Conference Alert: Saudi-Japan Symposium on Catalysts in Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals

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The Annual Saudi-Japan Symposium on Catalysts in Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals (www.kfupm.edu.sa/catsymp) will be held December 1-2, 2013 in Saudi Arabia.

The annual Saudi-Japan symposium on catalysts serves as a forum for presenting latest developments in applied catalytic research, promoting exchange of interdisciplinary ideas, and stimulating new developments. The symposium is organized jointly by the Center for Refining & Petrochemicals (CRP) and Center of Research Excellence in Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals (CoRE-PRP) at KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, the Japan Petroleum Institute (JPI), and Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum (JCCP), Tokyo, Japan.

source: http://www3.kfupm.edu.sa/catsymp/

Even if you can’t make it to the Symposium, the Symposium Web is worth visiting.  It offers the full text of many of the papers delivered from previous events.

Here are two of them …

Examination for a conversion strategy of ‘the combusted crude to valuable petroleum products’ by using ‘Desulphurization technology on long residue’
Masayoshi Soga
Energy Economics Research Dept. JX Nippon Research Institute, LTD.
6-3, Otemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan
masayoshi.soga@rs.jx-group.co.jp

Development and evaluation of catalyst (system) for heavy oil hydroprocessing
Katsuya Watanabe, Nobumasa Nakajima, Hiroshi Kimura
R & D Department, Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd., 1-1, Shibaura 1-Chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8528, Japan