Webcasts

Sponsor: AVEVA

Process simulation is increasingly playing a key role in Digital Transformation programs across the process industries.

Covestro, one of the largest specialty polymer companies in the world, is running a broad Digital Transformation program across its entire organization to capture value from simplified processes and increased transparency and efficiency.

Process simulation is already used across the plant lifecycle to optimize design, equipment and control setpoints and to support operations with troubleshooting and reducing downtime, using a number of different simulation tools. However, these tools do not integrate well with each other and engineers spend a large amount of time transferring information and rebuilding models and simulations at different stages of the lifecycle.

In this webinar, Jochen Steimel and Konrad Triebeneck from Coverstro will share how they consolidated their process simulation applications onto one single platform, AVEVA’s SimCentral Simulation Platform, freeing up additional time to innovate, tackle complex problems and ultimately boosting collaboration between process design, control and operations.

Sponsor: Honeywell UOP

Balancing gasoline, hydrogen, and aromatics production is one of today’s challenges for refineries. Operators, constantly on the lookout to find new ways to meet their production goals, research a variety of options including building new units or debottlenecking existing ones.

For refineries seeking to maximize production on existing assets, the global trend is to shift to high-density catalyst.

Join UOP’s panel of experts to learn the science behind high-density catalyst and why this trend is catching on. Plus, you’ll discover how R-364, UOP’s newest Continuous Catalyst Regeneration (CCR) catalyst, offers greater operational flexibility for increased capacity and increased yields—resulting in greater gasoline and aromatics production.

Sponsor: Metrohm

Many analytical techniques can be used to test moisture levels in crude oil, feedstock and refined products, however navigating the nuances of ASTM methods for moisture analysis can be confusing. Attend this webinar to hear Bert Thakkar, Secretary of ASTM’s Committee D02 on Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, and Lubricants discuss ASTM methods and how to implement them in your lab.  Dr. Kerri-Ann Blake, Product Specialist at Metrohm, will provide expert tips on sample preparation, reagent selection and instrument maintenance that help you get the most out of your measurements.

Sponsor: Schneider Electric

Digital transformation should not be the goal but rather be the enabler to achieve the business objectives. In oil & gas, and petrochemical enterprises, the two most important digital elements are power management and process automation. This webinar will present solutions that are available through the integration of these two historically separate disciplines, and describe a logical path for digital transformation that applies seven key strategies.

The confluence of digital transformation and the constant pressure to reduce CAPEX and OPEX is driving an initiative to rethink the separation between process automation and power management. The integration between power management and process automation commences in plant design, extends through engineering and commissioning, and is applied throughout the operating life of an asset. Some of the key technology enablers to be discussed include IIOT, Big Data Analytics, Digital Twin, Process Automation, Power Systems, Asset Management, Project Execution Strategies, Unified Simulation, Augment Reality, Process and Energy Optimization, etc.

Will Asia provide a market for significant US exports?

LNG exports are set to be dominated by the US, Australia and Qatar. In the future, it is expected that they will account for over half of global LNG exports by 2040. The US currently has an export capacity of 25m t/y and is heading towards 100m t/y in the short term.

Join Hydrocarbon Processing Editor & Associate Publisher Lee Nichols, Energy Web Atlas’ Peregrine Bush & Scott Allgood, as they use the Energy Web Atlas LNG dataset to examine the current status of the global LNG network, as well as determine the future outlook. 

Join our live demo on “Construction Boxscore”, our downstream projects database that tracks global refining, petrochemical and gas processing projects, supported by a global research team. New projects are updated daily and changed data on current projects is updated constantly.

Attend the demo as Bob Andrew, Senior Data Analyst & Research Coordinator with Energy Web Atlas, demonstrates Boxscore by focusing on the active Asian Pacific region.

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 2019 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/LNG industries for 2019. They will highlight economic, environmental and industry trends impacting spending for the year ahead. The webcast will also include a Construction Boxscore Database overview of project activities in the refining, petrochemical and natural gas/LNG industries throughout the world.

Sponsor: AspenTech

As the process industries face the challenge of digitally transforming their plants and assets, they need tools and technology to support this change.

Integrating the use of process simulation, operator training simulator (OTS) and digital twin technology is an essential first step on this journey. To achieve this, AspenTech and Emerson have integrated the leading technologies and capabilities of both organizations into a new offering for the managers of process plants.

In this webinar we will cover:
• Use cases for digital twin technology
• The joint technology investment of AspenTech and Emerson to support our customers
• Case studies outlining the business value of using this technology

Learn from Emerson and AspenTech experts how you can leverage an integrated technology solution to bring plants online faster and manage unexpected shutdowns with confidence.