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Tackling the problem of plastic waste: Ron Abbott, Ph.D.

AFPM sat down with Dr. Ron Abbott, Ph.D., the Sustainability Technology Manager at Chevron Phillips Chemical. A 31-year veteran of the company and holder of 26 patents, Dr. Abbott is responsible for technical programs that advance long-term global sustainability objectives, like advanced recycling. Dr. Abbott was recently featured in AFPM’s recent “Recycling Reimagined” video.

API RP 751 Section 6

HF Alkylation, Mechanical Integrity


Join this session to hear the latest on API's 5th edition of Recommended Practice (RP) 751, Safe Operation of Hydrofluoric Acid Alkylation Unit. In this session, we're discussing maintenance from the operator perspective, integrity management and other safety programs for hydrofluoric (HF) acid alkylation units.

Facilitator: Herb Haught, CVR Energy

Speaker: Monica Plowman, Ethos Mechanical Integrity
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Monica Plowman
Herb Haught
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HF Alkylation
Mechanical Integrity

Lessons Learned from Ergon's Mechanical Integrity Failure

Mechanical Integrity


In this session we will show the results of a failure in a Mechanical Integrity Program. This track will also discuss event investigation results, along with, lessons learned and path forward, in hopes to enlighten all in the industry.

Facilitator: Dean Roberts, Ergon-West Virginia Refining Inc.

Speaker: Cory Bird, Ergon, Inc.
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Dean Roberts
Cory Bird
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Mechanical Integrity

When the Standards Stop: Using FEA to Push Fitness for Service Further

Reliability and Maintenance Bootcamp, Mechanical Integrity


This technical session is designed to give engineers and maintenance professionals a practical understanding of how API-579 Level 3 Fitness-for-Service (FFS) assessments—powered by Finite Element Analysis (FEA)—can solve complex reliability challenges in the oil and gas industry.

We will introduce advanced methods for evaluating equipment with damage mechanisms like corrosion, cracking, and dents. You’ll learn when Level 3 assessments are needed, how FEA is applied, and why these techniques offer better accuracy, safer outcomes, and longer equipment life.

Highlights include:

  • API-579 FFS framework and when to escalate to Level 3

  • Benefits of FEA: realistic modeling of stress, temperature, and pressure

  • Real-world case studies: pressure vessel corrosion, weld cracking, and pipe dents

  • Key takeaways for maintenance planning and repair decisions



Tailored for a broad operator-based audience, this session uses real examples—not just theory—to demonstrate how advanced analysis can enhance reliability, reduce costs, and support critical decisions.

Moderator:
Dean Roberts, Ergon, Inc.

Speaker:
Colin Davis, Becht
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Dean Roberts
Colin Davis
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Mechanical Integrity
Petrochemical makers are innovating to enable more plastics recycling

Petrochemical makers are innovating to enable more plastics recycling

As petrochemicals and recycling advancements give old plastic new life over and over again—from shoes and clothes made of recycled plastic recovered from the ocean, to plastic bottles being chemically recycled into fuel and a raw material to make new petrochemicals—what it means to “recycle” is changing right before our eyes.
Petrochemical Conference 2019

Top Takes From AFPM’s International Petrochemical Conference 2019

Plastic roads and buildings, the influence of energy and petrochemicals in geopolitics, and chemical and molecular recycling processes that could create a truly circular economy for plastic products were just a few of the topics discussed at AFPM’s 44th International Petrochemical Conference (IPC) in San Antonio last week.