Conference Program*
| September 14, 2014 (SUNDAY) — Workshop |
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| 1300-1345 | Low Impact Oil Sands Extraction with a High Value Product Stream | EPIC Oil Extractors - Richard Schlosberg |
| 1345-1430 | Crude Direct Cracking of Raw Oil Sands Bitumen | Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY - Siauw Ng |
| 1430-1515 | VGO Market Forecast and Waxy Crudes as FCC Feedstock | Newfield Exploration - Alan Yahev |
| 1800-2000 | Registration and Reception | |
| September 15, 2014 (MONDAY) — Day 1 |
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| 0700-0800 | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 0800-0830 | Welcome and Administrative Announcements | |
| Outlooks of Global Crude Markets & Supply Logistics | ||
| 0830-0900 | Keynote/Opening Address - Unconventional Oil and Gas: Reshaping Global Energy Markets | the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) - Guy Caruso |
| 0900-0930 | North American Crude Supply and Logistics - Outlook and Implications for Producers, Refiners and Markets | EnSys Energy - Martin Tallett |
| 0930-1000 | "Market Access for Canadian Crudes – a "Pipe" Dream or "Rail"ity?" | CERI - Dinara Millington |
| 1000-1030 | Seismic Shifts in US Refining | APEC Consulting - Al Troner |
| 1030-1100 | Q&A Forum | |
| 1100-1130 | Refreshment Break | |
| Interworking of Crude Quality Analyses, Assay Management & Blending | ||
| 1130-1200 | Comparison and Decisions on a Condensate Splitter vs. a Pre-flash Tower | Peaker Energy - Matthew Goitia |
| 1200-1230 | Finding the "Quality" Crudes | Crude Quality - Bill Lywood |
| 1230-1300 | Quality Tracking, Property Predictions and the Intertek Organic Deposition Programme | Intertek - Colin Stewart & Frederick Stubbins |
| 1300-1400 | Luncheon | |
| 1400-1430 | Characterizing and Tracking Contaminants in Opportunity Crudes | KBC Advanced Technologies - Eric Streit |
| 1430-1500 | Creating Competitive Advantage Through Integration | Schneider Electric - Joseph McMullen |
| 1500-1530 | Opportunities and Challenges When Processing Light Sweet Shale Oil and Heavy Sour Canadian Oil Sands Crude | Invensys Spiral - Hege Dammen |
| 1530-1600 | Fast, Accurate Evaluation of Opportunity Crudes | Haverly Systems - David Alexander |
| 1600-1630 | Refreshment Break | |
| 1630-1700 | Design Considerations for the Deployment of In-line Crude Oil Blending Technology to Maximise Performance and Return on Investment | Cameron Measurement Systems - Jon Moreau |
| 1700-1730 | Multi-Variable Crude Oil Blending Using NMR-LP Enhanced Technology | Modcon - Gregory Shahnovsky |
| 1730-1800 | Paraffinic Unconventional Crude Performance and Benefits | Albemarle - Cliff Avery |
| 1800-1830 | Q & A Forum | |
| 1830-2030 | Reception | |
| September 16, 2014 (TUESDAY) — Day 2 |
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| 0700-0800 | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 0800-0830 | Welcome and Administrative Announcements | |
| Resid Upgrading and Tight Oil Processing | ||
| 0830-0900 | Shale Oil Solutions from the Reservoir to the Refinery | Baker Hughes - Carl Weaver |
| 0900-0930 | Self-incompatible Crude Oils by Contamination during Transportation | Soluble Solutions - Irv Wiehe |
| 0930-1000 | Automation to Monitor Heat Exchanger Fouling to Avoid Crude Blend Incompatibility | Emerson Process Management - Tim Olsen |
| 1000-1030 | Canadian Crude Impacts.....The Other Crude Oil | Nalco Champion - Sam Lordo |
| 1030-1100 | Refreshment Break | |
| 1100-1130 | Managing the Corrosion Impacts of Opportunity Crudes | ProCorr Consulting Services - Eric Vetters |
| 1130-1200 | Advanced Integrity Monitoring Solution Protects Margin Improvement from Processing of Opportunity Crudes | Permasense - Peter Collins |
| 1200-1230 | FCC Additive Improves Tight Oils Processing Economics with High Iron Feeds | Johnson Matthey-INTERCAT - Lucas Revellon |
| 1230-1300 | Solutions for Maximizing Value with FCC Feeds from Opportunity Crudes | BASF - Alexis Shackleford |
| 1300-1400 | Luncheon | |
| Strategies of Increasing Fuel and Petrochemical Yields | ||
| 1400-1430 | VCCTM Technology, Bottoms Upgrading for Today's Market | KBR - Cassandra Schoessow & Steve Mayo |
| 1430-1500 | Tight Oils in FCC: Issues, Opportunities and Flexible Catalytic Solutions | Grace Catalyst Technologies - Michael Federspiel |
| 1500-1530 | A Novel Process to Maximize LCO from Existing FCC Units | KBR - Rahul Pillai & Gauthnam Krishnaiah |
| 1530-1600 | The Changing North American Crude Landscape: Impacts Challenges and Opportunities | Turner Mason - John Auers |
| 1600-1630 | Q & A Forum | |
* It is subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances.
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