Refinery Economics Workshop
WORKSHOP: REFINERY ECONOMICS
MODERNISATION AND UPGRADES: MAKING THE REFINERY PAY!
MONDAY 23 MARCH 2009
08:00 Registration and coffee
09:00 Opening address and business card exchange - meet your fellow attendees
09:15 Session one: Overview of the region’s refineries
- A look at the region’s downstream sector and potential future implications for meeting regional and global refi ning capacity.
- Integrated refining and petrochemical complex’sversus stand alone facilities. The financial benefits of integration.
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Session two: Successfully operating your refinery
- Best practices in developing a successful operation plan.
- Reaching the root of the problem. Saudi Aramco share their experiences of unduly severe catalyst deactivation and the assistance they received in looking for the cause.
12:15 Lunch
13:15 Session three: Refinery modernisation and upgrade
- Evaluating the critical tools required to upgrade your refinery within a realistic budget.
- Assessment of refi nery modernisation:investment obstacles.
14:30 Coffee break
15:00 Session four: Technology to aid refinery modernisation and upgrade
- Successfully managing the long term lifecycles of your refinery technology for continued optimisation and financial reward.
- New technologies on the market for effective modernisation.
- Case study: the upgrade and modernisation of a lube vacuum tower at Saudi Aramco’s Luberef Jeddah Refinery.
16:00 Close of workshop
19:00 Pre-conference registration and welcome reception Middle East Refining Conference
Workshop speakers and panel members include:
Ali Abdelal, Engineering Specialist, SAUDI ARAMCO
Tony Hagan, Senior Technical Services Manager,Hydrocracking, CRITERION CATALYST COMPANY
Giuseppe Mosca, Technology Manager, Refinery Applications, SULZER CHEMTECH
Fayez Al Marhoumi, Process Engineering and Quality Superintendent, SAUDI ARAMCO LUBRICATING OIL REFINING COMPANY (LUBEREF)
