A Small Refinery Doing Big Things: Monroe Energy's FCC Reactor Replacement Project, Fall 2023
Turnaround
Facilitators:
Andrew Jakubowski, Flint Hills Resources, LLC
Michael Menosky, Monroe Energy LLC
Speakers:
Kevin Harkness, Monroe Energy, LLC
Piotr Majcher, Monroe Energy, LLC
Drake Wilson, Monroe Energy, LLC
This session will highlight Monroe Energy, a small northeast refinery, and their journey toward replacing one of their oldest and most prolific processing assets: the Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Reactor. The presenters will provide an overview of the project conception, engineering, fabrication, logistics, installation, and post start-up operation. A key focus will be the discussion of challenges and successes from the construction phase of the project, as well as lessons learned for future events.
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AI 102 — Reinforcement Learning & Generative AI
Artificial Intelligence
Facilitator:
Adi Punuru, ExxonMobil Corporation
Speakers:
Brent Railey, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
The two most controversial and potentially useful aspects of applied AI reside in Generative AI and Reinforcement Learning. Generative AI has applications in technical training, procedures and guided application development. Reinforcement Learning has applications in nonlinear closed loop optimization. Both areas will be of interest to refinery engineers and managers. This session is an extension of AI 101 which presented a broader view of the areas of application for AI.
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FCC: Ask 'SME' Anything
FCC
Facilitator:
Andrew Mezera, Valero Energy Corporation
Panelists:
Ann Benoit, W. R. Grace & Co.
Richard Grove, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Nik Larsen, Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Steve Shimoda, Technip Energies
Bill Wilson, FCC Process Consultant
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Crude Desalting Innovations With Regards to Effluent Brine Quality
Coking
Facilitator:
Sylvain Fontaine, Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions
Speakers:
Javier Gonzalez, Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions
Scott Lienemann, CHS Inc.
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Hydroprocessing: Q&A Panel — Pt. 2
Hydroprocessing
Facilitators:
Christy Anderson, Ketjen Corporation
Montri Vichailak, Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Panel:
Andy Chen, PBF Energy Inc.,
Jake Coleman, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Travis Kirk, Topsoe, Inc.
Scott McArthur, Phillips 66
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