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AFPM: Parts of EPA’s RFS proposal “completely contrary” to Congress’s vision

AFPM Senior Director of Fuels and Vehicle Policy, Patrick Kelly, testified during the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) public hearing on the proposed Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) “Set” Rule. EPA’s proposal will stifle advanced biofuels, promote first generation biofuels beyond the market’s ability to absorb them and shift overall RFS growth away from liquid biofuels and into the power electricity sector. This is completely contrary to how congress envisioned EPA’s handling of the program.

RVP “opt-out” = $500-$800-million summertime “tax” on Midwest fuel supply chain & consumers

Eight midwestern governors have petitioned the EPA seeking to opt their states out of the federal 1-pound Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) waiver which is a requirement to sell the current summertime blend of E10 gasoline. If these requests are granted, the E10 gasoline currently sold in most of the country during summer months will no longer be offered for sale in these states and annual costs to introduce a new gasoline bend will range from $500-$800 million each year.

AFPM statement on EPA’s decision to grant Midwest petitions to eliminate RVP waiver for summertime gasoline

AFPM Senior Director of Fuels & Vehicle Policy Patrick Kelly today issued the following statement on EPA's announcement that it will grant requests from eight Midwestern states to remove the 1.0 psi RVP waiver from summertime gasoline effective next year. If implemented, these states will no longer be able to sell the current blend of summertime gasoline and a new grade of gasoline will need to be manufactured and supplied to the region.

An electrified RFS betrays Congress’s vision and U.S. biofuels

When Congress created the Renewable Fuel Standard, the intent was clear. The RFS was supposed to build a market for American-grown biofuels and support domestic energy security. Today, EPA wants to deviate wildly from this course. Instead of maintaining the RFS as a program for liquid transportation biofuels, EPA’s RFS proposal for 2023 to 2025 would begin transforming the RFS into yet another huge government subsidy for electric vehicles.

Pending Vote: House legislation would rein in EPA, CA vehicle bans and keep EVs out of the RFS

The House of Representatives will soon vote on three pieces of legislation to rein in the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from (1) imposing and enabling de facto bans on new cars and trucks that run on liquid fuels and (2) from radically transforming the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) into a new nine-figure-government subsidy program for electric vehicles (EVs).

Digital Twins: Demystifying Asset and Visual Twins - Insights into Digital Twins, Keys to Their Successful Creation and Value

Digitalization


In the context of a refinery, petrochemical or chemical facility, Digital Twins can be used to model and simulate the structure and behavior of equipment, systems, and processes. This session will decompose and demystify the ‘Asset’ and ‘Visual’ virtual representations and their association with one another as Digital Twins. Supported by key use cases that are commonly faced by every operating facility along with actual achieved benefits.
Participants will:

  • Gain a basic practical understanding Digital Twins in their primary forms,

  • Secure guidance as to the accepted prerequisites, methods, and required level of effort to craft and deploy Digital Twins,

  • Learn about Digital Twin sustainment challenges and mitigation strategies, and

  • The achievable benefits to be realized from Digital Twin initiatives supported by actual use case experiences.



Facilitator: Bruce Taylor, Digital Transformation SME, FurtherTec

Speakers:
Bruce Taylor, Digital Transformation SME, FurtherTec
Adam Williams, Motiva Enterprises LLC
Speakers
Bruce Taylor
Adam Williams
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Digitalization

The Digital Reality Ecosystem: How ExxonMobil is Moving to a Visual Way of Working through Open Asset Digital Twins

Digitalization


The industrial sector is going through digital transformation. ExxonMobil's Digital Reality Ecosystem, aka the Industrial Metaverse holds huge benefits with its ability to visualize their sites and offer seamless immersive and connected experiences across their fleet of assets. As this is an emerging technology space, there are diverse sets technologies that will need to be curated as the Industrial Metaverse is still in infancy stage. This session will explore existing and potential industrial use cases of the metaverse, augmented/mixed reality to illustrate the various functions, applications, and benefits of the technology. Participants will:

  • Gain an understanding of how ExxonMobil is moving to a visual way of working utilizing innovations and new technologies

  • Learn about the components of the ecosystem

  • Appreciate the value of data interoperability



Facilitator:
Adi Punuru, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company

Speakers:
Athicha 'M' Dhanormchitphong, ExxonMobil Global Services Company
Kyle Daughtry, ExxonMobil Global Services Company
Speakers
Athicha Dhanormchitphong
Kyle Daughtry
Adi Punuru
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Digitalization