Middle East Downstream Week
Day 1: Technology Advancement Day
Monday 26 March 2012
07:45 MEDW Breakfast Briefing: Project and Execution08:00 MEDW 2012 registration and coffee
09:00 Official opening and welcome address: MEDW 2012 – Shifting the paradigm from bottom up
09:10 Keynote Address: Luther C. “Luke” Kissam, President and Chief Executive Officer, ALBEMARLE
09:40 Session One: Embracing change and innovation
- A proactive approach to the sector’s endemic crisis
- KNPC Projects Department success story on developing a unified project management framework based on PMBOK Guide
- Extending the life of an old Gasoil hydrodesulphurisation unit using new generation catalysts
Dr Abdelhakim Koudil, Manager, TAKREER RESEARCH CENTRE
10:25 Speed exchange networking activity followed by coffee break
10:55 Session Two: Research and Development
- The strategic shift towards in-house R&D centres
- Application for Hydro processed base oil, fuel specifications and their impact on lubricants performance and emissions
- Partnerships and cooperation with technology companies and their role in achieving better results at lower costs and faster pace
Chairman: Dr Haitem Hassan Beck, Senior Process Engineer, TAKREER RESEARCH CENTRE
Dr Mohamed Nader Amin Abdel Sammad, Quality Control and Lab Department Manager,
ADNOC DISTRIBUTION
Dr Halim Hamid Redhwi, Professor, Chemical Engineering Department,
KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
and Vice President, DHAHRAN TECHNO VALLEY COMPANY (DTVC)
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Session Three: Exclusive Production Focus –
- Stream A: Clean Fuels Output - How to excel?
- Clean fuels: a commercial overview Meeting the challenge of tightening FCC SOx emissions limits
- KNPC projects to meet increasing demand of energy fuels, future market requirements and clean environment
Eugenio Macaluso, Refinery Business Manager, Middle East, INTERCAT
Ali Al Sabi, Team Leader, Projects Control, KUWAIT NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY (KNPC)
- Stream B: Catalysts R&D - What is boiling?
- CASE STUDY: Grace technology impact on heavy feedstock processing
- TAKREER Research Centre: an overview
- Optimising FCC catalyst formulation in a high rare earth cost environment
Dr Haitem Hassan Beck, Senior Process Engineer, TAKREER RESEARCH CENTRE
Nathan Ergonul, Regional Technical Services Manager, GRACE
14:30 Coffee break and pre-arranged meetings
15:00 Session Four: Dates and Arabic Coffee Roundtables: Catalyst Innoavtion, Project Execution and R&D
TABLE ONE: Catalyst innovation
TABLE TWO: Project execution
TABLE THREE: Research and development
16:00 Session five: Be the Speaker: A look at Tomorrow’s Smart Refineries - New for MEDW 2012!
Your host will offer an overview of the topic of discussion in a 10 minute introduction before you take centre-stage. Have your say and share your knowledge.
Ali Mohammed Al Jaberi, Senior Vice President, Ruwais Refinery Division,
ABU DHABI OIL REFINING COPMANY (TAKREER)
17:00 Close of day one
19:00 MEDW 2012 Gala Dinner hosted by and Awards Ceremony.
Join TAKREER for a unique evening of fine dining, informal networking, entertainment and awards! Featuring enticing cuisine experience, thrilling surprises and the sought-after MEDW Awards Ceremony. The gala dinner will represent the perfect occasion to meet fellow attendees, network with key personalities and enjoy MEDW in a relaxed and yet elegant setting.
View the MEDW programme for: Day 2: Strategy Insight Day
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