11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Session brought to you by: Albemarle
Enabling Sustainability: Co-processing Biofuels in Existing Hydrotreaters

With a continued progression towards a sustainable future, the need for bio/renewable feed co-processing with distillate fuels in North America is becoming more apparent. This session highlights a portion of Albemarle’s experience in the last decade providing commercial solutions that have optimized the balance between guard and active catalyst beds to provide improved cycle lengths and product yields.

Session brought to you by: Nalco Water
Bringing Shareholder Value to the Story of Sustainability

The transformational impact of sustainability efforts that demonstrate and drive value.

Speakers:
Maureen Gerty
Calvin Emanuel

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Session brought to you by: Athlon, a Haliburton Service
Chloride Salt Control for Refinery Process Streams

Session brought to you by: Suez – Water Technologies & Solutions
An Industry in Transition – Ideas to profit from being reliable, digital, & sustainable

The downstream oil & gas industry is an industry in transition. In reality, multiple significant transitions are occurring! Reduced market demand, environmental concerns, retirements, and digitalization are a lot to take in. Leaning into these transitional trends provides opportunities to take operating performance to new levels of reliable and profitable operations. Let’s discuss some ideas together about how grabbing these transitions can help your refinery.

Session brought to you by: W. R. Grace
The Future of the Most Flexible Refining Process: FCC

Broad innovation will be required to keep up with emerging trends and opportunities during this period of energy transition. What does that mean for the future of the most flexible unit in the refinery - the FCCU? Find out more about how Grace is approaching the future of fluid catalytic cracking technology.

Speakers:
Bob Riley
Matt Kirchner

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Session brought to you by: BASF
Navigating FCC Optimization in a Dynamic Environment

Join Alvin Chen to discover strategies to optimize your FCC operating unit.

Moderator:
Mark Schmalfeld, Global Marketing Manager, BASF Corporation

Speaker:
Dr. Alvin Chen, Global Technology Application Manager, BASF Corporation

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Session brought to you by: Honeywell, UOP
The Path Forward – The Refinery of the Future

The last year brought the most serious downturn in the history of our industry, altering the course of capital investment strategies for many oil and gas companies. Join Honeywell UOP leaders including, John Gugel, President, Honeywell UOP, for a discussion on the state of the industry and the ways refiners are charting their paths forward, with renewable fuels, petrochemical integration and fuels modernization.

1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Session brought to you by: Technip Energies
Upgrading the FCC for Maximum Petrochemicals

A new spin on an old classic, Technip Energies is transforming the energy industry. Maximizing the production of petrochemicals from existing FCC units can help the industry navigate the ongoing energy transition. In this presentation, we will take a closer look at how FCC units built for transportation fuels are upgraded into well-oiled petrochemical producing machines through a variety of retrofit options.

Session brought to you by: Albemarle Corporation
Bio-Feedstocks FCC Co-Processing: Albemarle’s Experience

As the global shift towards reducing our carbon footprint continues, co-processing bio-feedstocks in the FCC provides an opportunity to incorporate renewable energy into everyday fuels. With high diversity in sourcing and processing of biomass used to generate bio-derived oils suitable for integration within current refining assets, custom catalyst solutions will be required to address the market push towards renewable fuels and chemicals. In this session we will discuss how Albemarle is leveraging its extensive experience in developing advanced catalyst technologies to meet the challenges of FCC co-processing of various bio-feedstocks. We will focus on what has been learned from laboratory investigations and commercial trials on the impact on FCC products of co-processing bio-feedstocks, and how these learnings can be applied in the development of catalyst solutions for FCC co-processing.


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