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Finding the Next Generation of Craft Professionals

One of the most significant challenges facing the fuel and petrochemical industries is finding the next generation of craft professionals ranging from electricians to millwrights to everything in between.
two refinery workers

When We Were Called to Serve

For more than 100 years, the women and men of our industries have answered the call to serve when our country needed them. Through war, economic shocks, and natural disasters, refiners and petrochemical manufacturers have helped build new industries, grow our economy and fuel progress.

AFPM Statement on White House Letters to U.S. Refiners

We are surprised and disappointed by the President’s letter. Any suggestion that U.S. refiners are not doing our part to bring stability to the market is false. We would encourage the Administration to look inward to better understand the role their policies and hostile rhetoric have played in the current environment.

U.S. refinery utilization is the quiet hero in a tight refined product market

In a tight refined product market it has been U.S. refiners that have stepped up. Our industry ran full-out for most of 2022 making sure American consumers, our domestic economic centers and our allies had enough gasoline, diesel and jet fuel to keep everyone moving. Our refining sector leads the world in liquid fuel production and is effectively doing more than any other to bring better balance to the global market.

Best Practices & Technologies for Processing a Variable Crude Diet

Crude, Coking


Successfully processing a changing crude diet can be a challenge from the tank farm through distillation. Upsets and performance reductions lead to processing cost penalties downstream, loss of production, and environmental impacts through greater emissions and brine water quality issues. Optimizing the design, operational parameters and chemical injection schema from crude receipts through the hot train can minimize these cost penalties and ensure performance is maintained.

Facilitators:
Greg Cantley, Marathon
Jeff Zurlo, Veolia

Speaker: Sylvain Fontaine, Veolia
Speakers
Sylvain Fontaine
Gregory A Cantley
Jeffrey Zurlo
Session Start End
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Topic
Crude
Coking

Lifecycle Management of Coke Drums

Coking, Mechanical Integrity


In this session key aspects of coke drum life-cycle management will be discussed, covering the useful life of these vessels from “cradle” to “grave”; important aspects such as supplemental requirements for design and fabrication, specialized in-service inspection, monitoring and assessment tools, pro-active and reactive repairs, will be briefly covered

Facilitator: Bill Clark, Phillips 66

Speakers:
Antonio Seijas, Phillips 66
Dave Dewees, Becht
Speakers
Antonio Seijas
David Dewees
Bill Clark
Session Start End
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Topic
Coking

Maximizing Process Uptime through Sonic & Ultrasonic Cleaning Technologies

Crude, Coking


A common theme amongst refiners is the collective desire to avoid unnecessary costs. Exchanger and equipment fouling leads to increased maintenance costs, reduced energy recovery and lower throughput capacity degrading the refiners bottom line. Sonic and ultrasonic technologies are a relatively new tool available to refiners to reduce the energy and cost impact associated with fouling induced performance degradation. Review of multi-year case studies from global refiners will elucidate the energy and cost saving benefits of properly applied ultrasonic technology.

Moderator:
Mark Cox, Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Speaker:
Russell Philion, Orange CleanTech
Speakers
Mark Cox
Russell Philion
Session Start End
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Topic
Coking