Registration is now open for Hydrocarbon Processing's third annual International Refining and Petrochemical Conference (IRPC) that will be held 12-14 June 2012 in Milan, Italy. Reserve your spot today and take advantage of our Super Early Bird pricing — save 20 percent when you register before 29 February.
IRPC is a leading-edge technical conference, providing an elite forum within which industry leaders can share knowledge and ideas relating to the international refining and petrochemical industries. The conference emphasizes the latest technological and operational advances from both a local and global perspective, and is attended by project engineers, process engineers and hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) management officials from around the world. With changes in crude supply around the world, refiners and technology companies will be able to present the latest developments in refining technologies.
This year, the conference will give special focus to heavy oil conversion and unconventional feedstocks, in addition to other relevant industry topics. Below is a full list of topics slated for discussion at IRPC 2012.
• Heavy oil conversion/bottom-of-the-barrel
• Gas treatment technologies
• Plant and refinery sustainability
• Rotating equipment
• Profitability
• Refinery and petrochemical integration
• Energy policy
• Bio-based petrochemicals/chemicals
• Middle distillate developments
• Alternative feedstocks—shale gas, GTLs, CTLs, etc.
• MARPOL regulations
• Catalysts—rare earth issue and new developments
• Shift in gasoline to diesel ratio
• Metallurgy
• Renewables/biofuels
• New materials
• Future of fuel oil
• Mechanical equipment
• Clean fuels
• Energy efficiency
• Plant safety
• Maintenance and reliability
• Flare systems
• Effluence management (water, air, solid waste)
• Process control applications/automation
• Carbon management