Preliminary Agenda** of 9th Opportunity Crudes Conference (In-person & Virtual), Houston Marriott Sugar Land Hotel, Oct. 28-29, 2024
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)
Q&A Town Hall Meeting
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)
