Petroleum Refining Technology 2 | AIChE

Session Chairs:

  • Mark Lockhart, Burns & McDonnell
  • Trent Amstutz, Marathon Petroleum

Session Description:

This session will focus on major issues facing refiners today. Topics such as responding to environmental regulations, determining optimum market opportunities, and challenges and opportunities for improved refinery operations will be presented by senior industry technical experts.

Schedule:

TIME PRESENTATION SPEAKER
1:30pm-2:00pm

An Action Plan to Improve FCC Unit Performance at the Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery

Nicholas Newton, Marathon & Eric Rutan, Albemarle

2:00pm-2:30pm

Desalting Fundamentals: A Process Engineer’s Perspective

Andrew W. Sloley, Advisian (WorleyParsonsGroup)

2:30pm-3:00pm On-line Leak Detection Methods for Heat Exchangers and Valves William Mixon, Tracerco