chairman: Peter Tjan, PT-MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS
11.00 Source and reduction of CO2 emissions in different refinery configurations
FLUOR B.V.
11.30 Carbon dioxide and refining – solutions and risk management
• Overview of carbon management solutions
• Areas of uncertainty and risk
• Risk analysis techniques which can assist in developing a robust long-term
"masterplan" for GHG emissions reduction
JACOBS CONSULTANCY
12.00 Lunch and opportunity to visit exhibitions
13.00 Have we got energy to spare? Not any more!
• Role of high energy prices in overcoming climate change challenges on the path
to sustainability
• Process Integration and Heat Integration techniques
• Ideas for Enhanced Energy Integration strategies to meet emission targets
• Application of state-of-the-art technologies and heat integration principles
M. W. KELLOGG LTD
13.30 Prospects for CO2 reduction in MOL’s expanding refinery
network
• Description of current refinery network under MOL’s operational management
• Current CO2 performance and trends
• Implications of post 2012 legislation
• Strategic options: optimise vs invest vs trade
MOL HUNGARIAN OIL AND GAS COMPANY
14.00 The energy challenge in a refining context
• The three hard truths of the energy challenge and Shell’s approach
• Abatement opportunities and McKinsey & Company Low Carbon Pathways report
• Industry drivers
• Shell’s CO2 reduction pathways including energy efficiency and carbon and
energy management; CO2 and SO2 capture; and biofuels.
• Influencing policy
SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL
14.30 Coffee break
15.00 Energy efficiency – improve margins and reduce CO2
• The need to reduce operating cost in times of high energy prices
• Impact of future CO2 emissions legislation on good energy management
• Methods that can be applied to both grassroots and revamp projects in order to
maximise energy efficiency
FOSTER WHEELER
15.30 Emissions and energy – An integral approach using an on-line
energy management and optimization model
• Control of SOx, NOx and CO2 emissions
• Management of credits and quotas
• Integrating emission costs and constraints within the overall energy system on
line models and optimization
• Case study on European refineries
SOTEICA EUROPE, S.L.
16.00 Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) and the environmental
considerations
• CCS has a high environmental impact in terms of waste generation and energy
requirements
• CCS offers huge economic potential given the depleted reservoirs in the North
Sea
• How do we reconcile the above?
KBC
16.30 End of ERTC Annual Meeting
