PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
(Last updated on 26/04/2024)
TUESDAY 15
15:00 – 18:00 – Registrations
15:00 – 18:00 – Set-up of sponsors exhibition
16:00 – 16:45 – Sponsors meeting
17:00 – 18:30 – Main Committee meeting (by invitation only)
18:30 – 19:30 – EPC/EEPC connect meeting (by invitation only)
WEDNESDAY 16
08:30 – 13:00 – Registrations
09:00 – 11:45 – Sponsors session (8 presentations with 2 running in parallel – click on the name of the sponsors to get the description)
Commitment is requested from sponsors to hold their proposed session and same will be requested from EEPC delegates who will register to the sponsor session
| 09:00 | Adams: Combined Check Valves to Prevent Backflow In Ethylene Transfer Line | IGS tube Tech: Corrosion Protection: Three Case Studies of On-Site Alloy Upgrade In Water Quench Tower and Compressor Drums and De-Ethanizer |
| 09:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 09:45 | Yantai Manoir / CastNewX: Enhancing ethylene cracker coils integrity: Tube Docteur inspection solution | Veolia WTS: Sustainability Technology for Steam Cracker Quench Oil Tower Fouling Mitigation And Viscosity Reduction |
| 10:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30 | Nalco: Pyoil Production and Storage and Transportation Problems: Useful Learnings For Ethylene Producers | Clariant: How Catalysts Contribute to The Transition To Net Zero |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:15 | Honeywell UOP Callidus: The Ultra Blue System – Enabling Energy Transition Operations | Schmidt + Clemens: Enhancing the Energy Efficiency of Steam Cracking Furnaces |
| 11:45 | End of Sponsors session | |
12:00 – 13:00 – Sandwich Buffet lunch in exhibition area
Sustainability and new technologies (Chair: Frans van de Laar, BASF)
| 13:30 | Welcome and Introduction | Frans van de Laar, OrgaCom Chair Pascal Coenen, EEPC Chairman |
| 13:45 | Introduction to EEPC | Stany Serrien, Cefic |
| 13:55 | Keynote presentation on “Chemistry and the 4th Industrial Revolution: Sustainable, Digital and Social* | Rafael Cayuela, Dow |
| 14:10 | Keynote presentation on Ineos Project One * | Rob Ingram, Ineos |
| 14:25 | Keynote presentation on “Sustainability and reputation and challenges in the future* | Claudia Alves, Google |
| 14:40 | Panel discussion | Rafael Cayuela, Dow Claudia Alves, Google Rob Ingram, Ineos Frans Stokman, Cefic Martin Harvey, Sabic (facilitator) |
| 15:05 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:50 | The mass balance concept for determining recycled content: the good, the bad and the ugly * | Kevin Van Geem, UGent |
| 16:15 | BASF exploring the revolutionany world of robotics * | Secmen Akbas, BASF |
| 16:35 | Hydrogenated vegetable oil cracking for olefin production * | Dr K.M. Sundaram, Lummus Bloomfield |
| 16:55 | Working Group 1: technical subject * – Transition operation – Incidents during non-routine operations |
Sabina Gysin-Pioton, Total Energies Samarjit Ghosh, Borealis Ana Çolaco, Repsol |
| 17:35 | Update on technology demonstration of electric cracking furnaces and route to commercialization * | Michael Reitz, BASF – Felix Roessler, Linde & Arno Oprins, Sabic |
| 17:55 | “Future of Sustainable Olefin Production” Workshop feedback | Maikel van Iersel, Borealis/OMV |
| 18:05 | Best presentations awards | |
| 18:10 | Donation, Closure & Group picture in the stairs | |
| 18:15 | Cocktail reception in the exhibition area | |
THURSDAY 17
Reliability and integrity (Chair: Gunther Kracker, Linde)
| 08:30 | Introduction to the break-out sessions | Gunther Kracker, Linde |
| 08:45 | Break-out sessions: click on the titles to get the description – Artificial Intelligence and Digital * – Robotic and drones * – People – Our Next Generation * |
Facilitators:
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To maximize active participation in the discussions, we will restrict the headcount in each breakout session to about forty by splitting 2 sessions into smaller discussion groups.
We give priority to EEPC delegates but allow sponsors to attend two breakout sessions out of the three with one representative in each.
| 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:40 | GHG Issue Group: technical subject * Teaser on reports and webinar announcement |
Matthias Bilawa, McDermott & Laurent Lemineur, TotalEnergies |
| 12:05 | Tutorial: Fouling in caustic towers * | Puneet Sood Dorf Ketal & Hans-Guenter Wagner, BASF |
| 12:25 | Lunch |
(Chair: Constanza Di Bartolo, Dow)
| 13:25 | Issue Group Maintenance: technical subject * – Basic flange mounting knowledge |
Leo Koersvelt, Sabic |
| 13:45 | Ammonia in ethylene plants: a revisit and a war story* | Dwight Hines, Veolia |
| 14:15 | Turbo Machinery Issue Group: technical subject * o Inspection issues on older turbomachinery o Machines database and incident survey update |
Andrew Walker, Sabic |
| 14:50 | Coffee break | |
| 15:30 | Working Group 2 (40’): technical subject
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Andreas Loschelder, Shell
Jean-Paul Verluyten, Sabic |
| 16:10 | Technip Energies primary feed effluent TLE testing program * | Peter Oud & Esmaeil Mahmoudi Namarvar, Technip Energies |
| 16:30 | Turnaround Issue Group: technical subject – Workshop 2025 introduction * | Kris Bakelants, BASF |
| 17:00 | The innovative approach to successful major revamp* | Dharmendra Kumar Narang, Technip Energies |
| 17:20 | End of Second day | |
| 18:00 | Gathering in the hotel lobby | |
| 18:10 | Departure for social activity (walking tour of Sitges) | |
| 19:00 | Departure by bus for dinner at Clos de La Plana | |
| 22:30 | End of Dinner | |
FRIDAY 18
Safety and environment (Chair: Rodrigo Oliveira, Repsol)
| 09:00 | Breakout sessions report o 1 – Artificial Intelligence / Digital o 2 – Robotic and drone o 3 – People – our next generation |
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| 09:25 | Maximizing Value, Decarbonization, and Circularity: Commercial pathways for valorization of plastic-derived oils in petrochemical and refining units * | Aashish Gaurav, KBR |
| 09:45 | Reactive Chemicals Issue Group: technical subject The story how to approach the unknown * |
Anne Spindelndreher, Linde Michael Steindl, Shell |
| 10:05 | Using recycled feedstocks in steamcrackers * | Torben Hoefel, Linde |
| 10:25 | Coffee break | |
| 11:05 | Popcorn Polymer Issue Group Report* | Nick Rogers, Technip Energies Pol Moreno, DOW |
| 11:25 | Furnace Safety Issue Group: technical subject + highlight of some failure categories * | Johan Van der Eijk, Technip Energies Marc Jordens, Borealis |
| 11:50 | iPad lottery: announcement of the winner
-> Please provide your proposed future breakout sessions / conference themes (title and detailed description) Pre-requisite to be the winner is to be present at the announcement |
Pascal Coenen, EEPC Chairman |
| 12:00 | Conclusions and introduction of next Organizing Committee Chair | Frans van de Laar, BASF |
| 12:20 | End of the conference, followed by lunch | |
| * Will be surveyed | ||
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