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
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
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:
Brent Railey, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
The two most controversial and potentially useful aspects of applied AI reside in Generative AI and Reinforcement Learning. Generative AI has applications in technical training, procedures and guided application development. Reinforcement Learning has applications in nonlinear closed loop optimization. Both areas will be of interest to refinery engineers and managers. This session is an extension of AI 101 which presented a broader view of the areas of application for AI.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a transformative technology that is presently influencing, or will eventually influence, nearly every facet of our personal and professional lives. Although much of the information highlights the benefits of AI, it also raises concerns about potential negative impacts and unintended consequences. It's crucial to prepare the workforce for AI to reduce disruptions. Leaders will share their experiences with AI deployments, the methods used to ensure success, and lessons learned for future AI initiatives.
Take Aways:
Awareness of potential impacts of AI on personnel and culture
Methods and techniques employed to achieve and sustain positive acceptance of AI
Insights into how AI is impacting jobs and job roles and defining new valued skill sets
Moderator:
Brent Railey, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
Speakers:
Holly Fitch, Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Tyler Harnos, Big West Oil, LLC
Siva Lakshmanan, DeepHow