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pre-event workshop | day one | day two

Pre-event Workshop21 June 2010
The Technology Innovation Day has been specifically designed to showcase new and innovative technologies in the refining industry. Delegates will take away practical and cost cutting solutions and technologies that will add benefit to refinery operations, management and strategy.
An introduction to RPS Energy Ltd

Providing advice to maximise returns

Simon Telling, Principle Advisor, RPS Energy Ltd UK
13:00
Registration and afternoon refreshments
14:00
Meeting Market Demands with Existing Assets
Maximising refinery margins through technology flexibility

  • Technical background and commercial trial findings information
  • LCO, residue and diesel maximisation technologies
  • Deliver operational flexibility and optimise profitablilty by allowing quick change over between diesel and gasoline mode in the FCC unit
  • An innovative catalytic technology platform for maximising distillate yields

Benjamin O'Berry , Technical Sales Manager, BASF USA
 
Enhanced Operations through IT Solutions
Transforming oil and gas capital project management with integrated PLM Solutions

  • Lifelike 3D maintenance or dismantlement simulation
  • Operators training in a virtual environment
  • Explore ways to achieve shutdown planning optimisation
  • What are the implications on capital project management?

Alain Floutier, Director, Industry Marketing, Dassault Systèmes France
 
14:45
Refreshments break
15:00
Production Optimisation
Improve process performances using innovative and turn-key bespoke solutions
  • Resolve temperature related production limitations using innovative solutions
  • Maximise your production (quality) by using quickly implementable temperature-related systems.
  • Reduce CAPEX needs yet still enhance your process throughput to gain profitability (improve operating margins)
  • See real examples of projects and their customer profitability in major refineries

Maarten Martens, General Manager Aggreko Process Services , Aggreko Netherlands
 
Risk Management
Identifying major accident hazards and keep hydrocarbons successfully contained by utilizing your operational knowledge

  • Case study: a review of Buncefield and BP Texas City accidents and lesson learned
  • Assess the adequacy and robustness of the existing risk control measures
  • Identify major accident hazards using the 'Hazard Review' technique
  • Demonstrate continuous improvement in this key aspect of your Process Safety Management system.

Graeme Ellis , Principal Safety Consultant , ABB Engineering Services United Kingdom
 
15:45
Asset Management
Increasing operation efficiency and workforce productivity
  • Integrate all plant operations processes to better measure, understand and analyze issues that affect costs and revenue
  • Increase plant personnel productivity and efficiency by implementing best practices, which will result in increased plant availability and reliability
  • Improve communication ensuring all necessary information is communicated through all groups, to reduce costs, boost profits and ensure regulatory compliance

Richard Herrle, Director-Product Management, Ventyx USA
 
Refinery Optimisation
How refining is changing: Key drivers to achieve optimisation of process and energy efficiency
  • how can compact heat exchangers be an alternative to traditional Shell and Tubes?
  • ADU Crude Preheat trains: how can Compact Heat Exchangers allow Energy Savings and Emissions Reductions
  • Visbreakers and Heavy processes: how can Compact Heat Exchangers help avoiding unexpected downtimes, reducing fouling and Maintenance-related costs

Fabrizio Palmeri, Marketing Manager, Alfa Laval Italy
 
16:30
Close of Technology Innovation Day

pre-event workshop | day one | day two

Day One14 June 2010
08:00
Registration and morning refreshments
09:00
Chairman's welcome and introduction
09:10
Opening keynote address
Recovery from the economic downturn and future outlook of the refining industry
  • How has the global economic downturn affected the downstream sector?
  • How will the changing supply and demand dynamics affect the refining industry?
  • What are the key challenges that lie ahead?

Dariusz Jacek Krawiec, President and CEO, PKN ORLEN S.A. Poland
09:45
Attaining sustainable competitive advantage in a low margin environment
  • Key market challenges for refi ning - recession, new capacity, biofuels & feedstock changes
  • What are the key drivers of refi nery competitive position?
  • How can you stay ahead of your competitors, even in diffi cult economic circumstances?

Skip York, Vice President, Downstream Oil, Wood Mackenzie United Kingdom
10:20
The current and future role of biofuels
  • Evaluate the current impact and regulatory drivers regarding biofuels in the refi ning industry
  • What are the latest technological developments in the sourcing and creation of biofuel

Jarmo Honkamaa, Deputy CEO & Executive Vice President, Renewable Fuels, Neste Oil Finland
11:05
Pre-arranged one-to-one business meetings and morning refreshments
12:25
Asset Management
Development and maintenance of an effective asset management regime
  • Manage cost through optimisation of investment and maintenance for required operational and safety performance
  • Corporate governance through independent verification of safety critical system compliance

David Bolsman, Business Manager, Energy , Lloyds Register United Kingdom
 
Energy Efficiency
Achieving energy efficiency at no (or little) capex: sample of project experiences
  • How to reduce energy consumption by focusing on process efficiency rather than capex
  • How to identify and implement quick wins and medium term improvement levers
  • How to define the long-term energy efficiency targets and roadmap

Fabio Nicolò, Associate Partner, Tefen Italy
 
13:00
Networking Luncheon
Sponsored by:
14:00
Asset Management
Maximising return on your assets
  • Manage planned, unplanned and infrequent operations consistently to maximise production
  • Decrease risks associated with loss of staff by capturing knowledge
  • Track and monitor offsite and onsite to improve production

Eric Jan Kwekkeboom, Industry Business Development Manager, Oil & Gas Downstream, Yokogawa Europe Netherlands

Bernard Haigh, Production Solutions Consultant, Yokogawa Marex Ltd United Kingdom
 
Automation and Control
Keeping your process up and running
  • Achieve an optimal automation of the process through a structural approach
  • Delivered support to keep the control system operational

Hans Romanesko, General Manager, Industrial Automation Partners BV Netherlands
 
14:45
Trends in global refining: Mature versus emerging markets
A view from a major refiner
  • How competative are the mature markets of Europe and North America compared with emerging dynamic markets?
  • What are the implications of new C02 regulations and the differences in frameworks globally?
  • How will the changing supply and demand dynamics affect the refining industry, both regionally and globally?
  • What is the impact of the economic downturn on current operations and capital investment?

Jean Jacques Mosconi, Senior Vice President, Strategy, Total France
15:20
Pre-arranged one-to-one business meetings and afternoon refreshments
17:05
QUESTION TIME: An interactive debate on the current challenges facing the industry
Featuring a panel of industry experts, delegates will set the agenda by submitting questions for the panel before the event.

Moderated by: Skip York, Vice-President - Downstream Oil, Wood Mackenzie, and featuring:
Willem Kuijl, Special Advisor, Fuel Value Chains, BP
Jarmo Honkamaa, Deputy CEO & Executive Vice President, Renewable Fuels, Neste Oil, Finland
Slawomir Jedrzejczyk, Vice President and CFO, PKN Orlen, Poland

18:05
Close of day one & evening drinks reception

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Day Two15 June 2010
08:00
Registration and morning refreshments
09:00
Chairman's opening remarks and review of day one
09:10
Thoughts about a winning refinery
The 4 pillars:
  • External influences
  • Configuration
  • Location / logistics
  • Some organisational characteristics
  • .....a few recommendations

Willem Kuijl , Special Advisor, Fuel Value Chains, BP Netherlands
09:45
Effective Crude Planning and Scheduling in the Supply Chain
  • Examine how Reliance Industries Limited partnered with Shell Global Solutions to successfully optimise its crude supply chain
  • Discover ways to effectively minimise the margin leakages between an optimised monthly plan and the day-to-day crude schedule
  • Explore key decision support systems using advanced operations research techniques
  • Learn about state-of-the-art practices in project management involving multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural global collaboration

Antony Francis, General Manager- EPS - Supply and Trading, Petroleum Business, Reliance Industries Limited India
Peter Bost, Global Discipline Lead Supply Chain Planning and Scheduling, Shell Global Solutions Netherlands
Rutger de Mare, Supply Chain Consultant, ORTEC Netherlands
10:20
Carbon efficiency and management strategies
  • Examine strategies and measures wich can be employed regarding C02 efficiency
  • Uncovering the challenges of a revised low carbon fuel standard: What does the industry need to do? What is the industry capable of?
  • Understanding the processes and regulations being met in Europe, Russia, Asia, Canada and the US

Dr Frigyes Lestak, General Manager, CO2 Efficiency, Shell Netherlands
10:55
Morning refreshments
11:20
Process Improvement
Improve your desalting and H2S-removal processes

  • Fluid mixing - the key process to any efficient mass transfer process
  • ProSalt - a compact mixing system enabling reduced crude desalting consumables and improved separability
  • ProCAP - debottlenecking your amine plant and Claus process by enhancing your H2S selectivity

Dr. Harald Linga, VP Product Development, PROPURE AS Norway
 
Carbon Management
Finding the economic wins in carbon management today and tomorrow
  • Capitalising on the carbon market through existing technologies
  • Confronting future CO2 legislation by developing cost-effective CCS solutions

Norman Byrne, R&D Director, Oil and Gas, The Dow Chemical Company USA
 
11:55
Project Management
Execution of Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning Startup/Initial Operations strategies on construction of Refinery Units
  • Basic principles, definitions of Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning and Startup / Initial Operations (CSI)
  • The Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning and Startup/Initial Operations (CSI) discipline in the overall Project Strategy
  • Valuable lessons learned - Identify critical success factors and key issues for the commissioning discipline

George Etty, Managing Director, Global Energy Services BV Netherlands

Fred Talle, Senior Commissioning Manager, Global Energy Services BV Netherlands
 
Carbon Management
The SWAP: A breakthrough in flue gas cleanup, CO2 mitigation and H2S disposal
  • Understand technology behind interaction between CO2 and H2S to form H2O, Sulfur and Carsuls
  • Explore how Swapsol Sulfur Cycle generates H2S from HC waste to produce hydrogen, carbon fiber-like materials and elemental sulfur while converting CO2
  • Assess GHG emissions reduction capabilities of SWAP while easing carbon penalties, lowering processing costs and providing affordable energy

Wolf Koch, Director, SWAPSOL Corp USA
 
12:30
Networking Luncheon
Sponsored by:
14:35
Afternoon refreshments
14:55
Optimisation of refinery processes
  • The MUSA System – A Real Time Performance Management System to improve Refi nery Process Unit reliability
  • Increasing assets reliability by minimizing deviation from expected technical performances
  • Automatic and easy information sharing between shift and daily operating personnel

Gaetano De Santis, Vice President, Technological Services, Eni Refining & Marketing Italy
14:55
Operational Excellence in the Shuaiba Refinery
  • Implementation of operations driven reliability
  • Examine relief and steam gas management programmes
  • Analysis of the IOW, OPEX and ODR implementation programmes within the refinery

Mutlaq Al Azmi, Operations Manager, Shuaiba Refinery, Kuwait National Petroleum Company Kuwait
15:30
Chairman's closing remarks and close of Global Refining Summit 2010

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