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
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A Holistic Approach: Tackling Fluctuating dP Contributors In A Cat Feed Unit
Hydroprocessing, Safety
Facilitators:
Oscar Brown, Valero Energy Corporation
Sravan Pappu, Crystaphase
Speakers:
Mo Abueida, Valero Energy Corporation
Austin Schneider, Crystaphase
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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
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Catalyst Changeout Timeline
Hydroprocessing, Turnaround
Speakers:
Ben Mossman, CHS
Richard Hanson, Petroval
Jacob Young, Petroval
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Hydrogen - Lowering Carbon Intensity in your Current Hydrogen Plant
Hydroprocessing, Safety
Various options existing to lower carbon intensity of existing SMR-based H2 plants. This session will explore how this can be achieved through plant operation, focusing on the reformer and PSA.
Facilitators:
James Esteban, UNICAT Catalyst Technologies, LLC
Speakers:
Diane Dierking, Johnson Matthey
Amit Gupta, Heurtey Petrochem Solutions
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Hydroprocessing 101: Unit Monitoring
Hydroprocessing
This session will feature a discussion of current hydroprocessing issues by experienced industry panelists. Topics include:
- Co-processing of renewable and crude-based stocks in conventional units
- Feed contaminants effects and solutions
- Catalyst cycle length extension
- Reactor pressure drop causes and mitigations
- Discussion of reactor entry concerns related to pyrophoric catalyst
Facilitator:
Jeff Johns, Becht
Megan Skrodolis, Unicat
Panelists:
Goutam Biswas, Chevron Lummus Global LLC
Oscar Brown, Valero Energy Corporation
Kyle Dunaway, Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Andrea Battiston, Ketjen Corporation
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Townhall: Review Responses to Crude/Coking Survey
Crude, Coking
Survey responses will be reviewed surrounding crude and coker unit production, covering a wide range of topics to include operations, technology, reliability/maintenance, digitalization.
Facilitators:
Hector Gamboa-Arizpe, CITGO
Steve Williams, Marathon Petroleum Company
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Hydroprocessing 101: Unit Monitoring
Hydroprocessing
This session will feature a discussion of current hydroprocessing issues by experienced industry panelists. Topics include:
- Co-processing of renewable and crude-based stocks in conventional units
- Feed contaminants effects and solutions
- Catalyst cycle length extension
- Reactor pressure drop causes and mitigations
- Discussion of reactor entry concerns related to pyrophoric catalyst
Facilitator:
Jeff Johns, Becht
Megan Skrodolis, Unicat
Panelists:
Goutam Biswas, Chevron Lummus Global LLC
Oscar Brown, Valero Energy Corporation
Kyle Dunaway, Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Andrea Battiston, Ketjen Corporation
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