Unlocking Energy Value using Benchmarking, Treasure Hunts and Roadmaps
Sustainability
This presentation will discuss the role of benchmarking across refinery peer groups to assess energy inefficiencies and strengths, and will then explore how one refiner performed a deep dive into a major refinery process unit and realized a number of low cost/high value energy reduction opportunities for evaluation. Stepping beyond initial evaluation, with potential energy reductions quantified, road mapping is then explored as a tool used to help allocate resources to allow refiners to strategically move towards organizational energy and sustainability goals.
Moderator:
Karen Green, Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Speakers:
Allan Buikema, Solomon Insight
Robert Tsai, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Chao Wang, Marathon Petroleum Corporatio
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Break in the HUB
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Consumer Choice: Future of the Automotive Industry
Sustainability
The initial surge in electric vehicle (EV) adoption has plateaued due to pricing, tax incentive uncertainty, challenges with charging infrastructure, repair costs, and range limitations. Sales of hybrid vehicles (HVs) have recently increased. HVs provide consumers with a choice that balances the efficiency of EVs with the performance of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Consumers will inevitably compare all powertrain technologies to ICE vehicles regarding affordability, reliability, and performance. Recent policy changes have shifted the market toward cautious mainstream consumers. As technology and regulations evolve, consumer decisions will continue to be influenced by cost, reliability, performance, and environmental impact. In this session, an industry expert will present data and insights on current and future decisions.
Moderator:
Matt Goodman, Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Speaker:
John Howard, Experian Automotive
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Hitting for the Cycle: Covering All the Bases in NHT Fouling Mitigation
Gasoline Processes
Fouling of Naphtha Hydrotreating Reactors can cause limitations to operation and planned cycle length. This session will present three technologies to effectively mitigate this fouling to hit the cycle:
- Catching Scale: Haldor Topsoe and Marathon Petroleum step up to the plate
- HeavyTrap: A Top Bed Double Play
- Axens' HyRing: A Grand Slam in Pressure Drop Mitigation
Moderator:
Rhett Finch, Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Speakers:
Nandita Akunuri, Axens North America
Amanda Cavazos, Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Rhett Finch, Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Leslie Johnson, Crystaphase
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