Programme

Central and Eastern European Refining and Petrochemicals 2009 Conference Programme

DAY ONE: WEDNESDAY 14 OCTOBER 2009

08:00 Registration and coffee 

08:45 Opening welcome address and business card exchange – meet your fellow attendees

09:00 Regulatory updates:
European Commission and Government policies impacting the refining and petrochemicals industry

Chairman: Ivan Soucek, Chairman and CEO, CESKA RAFINERSKA  

  • What impact the Fuel Quality and the Renewable Energy Directive related to gasoline and diesel will have on the refining and automotive industry further tightening environmental quality standards.
  • REACH legislation and its impact on the petrochemicals industry in the region.
  • Sustainable energy supply to the CEE region – moving towards a more effective market
  • EU ETS: recent developments and implications for the EU refining industry. Analysing the impact of the EU Trading Scheme on the region’s refining industry.


Wojciech Winkler, DG ENVIRONMENT, EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Ladislav Novak, Director, ASSOCIATION OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Vaclav Bartuska, Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CZECH REPUBLIC
Panos E. Cavoulacos, President, EUROPIA

10:30 Coffee Break 

11:00 View from the operator boardroom:
How the leading refiners in the region are maintaining profitability and efficiency during the current economic environment

Chairman: Krysztof Urbanowicz, Chairman of the Board and CEO, UNIPETROL

  • A broader perspective on renewable: How bio-components are used in energy generation, refining and petrochemicals in CEE.
  • Outlook for the future of crude oil: disappearing refining margins.
  • Oil residue processing at Lukoil Refineries: experience and development.
  • Site renewal at Petrom's Petrobrazi facility: the progress of restructuring plans in the light of post-acquisition by OMV.


Ivan Soucek, Chairman and CEO, CESKA RAFINERSKA
Pawel Olechnowicz, President and CEO, GRUPA LOTOS
Mikhail Antonov, Head of Refining, LUKOIL
Jeffrey Rinker, Senior Vice President, Refining Joint Ventures & Special Projects, OMV

12:30 Luncheon with social networking opportunity

14:00 Roundtable interview:
How the leading refiners and petrochemical producers in the region are maintaining profitability and efficiency during the current economic environment

Chairman: Jeffrey Rinker, Senior Vice President, Refining Joint Ventures & Special Projects, OMV

  • Refined product trends and developments in the CEE region. Outlook for potential regional and worldwide shortfalls and their implications.
  • How the financial crisis has impacted the refining sector. Who is still investing?
  • Overcoming the investment obstacles to refinery modernisation and upgrade.
  • Future sustainable development of petrochemicals in the region: a case study example by MOL.


Johannes Benigni, Managing Director, JBC ENERGY
Aileen Jamieson, Downstream Research Manager, WOOD MACKENZIE
Krzysztof Urbanowicz, Chairman of the Board and CEO, UNIPETROL
Ivan Ottis, Chief Refinery Officer, UNIPETROL
Árpád Olvasó, CEO, TVK, Executive Vice President, MOL GROUP

15:30 Tea Break

16:00 Achieving operational excellence:
Improving cost-efficiency through petrochemical technologies and processes

Chairman: Philip Morris, Marketing Manager Refining, AIR PRODUCTS

  • Maximise profitability in the refining operations 
  • The effect on your processing plant of a reduction in availability of investments and the impact on technology selection and implementation timetables.
  • The integration of crackers into petrochemical complexes as a way of reducing production costs.
  • The impact of advanced technologies on plant performance, productivity and maintaining desired healthy margins.


Danil Efremov,   Head Application Technology — Oil &Gas, SULZER CHEMTECH Ltd 
Marcus Frantz,  Head of Departments, Global Service Line Mid- & Downstream Applications, IT Global Solutions, OMV


17:30 Close of day one

19:00 Gala cocktail reception hosted by  unipetrol  CESKA RAFINERSKA


Why not make the most of your attendance at this event to renew old acquaintances and meet new business contacts by taking the opportunity to meet your fellow delegates during the gala cocktail reception?


DAY TWO: THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2009

09:00 Potential of the SEE region:
Partnership and investment opportunities in the refining and petrochemical sectors in Serbia, Croatia, Greece, Turkey

  • The benefits of privatisation in terms of modernisation and its impact on competitiveness.
  • Diversification of oil supply to the region: refining projects in the pipeline.
  • The need for investment to enable further petrochemical development in the region.
  • Improving current market conditions in the Serbian refining sector.


Dr. Ozren Ocic, Counselor Development Manager, NIS PETROL
Senior Representative, MOTOR OIL HELLAS
Radu Olaru, Deputy General Manager, OLTCHIM
Velimir Unkovic, Director of Development and Investment, TRANSNAFTA

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 Clean fuels technology:
How refinery technology and processes help refiners achieve fuels specification and clean fuel technology

Chairman: Neil Anthony Morgan, Member of the Executive Board and Responsible for Refining and Petrochemicals Division, PETROM

  • Catalyst advancements for ultra low sulphur diesel fuels enabling refiners to increase reliability and profitability of their operations.
  • Effectively upgrade technology in refineries to meet EU NOx and SOx regulations.
  • How to increase the efficiency of CO2 reduction in the refinery.
  • How to improve refineries with minimal investment?


Philip Morris, Marketing Manager Refining, AIR PRODUCTS
Senior Representative, CB&I LUMMUS
Jean - Claude   Plumail,  Commercial Director, Process Licensing Business Unit, AXENS 

12:30 Luncheon with social networking opportunity

14:00 Clean fuels technology continued:
How refinery technology and processes help refiners achieve fuels specification and clean fuel technology

  • CEE refinery plans to use the existing assets for the desulphurization for diesel fuel.
  • New fuel quality specifications: Euro 6 and 7 standards and how they will be met.
  • How to provide hydrogen for hydro-crackers?
  • Investment policies for technology outsourcing of hydrogen and industrial gases. The alternative to invest in your own facility for production of hydrogen.
  • Effectively utilisating heavy oil.


Zbigniew Paszkowicz, Refinery Expansion, Programme Director, GRUPA LOTOS
Ian Elgey, Technology Manager, Refining, MW KELLOGG

15:30 Tea Break

16:00 Roundtable discussions: open dialogue and debate with your own peers – key figures in specific countries
 
Interactive open discussions providing an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas and information with panels of senior petrochemical and refinery personnel and oil executives from the following representative countries: 

AUSTRIA & ROMANIA
Neil Anthony Morgan, Member of the Executive Board and Responsible for Refining and Petrochemicals Division, PETROM
Silvian Potlogea, Director, Process & Engineering Division, ROMPETROL

CZECH REPUBLIC & POLAND
Ivan Soucek, Chairman and CEO, CESKA RAFINERSKA
Krysztof Urbanowicz, Chairman of the Board and CEO, UNIPETROL

GREECE
Senior Representative, MOTOR HELLAS OIL 

HUNGARY & SLOVAKIA
Árpád Olvasó, CEO, TVK, Executive Vice President, MOL GROUP

SERBIA
Dr. Ozren Ocic, Counselor Development Manager, NIS PETROL

RUSSIA
Mikhail Antonov, Head of Refining, LUKOIL

TURKEY
Senior Representative, TUPRAS

17:30 End of day two and close of conference

Panel question and answer discussions will follow each session

Violeta Dragodan, Conference Manager
Tel: +44 (0)207 067 1800
Email: v.dragodan@theenergyexchange.co.uk

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