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Tentative Agenda** of 9th Opportunity Crudes Conference (In-person & Virtual), Houston Marriott Sugar Land Hotel, Oct. 28-29, 2024 (Based on US Central Time)

Crude Flexibility to Meet the Energy Trilemma: Security, Affordability, and Sustainability

Conference Moderator: Dennis Sutton of PetroQual

October 28, 2024 (Monday) Day 1

07:00-08:30 REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

08:30-09:00 WELCOME AND ADMINISTRATIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS

MORNING SESSION (1):
Strategies Meeting the Energy Trilemma: Impacts, Implications, and Insights

  1.  09:00-09:30  Keynote Speech: A Global Regional Comparison and Opportunity Assessment of Trilemma Competitiveness (Robert Snell of The Quaker Group) 
  2.  09:30-10:00 Breaking down the Energy Transition (Austin Lin of Wood Mackenzie)
  3. 10:00-10:30 TMX and Beyond: Addressing the Energy Trilemma with Canadian Heavy Crude (Dinara Millington of 17Insight)
  4.  10:30-11:00 REFRESHMENT BREAK 
  5.  11:00-11:30 Optimizing Refineries for the Energy Trilemma: Advanced Technologies (Gregory Shahnovsky of Modcon Systems)
  6.  11:30-12:30 Q&A Town Hall Meeting
  7.  12:30-13:30 GROUP LUNCHEON

AFTERNOON SESSION (2):
Ensuring Reliable Crude Supply and Blends Compatibility

  1.  13:30-14:00 Heavy Crude Oil Supply and Pricing (Ed Scardaville of Baker & O'Brien)
  2.  14:00-14:30 Current Quality of Brazilian Crudes (Alexandre de Oliveira Gomes of Petrobras)
  3.  14:30-15:00 Crude and Bio-Oil Compatibility (Scott Sayles of Becht)
  4.  15:00-15:30 REFRESHMENT BREAK 
  5.  15:30-16:00 Thermodynamic Approach to Evaluate Compatibility of Crude Oil Blends (Asok Kumar Tharanivasan of KBC, a Yokogawa Company)
  6.  16:00-16:30 Feedstock Stability and Blend Simulation using NIR Device and Digital Application (David Crochet and Alex Park of Nalco Water/Ecolab)
  7.  16:30-17:00 Managing Operational Calm in the Face of Crude Supply Unrest (Rob Gutierrez of Veolia)
  8.  17:00-17:30 Q&A Town Hall Meeting
  9.  17:30-19:30 RECEPTION

October 29, 2024 (Tuesday) Day 2

MORNING SESSION (3):
Quality of Cost-Effective Grades and Processing Optimization

07:00-08:00 REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

08:00-08:30 WELCOME AND ADMINISTRATIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS

  1.  08:30-09:00 A Unique Approach to Advanced Crude Management Using AI through Topology and NIR Analysis (Didier Lambert of Topnir Systems)
  2.  09:00-09:30 BPCL BPMARRK®-Aspen Hysys® Integrated Digital Twin Model to Optimize Operational Performance and Achieve Sustainability in Feedstock Flexibility (Pranab Kumar Rakshit of Bharat Petroleum)
  3.  09:30-10:00 Crude Processing Reliability (Bob Falkiner and Sam Lordo of Becht)
  4.  10:00-10:30 REFRESHMENT BREAK 
  5.  10:30-11:00 Optimizing Carbon Footprint when Processing Crude Contaminated with Filterable Solids (Nigel Hilton of Dorf Ketal)
  6.  11:00-11:30 Maximize Profits Safely with Predictive Corrosion Management (Attila Gajdacsi of Emerson)
  7.  11:30-12:00 Pyrolysis Oil from Plastic Waste and Hydrogenation of Captured CO2 to E-methanol (Haralambos Panagopoulos of Hellenic Petroleum)
  8.  12:00-13:00 Q&A Town Hall Meeting
  9.  13:00-14:00 GROUP LUNCHEON

AFTERNOON SESSION (4):
Low-carbon-intensity Oils, Alternative Feedstocks, and Petrochemicals Production

  1. 13:30-14:00 Carbon Intensity Modelling (Randy Segato of Haverly Systems)
  2. 14:00-14:30 Crude CI as a Decarbonization Lever for Refineries (Paul Cannizzo of HSB Solomon Associates)
  3. 14:30-15:00 Industrial Experience with Topsoe's Renewable Fuels Technology and Key Benefits (Henrik Rasmussen of Topsoe)
  4. 15:00-15:30 REFRESHMENT BREAK 
  5. 15:30-16:00 Detailed Characterization of FCC Products from Co-processing Biocrudes with Petroleum (Yi Zhang of CanmetENERGY)
  6. 16:00-17:00 Q&A Town Hall Meeting

** Subject to change

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