2008 Cat Cracker Seminar


Tuesday, August 19 - Wednesday, August 20, 2008
InterContinental Houston Hotel
2222 West Loop South [map]
Houston, TX 77027-3502


Schedule of Sessions and Special Events



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Tuesday August 19, 2008

08:00 am - 06:00 pm Registration
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Lunch and Tabletop Exhibition
12:30 pm - 02:15 pm Q&A Session: Panel I – Operations / Process Technology / Catalyst
John Huggins, Coffeyville Resources LLC, Coffeyville, KS
Ziad Jawad, Shaw Energy & Chemical, Houston, TX
Jeff Sexton, Marathon Oil, Findlay, OH
Paul Wendt, Houston Refining LP, Houston, TX
Ken Weston, CITGO Petroleum, Corpus Christi, TX
02:45 pm - 04:30 pm Q&A Session: Panel II - Reliability / Mechanical / Refractory / Inspection
Kirk Carnahan, Suncor Energy, Ontario, Canada
Chris Fowler, ExxonMobil, Fairfax, VA
Ziad Jawad, Shaw Energy & Chemical, Houston, TX
Todd Stevens, Shell Deer Park Refining, Deer Park, TX
04:30 pm - 06:00 pm Reception and Tabletop Exhibition

Wednesday August 20, 2008

07:30 am - 02:00 pm Registration
08:00 am - 09:30 am Concurrent Workshop Sessions
Reliability Track - Valves for Special Applications, Ziad Jawad and Sivi Lai, Shaw Energy & Chemical
Operations Track - FCC 101 - Cat Cracking Fundamentals, Dave Hunt, Grace Davison
Process Technology Track - Revamp Options (A Case Study), Larry Lacijan, UOP and Aaron Christy, Marathon Petroleum
09:30 am - 09:45 am Coffee Break
09:45 am - 10:45 am Concurrent Workshop Sessions
Reliability Track - Expansion Joints in FCC Service, Mike Cabrera, Expansion Joint Systems, Inc.
Operations Track - Processing Opportunity Feedstocks
Process Technology Track - FCC Health Check, CJ Farley, Astron International, Inc.
10:45 am - 11:00 am Break
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Workshop Sessions
Reliability Track - Refractory 101 - Fundamentals of Refractory Selection, Installation, Inspection, and Repair, Bob Jenkins, Robert J. Jenkins & Co.
Operations Track - Dynamic FCC Process Simulators, Michael Reed and Srinivasan Vanchinathan, Sunoco
Process Technology Track - Reactor / Regenerator Design Issues, Phil Niccum, KBR
12:00 pm - 01:30 pm Lunch and Tabletop Exhibition
01:30 pm - 03:00 pm Concurrent Workshop Sessions
Reliability Track - Turnaround Panel
Rob Hill, Valero
Steve Tiek, Motiva Enterprises
Ryan Miller, Houston Refining
Patrick Stanley, ConocoPhillips
Melvin Paden, UOP Inspection
Operations Track - FCC Process Safety Considerations, Joseph W. Wilson, BP
Process Technology Track - NOx Control Technologies
*FCC Consenters’ Group Technology Profile, Jeff Sexton, Marathon Oil
*LoTOx™, Jim Parrish, Lion Oil
*Operating Conditions, Additives, and SNCR, William Henning, ConocoPhillips