Preliminary Agenda** of 9th Opportunity Crudes Conference (In-person & Virtual), Houston Marriott Sugar Land Hotel, Oct. 28-29, 2024
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Crude Flexibility to Meet the Energy Trilemma: Security, Affordability, and Sustainability
Conference Moderator: Dennis Sutton
October 28, 2024 (Monday) Day 1
MORNING SESSION (1):
Challenges and Opportunities to Meet the Energy Trilemma: Impacts, Implications, and Insights
- Breaking down the Energy Transition (Raul Calzada and Austin Lin of Wood Mackenzie)
- TBA (Matthew Goitia of Peaker Energy)
- TBA (Robert Snell of The Quaker Group)
- Q&A Town Hall Meeting
AFTERNOON SESSION (2):
Ensuring Reliable Crude Supply and Blends Compatibility
- Heavy Crude Oil Supply and Pricing (Peter Barlett of Baker & O'Brien)
- Actual Quality of Brazilian Crudes (Alexandre de Oliveira Gomes of Petrobras)
- Becht Crude Oil Compatibility (Scott Sayles of Becht)
- Thermodynamic Approach to Evaluate Compatibility of Crude Oil Blends (Asok Kumar Tharanivasan of KBC, a Yokogawa Company)
- Feed Flex, Digital Service of Opportunity Crude Blending (David Crochet and Alex Park of Nalco Water/Ecolab)
- Managing Operational Calm in the Face of Crude Supply Unrest (Rob Gutierrez of Veolia)
- Q&A Town Hall Meeting
October 29, 2024 (Tuesday) Day 2
MORNING SESSION (3):
Quality of Cost-Effective Grades and Processing Optimization
- Integrating Advanced Photonics and AI Technologies for Enhanced Crude Oil Blending and Processing (Gregory Shahnovsky of Modcon Systems)
- BPCL BPMARRK®-Aspen Hysys® Integrated Digital Twin Model to Optimize Operational Performance and Achieve Sustainability in Feedstock Flexibility (Rajeev Kumar of Bharat Petroleum)
- Processing Conventional and Unconventional Crudes - Identifying and Dealing with Issues Associated with Production Field Additives (Sam Lordo of Becht)
- Optimizing Carbon Footprint when Processing Crude Contaminated with Filterable Solids (Nigel Hilton of Dorf Ketal)
- Maximize Profits Safely with Predictive Corrosion Management (Attila Gajdacsi of Emerson)
AFTERNOON SESSION (4):
Low-carbon-intensity Oils, Alternative Feedstocks, and Petrochemicals Production
- Carbon Intensity Modelling (Randy Segato of Haverly Systems)
- Crude CI as a Decarbonization Lever for Refineries (Paul Cannizzo of Solomon Insight)
- Industrial Experience with Topsoe's Renewable Fuels Technology and Key Benefits (Henrik Rasmussen of Topsoe)
- Detailed Characterization of FCC Products from Co-processing Biocrudes with Petroleum (Yi Zhang of CanmetENERGY)
- Pyrolysis Oil from Plastic Waste and Hydrogenation of Captured CO2 to E-methanol (Charalampos Panagopoulos of Hellenic Petroleum)
- Q&A Town Hall Meeting