Webcasts

Sponsored by: AspenTech

Accuracy in cost estimation is crucial for the success and feasibility of capital projects. Yet cost estimates often involve uncertainty and unforeseen circumstances that can negatively impact the project timeline and budget.

Join experts from PETRONAS as they share their experience using Aspen Capital Cost Estimator™, which enabled the company to:  

• Streamline cost estimation and risk analysis processes
• Obtain and benchmark reliable contingency values
• Reduce manual intervention and save >1500 man-hours per cost engineer

Gain valuable insight on PETRONAS’s success story and learn how you can achieve similar results.

Sponsored by: Clariant

Catalysts make chemical processes more economical, energy-efficient, and environmentally sustainable across diverse industries and applications. Commercial manufacturing of catalysts is not easy, and scaling up requires specialized expertise.

Clariant's team of catalyst experts partners closely with customers to transition their catalyst formulations from lab-scale recipes to commercial manufacturing. Leveraging extensive expertise and assets, this process enables catalyst manufacturing at an industrial scale within Clariant's global production facilities. Clariant's comprehensive capabilities ensure a seamless path from innovative catalyst R&D to reliable high-volume production tailored to each customer's requirements.

The webcast will cover:

• An Introduction to Clariant and Custom Catalysts
• How catalysts are scaled up, and the various unit operations used
• Selected case studies highlight the challenges of taking recipes from the lab to the commercial scale:

• Filtration & washing
• Kneading & extruding
• Metal deposition techniques

Sponsor: Axens

As many operators explore the potential to capture and sequester or utilize CO₂ from their facilities, some are realizing the complexity of developing those projects from a technical, economic, execution, and permitting perspective.

This presentation will introduce the process steps typically required from the moment of CO₂ generation to its eventual sequestration or utilization, including challenges, solutions, and industrial project experience. 

Axens has a full range of CO₂ solutions including CO₂ capture, flue gas pretreatment, and CO₂ conditioning (dehydration, deoxygenation, H₂S elimination) and CO₂ utilization, which can be deployed in pre combustion and post combustion CO₂ capture scenarios.

We will focus on Axens innovative DMX^™ process for post combustion carbon capture. We will share the latest feedback after 2 years of operation at our post-combustion CO₂ capture demonstration plant located at the ArcelorMittal Steel Mill in Dunkirk, France.

Sponsor: Lummus Technology

With an ever-increasing global demand for energy, dimethyl ether (DME) is emerging as a promising option in the renewable energy landscape and offers a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels with significant potential for reducing carbon emissions. As technology and infrastructure continue to evolve, renewable DME (rDME) may become a key component of a more sustainable energy future.

Join Lummus Technology’s clean fuels and etherification experts for a discussion of their rDME technology and gain valuable insights into building an energy strategy that fits your facility and goals.

The webcast will cover:

• Features and benefits of Lummus’ rDME
• Production flexibility of bio-driven feedstocks
• rDME’s sustainability profile and potential

Sponsored by: Honeywell

In recognition of the urgent need to reduce carbon footprint across industries, regulations have been established to confront this critical challenge, acknowledging the significant social and global impacts of carbon emissions. Globally, stringent policies such as EU RED II and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) aim to internalize the social costs of carbon emissions and ensure global competitiveness while transitioning to a low-carbon economy.

On the other hand, the USA has announced incentives to industries that can credibly demonstrate reduced carbon intensity. These regulations and incentive schemes create monetizing opportunities for industries. Recognizing this need, the Management of Carbon Intensity gains prominence in today’s industry challenges.

Honeywell uses an approach based on a comprehensive framework of solutions that address measuring, monitoring, reporting and reduction of carbon intensity across the hydrocarbon value chain. It comprises of three main components – Carbon Intensity Digital Twin, Carbon Intensity Analytics Engine, and Carbon Intensity Optimization suite - to manage the carbon footprint in near real time.

Sponsored: Lummus Technology

The challenge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industrial operations is on, creating the need for petrochemical and refining operators to meet today’s energy transition goals. Cracking heaters and other fired heaters are a great starting point for decarbonization efforts, due to the high carbon emissions of traditional heat sources.

Join us for a virtual introduction of Lummus’ SRT-h^™ hybrid cracking heater and LEAP™ technology to learn how they can be applied for partial CO₂ reduction or extended to net zero-level CO₂ emission requirements for cracking heaters or other refinery and petrochemical process heating applications.

This webcast will cover:

• Innovative approaches to electrification and energy recovery with a focus on decarbonizing existing assets
• Lummus’ SRT-h^™ hybrid cracking heater which combines fuel firing and electrical heating to reduce CO₂ emissions by 15-40% without negative impact on the plant capacity or the steam balance
• Lummus’ LEAP^™ technology which reduces fuel firing for existing fired heaters through energy recovery from the convection section for new and existing heaters
• Additional plant considerations, as decarbonization is not just about heaters

Sponsored by: Lummus Technology

Decarbonization is a complicated but critical challenge facing multiple industries that are vital to support society’s way of life. With so many carbon capture technologies available, it can be difficult to determine which one is right for your specific site, application and decarbonization goals. The type selected will have a significant impact on the economics and feasibility of any decarbonization project.

Join Lummus Technology experts as they review the application of three different carbon capture technologies:

• Post-combustion carbon capture
• Oxyfuel combustion with CO₂ purification
• Pre-combustion carbon capture

This webcast will discuss the general process of each of these technologies, explore the technical advantages and disadvantages of each, examine the utility consumption and its impact on overall Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, and evaluate the economics (CAPEX, OPEX and cost of capture) of these technologies in a test case.

Sponsored by: AspenTech

Shell recently completed a pilot evaluation of Aspen Unified Planning™ (AUP) and Aspen Unified Scheduling™ (AUS) at the Pernis and Moerdijk manufacturing complexes. The objective of the project was to simplify and streamline the deployment of newer software versions to enhance the efficiency and usability of its planning and scheduling tools. Integration between planning and scheduling was also a key focus.

Shell recognized that having centralized, web-based applications offered several advantages:

• Version Management: Centralization simplifies the rollout of new software and patches, making it easier to address software bugs promptly
• Resource Efficiency: Individual users no longer require high-performance computers, as the heavy lifting is done on the central server
• Script Elimination: Web-based applications eliminate the need for scripting software
• Consistency: All users operate on the same version of the model, ensuring consistency between planning and scheduling

Following this successful evaluation, Shell has made the decision to transition their planning and scheduling models into production. AUP is already live, and AUS is scheduled to go live in the coming months. Join us as Sergio Vazquez, Margin Optimization Advisor at Shell, shares their experiences implementing AUP and AUS, including plans for rolling out the products to other manufacturing sites. Additionally, you will hear about the benefits and trade-offs of transitioning from PC-based tools to web-based applications.

Learn how this initiative represents a significant step toward optimizing planning and scheduling processes, improving efficiency and achieving greater consistency across Shell’s organization.