ERTC Annual Meeting 2012 programme
Day 1: Monday 12th November 2012
17.00 - 19.00 Registration
You will need to register before being allowed to enter the conference and exhibition area
17.00 Hospitality suites and exhibition area open
Day 2: Tuesday 13th November 2012
08.00 Registration
Chairman: Roelof Heezen, SHELL
08.25 Welcome and opening remarks
Eliot Morton, Director, GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY FORUM
08.30 Opening keynote address:
Christian Schönbauer, Director General and Head, Department of Energy and Mining, AUSTRIAN FEDERAL MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, FAMILY AND YOUTH
09.00 World refining outlook
Dr Hasan M. Qabazard, Director, Research Division, OPEC
09.30 Ships, planes and automobiles - a focus on end-user challenges
Akihito Tanke, Vice President, TOYOTAL MOTOR EUROPE
Dr Richard Mills, Strategy Director, UK and Ireland, BOEING
Trevor Harrison, Acting Chief Executive, IBIA (INTERNATIONAL BUNKER INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION)
Followed by Q&A
10.45 Coffee and networking break
11.20 Carbon intensity assessment of gasoline and diesel from crude oils, bitumen and synthetic crude oils in a European context
Ian Moore, Senior Consultant, Petroleum, Chemicals and Energy Practice, JACOBS CONSULTANCY
11.50 The role of European refining in a changing and uncertain world
Lindsay Sword, Senior Analyst Oils Research, WOOD MACKENZIE
12.20 The European refining sector in transition: Strategies to master present industry challenges
Dr Alois Virag, Senior Vice President Refining & Petrochemicals, OMV
12.50 Lunch and opportunity to visit hospitality suites and exhibition area
Lunch sponsored by 
Stream A: Energy management and emissions
Chairman: Josef Lichtscheidl, OMV
14.10 Use of preheat antifoulant in crude units can save energy and reduce emissions and carbon costs
• Reduced carbon emissions across the refinery with heat exchanger efficiency optimisation
• Case studies of increased challenged crude processing due to better fouling control in heat exchanger trains
• Gradual increase in return on investment due to controlled heat exchanger performance and reduced fuel oil/gas firing saving thousands of Euros
P N RAMASWAMY, DORF KETAL
14.40 From energy efficiency to CO2 capture: case studies in refining
• Air Liquide Pergen cogeneration in Rotterdam at the Shell Pernis refinery: specific design and operating procedures to bring energy efficiency and steam availability to record levels
• Further improvements of Hydrogen plant energy efficiency
• Further reducing CO2 emissions from steam methane reformers through cryogenic carbon capture: Air Liquide's green hydrogen project in Rotterdam
ODILE BUARD & BETRAND BARRIQUAND, AIR LIQUIDE
15.10 Industrial energy management with Visual MESA at BP Lingen refinery
• Online energy costs reduction and emissions management
• Utilities performance monitoring, optimising and auditing
• What-if planning and engineering studies
DIEGO RUIZ, SOTEICA / BP
15.40 Coffee and networking break
Stream A: Biofuels
Chairman: Josef Lichtscheidl, OMV
16.15 Case study and value propositions for implementing 2nd generation biofuels projects in EU
• Examination of the changing European biofuels market from now to 2020, with a focus on diesel and kerosene blend biofuels, and the leading role that UOP is playing in this area
• Presentation of a European case study that examines the feasibility of revamping an existing refinery hydrotreating unit into the UOP/ENI EcofiningTM process, which converts a variety of natural oils and fats into high quality ‘drop-in' Honeywell Green DieselTM
• Highlight clear value propositions for implementing second generation biofuels projects in Europe using UOP's portfolio of renewable technology solutions
CLAUDIA PRATI & GIACOMO RISPOLI, ENI & AMAR ANUMAKONDA, UOP
16.45 Commercialisation of IH2 technology for conversion of biomass to fungible renewable hydrocarbons
• The IH2 process converts virtually any type of non-food biomass feedstock-such as wood, agricultural residues, algae, and aquatic plants to gasoline, jet and diesel range hydrocarbon fuels and/or blend stocks
• Provide an update for the new pilot-scale IH2 plant facility, that started-up in 2012, to demonstrate biomass handling and conversion for multiple feedstocks
• Discussion will proceed with status of the commercialisation timeline related to demonstration scale units, which range in size from approximately 5 to 200 tons per day of dry biomass
CELESTE MCLEOD, CRI
Stream B: Technologies and processes
Chairman: Dawood Nassif, BAPCO
14.10 Oxy-combustion technology development for fluid catalytic crackers (FCC) - large pilot scale demonstration
• Demonstration of the technical viability of oxyfiring an FCC unit - measuring the impact in unit operation
• Main aspects of the retrofit, start-up procedure and stable operation
• Upsets, lessons learnt and troubleshooting
LEONARDO F. DE MELLO, PETROBRAS
14.40 Upgrade at Rafinerija Nafte Brod focused on high-quality lube base stocks and maximum Euro V diesel production
• OAO Zarubezhneft has decided to upgrade its refineries in Bosnia & Herzegovina (Rafinerija Nafte Brod and Oil Refinery Modriča) by installing a new, integrated hydroprocessing complex designed to produce Euro V diesel and high-quality dewaxed lube blend stock.
• The new complex integrates UOP's UnicrackingTM and UnionfiningTM process technologies with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company's (EMRE's) Mobil Isomerisation and Dewaxing (MIDWTM process) and Mobil Selective Dewaxing (MSDWTM process) technologies to upgrade all of the distillate and VGO-range feedstocks in the refinery to produce the maximum yield of Euro V diesel with superior cold flow properties, and specific quantities of premium-quality Group II and Group III lube base stocks
• The paper will describe the integrated complex and will highlight the value addition that the individual technologies in the complex are designed to deliver
DOUG KOCHER-COWAN, UOP / EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH & ENGINEERING COMPANY / ZARUBEZHNEFT
15.10 The new Schoepentoeter Plus: An advanced feed inlet device for mixed phases
• Vacuum unit upgrading
• Vacuum tower revamp for deep cut operation
• Advanced feed inlet vane device
GIUSEPPE MOSCA, SULZER CHEMTECH / MIRO / SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
15.40 Coffee and networking break
16.15 Synergies between Fisher-Tropsch and conventional refining processes: integration of XTL technology in the frame of traditional refining processes
• XTL as co-processing route beside the conventional refining processes
• Conversion of natural gas into liquid fuels as option to commercialise large gas reserves
• Economic analysis of the cost savings deriving from the XTL-refinery integration
MARIANO PAGANO, TECHNIP
16.45 Operational challenges after successful investment of Program 10 + in Grupa Lotos
• Recent operational experiences from the Grupa Lotos refinery and its new production facilities
• The role of staff will be covered with details of Grupa Lotos' approach to training, which involves the use of modern teaching tools
• The impact of processing heavy residues on KBR ROSE units and Shell hydrocracker processes
KRZYSZTOF WRZESIEŃ, GRUPA LOTOS
Stream C: Catalyst solutions
sponsored by 
Chairperson: Neda Marčec-Rahelić, INA
14.10 Innovative method for Preem hydrocracker catalyst selection
• How to select the most suitable catalyst system
• Maximised MD yield
• Improved diesel cold flow properties
STYLIANOS NASSOS, PREEM & PER ZEUTHEN, HALDOR TOPSØE
14.40 Innovative characterisation techniques for designing customised residue upgrading catalyst solutions
• In this uncertain era for refining, we can say with great certainty that feedstocks are becoming more challenging and more diverse
• Effective bottom of the barrel upgrading of these more challenging feeds, to maintain economical on-stream factors, requires more in-depth characterisation going well beyond the crude assay
• Case studies showing application of such innovative feed characterisation techniques for both fixed and ebullated bed applications will be presented
LASZLO DOMOKOS, CRITERION
15.10 New multipromoted catalysts for the global reforming market
• New products having high yields with no compromise on activity
• The selectivity improvement is valid over a wide range of feed quality and operating severity.
• The catalyst regenerability is proven and the product robust against upset
ARNAUD SELMEN, AXENS
15.40 Coffee and networking break
Stream C: Heavy oil and bottom of the barrel
sponsored by
Chairperson: Neda Marčec-Rahelić, INA
16.15 Using the bottom of the barrel as refinery fuel
• Demand for heavy fuel oil will fall in the coming years in the bunker fuel markets impacted by the Marpol Annex VI regulations
• One option for heavy fuel oil is to use it as fuel on-site, to help satisfy the refiner's net energy demand
• Technology to produce a pure SO2 stream from the resulting flue gas, which can be recycled to the sulphur recovery unit, to make more sulphur, or used to make sulphuric acid
JOE GELDER, SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
16.45 Advances in BHTS ThruPlus® delayed coking furnace design: furnace designs for longer run length
• Delayed coking remains the single most important residue upgrading process for refiners seeking to be zero fuel oil producing sites
• The coker furnace design is crucial to reliable operation of the unit, and is impacted by various parameters, including feed quality and fuel utilised
• The BHTS enhanced double fired design optimises heat flux, while minimising capex, maintaining reliability, and promoting safety
DAVID CHAPLIN, BECHTEL
17.15 Networking in hospitality suites and exhibition area
20.00 Gala dinner
