6th Opportunity Crudes Conference in Houston, TX(US), Oct. 22-24, 2018
"Crude Disruptors: Accelerating Changes in Global Refining"
October 22, 2018 (Monday) Day 1
Morning Session: Global Oil Market Outlooks—Geopolitical Uncertainties, Growing Trade Tensions, Opec Strategic Options, Challenges & Opportunities in Oil Trading
- The US Energy Renaissance: Implications for Global Oil and Gas
Guy Caruso, Senior Advisor – The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) - The Growth of US Crude Exports
Sandy Fielden, Research Director – Morningstar - US Imports Trends Relative to Global Production
Hillary Stevenson, Director, Oil Markets & Business Development – Genscape - Growing Us Light Crude Exports and IMO 2020-Driven Discounts —Who Benefits?
Charles Kemp, Vice President – Baker O'Brien - North American Crude Business: Integrated Prospective, Insights and Outlooks.
Joe Leto, President – Energy Analysts International (EAI) - Status of Canadian Oil Industry — Stuck on a Sideline?
Dinara Millington, Vice President, Research – Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI)
Afternoon Session: Crude Quality, Contaminants, Incompatibility, Blending
- Are Tight Oils an Opportunity or a Challenge? Quality Variability, Contaminants, Incompatibility, and Look-Alike Blends
Harry Giles, President – PetroStorTech - Self-Incompatibility, the Stain of West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil—Blending of Tight Oil, WCS, MSW
Irv Wiehe, President – Soluble Solutions - Wax and Asphaltenes – Problems and Solutions
Frederick Stubbins, Interpret Operations Manager – Intertek - Asphaltene Compatibility Modeling of Opportunity Crudes to Enhance Processing and Profitability
Bruce Wright, Senior Technical Engineer – Baker Hughes GE - Desalting Opportunity Crudes Contaminated with Natural Surfactants and Solids
James Ondyak, Global President of Refining and Petrochemicals – Dorf Ketal Chemicals - Inline Crude Oil Blending—Making the Plan a Reality
Gary Potten, Director Project Operations – Cameron Measurement/Schlumberger
October 23, 2018 (Tuesday) Day 2
Morning Session: Crude Corrosion, Fouling, and Monitoring Techniques
- Realizing the True Value of Canadian Heavy Oils through Processing Chemistry
Parviz Rahimi, President – Upgrading Solutions - CrudeFlex – Opportunity vs. Risk, Why Compromise
Joel Lack, Senior Global Marketing Manager – Nalco Champion
- Benefits of Fouling Testing
Matt Lane, Research Engineer – HTRI - Crude Slate Cost Management via Utilization of Installed Ultrasonic Sensors
Steve Strahan, Vice President Sales – Sensor Networks
- Use of a Naphthenic Acid Corrosion Model to Optimize Crude Blends
Eric Vetters, President – Procorr Consulting
Afternoon Session: Flexibility of Refinery Operations & Bottoms Upgrading to Make High-Demand Products
- Butylene-Enhancing FCC Catalyst Technology to Meet Growing Alkylation Feed Demand
Steven Gim, Regional Technical Service Manager – BASF - Taking Advantage of Opportunity Feedstocks through Innovative Alkylation Unit Design: Technical Overview
Stephen D. Williams, Technology Business Development Director – Lummus Technology/McDermott International - HCAT Technology Application for Opportunity Crudes
David Mountainland, Director Technical Services – HTI - Higher Margins with Integration & Cost-effective SDA Schemes
MJ Rahman, Director Resid Technology – KBR - Tackling Imo 2020 Low-Sulfur Mandate Through Innovation in Petroleum Residua Processing
Keng Chung, Vice President – Well Resources
October 24, 2018 (Wednesday) Day 3 (Final) :
Big Data Analytics & Internet of Things (IOT) in Crude Selection, Management & Refining
- The Increased Focus on Digital Transformation in Crude Oil Knowledge Management and Refining
Hege Dammen, Consulting Manager – AVEVA - Automation Strategies Including IIoT for Crude Feedstock Optimization
Tim Olsen, Consultant – Emerson Automation Solutions - At the Core of Refinery 4.0: Process Centric Simulation Models
Michel Lenoel, Executive – Greenalyze - Crude Oil Fingerprinting and Advanced Predictive Analytics for the Determination and Mitigation of Processing Issues
Conrad Teran, Senior Technology Manager – Suez Water Technology & Solutions - The Digital Process Unit: Integrating Advanced Kinetic Models into Monitoring and Control
Nevin Whalley, Technical Service Engineer – Axens N.A. - Digital Refinery Concepts—Crude & Vacuum Distillation Unit, a Case Study on Energy Consumption
Ashwani Malhotra, Additional General Manager – Engineers India Ltd.
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