2018 Reliability & Maintenance Conference and Exhibition
2018 Reliability & Maintenance Conference and Exhibition
Tuesday, May 22 - Friday, May 25, 2018
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
900 East Market Street
San Antonio, TX 78205
Schedule of Sessions and Special Events
Tuesday May 22, 2018 |
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Registration |
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Operating Company Reception
- All registered Operating Company Employees are invited to attend. Be sure to stop by registration before 5 pm to pick up your badge, or pick it up at the reception. |
Wednesday May 23, 2018 |
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Registration |
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Breakfast in Exhibit Hall with General Session Keynote
- Michele Stuart, Owner, JAG Investigations |
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Coffee Break |
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Tracks 1-5
- Track 1 - Maintenance/Turnaround Track Benefits Derived Through a Well-Defined Maintenance Work Process Al Poling, RAM Analytics Improving Accountability and Safety Through On-Demand Rental Services Tony Raven, The Dow Chemical Company Track 2 - Reliability/Mechanical Integrity High Reliability Pistons for Reciprocating Compressors with Validated Performance Modelling Andreas Brandl, Hoerbiger Corporation of America, Inc. Combining RAM Analysis with Machine Learning for Improved Reliability Robert Golightly, Aspen Technology, Inc. Track 3 - Roundtable Session ASME PCC-1 and B16.20: How to Cost-Effectively Increase Reliability Applying These Updated Standards Scott Hamilton, Hex Technology, Jason Wright, CHS Inc. and Joel Baulch, Teadit NA Inc. Establishing and Maintaining an Effective Plant Fluid Leak Reduction (FLR) Program John Jenco, JJENCO, Inc. Tightness-Based Design of Bolted Flanged Joints Adam Arnett and Manfred Schaaf, amtec North America, Inc. Track 4 - Professional Development Improving Machinery Reliability with Precision Maintenance Ian McKinnon, Reliability Solutions Training, LP Track 5 - Express Education 10:00 am – Identifying Factors in Air-Cooled Heat Exchanger Maintenance to Improve Efficiency & Lower Costs Chris Niebuhr, Larry Rocco, & Josh Chambers, Thompson Industrial Services, LLC 10:25 am – In-Service Dry Chemical Cleaning of Fired Heater Tubes Talmor Suchard, Sentro Technologies USA, LLC and Randy Lenhart, CHS Inc. 10:50 am – The Future is Here: Robotic Catalyst Removal Scott Schroeder, Advisian 11:15 am – Plant Turnaround Unit Deinventory and Cleaning: Vapor Control Strategies Paul Anderson, GEM Mobile Treatment Services 11:40 am – Managing the Integrity of Insulated Pressure Piping – the Right Non-Destructive Examinations (NDE) Ana Benz, IRISNDT |
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Lunch in Exhibit Hall with Tech Talks
- Exhibit Hall
- 12:30 pm - Condition Assessment of Electrical MV Equipment with Electromagnetic Interference Analysis James Timperley, Doble Engineering Company 12:45 pm - Effects of Improperly Supporting Internal Structural Skid Beams Required to Maintain Sensitive Alignment of Skid Mounted Equipment Ward Lipscomb, Adhesive Services Company 1:00 pm - Leading-edge Precast Pipe Rack Design That Can Eliminate Steel Pipe Racks - and 90% of Field Man Hours Bob Pool, Alfred Miller Contracting 1:15 pm - Insulate to Your Advantage in Turnarounds Thomas Vanek, Aspen Aerogels |
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Tracks 1-5
- Track 1 - Maintenance/Turnaround Track Effective Planning and Scheduling for Optimized Execution Mark Rigdon, T.A. Cook Routine Maintenance Planning & Scheduling - Improving Planned Work Quality to Improve Productivity Rafael Gonzalez and Joshua Huber, Chevron Corporation Track 2 - Reliability/Mechanical Integrity The Challenges of Creating a Reliable Organization: The Phillips 66 Midstream Journey Chad Broussard, Phillips 66 and Michael Aroney, Allied Reliability, Inc. The Journey to Smarter Reliability and Maintenance in the El Segundo Refinery Tita Ouvreloeil, Chevron USA, Inc. Track 3 - Roundtable Session New Maintenance Technologies: Contemporaneous Failure Time Analysis Using Poisson Probability Oliver Sac, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, and Jan Smith & Kevin Bordelon, Zachry Group Advancing Process Safety Data Analysis – Maintenance and Reliability Activities that Lead to Process Safety Events Steve Mason, LyondellBasell Industries and Dan Wilczynski, Marathon Petroleum Corporation Track 4 - Professional Development - continued Improving Machinery Reliability with Precision Maintenance Ian McKinnon, Reliability Solutions Training, LP Track 5- Express Education - Repeated from Morning Session 2:00 pm - Managing the Integrity of Insulated Pressure Piping – the Right Non-Destructive Examinations (NDE) Ana Benz, IRISNDT and Fadi Basma, IRISNDT Inc. 2:25 pm – Plant Turnaround Unit Deinventory and Cleaning: Vapor Control Strategies Paul Anderson, GEM Mobile Treatment Services 2:50 pm – The Future is Here: Robotic Catalyst Removal Scott Schroeder, Advisian 3:15 pm – In-Service Dry Chemical Cleaning of Fired Heater Tubes Talmor Suchard, Sentro Technologies USA, LLC and Randy Lenhart, CHS Inc. 3:40 pm – Identifying Factors in Air-Cooled Heat Exchanger Maintenance to Improve Efficiency & Lower Costs Chris Niebuhr, Larry Rocco, & Josh Chambers, Thompson Industrial Services, LLC |
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Reception in Exhibit Hall with Tech Talks
- Exhibit Hall
- 4:30 pm – Digitize, Mobilize and Monetize John Lindsey, Turner Industries Group LLC 4:45 pm – Digital Twin and IIoT Increase Productivity and Profitability in Complex Operating Facilities Floyd Baker, Koch Specialty 5:00 pm – Take Project Success to the Next Level Jason Gilley, Deltek 5:15 pm – SmartReliability™ Joe Lochard, TF Hudgins |
Thursday May 24, 2018 |
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Breakfast in Exhibit Hall with General Session Keynote
- Terry Jones, Chairman, WayBlazer Founder, Travelocity.com and founding Chaiman, Kayak.com |
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Registration |
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Tracks 1-4
- Track 1 - Maintenance/Turnaround Track Discussion Session: Contracting Strategies Gerry Brooks, Axiall, a Westlake Chemical Company and Hardy Kemp, Flint Hills Resources Track 2 - Reliability/Mechanical Integrity Achieving Equipment Reliability through Investigating Plant Precursor Failures and Lessons Learned from Plant Failures to Achieve Equipment Reliability Daniel Benac, Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants, Inc. Partnering to Zero in on Corrosion Under Insulation with NDE and In-Touch Software Michael Nichols, Marathon Petroleum Corporation and Michael Townsend, IRISNDT Track 3 - Roundtable Session Advancing Process Safety - Sharing Practices to Prevent Process Safety Incidents; Walk the Line and Others Steve Mason, LyondellBasell Industries, Dan Wilczynski, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, and Bill Clark, Phillips 66 Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Based Solutions for Operational Excellence Ujjal Basu, Schneider Electric Track 4 - Professional Development Improving Machinery Reliability with Precision Maintenance Ian McKinnon, Reliability Solutions Training, LP (Repeat of Wednesday Session) |
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Lunch in the Exhibit Hall with Tech Talks
- Exhibit Hall
- 12:30 pm - Asset Integrity Monitoring Through Installed UT Sensors Steven Strachan, Sensor Networks, Inc. 12:45 pm - External In Lieu of Internal Inspection/Non-Intrusive Inspection Butch Findley, MISTRAS Group Inc. 1:00 pm - New Product Line for Hydrogen Generation Sarah Farnand, Air Products |
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Tracks 1-4
- Track 1 - Maintenance/Turnaround Defect Elimination Execution at Gallup Refinery Scott Hinds, Andeavor Refinery Sector Rule SSM Impacts - Compliance and Optimization Andy Shurtleff, Airgas, an Air Liquide company The Digital Turnaround: What? Why? and How? Paul Muir, Mobideo and Sonia Dowty, Flint Hills Resources Track 2 - Reliability/Mechanical Integrity Lessons Learned with IOW Implementation Programs - Traps to Avoid Clay White, Phillips 66, Michael Urzendowski, Valero Energy Corporation, and Mark Geisenhoff, Flint Hills Resources IOW Technology Templates to Improve Consistency in the Deployment of API RP-584 Across Refineries Chuck Koske, Chevron Corporation Oil Refinery Sulfidation Corrosion John Holderith, Phillips 66 Track 3 - Roundtable Session Workforce Challenges Gerry Brooks, Axiall, a Westlake Chemical Company and Bob Parker, Repcon, Inc. Panel Discussion: Hurricane Lessons Learned Gary Scheibe, Shell Deer Park Refinery and Navin Griffin, U.S. Coast Guard Hard Hat Heroes and Our Construction Career Pathways Initiative Christina Catron & Jennifer Wilkerson, NCCER and John Boerstler, NextOp Track 4 - Professional Development Improving Machinery Reliability with Precision Maintenance Ian McKinnon, Reliability Solutions Training, LP |
Friday May 25, 2018 |
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Continental Breakfast |
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Tracks 1-3
- Track 1 - Professional Development Improving Machinery Reliability with Precision Maintenance Ian McKinnon, Reliability Solutions Training, LP Track 2 - Ethics for Engineers Paul Magallenz, Valero Energy Corporation Track 3 - Turnaround Discussion Session: Chemical Cleaning Hardy Kemp, Flint Hills Resources and Clayton Shoemaker, Valero Energy Corporation |