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More Than 100 Refinery Workers, Union Members, Trades and Supporters Rally in Ohio Asking President Trump to Protect Refining and Manufacturing Jobs

September 12, 2019

TOLEDO, OHIO – More than one hundred refinery workers, labor leaders, and elected officials from key battleground states Ohio and Michigan gathered today in Toledo.

Good-Paying Jobs – Look No Further than the Refining and Petrochemical Industries

July 27, 2017

A central theme running through the “Better Deal” economic policy agenda that the Democratic Party rolled out this week is the importance of creating—and protecting—good-paying jobs – jobs that will help boost middle-class incomes and create new economic opportunities nationwide.

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

November 30, 2022

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:

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

Session Start End

Tue, 08/26/2025 - 10:45 - Tue, 08/26/2025 - 11:30

Topic

101 Series

FCC Optimization 101: The Path From Process Knowledge to Real Time Optimization via Basic Process Control and APC

Optimization, FCC

Facilitator:
Atique Malik, AIControl LLC

Speakers:
Darin Foote, CHS Inc.
Chuck Johnston, Marathon Petroleum Corporation LP
Vidyashankar Kuppuraj, Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Johnny Serafin, Phillips 66
Nic Tognetti, CHS Inc.

Advanced process control (APC) has been employed in FCC applications for 40 years. Despite the similarities of FCC Technology and APC platforms the success of these applications varies widely. In this session we will discuss common threads that lead to poor outcomes and how to build a successful APC program on a modern FCC.

Speakers

Atique Malik

Darin Foote

Chuck Johnston

Vidyashankar Kuppuraj

Johnny Serafin

Nic Tognetti

Session Start End

Wed, 10/16/2024 - 08:00 - Wed, 10/16/2024 - 08:45

Topic

Optimization

FCC