Day One

0800 0845

Registration & Networking Tea

0845 1015

Inaugural Session
Chairman
: Nic Allen, Managing Director, PTQ, UK
Welcome
: A. Soni, Chairman, Organising Committee
Keynote Address I:
Geo-politics Energy Security
Talmiz Ahmad, Former Indian Ambassador, Saudi Arabia, Oman & UAE
Keynote Address II:
Global Energy Scenario
Sunjoy Joshi, Director, Observer Research Foundation
Inaugural Address:
B. Ashok, Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
Vote of Thanks:
R K Gupta, Managing Director, IDS

1015 1030

Networking Tea

1030 1245

Session I : Heavy Crude & Resid Processing

Chairman:
Sanjiv Singh, Director (Refineries)
IOCL

1030 1100

Maximizing Bottom-of-the Barrel Conversion with Commercially Proven

Technologies
Alexandre Javidi, Technologist, Middle Distillates & Conversion Business Line
Axens

1100 1130

Coking & Integrated Steam Air Gasification Produces Clean Flexigas

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
Dr Girish Chitnis, Global Licensing Director--Gas Treating Catalysts & Licensing
ExxonMobil

1130 1200

Coke Selective Bottoms Upgrading

Mukund Balachandran, Technical Service Manager--Catalyst Technologies
W R Grace

1200 1230

Improving Reliability and Flow Capacity of Pipelines

George Duggan, Director--Refinery and Petrochemical Technology
Baker Hughes

1230 1245

Q&A

1245 -1345

Networking Lunch

1345 1615

Session II: FCC Catalysts

Chairman:
Dr. John Dunleavy, Commercial Vice President Process Technologies
Johnson Mathey Process Technologies Inc

1400 1430

FCC Additives for Increased Residue Processing with High Metals Feeds
Saugata Palit, Senior Technical Service Manager--India & Middle East
Johnson Mathey Process Technologies Inc

1430 1500

Development of FCC Catalysts & Additives for Optimization and Value addition of
FCC Yields
B P Das, Executive Director R&D
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL)

1500 1530

FCC Products Upgrading & Slate Improvement to Meet BSV Gasoline

Specifications
Manuela Arratia, Technologist--Olefins & Alternative Fuels
Axens

1530 1600

BS-IV & V Grade Gasoline: Challenges and Opportunities for Refineries

Dr Soumendra Banerjee, Director--R&D
UOP

1600 1615

Q&A

1615 1630

Networking Tea

1630 1815

Session III : Emissions Control

Chairman:
R. Ramachandran, Managing Director
BORL

1630 1700

Solutions to Ever More Stringent Specifications for SO2 Emissions in Sulfur

Recovery Units in the Refining Industry
Mike Smeltink, Business Development Manager
Jacobs Comprimo Sulfur Solutions

1700 1730

The Impact of SRU Plant Operation in Particular the SRU Burner, on Tubesheet
Refractory
Dr David Barrow, Sales Director
Industrial Ceramics Ltd

1730 1800

Design & Materials for Improved Flue Gas Tunnel Reliability

Shailesh Dayal, Regional Sales Manager
Blasch Precision Ceramics Inc

1800 1815

Q & A followed by End of Day One

Day Two
0830 0900

Networking Tea

0900 1100

Session IV : Refinery Hydrogen

Chairman:
Theo Visser, Technical Manager-Hydrocracking
Criterion Catalysts and Technologies

0900 0930

Maximizing Value Generation Across a Diesel Hydrotreater by Optimal Utilization of

Refinery Hydrogen
Saurabh Dhir, Technical Service Manager (India)
Criterion Catalysts and Technologies

0930 1000

More Hydrogen in the Refinery Through Revamping Options

Cristina Guazzotti, Process Manager
KT Kinetics Technology S.p.A

1000 1030

Adding Value to Hydrogen Production: The BOO Concept

Philip Morris, Global Refining and Fuels Marketing Manager
Air Products

1030 1100

Networking Tea

1100 1330

Session V : Energy Efficiency

Chairman:
A.S.Basu, Chief--Refinery Operations
HMEL

1100 1130

Fired Heater Modularization - Concept, Concerns & Benefits

Tanveer Singh, Head - Design & Engineering
Esteem Projects Pvt Ltd

1130 1200

Improved Energy & Process Efficiency in the Naphtha Splitter:

A Case Study
Dipankar Phukan, Deputy Manager--Process
Karthik Ramesh, Senior EngineerProcess
Gujarat refinery
India Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL)

1200 1230

Cost Effective Solution for Refinery Heat Exchangers

Barinder J S Ghai, Global Technical marketing
Sandvik Materials Technology, UK

1230 1245

Q&A

1245 1400

Networking Lunch

1400 1615

Session VI: Operational Excellence

Chairman:
M. Venkatesh, Director--Refinery
MRPL

1400 1430

Revamp Opportunities for Refinery Margin Optimization by Low Capex

Bharat Goenka, Head- Technology Licensing India
Shell India Markets Private Limited

1430 1500

Use of Diagnostic tools for Operational Reliability

Ms. Jayati Ghosh, General ManagerProcess
Engineers India Ltd

1500 1530

Demystifying the Refinery Energy Index

Brijesh Kumar, Executive Director
Centre for High Technology

1530 1600

Achieving Operational Excellence

Sheoraj Singh, Deputy General ManagerR&D
Engineers India Ltd

1600 1615

Q&A

1615 1630

Networking Tea

1630 1800

Session VII : Refinery & Petrochemicals Integration

Chairman:
Ajay Deshpande, DirectorTechnology
Engineers India Ltd

1630 1700

Petrochemicals Demand Scenario in India: Opportunities & Challenges

S. Mitra, Executive Director--Business Development (Petrochemicals)
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd

1700 1730

Value Addition Through Refinery & Petrochemical Integration:

Case Study
Ms. Vatika Shukla, General ManagerR&D
Engineers India Ltd

1730 1745

Q&A

1745 1800

Chairmans Summing up & Vote of Thanks

Adarsh Soni
End of Conference