6th REFINING INDIA 2018
The special themes of this year’s conference reflect areas of particular interest to the Indian refining community:
- Completing the journey to BS-VI fuels
- Crude sourcing opportunities and future options
- Digital Developments: Virtual steps to leaner, more informed, operations
- Greater energy efficiency, higher margins, smaller carbon footprint
- products to market: advances in blending, storage and distribution
- Marine fuels post-2020: higher demand for distillate
PROGRAMME
| 0800 | Registration and Networking Tea |
| 0900 | INAUGURAL SESSION |
| Welcome Address | Adarsh Soni, Chairman- IDS |
| About the conference | Nic Allen, M Crambeth Allen Publishing (PTQ/DigitalRefining.com), UK |
| Keynote Address | VS Shenoy, Director Refinery Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd |
| Inaugural Address by chief guest | Sanjiv Singh, Chairman-Indian oil corporation Ltd. |
| 1030 | Networking Tea |
| 1100 Session I: Future Fuels | |
| Investment Plan for Future Fuel Specification | Dr. Sachi N. Maiti- SNC Lavalin |
| Innovative Solution to Meeting Today’s Gasoline Specifications | DuPont Clean Technologies |
| Converting LCO to gasoline with high RON | Xu Youming-Sinopec |
| Innovations in Refining Sector: Successful Commercialization | Dr. Peddy V C Rao-Hindustan Petroleum (R&D) |
| 1400 Session II: Energy Efficiency | |
| Cost, Efficiency, and Environmental Considerations of Medium Voltage Electric Heating Technology |
David Taylor/ Christopher Molnar-Chromalox |
| 1400 Energy Efficiency, Optimised heat exchangers | Jay jeong – Alfa Laval |
| Optimum Yield and Energy Efficient Refinery Operations of IOCL | S.M. Vaidya-Indian Oil Corporation limited |
| Improving Shale Oil Crude Heater Performance | Amarvir G Chilka-AG furnance improvements |
| 1545 | Networking Tea |
| 1615 Session III: Catalysts | |
| Small Diameter Spherical Catalyst Carriers | Paul Szymborski – Saint-Gobain NorPro |
| Catalyst technology | Rohit Irabatti – Albemarle |
| Making the Most of Your Change Out | Scott Kendrick, Director Crystaphase |
| Catalysts technology | Tie-Pan Shi, Technical Director HCpect |
| Rejuvenated Catalyst for Reducing Operating Costs | Guillaume Vincent / Amit Tiwasri- porocel |
| 1845 | Chairman’s Summing Up followed by |
| 1815 | Networking Cocktails |
Day Two
| 0800 | Networking Tea |
| 0845 Session IV: Digital Developments | |
| Digital development: virtual steps to leaner, more informed operations | Manu Kaushal- Petrofac |
| Digital Twin for analysis and Decision Making | Aditya Behl and john roffel- Honeywell |
| Digital Developments | Murali Krishnan T – Emerson |
| Utilization of Artificial Intelligence in Modern Refinery | Ronny McMurray- Modcon |
| 1100 | Networking Tea |
| 1130 Session V: IMO 2020 and Clean Fuels | |
| What IMO 2020 cap means for shippers / logistics services providers | Anand Chourikar – Tech Mahindra |
| Marine Fuels post 2020: Higher demand for distillate | Sushree chaudhuri, Process Engineering – Fluor India |
| Completing the journey to BS VI fuels | Dr. S.K. Majumdar- IOCL (R&D centre) |
| Challenges in meeting BS VI fuels production deadlines and road ahead | Jayati Ghosh- Engineers India Ltd |
| 1315 | Networking Lunch |
| 1415 Session VI: Process & Equipment – 1 | |
| First commercial methaformer | Stephen sims – NGTS |
| Create a Better Bottom Line in the Bottom of the Barrel | Vic Scalco – General Atomics |
| A Break-through in Solid Acid Alkylation Technology | Samir saxena / Rakesh singh – KBR |
| 1545 | Networking Tea |
| 1615 Session VII: Process & equipment – II | |
| Improve compressors for reliability and maintenance | Terence chuah / herve Ferraris hoerbiger |
| Digital twin enables performance assessment and expert guidance for reciprocating compressors | Graeme Russell / sietse bootsma – howden |
| Redesign of vacuum distillation unit booster nozzle | Jesse houle / AL Cadena – graham mg |
| 1754 | Chairman’s final summing up and vote of thanks followed by end of conference & tea |
| 1800 | End of conference & tea |