Middle East Downstream Week

Middle East Fuels Symposium

Wednesday 11 May 2011

08:00 Coffee and registration

09:00 Opening welcome address and business card exchange

09:15 Session one: Clean fuels regulations and their impact on Middle East producers

• Arab countries’ strategies to improve refined product specifications
• Case study: update on the status of TAKREER’s Green Diesel Project
• Clean fuel revamps – considering the issues from an engineering contractor’s perspective

Dr. Samir Elkareish, Director of Technical Affairs, ORGANIZATION OF ARAB PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES (OAPEC)
Imad Nassif Makki, Petroleum Refining Senior Expert, ORGANIZATION OF ARAB PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES (OAPEC)
Abdulla Al Mansouri, Corporate Support Division Manager, ABU DHABI OIL REFINING COMPANY (TAKREER)
Julian Migliavacca, Industrial Process Engineering Manager, MUSTANG AL HEJAILAN

10:30 Coffee break hosted by

11:00 Session two: Clean fuels technology – capitalising on technology innovations to achieve more demanding fuel specifications – Part 1

• The changing appetite of modern gasoline engines for fuel additives and their application
• How refiners can make low-sulphur fuel oil, fuel products meeting the most stringent specifications (including ULSD)
• Hydrogen supply and sulphur removal for the modern, environmentally low-impact refinery

David Claydon, Marketing Technical Services Manager, AFTON CHEMICAL
Gerrit Polhaar, Technology Marketing Manager – Middle East and Africa, CHEVRON LUMMUS GLOBAL
Philip Morris, Tonnage Gases Marketing Manager, Europe, India, Middle East and Africa, AIR PRODUCTS

12:15 Lunch

13:30 Session three: Clean fuels technology – capitalising on technology innovations to achieve more demanding fuel specifications – Part 2

• Latest developments in hydrocracking catalysts
• Low cost processes for Euro V, FCC feed pretreatment and hydrocracking
• Maximising gasoline, diesel and propylene in FCC units through breakthrough innovative catalysts. Addressing
• FCC unit heavy feeds with state of the art technology platforms

Joseph Ibrahim, Technology Manager, VGO Hydroconversion, AXENS
Andy Tyas, Regional Engineering Manager, Clean Fuels Technologies, DUPONT
Michel Grebenikof, Regional Technical Sales Manager – FCC Catalysts and Additives, BASF

14:45 Coffee break hosted by

16:15 Session four: Panel discussion: marketing and differentiation in a regulated environment

• Aviation demands and trends in the region
• Impact of regulation on Middle East refiners’ incentive to differentiate and market fuels – should NOCs invest more in marketing in a regulated environment?
• Marketing opportunities in the lubricant and aviation markets
• How should NOCs market?
• How are biofuels developments impacting traditional fuels marketing?

Riyan Qirbi, Supply and Logistics Manager, MESA, BP
Nabeel Al Ruwaidhi, General Manager – Corporate Affairs, Business Development and Strategic Planning, OMAN OIL MARKETING COMPANY SAOG (OOMCO)

17:15 Closing summary

17:30 End of symposium