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Refiners and Petrochemical Manufacturers Urge Immediate Congressional Intervention to Avert Rail Strike, Potential Fuel Shortages

On Tuesday, November 29th AFPM President and CEO Chet Thompson sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging their immediate intervention to avoid a rail worker strike. Thompson stressed that time is of the essence since shipping embargos and service curtailments capable of disrupting U.S. manufacturing, fuel production and freight deliveries are starting now, well before a December 9 work stoppage. A copy of AFPM’s letter is available here and excerpts can be found below:

Lessons Learned from Spent Acid Rail Car Incident

Learning From Incidents


This session will share an incident from the summer of 2022 where an RV lifted on a spent acid rail car. Key topics will include the conditions that led to the relief, the response to mitigate the release, and the causal understanding of why the relief occurred. Finally, the discussion will focus on considerations for preventing future similar releases.

Facilitator: Ray Chafin, Pemex Deer Park

Speakers:
Hi Chen, Pemex Deer Park
Ahram Yoon, Pemex Deer Park
Speakers
Hi Chen
Ahram Yoon
Raymond Chafin
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Learning From Incidents

Main Column Bottoms Operation and Optimization

101 Series, FCC


This session will review a collaboration between UOP and Marathon to optimize operation of the FCC bottoms section. After detecting fouling in the main column slurry pumparound packing, an innovative internals modification was implemented to minimize this in the future. This presentation will review the observed benefits of the new internals and provide an overview of key variables to monitor in the bottoms circuit. 

Moderator:
Michael Allegro, BASF Corporation

Speakers:
Ryan Brown, Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Nick Turner, Honeywell UOP
Speakers
Ryan Brown
Michael Allegro II
Nick Turner
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101 Series