Middle East Technology Forum for Refining & Petrochemicals
Programme
OPENING REMARKS
EURO PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS
Trends in Refining
Raheel Shafi, Senior Consultant, NEXANT
Future outlook – opportunities and challenges
GCC outlook
Trends in Petrochemicals
Sanjay Sharma, Vice President, IHS MARKIT
Insights into short and long term trends
Factors impacting current & future demand
The Role of Refinery Petrochemicals Integration in Borouge Growth Strategy
Ahmed O. Abdulla, CEO, BOROUGE
Clean Fuels Projects – Challenges, Potential & Future Outlook: An Owner’s Perspective
Nadia Bader Hajji Yousef, Manager Technical Services. KNPC
Developing the performance of the two refineries
Enhancing safety & operational reliability
Crude Oil to Chemicals as Future Platform
Fuad Mohammed Mosa, General Manager, Global Technology Management, SABIC
Latest on direct Oil-to-Chemicals
Use of crude oil as petrochemical feedstock – positive impact on GHG emissions
Fully Integrated & Outsourced Refinery Hydrogen System: YASREF Experience
Mahmoud Mohammed Abdallah, Process Engineer, YASREF
Alexander Benöhr, Director – Marketing & Strategy, AIR LIQUIDE
YASREF refinery project
Outsourcing of integrated hydrogen system
Experience of YASREF
More Value through Petrochemical Integration
Mike Millard, Vice President & General Manager of Process, Technologies & Equipment Business, HONEYWELL UOP
What can refining & petrochemical integration offer?
Integration opportunities
ExxonMobil Catalysts & Licensing Technology Overview
Mark Healey, Global Sales Manager, Chemical Technologies, EXXONMOBIL
Portfolio of advantaged technologies
Technology leadership and operating experience
Crude to Chemicals integration
High-performance Project Execution: Key Lessons from the Industry’s Best Executed Projects
Süleyman Özmen, Vice President, Refining and Chemical Licensing, SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
Formulating the project execution philosophy
Importance of collaboration between all parties, including the owner team, licensor, PMC, FEED & EPC contractors
Value of good project definition, scenarios evaluation, smart configuration & technology selection
FOCUS ON CLEAN FUELS
MARKETS & FEEDSTOCKS
Marpol 2020 – Industry Response to the New Sulphur Limit
Peter Boulter, Director, JACOBS CONSULTANCY
Will marine fuels shift to 0.5 wt% sulphur marine gas oil or another fuel?
How much investment & how to avoid stranded capital?
Ship owners uncertainty – fuel availability & costs to comply?
Boosting Profitability through Advanced Solutions in Catalytic Reforming
Xavier Decoodt, Reforming & Hydrogenation Manager, AXENS
Update latest catalyst developments
Feedstock optimisation
IsoTherming® Hydroprocessing Technology for Grassroots and Revamp Applications
Matthew Clingerman, Regional Engineering Manager, DUPONT
Principles & advantages of IsoTherming® technology compared to conventional process
Various options for revamp applications
Revamp case study utilising the IsoTherming® Technology
Direct Oil & Gas to Ethylene: The Search for the Holy Grail
Richard Charlesworth, Managing Director Chemicals Consulting, IHS MARKIT
Technologies for direct production of olefins from crude oil & natural gas
Comparisons between the different technologies
Moving towards Alternative Feedstocks: Strategic Investments & Future Process Technology Configurations
Shailendra Mohite, Senior Engineer-Stakeholder Management, KUWAIT PETROLEUM INTERNATIONAL (KPI)
Capacity expansion and upgrading
Complexity reconfiguration
Integration of business & feed-stocks (with cheap ethane)
Methanol to Olefins – The Profitable Path to Monetise Gas
Geoffrey Fichtl, Product Line Manager, HONEYWELL UOP
Overview of the Methanol-to-Olefins (MtO) process
Commercialisation history of Methanol-to-Olefins (MtO) process and current status
FOCUS ON CLEAN FUELS
OLEFINS & OLEFIN DERIVATIVES
Global Refinery and Market Trends: Impact on the Company Strategic View
Wael Salmeen, Manufacturing Advisor – Europe, KUWAIT PETROLEUM INTERNATIONAL (KPI)
KPI major projects
Strategic initiatives
BenzOUT™: A Cost Effective Process for Benzene Reduction in Gasoline
Terry Helton, Licensing Manager, EXXONMOBIL
Optimising benzene reduction in gasoline
Avoiding octane loss & increased hydrogen consumption
BenzOUT™ Options: grassroots unit or retrofitted into an existing facility
Sulfur, Octane and Petrochemicals
Sachin Joshi, Licensing Manager, GTC TECHNOLOGY
Getting the highest value from Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit products
GT-BTX PluS® technology
Reduce sulfur, preserve octane value & produce petrochemicals
Olefins Production - Feedstock Strategies at Current Macro-Economic Setting
Valentin Kotlomin, Director - Strategic Studies & Downstream Economics, EURO PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS
Liquid feedstock advantages at low crude prices – myth or reality?
Alternative routes - shale gas, methanol and methane
Competitive position and projects
Optimisation of Ethylene Furnace Efficiency by Advanced Combustion Control
Jim Deller, Director, UOP Callidus Burner Business, HONEYWELL UOP
Developing combustion systems to deliver heat flux profiles optimised for efficiency & run length while minimising NOx emissions
The application of modern computational & physical testing techniques to engineer the flame structure and chemistry in modern ethylene flames
Methanol: Achieving Global Energy & Environmental Security
Dom LaVigne, Director of Government & Public Affairs, METHANOL INSTITUTE
Chemical feedstock & clean-energy source
Energy security goals & protect public health through power-generation and clean cooking applications
Current/future IMO maritime emission-reduction targets
Meeting the Challenges for Project Implementation
Stefan Chapman, Vice President, EURO PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS
Overcoming project risks & achieving project goals
Project success importance of project definition
Looking at alternative solutions
Update on Orpic’s Liwa Plastics Industries Complex Project
Henk Pauw, General Manager – Liwa Plastics Industries Complex, ORPIC
Developing a best-in-class polymers project in Oman
Achievements, next steps and milestones
Optimising the Governance Process for Technical Assurance in Major Projects
Hari Kumar, Director - EHS Compliance, ENOC
Governance mechanism as critical factor that determines the success of major projects
Defining a 'fit for purpose' governance model
Case study in the oil and gas processing industry
Optimization Demystified
Luc Geerts, Senior Director Consulting Solutions, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
Options to achieve optimization
Maintain safety & environmental compliance
Tools & objectives - examples & benefits
How can Operating Teams Push Processes to their Optimal Limits while Maximizing Safety and Minimizing Environmental Impact?
Rida Elhajj, Sales Director, PAS
Use of optimal displays on control board
Importance of of tracking and controlling boundaries
New technologies & methods for aggregating, analyzing, depicting and controlling boundary information to increase operator awareness
Bridging the 'Technology – End User' Gap
Ashwath Mohandas, Senior Engineer Technical Services – Planning, BAPCO
No one will look after your business like you do
The benefits of early collaboration between the technology provider and end user
Successfully implementing your optimization and management tools
Asset Reliability and Maintenance Excellence
Tariq Mirza – General Manager - Maintenance, ORPIC
Asset reliability & maintenance best practices at Orpic
Reliability through plant turnarounds
RESIDUE UPGRADING PART ONE
AROMATICS & DERIVATIVES
Maximised Hydrogen Recovery using Optimised Refinery Offgas Purification Technologies
Jonathan Kraus, Head of Sales - Adsorption, AIR LIQUIDE
PSa and membrane processes
PSa revamping options
Latest Developments in Delayed Coking
Steve Beeston, Vice President, Global Technology Business Development, AMEC FOSTER WHEELER
How delayed coking can compete with emerging technologies by integrating it with solvent deasphalting?
New opportunities for delayed coking
How Smaller, less Complex Refineries can Benefit from Combining Bottom Upgrading Facilities
Rashid Iqbal, Technical Specialist, Refining, BECHTEL
Combined upgrading facilities for low complexity or small refiners could provide economy of scale, use of less expensive opportunity crudes and make higher quality end products.
Innovative & Cost-effective Refinery Scheme
M J Rahman, Director, Refining Technology, KBR TECHNOLOGY
Simon Cackett, Licensing Technology Manager, SHELL
Defining optimum refinery scheme
A look at the different options
Automatic Bottom Unheading Valve
Wolfgang Zingsem Sales Manager - Oil & Gas Division, PAUL WURTH S.A.
Capturing Value with Advanced Axens’ ParamaX Technologies
Sylvain Campo, Technologist - Gasoline & Aromatics, AXENS
Update on latest catalyst & absorbent technologies
Recent case studies
BP PTA+: Advantaged Proven Technology
Timothy Keyes, Licensing Director, PTA Projects and Engineering, BP
Cosimo Cannalire, Head - Win-It Alliances, TECHNIP
BP’s 1.25 mtpa Zhuhai #3 plant project
Technical services, best practices, training and continuous improvement
Advanced Catalysts and Adsorbents for Cost-Efficient Paraxylene Production
Ernst Köhler, Global Product Manager Aromatics, CLARIANT
Novel catalysts and adsorbents for paraxylene manufacture helping producers get the most out of their operations
Technical and economic benefits for Me paraxylene producers
Developing and Delivering PTA and PET Technologies in line with the need of Global Market
Mostafa Pourmahnaei, Regional Licensing Manager, INVISTA PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIES
Graham McCartney, Director of Technology, INVISTA PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIES
Understanding the PTA/PET market key drivers and requirement
Keeping the technology offering in line with the needs of the market
Delivering a technology transfer service based on expert support for each key stage of the PTA/PET project
RESIDUE UPGRADING PART TWO
OLEFINS & POLYOLEFINS
KNPC FCC Revamp Project - Challenges, opportunities and lessons learnt
Subhash Chander Singhal, Technical Specialist, KNPC
Rashed Al Fadhli, Team Leader Process Engineering, KNPC
Andrew Craig, Technology Manager, Honeywell UOP
Revamp for processing heavier feeds
Objective - enhance safety & reliability to achieve four year run cycle
Better Profit Margins from FCC Optimisation
Ankit Apoorv, Technical Sales Manager, BASF
A Middle East refinery initiated a project to capture economic advantage from improved FCC unit product yield structure and operating flexibility
Complete Residue Conversion with LC-Slurry
Gerrit Polhaar, Technology Marketing Area Manager, CHEVRON LUMMUS GLOBAL
Achieving conversions in excess of 95%
Applying a unique catalyst system called ISOSLURRY™ that permits quasi-total conversion of residue
Novolen PP Technology - Continuing Development and Investment in the Future
Gijs ten Berge, Director Polyolefins Licensing, LUMMUS NOVOLEN TECHNOLOGY
Catalyst development and manufacturing partnership with Clariant delivering results
Global/regional market analysis PP products
Ongoing product development and capabilities
Univation-Linde Alliance – Connecting Leading Technologies. Providing Proven Solutions
Bob Pociask, Commercial Sales Director, UNIVATION
Stephan Glanz, Project Director Sales Petrochemical Plants, LINDE
Introduction of univation-Linde alliance
Integration opportunities for Cracker/PE Plant Projects
Retrofit and expansion solutions for existing Cracker/UNIPOL™ PE Process lines