Webcasts

Sponsor: APC Performance, LLC

Model-less process control technology brings improved performance and reliability, while eliminating many of the costs, maintenance and other ownership challenges that have come to characterize model-based control.

Model-less technology combines historical lessons from the pre-computer era and hard-earned lessons from the model-based era, with innovative solutions, such as Rate-Predictive Control (RPC™) and Model-less Multivariable Control (XMC™).

This live webcast will share patented breakthrough model-less process control technology with control engineers, advanced control specialists, engineering and operations managers, and control system manufacturers and system integrators.

Sponsor: AspenTech 

Refineries across the globe are continually striving to improve energy efficiency and reduce operating costs. During this webinar, learn how the Swedish company Preem saved millions through the optimization of their crude pre-heat train network at their Preemraff Lysekil refinery using the aspenONE Engineering suite of software.

Register for this webinar today and discover how they achieved:

• Improved operational efficiency by enhanced crude pre-heat train performance
• Increased production of high-value products
• Sustained gains in the face of fluctuating crude quality

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn best practices from AspenTech experts that will help you and your team make the most out of process simulation technology.

Join the editors of Hydrocarbon Processing as they present the downstream’s most trusted industry forecast. During the webcast, hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) professionals will gain expert insight into the 2017 spending and activities of the global HPI.

During this live event, the editors will present projections for capital, maintenance and operating expenditures for the refining, petrochemicals and gas processing industries for 2017. They will highlight economic, environmental and industry trends impacting spending for the year ahead. The webcast will also include a Boxscore Construction forecast detailing refining, petrochemical and natural gas/LNG construction projects throughout the world.

Global downstream construction continues to thrive. This webcast will highlight current trends in the refining, gas processing and petrochemical industries around the globe. This includes a detailed breakdown of active and new project construction numbers by region, sector, and status; growing regions of activity; leaders in the industry; and the future of downstream construction activity moving forward.

As new opportunities emerge in the global HPI, Hydrocarbon Processing’s Construction Boxscore Database aims to give companies the tools and perspective to recognize market trends and win new business. The global HPI is more competitive than ever. By providing timely, accurate information about current projects, Hydrocarbon Processing’s Construction Boxscore Database provides subscribers with actionable insight that they can apply towards their own market research, budgeting and planning.

Sponsor: ZymeFlow Decon Technology

Bottom-of-the-barrel units are historically some of the most difficult units to clean during a turnaround or outage. Over the years there have been no real advancements in solutions to reduce tars, hardened coke, asphalt deposits, or phenol heavy ends. Many facilities resort to opening the vessel and performing large amounts of mechanical removal. As more of these units have gone into production to capitalize on opportunity crudes, the problem has only worsened.

Common industry solutions will be reviewed before introducing next generation best practices. An emphasis will be put on time savings, reduction in mechanical cleaning requirements, and suitable applications. Several case studies will be presented including a coker unit TAR that processes heavy Venezuelan crude.

• Comparison of standard bottom-of-the-barrel cleaning techniques
• Introduction of next generations best practices using proprietary chemistry
• Technology application review: packed coke conditioning, heat exchanger efficiency
  improvement, bottom of the barrel processing units
• Case studies including coker unit TAR processing heavy Venezuelan crude

Sponsor: Schneider Electric

Refineries are challenged with sustaining and improving margins, and retaining knowledge from a retiring workforce. Embarking on a journey of transformation based on Refinery Digitization is imperative for improved profitability and sustainability. RefineryWise™ from Schneider Electric Industry Solutions focuses on improving refinery operations business processes and workflows. A holistic approach for the oil and gas industry, it includes performance management, technology adoption and lifecycle optimization, RefineryWise helps to improve revenue by up to 5% and lower operation costs by up to 10%. Learn how RefineryWise can be part of your business strategy to drive higher profitability. 

• Minimize CAPEX by reducing relief capacities
• Reduce the risk of equipment damage, maintenance costs, system trips and operator interactions
• Provide key information to commissioning teams
• Utilize relief, surge, startup and commissioning analysis to reduce costs

Sponsor: Schneider Electric

Adoption of a model-based culture has great potential to improve the performance of Natural Gas Processing operations. Throughout the entire plant lifecycle, from master planning and feasibility studies to design, start-up, operation and debottlenecking, process and economic models can be used to improve profitability for the various business scenarios encountered. This webinar will provide a glimpse of the many opportunities available for Natural Gas Processors to incorporate a model based culture to achieve operational excellence with greater agility. Various process and economic modeling approaches will be explained as well as the potential benefits that may be expected. Actual examples of the effective use of process and economic models that have provided a competitive edge for Natural Gas Processors will also be presented.