Call for Papers and Conference Alert: IRPC June 2-3 2021

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg. -- Abraham Lincoln

Hydrocarbon Processing’s IRPC EurAsia, now to be known as IRPC Process Technology, is calling for papers. Submission deadline is December 29, 2020, so if you are interested, get moving.

Details are in the email reproduced below …

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New Year ... New Look ... Same Leading Downstream Conference
http://www.gulfenergyinfo.com/events?FormValues%5BselectedSector%5D=1096   

At Hydrocarbon Processing, our team strives to continually seek ways to enhance our events and help industry leaders stay ahead of technical innovations and market insights in the downstream industry. This includes improving our conference offerings to fit current events and what is relevant for our attendees.

As 2020 comes to an end and we look forward to 2021 we are excited to announce IRPC EurAsia will now be IRPC Process Technology! In addition to a new name this year's conference will be hosted completely online similar to IRPC Eurasia ONLINE.

In order to bring the best technology conference to the downstream industry we are starting to plan and prepare our lineup of keynote speakers, panel discussions and breakout sessions. Call for Abstracts is now open and we invite you to submit innovative technology developments, case histories or best practices to present at the next conference!

We are looking for submissions on the following topics:

    Traditional Route: Refining
        Distilation
        FCC
        Alkylation
        Coking
        Hydroprocessing/treating
        Isomerization
        Hydrocracking

    Traditional Route: Petrochemicals
        Ethylene
        Ethylene derivatives
        Propylene
        Methanol
        Aromatics
        Refinery-petrochemical integration
        Ammonia/Urea

    Energy Transition: Refining
        Biofuels/renewables
        Alternative fuels
        The green refinery
        Sustainability

    Energy Transition: Petrochemicals
        Circular economy/plastics recycling
        Green petrochemicals
        Sustainability

Do not miss this opportunity to be involved in IRPC Process Technology as we look at the challenges affecting the industry, as well as opportunities that are emerging. We will discuss the industry’s latest technologies and best practices, from regional and global perspectives, with conference attendees from leading operators, refineries and petrochemical plants, engineering and construction companies and licensors, looking to maximize margins and ensure operational availability while complying with industry regulation targets.

Submission deadline: December 29, 2020. Abstracts should be approximately 250 words in length and should include all authors, affiliations, pertinent contact information and the proposed speaker. The content of the presentation should be original. Please submit abstracts here.

Questions? Please contact Lee Nichols, Editor-in-Chief, Hydrocarbon Processing, at Lee.Nichols@HydrocarbonProcessing.com.

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Jean Steinhardt served as Librarian, Aramco Services, Engineering Division, for 13 years. He now heads Jean Steinhardt Consulting LLC, producing the same high quality research that he performed for Aramco.

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TIPS & TRICKS FOR PATENT SEARCHING – TABLE OF CONTENTS

TIPS & TRICKS FOR PATENT SEARCHING – TABLE OF CONTENTS
As easy as it is to search patents online these days, there are nuances to the process. Over the past year or so, we at the Desulfurization Blog (http://desulf.blogspot.com) have posted tips and tricks that can help you improve your effectiveness in a patent search.

For your convenience, we have compiled a TOC-Table of Contents of these posts.

TIP: Click http://desulf.blogspot.com/search/label/TIPPATENT to visit ALL the patent searching tips that have appeared (and will continue to appear) in the Desulfurization Blog.

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TIPS & TRICKS FOR PATENT SEARCHING – TABLE OF CONTENTS
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What Price Patents?
Theoretically, anyone can do a patent search. How hard can it be? I am here to tell you that, from personal experience, it can be really, really hard. Plus, even if you are aware of all the ins and outs of the patent searching process, it can be tedious and time consuming. Enter the professional patent searcher. Because of their experience in patent searching, they can be worth the price you pay them to do it for you.
http://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/11/what-price-patents.html
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Patent Information Users Group, Inc.
Patents … they are so useful … and they are so frustrating. PIUG – Patent Information Users Group is a resource that may help sort through the nuances of patent research. Three examples of stuff nonmembers have access to …
Vendor list, offering links to businesses specializing in various aspects of patent research.
Discussion forum, where patent researchers offer questions and answers to specific problems
Links to official patent Web sites like USPTO and its global equivalents
http://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/10/patent-information-users-group-inc.html
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Carbon Dioxide: ExxonMobil, Chevron, and Occidental Petroleum
Energy Factor, an ExxonMobil promotional newsletter, describes a partnership with Global Thermostat to remove CO2 emissions from the atmosphere.
http://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/09/carbon-dioxide-exxonmobil-chevron-and.html
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Patento Mysterioso: QUESTION: Why can’t I find this Patent Application in the USPTO database?
I discovered a recent ExxonMobil patent application on CATALYTIC DEWAXING OF HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCKS, thanks to one of the Google® Scholar alerts I have set up to follow various topics [see the post on setting up Google Alerts].
The Google® Scholar alert highlighted the patent application identified by a service known as freepatentsonline (http://www.freepatentsonline.com/). Although the service offers free access to the full patent application, I wanted to find the application on the originating source, i.e., the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) I could not find this particular patent application on the USPTO site using the Application Number: 16/709205, which is shown in the patent application shown below. What’s up with that?
TIP: When a Google® search results in a patent application of interest, the quickest way to search for it on the USPTO database is to do an Application Number search using the number listed as United States Patent Application, i.e. the Document Number, (e.g., 20200199468) rather than the number listed as the actual Application Number (e.g., 16/709205)
http://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/07/patento-mysterioso-question-why-cant-i.html
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Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes: Google® Scholar & Google® Patents
Change is the one constant we can count on. Google is no exception. It used to be easy to find a link to Google® Scholar & Google® Patents. These days, not so much. I use both Google® Scholar & Google® Patents in my work every day, so I have links to both. Here they are …
http://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/04/ch-ch-ch-ch-changes-google-scholar.html
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Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 6 of a series): Reviewing Patents
Searching for patents is iterative. You type in some keywords. Results reveal more keywords. You type in those keywords. And repeat.
This can be really tedious, irksome even. Sometimes it is hard to figure out whether a given patent is even relevant to your needs.
Fortunately, a number of experts have offered tips to make it easier to read a patent quickly.
TIP: Google® how to read a patent for more tips on efficient ways to review a patent
Read full post at:
https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/03/starting-down-startup-path-part-6-of.html
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Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 7 of a series): Patents and Run On Sentences
Per USPO rules, the Claims in a patent must be stated in a single sentence. In many cases, the “single sentence” can be, thanks to colons, commas, semicolons, et al., several hundred words long. But remember that, as difficult as it may be to wrap your head around any given claim, it still is faster than reading the whole patent.
Read full post at:
https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/03/starting-down-startup-path-part-7-of.html
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Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 8 of a series): Mining Patents for Keywords
Mining patents for useful information can be tedious. One thing you can do is to look for keywords to use in Google® searches. For example, in a previous post I listed a Breakthrough Technologies LLC patent with the following claim …
Read full post at: https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/03/starting-down-startup-path-part-8-of.html
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Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 12 of a series): Patent Prior Art Search
Experienced patent searchers understand the nuances of prior art searches. However, if you are new to the concept, here is an article that can get you up to speed.
TIP: Google® how to search prior art for more useful information on this topic.
https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/04/starting-down-startup-path-part-12-of.html
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Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 13 of a series) Dibenzothiophene Patents 2020
What’s the quickest way to determine if a patent is of interest to you? Depends on your purpose. This tip sheet may help you decide which section of a patent to focus on.
http://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/05/starting-down-startup-path-part-13-of.html
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Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 14 of a series)-Google Patents Find Prior Art Link
Patent research is important in any area of research you are engaged in ... especially if you are a startup, or are considering investing in a startup.
Prior art is an important concept in patent research.
In this regard, Google® Patents Prior Art Link is useful. When you find a patent of interest, in the upper right of the screen you will find a link labeled Prior Art.
Read full post at:
http://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/05/starting-down-startup-path-part-14-of.html
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Everybody Googles. But does everybody know HOW to Google®? No, they don’t.
Which is the whole point of the Desulfurization Blog (www.desulf.blogspot.com) So here is a very short tutorial on how to make the immense resources that Google® offers work for you.
Here are the steps in this search …
Search Google® Patents
Refine your search string
On the results page, click the download link
Open the downloaded file in Excel
Use Google® Translate (https://translate.google.com/) where necessary
Sort the downloaded Excel file to purpose
http://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/12/whats-it-all-about-google.html
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Jean Steinhardt served as Librarian, Aramco Services, Engineering Division, for 13 years. He now heads Jean Steinhardt Consulting LLC, producing the same high quality research that he performed for Aramco.

Follow Jean’s blog at: http://desulf.blogspot.com/  for continuing tips on effective online research
Email Jean at research@jeansteinhardtconsulting.com  with questions on research, training, or anything else
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Catalysis Nerd Alert: Catalysis 2021 Call for Articles

PTQ Digital Refining (www.eptq.com) has issued a call for papers for its next Catalysis issue, scheduled for March 2021. Take a look at the text of the email alert below.

But first, just for fun, here are a few science jokes. Most of them are pretty bad, but, hey, it’s still science!

Beware of dieting advice that recommends “light eating.” That’s how you become a black hole.
The name’s bond, ionic bond … taken, not shared.
Be like a proton and stay positive.
If you buy one proton and one electron, you can get one neutron free of charge!
If you broke the law of gravity, would you get a suspended sentence?
What period of time has the least weight? A light year.
What should you do when no one laughs at your chemistry jokes? Keep trying until you get a reaction.
source: https://www.calpaclab.com/science-jokes/

And here is the text of the email alert that landed in my inbox …

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Subject:           Catalysis 2021 Call for Articles
From:             "PTQ / DigitalRefining" <technicalcontent@petroleumtechnology.com>
Date:   Wed, November 4, 2020 9:05 am

We have listed below the subjects we are looking to cover in the latest Catalysis issue, which will be distributed in March 2021 to 27,000+ people engaged in refining, gas processing and technology provision worldwide. As usual, we are seeking contributions that describe practical applications of established technology in the form of case studies, along with details of new developments in the world of refining, gas and petrochemical processing technology. You can view the Catalysis 2020 issue HERE.
 
 Catalysis 2021 Issue
Catalysts for Bottoms Cracking
Regenerating and Recycling Catalysts
Catalysts for Reforming Processes
FCC Catalyst Developments
Hydroprocessing Catalyst Developments
Tail Gas Treating Catalysts
Catalysts for Desulphurisation
Additives for FCC Processing
Catalysts for Increased Olefins Output
 
You can download the 2021 Editorial calendar HERE  and in the first instance, please send your editorial suggestions to Chris Cunningham, editor@petroleumtechnology.com

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Jean Steinhardt served as Librarian, Aramco Services, Engineering Division, for 13 years. He now heads Jean Steinhardt Consulting LLC, producing the same high quality research that he performed for Aramco.

Follow Jean’s blog at: http://desulf.blogspot.com/  for continuing tips on effective online research
Email Jean at research@jeansteinhardtconsulting.com  with questions on research, training, or anything else
Visit Jean’s Web site at http://www.jeansteinhardtconsulting.com/  to see examples of the services we can provide