URGENT: ARTC Call for Papers Extended to 11 December

“When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I'm sure it made the work seem that much more urgent.” -- George Carlin (American stand-up Comedian, Actor and Author. b.1937)

IF you are interested, ARTC has extended its deadline for its CALL FOR PAPERS to December 11.  Here are details.

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29 - 30 March 2017 | Jakarta, Indonesia
Best of breed technology in Asian refining and petrochemicals
Call for papers Reminder
Submission deadline extended to the 11th December
The World Refining Association are pleased to announce the call for papers for the ARTC 20th Annual Meeting's (http://artc.wraconferences.com/) deadline has been extended to the 11th December 2016.
Why should you present your paper?
•ARTC is one of the most respected and longest standing refining conferences in Asia
•Leading Asian refiners and petrochemical producers meet to discuss the technological solutions for the region’s most pressing technical challenges.
•Presenting a paper gives you the opportunity to connect with stakeholders and form partnerships that will advance the region’s downstream industry.
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Conference Alert: Saudi International Petrochemical Technologies Conference

“I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.” -- Benjamin Franklin (American Statesman, Scientist, Philosopher, Printer, Writer and Inventor. 1706-1790)

The Saudi International Petrochemical Technologies Conference 2011 (June 6‐7, 2011) has been and gone, but has left in its wake some interesting tidbits that you can access online.  For example, follow this link …

http://kacstpetrochem.com/2011/eng/day1.asp

… and you will find the names of a number of experts, such as ... Dr. Mohammed C. Al-Kinany, who gave a presentation titled "Supported Nano-Catalyst for Clean Fuel Distillates Production Free of Sulphur, Nitrogen, and Aromatic Compounds."  The site includes a short bio ...

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Research Specialist Petrochemicals Research Institute King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  

Dr. Al-Kinany holds Ph.D. in heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis from university of Manchester for science and technology (UK) since 1984. He obtained his M. Sc. degree in Petrochemicals and Hydrocarbons Chemistry from University of Manchester, Institute of Science & Technology U. K. 1981.

He received his B.Sc., from Faculty of Science - Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry- University of Damascus, 1974. From 1988 till date he has been working as a Research Specialist in Petrochemicals Research Institute, King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh Saudi Arabia. During the period from 1987- 1988, he worked as a Project Manager at Safari Factory for Veterinary Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He has worked at the department of industrial polymer chemistry-Lancaster university (UK) between 1986-1987, in the field of thermoplastics, polycarbonate and in a joint research project with VanaTech company in the field of antifouling organometallic polymers.

He has also worked at the University of Manchester for science and technology (UK), between 1982-1986, in a joint research project with Imperial Chemical Industries (UK) in the field of alkylation, isomerization, transalkylation, disproportionation, and hexane cracking.

He has also worked on transformer oils, biomass to oil, practical class lecturer, and supervision master of science students. He has over 26 years of experience in the development and the use of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts (nano- and traditional) for various important petroleum and petrochemical industrial applications such as, alkylation, isomerization, transalkylation, oligomerization, oxidative dehydrogenation, cracking, clean fuel production, fuel additives, dehydrogenation, and hydrodesulphurization.

He has extensive experience in design and operation bench scale pilot plant, feedstock, and product characterization; catalyst preparation and characterization, testing and evaluation. DR. AL-Kinany is an author of more than (30) research articles, (3) patents ,(12 ) books, translated (2) books; and he designed and constructed "data base of toxic and hazardous chemicals used in Saudi Arabia.

source: http://kacstpetrochem.com/2011/eng/Al-Kinany.asp

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The site also provides downloads of a number of the PowerPoint presentations.  And it provides information on King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) ...

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KACST’s collaborations with key drivers of advancement in the sector...

In order for petrochemicals technology research to thrive, a substantial investment must be made to expand the Kingdom’s infrastructure. The petrochemicals research Institute will move toward the establishment of both a centralized and a regionally distributed petrochemicals technology R&D infrastructure within the Kingdom....

KACST has already formed research and development partnerships and collaborative programs with some leading international institutions such as:

1. University of Oxford, United Kingdom

2. Chinese Academy of Science, China

3. The Institute on Membrane Technology (ITM-CNR), Italian Research

National Council Scientific Network.

4. Oklahoma State University, USA

5. Max Planck institute for Polymer, Germany

6. IBM, USA

7. National Academy of Science of Belarus

8. Chinese University of Petroleum, China

9. Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, Germany

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You may have missed this one, but the conference Web is worth exploring for valuable tidbits of information.

Conference Alert: 2nd Annual Global Petrochemicals Technology Conference

“To think is to practice brain chemistry.” -- Deepak Chopra (Indian ayurvedic Physician and Author, b.1947)

Thanks to a post to the Petroleum Downstream LinkedIn Group, I ran across the following upcoming conference …

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2nd Annual Global Petrochemicals Technology Conference

Advances in technology can see a growing utilization of methanol, coal, ethanol and CO2 as petrochemical feedstocks, with the ‘green’ factor in ethanol & CO2 usage already fueling interest among corporations to invest in further research and development activities

Key speakers:

Prof. Farid Benyahia, Qatar University

Professor & Head of Chemical Engineering Department, Qatar

Rob Parry, BASF - The Chemical Company

Executive Account Manager, Chemical Catalyst

Dr. Trevor J. Hutley, Saudi International Petrochemical Company (SIPCHEM)

General Manager, Product & Technology Development

Abdullah Al-Saeed, TASNEE Co.

PDH & PP Operations Manager

Ayman Ahmed Kamal Naji, QAPCO

Operations - Polyolefins Specialist

Abdulhadi Al-Ajmi, Equate Petrochemicals

R & D Leader

Dhaval Shah, SABIC Innovative Plastics

Sustainability Program Manager

Harith Al-Qurtas, TASNEE Petrochemicals, Saudi Arabia 

General Manager Operations

Pawan K. Bassim Chevron Phillips Chemical Co LP, USA

Global Director Licensing

Randy Hagenson, Chevron Phillips Chemical Co LP, USA

Licensing Manager

Martijn Vogelzang, Lyondellbasell Industries, Germany

Licensing Manager, Europe & AFMEI

Key advisors:

Dr. Trevor J. Hutley, Saudi International Petrochemical Company (SIPCHEM)

General Manager, Product and Technology Development

Kaizad Sunavala, Chevron (USA)

Advisor, Global Refining Design for Reliability

Rob Parry, BASF (UK)

Executive Account Manager, Chemical Catalyst Europe

Abdulhadi Al-Ajmi, Equate Petrochemicals (Kuwait)

R & D Leader

Prof. Farid Benyahia, Qatar University

Professor & Head of Chemical Engineering Department

Dr. Purandar Chakravarty, Essar Oil (India)

General Manager - Technical and Head – Carbon Management

Mahesh Kalawar, Proteus Petrochemicals Pte Ltd (Singapore)

General Manager, Technical Services

Rajeev Pandia, KnowGenix (India)

Chief Mentor

Key topics:

Highlight the future of innovation & technologies in the Downstream industry

Learn more about alternative feedstocks available for petrochemical producers

Discuss trends in effective energy use & adopting cleaner fuels and reducing Co2 emissions

Come up with solutions on successful integration and catalyst development

Take in insight into technological advances & wastewater treatment for petrochemical plants

Who should attend:

Job Titles: Presidents, Vice Presidents, CEO’s / Managing Directors, Head of Strategy, Head of Technology, Director Technical & Technical Managers,

Heads of Catalyst, Head of Olefins, Steam Cracker, Polymer, Chemicals, Project Management Specialists, Head of Operations, Chief Operating Officers, Process Engineers, Plant Managers, Licensors, R&D professionals, Analysts and Consultants, etc.

Industries: Petrochemical Producers, Refineries, Oil and Gas Majors, Renewable Energy Companies, Technology Providers, EPC Companies, Catalyst Companies, Chemical Companies.

Event info:

E: natasha.jiandani@fleminggulf.com  Sponsorship info:

E: william.gordon@fleminggulf.com

source: http://www.fleminggulf.com/energy/middle-east/2nd-annual-global-petrochemicals-technology-conference

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I don’t know anything about Fleming Gulf (www.fleminggulf.com) , so you will want to do some due diligence before committing to the conference. 

You can begin by searching the names on the speaker list.  For example, Googling® Farid Benyahia, Qatar University results in …

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Professor Farid BENYAHIA

Qatar University, College of Engineering, Department of Chemical  Engineering

Professor Farid Benyahia joined the Department of Chemical Engineering in September 2006 and he is currently the Head of  Department.

Previously he held positions of Associate Professor, Professor and Head of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department at the UAE University (2001-06), Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at Teesside University in the UK (1992-2001), EPSRC Research Fellow in Chemical Engineering at Leeds University in the UK (1989-92) and Research Engineer in the petrochemical industry. Prof. Farid Benyahia obtained his BSc (Hons) in Polymer and Chemical Engineering from the University of Aston in Birmingham (UK) and his MSc and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Newcastle University in the UK. Professor Benyahia is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers and a UK registered chartered    chemical engineer. He worked extensively on Chemical and Biochemical Reaction Engineering Systems (over 25 years experience) and process design and simulation. He supervised  and co-supervised to completion 11 PhD thesis, 15 MSc Projects (mainly in Clean Manufacturing and Environment) and acted as external examiner for 7 MSc's (research) and 3 PhD's in the UK. Prof Benyahia chaired the Research Degrees Committee in the School of Science & Technology of Teesside University (UK) and directed the MSc program in Clean Manufacturing Technology also at Teesside, UK. He is a reviewer for well known international journals in chemical engineering and research grant awarding bodies internationally. Prof Benyahia has carried out consultancy work for UK chemical and waste water industries and UAE industry. He developed an important infrastructure and research program at the UAE and Qatar Universities in soil bioremediation, advanced water treatment using immobilized cell technology (nitrification) in bubble columns, airlift bioreactors, membrane bioreactors and carbon capture and storage by mineralization. He has also been awarded  major research grants from JCCP (Japan), in partnership with TAKREER (Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Co) and Nippon Oil Corp (NORI, Japan) to develop advanced refinery oily waste water treatment technologies and an NPRP grant from Qatar Foundation to carry out research and development in CO2 mineralization.  

He trained undergraduate students in research methods and practice through 3 UREP grants funded by Qatar Foundation.

source: http://faculty.qu.edu.qa/farid/

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