Session Chairs:
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Mark Lockhart, Burns & McDonnell
- Kevin Turini, Fluor Corporation
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 |
| 8:30am-9:00am |
Hydroconversion of Renewable Lipids into Biojet and Biodiesel |
Cristal Suarez, Axens North America |
| 9:00am-9:30am | Improving Refinery Reliability and Profitability Using Connected Data |
Jeffrey Zurlo, SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions |
| 9:30am-10:00am | Strategies for Managing Contaminant Metals in the FCC Unit | Rebecca Kuo, BASF |
| 10:00am-10:30am | Processes for Refinery Propylene | Dominic Varraveto, Burns & McDonnell |
| 10:30am-10:15am | Coffee | |