2012 Q&A and Technology Forum
Schedule of Sessions and Special Events
Sunday September 30, 2012 |
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Registration - Badge Pick-up |
Monday October 01, 2012 |
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Registration |
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General Session
- • Presentation of the Lifetime Service Awards • Keynote Address |
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Plant Automation: Keynote Address |
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Principles & Practices: Plant Services - Click here for session topics. |
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Q&A: Hydroprocessing
- Panelists: Christopher Bodolus, Coffeyville Resources LLC, Sugar Land, TX Kevin Carlson, Criterion Catalysts & Technologies, Houston, TX James Esteban, Suncor Energy, Inc., Commerce City, CO Bob Henderson, Hunt Refining Company, Tuscaloosa, AL Steve Leichty, Chevron USA, Inc., Boulder, CO Robert Ohmes, KBC Advanced Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX Click here to review the questions for this session. |
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Coffee Break |
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Plant Automation: The Transformation of Today’s Plant Automation
- "Boundary Control of Operating Envelopes Increases Process Profitability" Robin Brooks "Recent Advances in Use of Emerging Technologies for Plant Automation and Optimization in Chevron: Implementation Experience, Success Stories, Lessons Learned, and Future Plans" Paul Singh, Chevron "Strategic Oil Movement Control & Infrastructure Upgrades" David Seiver, Valero |
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Lunch in Exhibit Hall |
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Plant Automation: The Transformation of Today’s Plant Automation
- "Remote Asset Monitoring & Diagnostics: An Expert Always On‐Line" Nikki Bishop, Emerson "Successfully Utilizing Procedural Automation – Lessons Learned from Other Industries & The Business Case for Procedural Automation & Work Process Automation" Marty Moran, AspenTech "Using Detailed Whole Refinery Models for Setting Operational Strategies" Robert Powell, KBC & Alex Velikoff, Marathon Petroleum Company |
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Principles & Practices: Hydroprocessing - Click here for session topics. |
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Q&A: Gasoline Processes
- Panelists: Geoff Dubin, Axens North America, Princeton, NJ Ross McDaniel, MPEC, Inc., Houston, TX Paul Pizzini, Phillips 66, Roxana, IL Chris Steves, Norton Engineering Consultants, Inc., Boonton, NJ Click here to review the questions for this session. |
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Refreshment Break |
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Plant Automation: IT and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security
- Eric Cornelius - DHS/Idaho National Labs "DuQu, Stuxnet, APT and Other Failures of ICS Security" Andrew Gintner, Waterfall Security |
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Reception in Exhibit Hall |
Tuesday October 02, 2012 |
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Registration |
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General Session |
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Plant Automation: Business Integration and Intelligence (BII)
- "Role-Based DSS: The New Look of Old MOM!" Eyad A. Buhulaiga, Saudi Aramco "The Future of Automation is Now" Martin A. Turk, Ph.D., Invensys |
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Principles & Practices: Gasoline Processes - Click here for session topics. |
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Q&A: Crude/Vacuum Distillation & Coking
- Panelists: Kevin Basham, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, Catlettsburg, KY Steve Clifford, Motiva Enterprises LLC, Convent, LA Mike Dion, GE Water & Process Technologies, Trevose, PA Howard Lee, BP, Naperville, IL Al Shelton, KBC Advanced Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX Click here to review the questions for this session. |
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Coffee Break |
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Plant Automation: Business Integration and Intelligence (BII) (Continuation)
- "Using Integrated Data to Change the Refinery Operations Paradigm" Blake Larsen, Western Refining New Personal Business Intelligence Capabilities – Changing the Analytics Game in Refining," OSIsoft |
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Lunch in Exhibit Hall |
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Plant Automation: Best Practices (Part I)
- "Advanced Process Control on OMV Refinery Schwechat Butadiene Unit" Reinhard Gross, OMV Refining & Marketing GmbH "The New API RP 556 – Best Practices for Instrumentation, Control, and Protective Systems for Gas Fired Heaters" Randy Stier, Valero & Gary Hawkins, Emerson "Advanced Control in the Hydrotreating Unit of Diesel and the Hydrogen Generation Unit in Brazil" Magno Schiavolin, Petrobras |
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Principles & Practices: Crude/Vacuum Distillation & Coking - Click here for session topics. |
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Q&A: FCC
- Panelists: Clifford Avery, Albemarle Corporation, Houston, TX Halle Ewbank Brooks, BP Refining, Naperville, IL Jag Lall, UOP LLC, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom Sergio Pimentel, CITGO Petroleum Corporation, Lake Charles, LA Christian Schoepe,Phillips 66, Ferndale, WA Jesse Williams, KBR, Houston, TX Click here to review the questions for this session. |
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Refreshment Break |
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Plant Automation: Best Practices (Part II)
- "Advanced Process Control (APC) as a Service—How Petrobras Downstream Teamed with Accenture to Quickly Scale Up Its Installed Base of APC" Susie Schmidt, Accenture "Security: Dos & Don’ts" Shawn Gold, Honeywell |
Wednesday October 03, 2012 |
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Early Coffee & Rolls |
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Registration |
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Plant Automation: Basic Building Blocks
- "The Economics Of Process Measurements" Doug White, Emerson "Production Planning & Optimization: LyondellBasell on Making Better Feedstock Purchase Decisions with Advanced Optimization Technology" Speaker TBD, AspenTech "Security Systems in a Refinery Using Wireless Smart Transmitters" Sankar Roy, Samsung |
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Principles & Practices: FCC - Click here for session topics. |
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Principles & Practices: Shale Oil Processing - Click here for session topics. |
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Coffee Break |
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Plant Automation: Basic Building Blocks (Continuation)
- "Process Centered Refinery LP Modeling" Dean Trierwiler, Haverly Systems "The "Plan" versus the Plant" Steve Treiber, Manufacturing Technology Network Closing Comments |
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Post-Conference Refining Technology Seminars
- Individual seminar times may vary. Contact host company for more information via emails listed below. Hydrogen Plant Seminar and Q&A presented by Süd-Chemie a Clariant Group Company The seminar is designed to provide useful knowledge and key understanding to engineers, operators, and other key stakeholders of hydrogen plants. This seminar also includes an overview of designs, feedstocks, and hydrogen purity. Steam methane reforming, reactions, types of reformers, and reforming catalysts: thermodynamics and kinetics, operation, loading, startup, shutdown, monitoring performance/troubleshooting. Attendees will have an excellent opportunity to ask questions, network, and most importantly, share best practices. Lunch provided. For more information contact Mary Minor at Süd-Chemie.* Fundamentals of Heavy Crude Oil Processing, presented by Baker Hughes This seminar is designed for refinery engineers who want to expand their knowledge of the challenges brought about when processing heavy crude oils in refinery processing units. Changes in feedstock quality, in particular heavier crude oils, can have substantial impacts on refinery processing as well as refinery profitability. Challenges can arise as early as feed storage systems, carry through to crude unit preheat and desalting systems and also impact equipment corrosion. In response to these challenges, this seminar provides a clearer understanding of methods to diagnose and manage the increased risks. Topics will include: Crude Storage and Pretreatment Fundamentals; Heavy Crude Desalting Strategies and Troubleshooting; Wastewater Treatment Plant Impacts and Mitigation; Heat Exchanger and Furnace Fouling Risks and Fouling Control; Overhead System Corrosion Issues and Mitigation; and High Temperature Corrosion Risk Assessment and Mitigation. For more information contact Rachel Verbit at Baker Hughes.* *The company providing the seminar will determine and apply their own registration policies. |