Optimizing FCC Maintenance Shutdowns During High Margins

Conference:

This roundtable is a multidiscipline discussion on CatCracker shutdowns. Presentations will be given on benefits and pitfalls of various approaches:

1. Delays
2. Intentionally extending the duration between shutdowns
3. Shortening and limiting the scope of the shutdowns

What are the considerations during a period of high margins?
What are the safety aspects of delaying and running at risk?
Panelists will give a brief perspective on their field of expertise:

1. Extending the Creep Life of a High Temperature Refinery Reactor
   – Jerry Wilks – CITGO Lemont
2. How to Make the Proper Slurry Pump Selection for FCCU Bottoms and Product Applications
   – Lawrence Pumps
3. FCC Valve Maintenance
   – TapcoEnpro
4. FCC AIR – Access, Inspection & Rescue
   – Andrew Hodgkinson – Axess AS
5. FCCU Maintenance Shutdown Strategies: Unplanned Versus Scheduled Outages
   – C.J. Farley – Astron Inc.

We’ll also explore maintenance to do outside of a TA to stretch time between TAs.