| DAY 1 - 22nd May - Monday |
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| 8:00 | Registration & Coffee |
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| 9:00 | Chairman’s Welcome & Introductions |
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| Paul Eccleston, Chief Operative Officer |
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| Contax FZ LLC |
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| 9:15 | QATAR’S REFINING: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS & PLANS |
| —Abdul Aziz Al-Khori--Operations Manger Refinery |
| Refining Directorate |
| Qatar Petroleum |
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| 9:50 | OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES FOR MIDDLE EAST REFINERS IN CURRENT MARKET CLIMATE |
| • Capacity update |
| • Current refinery technology in meeting market demand |
| • Feedstock availability and challenges |
| • Recent project costs and EPC contracting market developments |
| • Trends in project financing |
| • Strategies for continuous growth |
| —Phil Hunt, Vice President-Global Head of Downstream Consulting |
| Nexant |
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| 10:35 | Discussion followed by Coffee |
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| 11:15 | KUWAIT’S NEW REFINERY PROJECTS & PLANS |
| — Ahmad Al Jemaz, New Refinery Project Manager |
| Kuwait Petroleum Corp |
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| 11:45 | CRUDE PRICE SCENARIO & IMPLICATIONS FOR ME REFINERS |
| —David Ernsberger, Editorial Director—Asia |
| Platts |
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| 12:45 | Discussion followed by Lunch |
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| 2:15 | ON PURPOSE PROPYLENE PRODUCTION OPTIONS |
| Raza Jawad, Regional Business Director |
| UOP Inc |
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| 3:00 | EUROPEAN FUEL SPECS & MARKETS OUTLOOK |
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| Candace Vona, Executive Director |
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| International Fuel Quality Center |
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| 3.30 | INDIA: LATEST REFINING DEVELOPMENTS |
| — Vivek Karandikar, Senior Vice President |
| Reliance Industries Ltd |
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| 4:00 | Discussion followed by Cofee |
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| 4:30 | CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING CAPACITY-ADRESSING THE FUTURE |
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| • Examining the impact on capacity issues in a project saturated market |
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| • Procurement cost increases- market trends and drivers |
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| • New and emerging contracting strategies |
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| • Overcoming the construction resource constraints |
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| • Understanding the regional implications of a global issue: the shortage of skilled workers |
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| Paul Eccleston, Chief Operative Officer |
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| Contax FZ LLC |
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| 5:00 | INCREASING YIELD AND PRODUCING HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS FROM HEAVY CRUDE |
| — James Runyan, Senior Vice President-Engineering & Operations |
| Genoil |
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| 5:30 | Discussion followed by End of Day One |
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| 1745 - 1900. Networking Reception for Speakers & Delegates |
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| DAY 2 - 23rd May - Tuesday |
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| 9:00 | Chairman’s Remarks |
| John Vautrain, Senior Vice President |
| Purvin & Gertz Inc |
| Refinery Expansion & Reconfiguration in: |
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| 9:15 | IRAN : REFINING & DEVELOPMENTS |
| —Asghar Salehi, Director—Engineering & Construction |
| National Iranian Oil Refining & Distribution Company |
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| 9:45 | OMAN |
| • Current project status |
| • Integrating with petrochemicals |
| • Upgrading and expansion status |
| • Prospects |
| Ahmed Al Haddabi, Project Director |
| Sohar Refinery Company |
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| 10:15 | Discussion followed by Coffee |
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| 10:45 | USA |
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| John Vautrain, Senior Vice President |
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| Purvin & Gertz Inc |
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| 11:15 | CHINA |
| Senior Representative |
| Sinopec |
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| 12:15 | OPTIMIZATION OF CONCEPTUAL DESIGN: A CASE STUDY |
| • Impact of product recycles |
| • Increasing restrictions with product specific changes |
| • Increased profitability due to installation of FCC Naphtha and debottlenecking of diesel desulphurisation capacity |
| —Ajarn Baks, Staff Consultant |
| KBC Process Technology Ltd. |
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| 12:45 | Final Discussion followed by End of Conference & Lunch |
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| 1415. Assemble at Hotel Lobby |
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| SITE VISIT 1430 – 1800 hrs. Visit to Qatar Petroleum’s Refinery at Mesaieed |
