Five Key Drivers
Geopolitical tensions, trade spats, OPEC/NOPEC production cut continue to cause crude market volatility and supply uncertainty
This upcoming conference will present current crude market trends, future outlooks, and the effects of supply-side issues, which include shifting geopolitics, growing trade tensions between the US and its trading partners, OPEC's strategies to protect market shares from non-OPEC producers, disruptive impacts of US shale oil export worldwide, Canadian oilsand bitumen production and export in light of pipeline shortage, competition among heavy oil producers, and others.
Furthermore, we will examine the impacts, implications, and caveats of these issues on oil trading, imports, and exports.
Changing crudes and supply disruption create challenges in crude selection and management and in the blending different grades from around the world
This upcoming conference will focus on latest crude management techniques for handling combinations of LTO, heavy crudes, and conventional oil. Presentation discussions will emphasize crude contamination, compatibility issues, fouling and corrosion as well as efficient blending techniques.
Ongoing fuel demand shift that challenges refinery capability and options
This upcoming conference will look at overall fuel demand shift in the coming decades and how refiners can meet upcoming challenges while managing changing crudes in the production of ultra-low sulfur motor fuels, high-octane components, and low sulfur bunker fuel (in particular to meet International Maritime Organization's 2020 mandate) and transitioning into higher-growth petrochemical business, particularly propylene, butylene, and BTX.
Processing a plethora of price-advantage grades requires novel refining strategies
This upcoming conference will discuss innovative operations in processing LTO and bottom-of-the-barrel upgrading in light of the accelerating trend of crude switching worldwide. The conference will also discuss advancements in revamps and/or operation adjustments in refinery units when processing LTO and other unconventional crudes.
Advanced digital technologies and IoT to take advantage of crude disruptions
This upcoming conference will show case studies of data analytics, coupled with modeling, real-time data from unit and equipment monitoring, Internet of Things applications in refinery operations in conjunction with advanced process control and enterprise resource planning (ERP) to achieve higher level of operation excellence and superior return on investment.
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