Chet Thompson
AFPM
Michael Coyle
Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Robert Herman
Phillips 66
Michael Nagle
INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA
Daniel Coombs
LyondellBasell Industries
Learn about the link between the economic slowdown and road diesel demand, how transportation trends like electric vehicles could affect gasoline and diesel demand, and the impact on road fuels from policies and regulations affecting fuel efficiency, electric vehicles and renewable fuels.
Identify public policies that drive new product development.
Facilitator: Susan Grissom
AFPM
Speaker: Linda Giesecke
ESAI
Gain insight from operating company discussions on their use of XR for training and maintenance.
Facilitator: Adi Punuru
ExxonMobil Research & Engineering
Speaker: Athicha (M) Dhanormchitphong
ExxonMobil IT, Architecture & Technology
Speaker: Kyle Daughtry
IT Strategy, Architecture & Technology
Leverage domain knowledge to help develop and create ‘easy-to-use’ applications without requiring software coding/programming knowledge from existing data. Demostration of Power BI tools will be provided.
Speaker: Miguel F. G. Sison
Sr. Chevron Corporation U.S.A.
Speaker: Dan Oliveira
Flint Hill Resources
Facilitator: Abbas Dhalla
Chevron Corporation USA
Learn how to apply cyber and OT industry best practices from COVID-19 response to potential future emergency situations and the “new normal.”
Faclitator: Maggie O'Connell
AFPM
Panelist: Blake Larsen
Sinclair Oil Corporation
Panelist: Stephanie Franklin-Thomas
Motiva Enterprises LLC
Gain insight into market drivers that are encouraging refiners to examine a departure from traditional fuels production to chemical production. Gather information on process technologies that enable coversion of fuels stream to chemical products and understand what options currently exist to begin transforming your facility now.
Facilitator: Eric Legare
Marathon Petroleum Corporation Robert Ohmes, Becht
Speaker: Anne Huber
Argus
Speaker: Keith Couch
Honeywell UOP
Gain insights from flexible training options tailored to compliment your educational needs.
Facilitator: Adam Ali
AFPM
Panelist: Julio Hinojosa
BASF Corporation
Panelist: Alvin Chen
BASF Corporation
Panelist: Andrew Novotny
Panelist: Mark Schmalfeld
BASF Corporation
Speaker: Juan Hurtado
BASF Corporation
Learn how your company can leverage the AFPM process safety tools to reduce risk. Industry case studies provided.
Speaker: Ryan Wong
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Speaker: Shanahan Mondal
CVR Energy
Learn how you can improve operational decisions with data and its proper analysis and how to face the challenges in data availability, quality, analysis and sharing.
Not Available On Demand
Facilitator: Vikram Gokhale
Chevron Corporation USA
Facilitator: Sam Lordo
Becht
Facilitator: Ziad Jawad
Phillips 66
Speaker: Yugender Chikkula
Motiva Enterprises
Speaker: Jacqueline Guobadia
Motiva Enterprises
Speaker: Krista Novstrup
Seeq Corporation
Learn how to leverage historian data to field verify your HAZOP/LOPA assumptions. Operating company case studies will be provided.
Facilitator: Tracy Sadowski
Monroe Energy
Speaker: Tony Downes
Honeywell PMT
Facilitator: Robert Ohmes
Becht
Facilitator: Eric Legare
Marathon Petroleum
Speaker: Adam Richards
PhD Galvanize
Case studies on how refiners and catalyst vendors can work together through process monitoring tools to maximize unit performance and troubleshoot.
Facilitator: David Sacks
Delek US
Speaker: Montri Vichailak
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Speaker: Nandita Akunuri
Axens North America
Facilitator: Andy Woods
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
Speaker: Tjokro Hermanto
AmSty
Speaker: Mike Shivers
CVR Energy
Understand the impact of timely and high-quality crude oil knowledge on purchasing and planning decisions.
Facilitator: Bill Poe
AVEVA
Speaker: Alex Woods
AVEVA
Foster a culture of getting the most important things done. This session will help you achieve high-quality implementation in the shortest possible time and create maximum leader and team engagement with minimum disruptions to business operations.
Not Available On Demand
Speaker: Harvey Young
Frankin Covey
Gain a better understanding of how pressure balance is related to standpipe aeration, circulation, slide valves, and reactor and regenerator pressures. This interactive session provides a high-level overview for attendees that want to understand pressure balance fundamentals and the importance it has on FCC operations. Focus will primarily be on slide valve controlled units, but will also briefly discuss pressure balance controlled units. After the session, attendees will have a better understanding of how the pressure balance is related to standpipe aeration, circulation, slide valves, and reactor and regenerator pressures.
Facilitator: Ann Benoit
W.R. Grace & Co.
Speaker: Drey Holder
W.R. Grace & Co.
Session Description: Two mini panels covering, Equipment Decontamination, specifically, primarily desalters, lessons learned, new improvements/procedures and working capital project inside a turnaround.
Live only. Not recorded.
Facilitator: Bill Cates
Hunt Refining
Facilitator: Eric Legare
Marathon Petroleum
Speaker: Andrew Jabukowski
Flint Hills Resources, LP
Speaker: Ryan Miller
RTI
Speaker: Bill Parente
Fluor Corporation
Session Description: Understanding the Hazard and Mitigations; Assessing the Risk; Design for Defense; Hydroprocessing Safety and Temperature Instrumentation; Hydrocracker Temparture Excursion including safety instrumented systems and auto-arming & auto-disarming.
Facilitator: Wendy Wildenberg
Flint Hills Resources, LP
Facilitator: Ken Chlapik
Johnson Matthey
Panelists: Jeff Johns
Chevron
Panelists: Christoph Schmitz
BP
Panelists: John Kulach
Honeywell UOP
Panelists: Taylor Fama
Daily Thermetrics
Panelists: Robert Torgerson
WIKA
Panelists: Rodney Braun
Flint Hills Resources, LP
Learning objective: Reforming, alkylation and oligerimization. The benefit is we can discuss all of these technologies as well as the benefits, applicability and limitations.
Facilitator: Mike Mitzner
Axens North America
Speaker: Kaitlin Desalvo
Axens North America
Speaker: Richa Sarkar
Axens North America
Learning objective: Panel discussion on different operating companies approach to implementing a connected worker program. Rounds and LOTO applications will be highlighted.
Facilitator: Rebecca Bourg
PBF
Panelists: Ben Way
Phillips 66
Panelists: Jordan Oligmueller
AdvanSix
Octane Balance, Maximizing Diesel, Maximizing Butylenes, and Environmental Compliance.
Facilitator: C J Farley
G. W. Aru, LLC
Panelists: Todd Hochheiser
Johnson Matthey
Panelists: Bob Riley
W.R. Grace & Co.
Panelists: Representative
BASF
Panelists: Cliff Avery
Albemarle
Selection criteria for opportunity or new crudes and crude compatibility.
Live only. Not recorded.
Facilitator: Sam Lordo
Becht
Facilitator: Harold Eggert
Athlon, A Halliburton Service
Panelists: Curtis Behr
Valero Energy Company
Panelists: Rene Nowalk
LyondellBasell Industries
Panelists: Joel Lack
Nalco Water
Description
Facilitator: Ziad Jawad
Phillips 66
Facilitator: Marc Secretan
Suncor Energy, Inc.
Panelist: Chase Drake
Diamond Refractory Services
Panelist: Jackson Espinoza
Turnaround Specialty Group
Panelist: Kristian Richards
Irving Oil
Panelist: Don Bremault
Alliance Refractories
Discussion of IOW implementation and ongoing management and sustainability
Facilitator: Gerry Brooks
Westlake Chemical Corporation
Speaker: John Reynolds
Intertek Asset Integrity Management Inc.
Speaker: Chad Patschke
Ethos Mechanical Integrity
Review techniques and tools for evaluation of your crews and develop techniques to reduce the indirect (non-productive) time.
Facilitator: Clayton Shoemaker
Valero Energy Corporation
Facilitator: Abbas Dhalla
Chevron Corporation USA
Speaker: Joel Levitt
Springfield Resources
Session One: Performance Benchmarking; integrating reality into process modeling and sing readily available data to bring reality into process modeling to improve decision making
Session Two: Equipment Discussion- Pumps 101; types, curves, turn-down, single stage vs multistage and matching control valves to pumps
Facilitator: Maureen Price
Fluor Corporation
Facilitator: Sam Lordo
Becht
Speaker: Garry Jacobs
Fluor Corporation
Speaker: Jesus Cabrera
Fluor Corporation
Speaker: Pat Cooper
Bechtel
Speaker: Richard von Brecht
Bechtel
The supply and demand impacts from COVID 19 and their effect on refiners was and continues to be extraordinary. This session focuses on how the flexibility of FCC helped refiners meet these challenges. You’ll hear from operators, technology companies, and catalyst companies in round table format discussing their real life examples, technology solutions, market trends, and insights
Live only. Not recorded.
Facilitator: Darin Foote
CHS Inc.
Panelists: David Hunt
WR Grace
Panelists: Edward Dobyns
Honeywell UOP
Panelists: Jon Peters
Chevron
Panelists: Alex Lueker
Marathon
Update on Section 6, of API RP 751, Rev 5 - Inspection and Maintenance. Panel Q&A.
Live only. Not recorded.
Facilitator: Josh Yoakam
HollyFrontier
Panelist: Monica Plowman
HollyFrontier
Panelist: Michael Collier
Marathon Petroleum
Panelist: Andy Gysbers
Becht
Not Available On Demand
Facilitator: Clayton Shoemaker
Valero Energy
Facilitator: Hardy Kemp
Flint Hills Resources, LP
Facilitator: Gerard Celestine
Motivao
Facilitator: Clayton Shoemaker
Valero Energy
Description
Description
Facilitator: Chet Thompson
President & CEO, AFPM
Facilitator: Rainer Bass
HollyFrontier Corporation
Speaker: Dr. Katherine Lemos
Chairperson and CEO, US Chemcial Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Understanding available technology options & planning implications.
Facilitator: Christy Anderson
Albemarle Corporation
Facilitator: Sergio Robledo
Haldor Topsoe, Inc.
Facilitator: Brian Watkins
Advanced Refining Technologies
Speaker: Alfredo Romero
Eurecat U.S. Incorporated
Speaker: Danny Kurtz
Cat-Spec , Ltd.
Speaker: David Wilkins
Petroval
Gain insight into the connectivity tools that will expand on the structural improvements that allow DCS raw data to be converted to value, through industry-leading reactor simulations, to rigorous modelling and finally to the applied advanced process control gain matrix.
Facilitator: Tim Olsen
Emerson Automation Solutions
Speaker: Brian Burgio
KBC — A Yokogawa Company
This session will cover tools, tips, and exercises for how to become the Spiderman of your career, from developing webs or networks of people, to the career instincts needed to make strategic career decisions.
Speaker: Meha Jha
Emerson
Gain insight from recent risk reduction strategies being evaluated for alkylation units
Facilitator: Randy Peterson
Dupont Stratco
Panelist: Tim Shepperd
Becht Engineering
Speaker: Jon Keuler
Honeywell UOP
Speaker: Gary Kemeny
PBF Energy Inc.
Description
Facilitator: Christy Anderson
Albemarle Corporation
Facilitator: Sergio Robledo
Haldor Topsoe, Inc.
Facilitator: Brian Watkins
Advanced Refining Technologies
Panelist: Rahul Singh
Haldor Topsoe, Inc.
Speaker: Steve Aycox
Albemarle Corporation
Obtain insight on the technical and organizational issues of the combination of machine learning and optimization-based control within APC leading to Non-Linear Model Predictive Control and the new approach this brings to the workplace. These issues will affect recruitment, application maintenance, career development and project costs as well as realized benefits
Live only. Not recorded.
Facilitator: Atique Malik
Phillips 66
Speaker: Yugender Chikkula
Motiva Enterprises
Speaker: Dave Seiver
Valero Energy Corporation
Speaker: Sriram Ramaganesam
Phillips 66
Speaker: Darrin Feather
Phillips 66
Speaker: Alberto Bemporad
ODYS Srl
This session will cover some best practices for leading and engaging the workforce or your colleagues in today's period of extreme change.
Speaker: Mark Tanenbaum
Lee Hecht Harrison
Unique Challenges around Preparation for TA of gasoline units with recent regulation updates.
Topics to be discussed:
Randy Peterson
Dupont-Stratco
Steve Philoon
UOP
Bill Kostka
Axens
Russell Wiltse
Valero
Dominic Varraveto
Burns & McDonnell
Rainer Bass
HollyFrontier
Overview of turnaround planning process
Speaker: Joe Rydberg
CITGO Petroleum Corporation
Speaker: Hardy Kemp
Flint Hills Resources, LP
Speaker: Bob Steinberg
Motiva Enterprises
Speaker: Ryan Roth
RTI – Cruz Alta
Speaker: Brian Beard
RTI – Cruz Alta
Gain insight into measurement technologies, software and procedures for improving mass balance closure as well as operating company experience in justifying investments to improve the balance on either specific process units, or refinery-wide.
Facilitator: Bill Poe
AVEVA
Panelist: Julie Valentine
Emerson Automation Solutions
Speaker: Bill Fairleigh
KBC — A Yokogawa Company
Speaker: Elizabeth Swinney
Chevron Corporation USA
This session will walk through a personal story about a Native American's experience in our industries. The story will be followed by an open discussion about how there are perceived advantages and disadvantages to minorities in the industry. One takeaway will be how we handle these difficult situations and conversations with more sensitivity.
Speaker: Fred Brown
Athlon
Dr. Simone Ahuja, innovation expert and bestselling author, shares engaging stories from her work in emerging markets to Fortune 500s that get to the way of diversity, equity, and inclusion - and specific steps individuals and organizations can take to harness the power of difference.
Live only. Not recorded.
Facilitator: Eboni Adams
Advanced Refining Technologies
"It's a Wrap! Join our thought leaders and subject matter experts in a wrap of the 2020 Summit's top takeaways.
Speaker: Chet Thompson
AFPM
Speaker: Bill Cates
Hunt Refining Company
Speaker: Hardy Kemp
Flint Hills Resources, LP
Speaker: Ziad Jawad
Phillips 66
Speaker: Michael Barham
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Speaker: Harold Eggert
Athlon, A Haliburton Service
2020 Peter G. Andrews Lifetime Service Award
The Peter G. Andrews Lifetime Service Award honors those who have made significant long-lasting contributions to the value and quality of the AFPM Summit. This year’s recipient is Harold J. Eggert, Chief Global Technical Advisor, Athlon, A Halliburton Service.
Topics:
Facilitator: Raul Romero
Nalco Water
Facilitator: Sam Lordo
Becht
Panelists: Mitch Moloney
Becht
Panelists: Al Faegh
Chevron Lummus Global
Hydroprocessing
Discussion on what technologies companies are leveraging for maintenance, reliability, and turnaround activities.
Live only. Not recorded.
Facilitator: Hardy Kemp
Flint Hills Resources, LP
Facilitator: Jimmy Jernigan
LyondellBassell Industries
Facilitator: Ryan Murphy
LyondellBassell Industries
Facilitator: Ben Hoff
LyondellBassell Industries
Facilitator: Clayton Shoemaker
Valero
Through the lens of Army mahine reliability, Industrial AI will be discussed. Case studies and key steps for success will be discussed. Industrial AI will be discussed through the lens of Army machine reliability. Key steps for success will be highlighted through case studies.
Facilitator: Blake Larsen
Sinclair Oil
Speaker: Major General Edward Dorman
retired US Army
Speaker: Cheryl Wiebe
Teradata
Obtain insight on the importance of a comprehensive system to manage all relevant blend optimization and quality measurement data and showcase options for online analyzer measurement validation and online release/certification criteria.
Facilitator: Bill Poe
AVEVA
Speaker: Eric Gildea
AVEVA
Topics:
Facilitator: Jeff Zurlo
SUEZ
Facilitator: Chris McDowell
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Panelists: Ken Thomas
PBF Energy Inc.
Panelists: Harold Eggert
Athlon, A Halliburton Service
Topics:
Facilitator: Mel Larsen
Becht
Speaker: Robert Ohmes
Becht
Speaker: Mel Larsen
Becht
Speaker: George Hoekstra
Hoekstra Trading LLC
Employ advanced analytics methods to identify operating conditions prior to and during a process unit event.
Facilitator: Bill Poe
AVEVA
Speaker: Jose Bird
Valero Energy Corporation
Case studies will be provided from operating companies and solution provider perspective on how to develop and execute a digital transformation program at your company.
Facilitator: Peter Reynolds
ARC Advisory Group
Speaker: Douglas White
Emerson Automation Solutions
Speaker: Todd Dixon
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Speaker: Bruce Taylor
Sinclair Oil Corporation
Evaluate how captured data can determine how work is executed on the floor with applicable demonstration.
Facilitator: Jimmy Jernigan
LyondellBasell Industries
Speaker: Ian McKinnon
Reliability Solutions
Discover changing drivers for MSAT-2 compliance
Speaker: Jennifer Muir
TechnipFMC
Speaker: Erik Moy
TechnipFMC
Speaker: Terry Helton, Exxon Mobil Corporation
Design basics, maintenance, health monitoring, impact on process safety, calibration, decision strategy regarding repair on the following equipment; catalyst slude valves, flue gas slide valves, orifice chambers and variable orifice valves. Will also include the latest equipment developments and response to industry incidents.
Facilitator: Matthew Wojtowicz
Honeywell UOP
Speaker: Mike Sandacz
Honeywell UOP
Speaker: Richard Johnson
Honeywell UOP
Review new wireless sensors, the advances in predictive monitoring technologies of a cloud-based platform and its application to a facility.
Live only. Not recorded.
Facilitator: Tim Olsen
Emerson Automation Solutions
Speaker: Jesus Flores-Cerillo
Praxair
Speaker: Pete Sharpe
Emerson Automation Solutions
Discuss current issues with regard to reliability and approaches to manage them in aging units and higher maintenance equipment in naphtha gasoline CCR reforming units.
Speaker: Russ Wiltse
Valero Energy Corporation
Speaker: Matthew Hutchinson
Axens North America
Speaker: Steve Philoon
Honeywell UOP
This will be an interactive session that is a blend of fundamental FCC principles and the use of advanced tools to help FCC engineers and those that support them understand basic operational moves, how to estimate their benefits and optimize them.
Facilitator: Lee Wells
LyondellBasell Industries
Speaker: Paul Haugseth
KBC - A Yokogawa Company
Identify industrial autonomy and how it is different from automation.
Speaker: Thomas Fiske
Yokogawa Corporation of America
The purpose of the MISG is to reduce the process safety risks and number of events associated with the operation, inspection and maintenance of fixed equipment in refineries and petrochemical plants. The presentation is an overview of the MISG initiative and review of recent work products. (Fixed Equipment KPI’s, Ammonium Chloride Corrosion and IOW’s, which is a separate session)
Speaker: Allison Hardy
LyondellBasell Industries
Speaker: Josh Yoakam
HollyFrontier Corporation
Speaker: John Reynolds
Intertek Asset Integrity Management
Speaker: Mark Geisenhoff
Flint Hills Resources
Demonstration, training and best practices discussion
Live only. Not recorded.
Speaker: John Jenco
JJenco, Inc.
Gain in depth knowledge on implication of composition on optimal naphtha separation.
Facilitator: Dominic Varraveto
Burns & McDonnell
Speaker: Andrew Becker
Dupont Stratco
Speaker: Randy Petersen
Dupont Stratco
Topics include, damage mechanisms, piping design elements, lessons learned, recommended practices for effective operation, monitoring, and turnaround maintenance activities.
Facilitator: Ziad Jawad
Phillips 66
Speaker: Chris Oliver
Chevron
Forum for anyone, particulary young engineers to have their specific questions answered by experts. Learn different operatinf company perspectives on the same topics.
Live only. Not recorded.
Facilitator: Sravan Pappu
Crystaphase
Panelists: Andy Moreland
Valero Energy Corporation
Panelists: Wendy Wildenberg
Flint Hills Resources, LP
Panelists: Jay Parekh
Chevron Corporation USA
Panelists: Paul Zimmerman
Honeywell UOP, Representative, Catalyst Company
Introduction to the concept of Mechanical Integrity Regional Networks (MIRN). MIRN will provide a forum for the sharing of common Fixed Equipment Mechanical Integrity issues that MI practitioners (inspectors and engineers) are facing. These networks will support the APS program by facilitating interaction and practice sharing between site MI Practitioners and APS program resources in easily accessible, local areas.
Speaker: John Reynolds
Intertek Asset Integrity Management
Speaker: Mark Geisenhoff
Flint Hills Resources
Learn how to access and use one of AFPM's newest technical resources, the QA transcript online search. Access discussions from teh past several years of Question and Answer sessions online.
Speaker: Lara Swett
AFPM
Where is the FCC going in the next 10 years in regards to FCC configuration, unit integration in the overall refinery flow, and advances to FCC design and products.
Live only. Not recorded.
Facilitator: Steve Gim
BASF Corporation
Facilitator: Warren Letzsch
Consultant
Speaker: Rahul Pillai
KBR
Speaker: Lisa Wolschlag
Honeywell UOP
Speaker: Raj Singh
TechNipFMC
Speaker: Phillip Niccum
Lumms Technology
Basics of Renewable Diesel Production; credits, feedstocks, and product placement. Learn about 100% and co-processing renewable diesel production flowsheets, main equipment and process considerations.
Facilitator: Eric Legare
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Speaker:Henrik Rasmussen
Haldor Topsoe
Speaker: Jostein Gabrielsen
Haldor Topsoe
Learn about the outlook and challenges facing the U.S. and global refining industries, including how COVID-19 has affected the short term global demand for refined products, the prospects for demand longer term, how refineries have adapted in the short term and how the global refining industry will change going forward.
Facilitator: Susan Grissom
AFPM
Speaker: John Auers
Turner Mason
Speaker: Robert Auers
Turner Mason
Discussion on company applications of HOP, achieved benefits, and case study examples.
Facilitator: Abbas Dhalla
Chevron Corporation USA
Speaker: Sahika Korkmaz
Chevron Corporation USA
Speaker: Chelsea Miller
Chevron Corporation USA
A change in investigation methodology is used to promote broader learning across the organization while engaging the people who do the work as subject matter experts. This shift promotes visual look at multiple causes, where multiple solutions can be applied like Layers of Protection to reduce risk, improve safety and reliability. Case studies discussed.
Not Available On Demand
Facilitator: Mark Galley
ThinkReliability
Speaker: Joanne Caldwell
Phillips 66
FCC Turnaround Safety- Shutdown and Clean up, Maintenance Execution and Restart.
Facilitator: Richard Grove
Chevron
Panelists: John (Andy) Kite
Chevron
Panelists: Andrew Mezera
Valero