Tackle operational challenges with FCC coprocessing applications

Guillaume Vincent is a Technology Manager for BASF’s Refining Catalysts in Europe, for the Middle East and Africa. He joined BASF in January 2023 and has 15 yr of experience in refining industries, including purification adsorbents and hydroprocessing catalysts. Dr. Vincent started his experience with the Porocel Group (which was acquired by Evonik) and developed his career through several key positions as a lab manager, a technical service manager and a business segment manager. He earned a PhD in chemical engineering from the École Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques (ENSIC), France.

Stefano Riva is a Technical Service Manager for BASF’s Refining Catalysts business in Europe and the Middle East. He has more than 30 yr of experience in FCC and various refining optimization projects. In 2002, he joined BASF’s technical sales team. Prior to BASF, Riva worked with ExxonMobil at the Trecate refinery near Milan, Italy. He earned a degree in chemical engineering from the Politecnico di Milano.

Francy Barrios is a Technology Engineer for FCC and sweetening technologies at Axens. She has 16 yr of experience in the refining industry. Her primary responsibilities are technical proposals for new or revamped FCCUs and sweetening units, FCC catalysts evaluation and technical support. Barrios joined Axens in 2018 after working for 11 yr in PDVSA Intevep—the research center of PDVSA—as a Technical Assistance Engineer for FCCUs, providing technical support and participating in research and development (R&D) activities related to FCC catalysts and additives. She earned a degree in chemical engineering from the Universidad de Los Andes of Venezuela.

François Dubois is a Corrosion Specialist with Axens. For the past 10 yr, he has been in charge of developing material selection philosophies for the process technologies licensed by Axens, including bio-oil co-processing hydrotreatments and FCC. Dr. Dubois has 20 yr of experience in the field of materials and corrosion, mostly in oil, gas and refinery applications. He began his career in academic research and R&D. Dr. Dubois earned an engineering degree and a PhD in material science from the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble.

Scott Golczynski is the Manager of R&D for FCC technology at Technip Energies. He has more than 19 yr of experience in the petrochemical industry and specializes in the design of FCCUs. His experience includes front-end process engineering, pilot plant operations, process control and computational fluid dynamic simulations. Golczynski has led the process engineering efforts on several grassroots FCCUs and revamp projects. His primary responsibility at Technip Energies is leading R&D efforts to improve or develop new FCC technologies, utilizing his experience in reactor scale-up from pilot plant and cold flow experimental data. Golczynski earned a BS degree in chemical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.