Presentation topics for RefComm® Galveston 2018 are categorized in 3 tracks: Delayed Coker, Fluid Catalytic Cracker and Sulfur (Amine, Sour Water, Claus, Tailgas). This is an excellent opportunity for Operators and Solution Providers to share Lessons Learned, Best Practices and new technologies to optimize productivity and safety.
Delayed Coker
Delayed Coker
Approved for the Program
- Effects of MARPOL VI on Petcoke, Distillates, Resids, Vacuum Tower Bottoms and the Light-Heavy Spread
– Edward Arnold – Argus Consulting - Incident Investigation Results – Piping Failure in HCGO Circuit
– Sed Freeman & Don Tran – Lyondellbasell Houston Refinery - Refinery wide Hurricane Preparedness Panel
– Various Companies - Interactive DCU Modeling Workshop using PetroSim
– Sim Romero & Maria Aldescu – KBC (Yokogawa) - Interactive Group Breakout Sessions
– Facilitators TBD - Fully Automated Coker – Lessons in Design and Operation
– Rick Conticello – Wood & Rick Lucas – BP Whiting - Remote Decoking Experiences – Directly from the Coke Cutter
– Savage Services, Marathon Galveston Bay, Chevron Salt Lake City with Flowserve and RuhrPumpen - First Implementation of a Non-Bolted Anchoring System for Coke Drums
– Alwyn Kaye – CNRL & Dr. Mahmod Samman – Houston Engineering Solutions - Furnace Trip and Foamover Lesson Learned
– Gary Gianzon – Marathon Petroleum - Improvements since the 1998 Equilon Puget Sound Refinery Coke Drum Incident
– Tom Meek – Shell Puget Sound and Brent Sattler – Valero - Behavior of Delayed Coker Heater Tubes – Our Experience
– Shaileshkumar Oza – Reliance Industries Limited - Turnaround Preparedness – Chemical Cleaning Workshop
– Tom Meek – Shell Puget Sound, Emory Weber – RTI, Lee Griffith – Clean Harbors - Coker Drum Fire after Hurricane Harvey
– Victor Corbella Torne – TOTAL Port Arthur - Hurricane Harvey Related Tarry Drum Incident and Recovery
– Geoff Bock – ExxonMobil Beaumont - MPC Coker Structure Piping Failures
– Jason Pennington – Marathon Petroleum - Stainless Steel Floating Slide Plates for Coke Chutes
– Stephanie Keeth – Phillips 66 and Matthew Hickey – Structural Preservation Systems LLC - Coker Heater Performance Improvements
– Donald Tran – Lyondellbasell Refining & Ashutosh Garg – Furnace Improvements
FCCU
Fluid Catalytic Cracker
Approved for the Program
- Effects of MARPOL VI on Petcoke, Distillates, Resids, Vacuum Tower Bottoms and the Light-Heavy Spread
– Edward Arnold – Argus Consulting - Incident Investigate Results – Piping Failure in HCGO Circuit
– Sed Freeman & Don Tran – Lyondellbasell Houston Refinery - Refinery wide Hurricane Preparedness Panel
– Various Companies - Your FCCU Expansion Joints, and How to Inspect Them
– Eric Davis – Senior Flexonics Pathway - Innovative DTL Technology Allows Refinery to Convert Light Olefins in the Fuel Gas to Stable High-Octane Gasoline
– Brant Aggus – Koch-Glitsch, LP - Designing Internals to Minimize Fouling in the Bottom of the FCC Main Fractionators
– Dennis Schmude – Koch-Glitsch, LP - Troubleshooting Towers for Profitability
– Erwin Rommel – Shell, Kevin Kleinhenz – Motiva Enterprises, Dennis Schmude – Koch Glitsch - ClearSign Combustion’s DuplexTM Advanced Combustion Technology
– Stephen Sock – ClearSign Combustion Corporation - FCC: Driven by Competition, Fueled by Trial
– Phillip Niccum, PE – KP Engineering - Feed Nozzle Effects on Yields and Operation
– Miray Genc – TUPRAS - Simulation, Turnarounds, and FCC Operational Cycles
– Sam Clark – CPFD Software LLC - Is Your Plant Cloud-Ready?
– Mel Larson – KBC Adanced Technologies Inc - Pre-commissioning and Start-up of New or Revamped FCC Units
– Phillip Niccum, PE – KP Engineering - Heartburn Panel
-Panelists: Operators, Engineers, Suppliers - Increasing FCC Unit Performance with Catalysts from Boron Based Technology (BBT)
– Tiffany Clark – BASF - Increasing Run Length: Pros & Cons of Chemical Cleaning & Hydroblasting-Part 1
– Panelists: chemical cleaners, hydroblasters and exchanger maintenance companies. - Increasing Run Length: Pros & Cons of Chemical Cleaning & Hydroblasting-Part 2
– Emory Weber – Refined Technologies, Inc. - Use of a Light Oil Cycle (LCO) Enhancer to Improve De-inventory and Decontamination of a FCC Main Fractionator
– Zach Stewart – DeltaTech Services - Unexpected Events (Hurricane & Freeze) Workgroup
– Various Companies
Sulfur Recovery
Sulfur Recovery
Approved for the Program
- Effects of MARPOL VI on Petcoke, Distillates, Resids, Vacuum Tower Bottoms and the Light-Heavy Spread
– Edward Arnold – Argus Consulting - Incident Investigate Results – Piping Failure in HCGO Circuit
– Sed Freeman & Don Tran – Lyondellbasell Houston Refinery - Refinery wide Hurricane Preparedness Panel
– Various Companies - Meeting Sulfur Emissions Specifications: Tail gas Treatment Fundamentals and How to Optimize a “Vintage” Tail Gas Treatment Unit
– Muhammad Hassan Qureshi – BASF, OASE Gas Treating Excellence - Oxygen Enrichment at the Sulphur Recovery Unit
– Murat Kolbasi – TUPRAS - Hurricane Harvey: Shutdown and Startup
– Ron Pitman – Motiva Port Arthur - WSA Technology – A Competitive Solution for Refinery Sulfur Management
– Livia Sierra Llorens – Haldor Topsoe, Inc. - Sulfur Plant Corrosion and Integrity Operating Windows (API 594)
– Paul Cripps – Ammonite Corrosion Engineering Inc. - Characteristics of Sour Flare Gas Streams that Impact H2S Treatment Technologies
– Darshan Sachde -Trimeric Corporation - Hydrocarbon Carryover in Sulfur Plants
-Toine Dikmans – MPR Services, Inc. - New Insights with Rate-Based Claus Waste Heat Boiler Modeling
-Matthew Bailey -Optimized Gas Treating, Inc. - SRU Heartburn Panel
– SulfurUnit.com and other companies - Understanding Installation of Steam Tracing for Long-Term Application Success
-Tom Perry -QMax Industries - Using SWSPlus for Sulfur Capacity Addition
– Martin Taylor – Bechtel Hydrocarbon Technology Solutions - Options for Venting Sulfur Pit and Sulfur Tanks
– Charles Kimtantas – Bechtel Hydrocarbon Technology Solutions - Importance of Amine Systems H2S and CO2 Recovery Efficiency to Avoid Fouling and Elevated Corrosion Rates
– Umesh Mathur – Aggreko Process Services EMEA - Efficiently Reducing SO2 Emissions on a Smaller Plot: A Case Study at Ta-Lin Refinery, Taiwan
– Curt Hassler – Dupont Clean Technologies - Catalyst Design Considerations for Tail Gas Treating Units
– Brian Visioli – Porocel - SRU Safety Discussion
– Noel Vicente – SulfurUnit.com