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ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE:
THURSDAY 23 JULY 2020
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ADIPEC 2020 DOWNSTREAM
TECHNICAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Jirí Hájek
CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Unipetrol Centre for Research and Education
Francesco De Francesco
Vice President, International Refineries Development
Eni
Thomas M. Boesen
Vice President Middle East
Borealis
David Marion
Vice President Manufacturing Africa, Middle East and Asia
TOTAL Refining and Chemicals
Imre Csoti
Vice President Onshore, Operations, MENA
McDermott
Claus-Peter Hälsig
Vice President Process & Technology
FLUOR
Ahmed Salem
Executive Director Downstream, Refining & Petrochemicals
MENAT & India
Baker Hughes
Ramón Areitio Toledo
General Manager
CEPSA Petroleum Operations Middle East LLC
Gabriele Omassi
Head of Business Development Downstream Abu Dhabi
OMV Downstream Middle East & Asia
Morgan Allen
Senior Technical, Service Manager
Grace
Maruti Prasad
Superintendent, Hydrocracking, Treating & Lubes
BAPCO
Nawaf Alsharhan
Manager - Corporate Planning
Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company
Anissa Bendjeriou Sedjerari, PhD.
Industry and Research Center Liaison Officer
Kaust Catalysis Center (KCC) | Innovation & Economic Development (IED)
King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)
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SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: THURSDAY 23 JULY 2020

ABOUT THE ADIPEC DOWNSTREAM
TECHNICAL CONFERENCE
The global oil and gas industry is going through a major shift driven by the current ongoing price volatility, global pandemic
affecting supply and demand trends and workforce restrictions due to multiple country-wide quarantine requirements. Amid vast
uncertainties, technological innovations, business resilience, new partnerships, talent retention and industry sustainability are ever
more important in today’s reality.
The downstream industry plays an important role to support oil and gas companies to remain resilient and future-ready. ADIPEC
2020 continues to innovate and keeping up with the latest market trends, enhancing its downstream technical content.
Launching 6 NEW categories, the ADIPEC Downstream Technical Conference is set to drive the conversation on downstream
topics that will spur progress and fast track development in everyday refinery and petrochemical operations.
2020 DOWNSTREAM TECHNICAL CATEGORIES
1
REFINING TECHNOLOGY, OPERATIONS AND MARKETING (RTOM)
2
PETROCHEMICALS TECHNOLOGY, OPERATIONS (PTO)
3
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DIGITALISATION TECHNOLOGY IN PETROCHEMICAL
PLANTS AND REFINERIES (AIDTPPR)
4
GAS PROCESSING AND HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS (GPHTO)
5
PROJECT MANAGEMENT, ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AND IMPLEMENTATION (PMETI)
6
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, MAINTENANCE AND HSE (OEMH)
7
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT (EPEEEM)
8
POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY ON THE FUTURE OF THE DOWNSTREAM
INDUSTRY (PICEFDI)
9
RUNNING ON RENEWABLES: TRANSPORTATION FROM NEW ENERGY SOURCES (RRTES)
10
DEVELOPING CAPABILITIES, NURTURING TALENT AND INVESTING IN THE WORKFORCE
OF THE FUTURE IN DOWNSTREAM (DCNTIWFD)
11
ACHIEVING SUSTAINABILITY HERE AND NOW – HOW IS THE DOWNSTREAM INDUSTRY
CONTRIBUTING TO DECARBONISATION? (ASDICD)
Submit your abstracts online on adipec.com/downstreamcfp
SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: THURSDAY 23 JULY 2020
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WHY SUBMIT ABSTRACTS?
ADIPEC hosts one of the largest technical conferences in the world, with industry leaders sharing expertise and insights spanning
across the entire oil and gas value chain.
Over 11,000 delegates attended ADIPEC 2019 from over 167 countries, creating a global hub of knowledge and an elite platform
which shapes and influences current industry topics and challenges. Submit your downstream abstracts today and be a part of
one of the world’s most influential and premier oil and gas events.
GAIN INTERNATIONAL
RECOGNITION &
BUILD YOUR PROFILE
As a chosen speaker, you will gain tremendous exposure
through the extensive conference marketing and
promotion channels targeted towards a massive oil and
gas database. This includes printed brochures distributed
across relevant organisations, the conference website,
through internal and partner emails, articles, social media
and more.
VALIDATE IDEAS &
GATHER FEEDBACK
Submitted abstracts undergo a thorough vetting process
with a technical committee comprised of senior industry
leaders. Accepted abstracts will be presented in front of a
global audience, where speakers will gain feedback during
the Q&A period.
BE A PART OF AN
UNPARALLELED
GATHERING OF
INDUSTRY LEADERS
Industry leaders including global Ministers, CEOs, C-Suite
Executives and more convene at ADIPEC annually to set an
agenda which shapes the future of the oil and gas industry.
As a speaker, you will contribute to the conversations
influencing the dialogue surrounding global partnerships,
people development, technical innovation and digital
initiatives in the downstream industry.
UNRIVALLED OPPORTUNITY
TO NETWORK WITH
THE INDUSTRY
As a distinguished speaker at ADIPEC, your opportunity
to network as a technical expert extends beyond the
conference onto the exhibition floor showcasing over 2,200
exhibiting companies and attended by over 155,000 oil and
gas trade visitors.
RAISE YOUR
ORGANISATION’S PROFILE
Presenting your firm’s pioneering technology which
significantly boosts performance, in front of an international
audience of industry colleagues and peers is a golden
chance to assess your target audience and get your brand
message out in a subtle yet compelling manner.
Submit your abstracts online on adipec.com/downstreamcfp
SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: THURSDAY 23 JULY 2020
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DOWNSTREAM TECHNICAL CATEGORIES
1
REFINING TECHNOLOGY, OPERATIONS AND MARKETING (RTOM)
• Refining and petrochemical integration, supply chain management and
feedstock optimisation: crude oil derivatives including naptha, LPG,
NGL, shale gas, ethane gas
• Enhancing the rate of Crude (or Oil) to Chemicals up to Green Field
Complexes
• On purpose enhancement of olefin production in refineries as a
consequence of gasoline and diesel production reduction as well as
standalone unites such as PHD for petrochemical usage
• Refining technology and processing developments: catalytic and
thermal cracking, advanced hydrocracker reaction and fractionation
units, delayed coking units, contaminants removal, alkylation and
polymerisation, isomerisation, energy efficiency, technology to increase
yield gasoline with reduced olefins and sulphur content, improved fluid
catalytic cracking (FCC), upgrading of FCC gasoline, production of
valuable chemicals; extractive distillation processes and by-products;
bunker fuel, sustainability, CO2 tax, “green hydrogen”
• Bottom of the barrel upgrading, including marine fuels, processing vs
scrubbing; flow measurements, metal contamination
• Advanced fuels marketing and distribution technologies from refinery
to retail station: efficiency, safety and security. Marketing tools to attain
customers loyalty for traditional fossil fuels in gasoline stations
• New trends and emerging technologies for lubricants, fuels and base
oils: product integrity, standards and legislations
• Advanced biofuels – TRL (Technology Readiness Level) outlook,
integration opportunities, availability in horizon 2020 - 2040 and quality
challenges
• Brownfield revamping, expansion, conversion and developments
• Ship emissions analysis, constraints, challenges and the IMO
regulation: Is Jet fuel next?
• Heavy oil: flow measurement and control of heavy oil steam, metal
contamination from heavy oil processing, desalting refinery heavy feeds
2
PETROCHEMICALS TECHNOLOGY, OPERATIONS (PTO)
• Olefins (ethylene and propylene) and aromatics (benzene, toluene,
xylene isomers): operations and technology developments; On-purpose
olefins production
• Petrochemical and refining integration, supply chain management and
feedstock allocation, diversification and maximisation
• Integration of bio-feedstock in petrochemical plants – quality challenges
and capacity constrain
• Crude to chemicals
• Naphtha and diesel transformation into more valuable products
• Condensates from waste plastic pyrolysis as feed for petro chemistry –
feed quality vs current technology constrains
• Impact of alternative feedstocks on yields and products quality
3
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DIGITALISATION TECHNOLOGY IN PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS
AND REFINERIES (AIDTPPR)
• Big data collation, management and analysis; petrochemical, gas
processing plants and refineries
• Cloud engineering and virtual technology validation for petrochemical
plants and refineries
• Smart manufacturing and connected plants; digital plants, innovations
and new business models
• Digital twins and asset lifecycles
• Monitoring control using big data analytics, cloud engineering and
virtual technology
• Cybersecurity technology to protect assets through downturn times,
improving safety of assets and continued production and operation
• Big data collation, management and analysis within the refinery and
petrochemical plants
• Digital plants, integrated hardware, software, monitoring and predictive
analytics
• Digital transformation – optimising refinery performance: machine
learning, robotics, blockchain
• Pushing boundaries with R&D to develop tomorrow’s digital refinery
• Digital data flow from project conception via “handover” to maintenance
and operational support”
4
GAS PROCESSING AND HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS (GPHTO)
• Sour gas processing, filtration and separation methods including acid,
gas, water, condensate, oil
• R&D relating to production and processing of natural gas
• Modular gas processing plants
• Advanced natural gas to olefins technology
• Sulphur recovery and acid gas removal units
• Pipeline innovations, storage solutions for reliable compression and
increase of operational efficiency
• Renewable hydrogen: challenges and opportunities – new business
model for existing refineries
• Utilisation of renewable hydrogen in existing refineries
5
PROJECT MANAGEMENT, ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AND IMPLEMENTATION (PMETI)
• Successful project execution: engineering, procurement, supply chain,
construction and management; project execution strategies to reduce
risks and cost optimisation
• Mega project challenges in a low price oil environment: refining,
petrochemicals, gas
• Mitigating challenges during commissioning and startup operations:
refining and petrochemicals
• Refinery upgrades, revamps – technical considerations, engineering
and reliability
• How to set up a project onto the right track
• “Keys” to project implementation success - comparative execution
models and contracting strategies that influence project success
• Competencies to execute projects through the complete supply chain
of EPCs - how is the industry tackling this?
• How ready are EPC companies for the digital transformation in
downstream?
3

DOWNSTREAM TECHNICAL CATEGORIES
6
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, MAINTENANCE AND HSE (OEMH)
• Health, safety, environment, security management, equipment and
services across downstream plants
• Risk and integrity management, interface challenges within the plant
• Hazardous chemicals management
• Reducing Opex: production efficiency, process reliability and margin
improvement
• Plant maintenance, upgrades, refurbishment, manufacturing and
equipment
• Process optimisation, trouble shooting and energy management in the
refinery, petrochemical plant
• 3D printing and its implications
• Transforming operations through operational excellence and digitalisation
7
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT (EPEEEM)
• Technologies to meet new fuel specifications and support clean energy
standards; gasoline vs diesel technology advances
• Configuration and conversion technologies
• Asset management on energy efficiency, sustainability
• Advances in biofuels, co-processing technologies and applications
• Climate change, C02 reduction and environmental challenges
• New and expected quality requirements on existing refinery and
petrochemical products
• Margin improvements by enhancing “molecule management”
8
POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY ON THE FUTURE OF THE DOWNSTREAM
INDUSTRY (PICEFDI)
• Insights on emissions management, energy efficiency, biofuels and biofeedstocks:
global lessons learned and best practices
• Innovations in reducing adverse environmental impacts of plastics
waste to meet sustainable downstream practices
• Redesigning of plastics products towards sustainability
• Biomass-based including alternative materials (from circular economy
and petchem feedstocks)
• Development of new business models and commercial shifts
• Impacts plastics recycling have on petrochemical feedstocks;
enhancing recycling quality
• Innovations in recycling technologies and sustainability projects
9
RUNNING ON RENEWABLES: TRANSPORTATION FROM NEW ENERGY SOURCES (RRTES)
• Energy transition, electric vehicles (BV- battery vehicles and FCV – fuel
cell vehicles), batteries and storage technologies (e.g.: hydrogen)
• Standalone processing and co-processing of biofeed – feed and
product quality, yields, declaration of GHG savings. Condensates from
waste plastic pyrolysis as refinery feedstock feed for refinery – feed
quality vs current technology constrains
• Renewable processes and business sustainability – what’s next?
• Alternatives to crude oil – vegetable oils, algae, used cooking oil;
gasification of biomass, syngas and methanol or Fischer Tropsch
• Impacts of circular economy - plastic recycling, PTA, melting, reuse and
cracking to make heavy oil from plastics
• Hydrogen economy:
- Hydrogen production from green hydrogen via electrolysis (energy
from wind, PV)
- Blue hydrogen (the traditional conversion of methane via SMR BUT
including removal of CO2
- The use for e-fuels (hydrogen plus CO2 to form syngas and either
methanol or Fischer Topsch)
10
DEVELOPING CAPABILITIES, NURTURING TALENT AND INVESTING IN THE WORKFORCE
OF THE FUTURE IN DOWNSTREAM (DCNTIWFD)
• The evolving role of technology in changing skillsets and transforming jobs
• How are leaders attracting talent in the downstream industry? What
strategies can be put in place to make the downstream industry more
attractive? How to retain young talent?
• The energy transition – creating new employment opportunities
• Inclusion and Diversity in downstream – past, present and future
11
ACHIEVING SUSTAINABILITY HERE AND NOW – HOW IS THE DOWNSTREAM INDUSTRY
CONTRIBUTING TO DECARBONISATION? (ASDICD)
• As we move towards a lower carbon world, the pressure for companies to meet emission targets has increased. This category invites consultants,
operators and market analysts to submit papers on what initiatives downstream companies are putting in place to meet these goals.
Submit your abstracts online on adipec.com/downstreamcfp
SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: THURSDAY 23 JULY 2020
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
All submitted technical abstracts will be reviewed by the ADIPEC 2020 Technical Downstream Committee. Early submission
is important to ensure Committee members have ample time to review the abstracts. The deadline for submission is
Thursday 23 July 2020. Any submissions after this date will not be accepted. Incomplete submissions will not be considered.
Abstract Submissions:
• Abstracts should include 450 words and be written in English.
• It is critical that all the requested information is provided at the time of your abstract submission.
• You must select from the 11 categories provided to best describe your abstract.
• Prior to abstract submissions – your management clearance must be obtained. Any issues concerning clearance should be outlined
when the abstract is submitted.
• If you have presented this abstract previously, you will need to provide details of when and where.
Abstract Content:
Your abstracts should contain adequate information for review by the Technical Downstream Committee including:
• Description: summarise the scope and nature of the work upon which the abstract is based on refinery or petrochemical plant data,
original analysis, expansion and integration and technology innovation and application.
• Applications: describe the possible application of the information provided in the abstract.
• Results and conclusions: summarise the results and major conclusions to be presented in the presentation and state specific
conclusions of the work and how these differ from previous work on the same subject. State whether new information will be revealed
and whether data from the lab, refinery, plant will be included.
• Technical contributions: describe the significance of the subject matter in the abstract by listing up to three technical contributions or
additions to the technical knowledge based on the petroleum industry.
Downstream Technical Categories:
Use the 11 technical categories supplied to indicate the category that best describes your abstract. Abstracts are evaluated based on
the following:
• The abstract must contribute to downstream operations and/or technology and should contain significant new knowledge, technical
results or experiences.
• Data in the abstract must be correct in terms of technical applications.
• The abstract may present information about equipment and tools to be used in downstream sectors showing definite applications
and limitations of such equipment and should avoid undue commercialism and extensive use of trade names.
Guidelines for Accepted Abstracts:
• If your abstract is accepted you will be notified.
• Authors of accepted abstracts will be required to prepare powerpoint presentations.
• Detailed instructions on the preparation of powerpoint presentations will be sent to all authors once acceptance to speak has been
received.
• The organiser assumes no obligation for expenses by authors for travel and accommodation to attend and speak at the event.
Commercialism:
Abstracts should avoid the use of commercial trade names, company names or language that is commercial in tone in the title, text, or
slides. Use of such terms will result in careful scrutiny by the review committee and may result in exclusion from the evaluation process.
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