ERTC-European Refining Technology Conference will be staged 13-15 November,
2017 at Hilton Athens, Greece.
TIP: Google®: ERTC 2017 sulphur to find useful
background on the conference. One result …
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Meet with KBC at ERTC 2017
Join KBC at the European Refining Technology Conference (ERTC) in Athens, 13-16
November to discover how our leading edge technology, consulting and cloud
solutions can help transform your business.
We create and sustain value for our clients through effectively converting
strategy into results. Our winning operating models, best practices, technical
and commercial excellence are underpinned by our simulation, analytics and
cloud technology.
Book a meeting with one of our experts to discuss your business transformation
needs and be sure to attend one of our speaker sessions below.
Paper topics submitted:
Cloud Based Performance Assurance - The Next Generation of Performance
Management Systems
Residue Hydrotreating in a 0.5% Sulphur Bunker Fuel World
Water Management Best Practices Minimise Water Consumption Without Limiting
Process Operations at Jordan's Zarka Refinery
Operational Excellence Model Applied to Improve Environmental Emissions
Applying Operational Excellence Best Practices to Fuel Growth Opportunities
source: https://www.kbcat.com/conferences?task=view_event&event_id=180
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Here is some information on the conference from its Web …
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This year’s ERTC, the Biggest and most
important event for the European downstream industry, is back for 2017 and
guaranteed to be even bigger and better than before.
Download the new event brochure here.
Co-hosted by Hellenic Petroleum and supported by Motor Oil, 5 highlights to
look forward to in Athens this November include:
1. IOC Insights
This year's event will see more IOC speakers than ever! Hear from European and
Global heavyweights including BP, MOL and Statoil on how they are responding to
new market realities to drive the best possible performance across their
downstream portfolios
testimonial
2. Unique Content
New for 2017 we refreshed the topics and guidelines in the call for papers to
maintain the quality of the presentations and avoid commercial pitches – we’re
delighted to have some very new and interesting presentations this year
including Drones, Jet Fuel and the Transformation of waste heat
3. Focus on IMO
Hear answers from your pressing questions including how the IMO sulphur spec
will impact the future of the refining industry and how the shipping and
refining industries can better work together to develop a sustainable future
4. ERTC 4.0
New for 2017 we’ve got a whole day dedicated to digitalization and IIoT – ERTC
4.0! What does 4.0 mean to you, your plant and operations? Find out the answers
as well as how to take advantage of the new digital technologies and tools
guaranteed to shape the future of your refinery
5. Business Coaching Workshops
Take this opportunity to join one of our new workshops: Presenting with Impact.
Understand the difference between a great presentation and an average one, the
mistakes everyone makes and how to bring messages to life, inspiring and
captivating the audience you are talking to. Come along prepared to see presenting
slightly differently and have a little fun!
source: http://ertc.wraconferences.com/
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“We bring together the best ideas -
turning the meetings of our top managers into intellectual orgies.” -- Jack
Welch, Jr., American business executive, author and chemical engineer; chairman
and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001 (born November 19, 1935)
The ERTC 19th
Annual Meeting (http://events.gtforum.com/ertc-annual-meeting/static/call-for-papers)
is scheduled for Tuesday 18th – Thursday 20th November 2014, Lisbon
Global Technology Forum, which sponsors the event, has issued a call for
papers. Here are the details …
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ERTC 19th Annual Meeting
CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE: FRIDAY 4th APRIL 2014
Global Technology Forum are excited to be bringing the ERTC 19th Annual Meeting
to Lisbon in 2014, a new location for ERTC.
The ERTC Annual Meeting brings together over 500 oil refining industry
professionals representing all international regions. The increasingly global
conference leads the way as the industry meeting place, providing the ideal
opportunity to network with industry peers, customers and colleagues.
Presentations at the event deliver high level market insights, project updates,
best practices and case studies as well as the latest in process and technology
advancement.
You are now invited to submit one or two original papers for grading and
acceptance by the esteemed advisory board. Acceptance criteria will be
originality and technical innovation. At
this stage, the only requirements are a working title, subject area and brief
description of the proposed content (typically a 200 word abstract).
Preference will be given to papers giving case histories and actual operating
experience. We would be pleased to receive abstracts from supply companies that
are co-authored and will be co-presented with operating companies.
Some hot topics for the conference agenda are as follows. For a more detailed
list of suggested topics please click here:
Market
Outlook on future of refining; regional refining overcapacity and depressed
margins; a world view on energy including gas, coal, nuclear as well as oil;
shale oil development in the USA and Europe; tight oil challenges and
opportunities; sustainability of US diesel supply to Europe; decreasing natural
gas price and its influence on refining; vehicle manufacturers fuel of choice;
jet consumption, jet fuel standard
Regulation and legislation challenges
Update on the European Commission’s Refining Fitness Check; European
Commission’s 2030 Climate and Energy Package; BREF; EU ETS reform; Carbon tax;
MARPOL regulations; the impact of Russian policy on Europe
Emissions
Innovation in energy efficiency improvements and consumption reductions
solutions; examples for improving energy performance; energy saving potentials;
alternative solutions, with and without capex; CO2 and NOx development
Biofuels and renewable energy
Is the biofuel concept realistic within the EU? Progress on the NexBTL process
penetration; blending challenges and technology solutions; actual car
performance data; opportunities; 2nd generation fuels and sustainability
Petrochemicals
Petrochemical roadmap: European market evolution and external factors; future
developments; integration case studies; converting naphtha and light to
petrochemicals instead of gasoline; engineering solutions; bio-based
petrochemicals
Processes and technologies
New technologies; cheap coke and the future of the delayed coker; liquid
catalysts in hydrotreating; methods for removing contaminants in feedstock;
solutions to meet changing product specifications; LPG recovery and conversion;
the future of methanol blending; case studies on revamps of existent
technologies; low capex solutions to combat low margins; challenged crudes
processing; GTL / XTL technologies
Operability, maintenance, safety and reliability
Skills to optimise integrated operations between business areas; are ageing
crude distillation units still fit for purpose? Tools to reduce the gap between
reality and simulation; reliability; turnaround scope definition; operations
excellence and best practice; holistic solutions to process safety; lifecycle
strategies for ageing plants and assets; troubleshooting case studies; refinery
reconfigurations
For a more detailed list of suggested topics please click here
For more information about the ERTC Annual Meeting please visit the website
where you will find details of the 2013 event which took place in Budapest:
www.gtforum.com/ertc-annual-meeting. More information on this year’s event will
be announced shortly.
Important notice: Please note that
supplier speakers are subject to the registration fees as outlined by Global
Technology Forum.
In order to meet the conference-planning timetable and to ensure submission to
the advisory board, please respond by Friday 4th April 2014. Please email your
abstract to me at vicki.pope@gtforum.com
I look forward to receiving your abstracts.
Kind regards
Victoria Pope
Conference Manager
Global Technology Forum
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By way of context, I searched for presentations from ERTC 18. The following is a brief description of one
such presentation.
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ENI’s ERTC presentation preview
Today the most important challenge facing the downstream industry is related to
the dramatic drop in refinery margins because of a decline in global oil
consumption and changes in demand patterns for refined products.
In the coming years, the current trend in bottom of the barrel reduction will
continue to require new technologies that are able to cope with the overall
refined products demand that is clearly moving toward higher quality fuels,
with middle distillate spreads likely to maintain a premium over gasoline and
light/heavy crude oil spreads are projected to increase towards 2015.
Moreover, in the last few years, energy policies have adapted to a changing
context and refiners have to look at ways to process alternative lower cost
crude oils.
Definitely, technologies for the optimum use of residues and extra heavy crude
are among these topics for at least two reasons. One to exploit our oil
resources efficiently in an environmentally sustainable way; two to increase
the profitability of the refining system by increasing their feedstock
flexibility.
While delayed coking has been the technology of choice in the past, this option
is going to be more and more hindered by low yields and poor quality distillate
products and low grade coke productions. Today a hydrogen addition route is
likely to be the right choice for refineries due to higher conversion, high
diesel selectivity and Euro V grade products.
However, conventional hydrocracking solutions like fixed bed and ebullated bed
technologies, suffer from limitations on feedstock quality as well as problems
related to residue stability that limits the maximum conversion achievable.
In response to the needs for increased distillate yield and residue conversion,
eni has developed a new proprietary technology, EST. This slurry hydrocracking
technology makes use of nano sized hydrogenation catalysts and an innovative
process scheme, which allows complete feedstock conversion to valuable
distillates, avoiding the production of residual byproducts, such as pet coke
or heavy fuel oil.
EST has been successfully tested on pilot and demonstration scales. Following
the positive results obtained, eni took the decision to build, at the
Sannazzaro refinery, the first full scale industrial plant based on EST
technology. This unit (23 000 bpd capacity) enables the refinery to convert
bottom of the barrel into high quality diesel and other valuable refinery
streams (LPG, naphtha, jet fuel, catfeed). EST represents a proven technology
solution to reduce fuel oil production in both new and existing refineries;
moreover, due to the extremely high feedstock flexibility, EST can be
successfully applied to very low quality crude oils such as heavy and extra
heavy oils and oilsands bitumen.
EST configuration incorporates the most advanced technical solutions deriving
from the experience achieved in more than seven years continuous tests and
operation at the 1200 bpd demonstration plant at eni’s Taranto refinery. Many
innovations have been brought to the project, from some special items to up to
date construction methodologies, which have made extensive use of preassembling
of large structures, foundations and even process heaters. Reactors of maximum
size in terms of internal diameter and weight have been installed to set a
sound reference for future industrial initiatives.
Eni will be presenting full details and findings on this technology at the ERTC
18th Annual Meeting taking place in Budapest, 19th – 21st November 2013. To
book your place at the conference please visit
www.gtforum.com/ertc-annual-meeting.
Published on 10/10/2013
Source: http://www.energyglobal.com/news/special-reports/articles/The_last_word737.aspx
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“A deadline is negative inspiration.
Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.” -- Rita Mae Brown
(American Writer, b.1944)
Would you like to visit Vienna?
Thanks to an alert from Oil Refining: Global Technology Forum, a LinkedIn
Group, the following Call for Papers popped up in my email …
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Subject: Announcement from Oil Refining:
Global Technology Forum - ERTC 17th Annual Meeting Call for Papers now open
ERTC 17th ANNUAL MEETING
Monday 12th – Wednesday 14th November 2012, Vienna
CALL FOR PAPERS - DEADLINE: FRIDAY 23rd MARCH 2012
This year Global Technology Forum will return to the fabulous city of Vienna
for the ERTC 17th Annual Meeting. It has long been the premier event of the
year for both Europe and the International oil refining industries with over
550 professionals attending. The conference provides the ideal platform for
technology and information transfer for key people in the industry with
attendees including refining, technical and operational management and process
and technical engineers.
Global Technology Forum has again commissioned an advisory board, comprising of
industry experts to make the paper selections for the conference. You are now
invited to submit one or two original papers for this conference for acceptance
by the advisory board. Acceptance criteria will be originality and technical
innovation. At this stage, the only requirements are a working title, subject
area and brief description of the proposed content (typically a 200 word
abstract).
Preference will be given to papers giving case histories and actual operating
experience and we would be pleased to receive abstracts from supply companies
that are co-authored with operating companies. We have listed some hot topics
for the conference programme on the website
www.gtforum.com/ertc-annual-meeting, although abstracts need not be restricted
to these topics.
For more information about the ERTC Annual Meeting please visit the website
where you will find details of the 2011 event in Barcelona::
www.gtforum.com/ertc-annual-meeting
Important notice: Please note that supplier speakers are subject to
registration fees as defined by the organiser
In order to meet the conference-planning timetable and to ensure submission to
the advisory board, please submit your abstract to Vicki Pope at
vicki.pope@gtforum.com by Friday 23rd March 2012
I look forward to receiving your abstracts.
Kind regards
Vicki Pope
Senior Conference Producer
Global Technology Forum
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