Webcasts

Sponsor: BHGE

The oil and gas industry is witnessing an important convergence in the process and operational worlds. This session looks at how companies can integrate asset performance management (APM) solutions together with process simulation models to allow for continuous interrogation of process data against the process model, and the ability to predict and quantify operational decisions in near real-time.

Sponsor: Schneider Electric

Oil & Gas companies wishing to modernize downstream operations must update the way they view the value of their refinery, petrochemical or LNG/gas plant technology long-term investments. Stakeholders have traditionally only considered outlay of capital for installation and the ongoing cost of maintenance. An overlooked ratio, Return on Capital Employed (ROCE), provides a more comprehensive and accurate method for calculating efficiency and profitability of a company's capital investments. This session illustrates how ROCE applies itself to downstream investments in process automation.

Join Energy Web Atlas' 30 minute webcast discussing how Europe's move away from power generated by nuclear fuel, heavy oil or coal is changing the energy supply balance. This webcast will feature data from HP Construction Boxscore on small-scale and large-scale LNG facilities in Europe. Our interactive demo will illustrate international LNG trade flows, ports that take these ships, and import terminals.

Sponsor: Process Systems Enterprise 

Digitalization of process operations is currently a much-discussed topic throughout the process industries. Much of the recent focus is on the application of machine learning techniques on Big Data to derive statistical models that are then used in applications such as predictive equipment maintenance. 

An alternative – but not necessarily competing – approach is to apply the deep process knowledge embedded in high-fidelity predictive process models online within a digital applications framework. Using such detailed models in real-time process operations is a significant step forward from current online applications that are mostly based on simplified models of plants – often derived directly from expensive plant tests – and can lead to substantial improvements in terms of both enhanced performance and reduced cost of deployment. 

Overall, the creation of digital process twins that combine the richness of the plant data with accurate model predictions makes possible a new generation of monitoring, forecasting and optimization applications. This webcast describes the approach and illustrates it with practical applications for olefins production, petrochemicals process monitoring and utility system optimization.

Sponsor: AspenTech 

Market volatility is an ongoing issue for olefin producers, as local and global events drive rapid changes. Unprecedented capacity expansions combine with feedstock and logistics constraints to create significant problems for operating companies. This webinar will discuss key business challenges and solutions in the face of this volatility. With new world-scale crackers coming online, all cracker operators need to establish optimal operating envelopes to drive greater efficiencies in an ever-evolving competitive environment.

Sponsor: Honeywell

Global demand for propylene continues to rise, and the market is projected to enjoy solid growth rates for the foreseeable future. 

With this increase, however, traditional sources of propylene no longer meet the demand. On-purpose propylene solutions are necessary to fill the propylene gap. 

Join Honeywell UOP’s team of experts as they discuss market trends and explore a variety of on-purpose solutions with a focus on propane dehydrogenation and UOP’s Oleflex™ Technology solution.

You’ll learn what’s driving the market and gain insight to a variety of on-purpose technologies. 

Plus, a cross-functional panel of UOP’s R&D, technology and business leaders will be available to answer your questions in the Q&A session.

The global LNG industry is becoming increasingly interconnected as grassroots export projects get off the ground. Another technology route for processing gas into fuels—GTL—is attracting renewed attention due to improving economics. Small-scale solutions for both LNG and GTL are at the forefront of new technological developments, while major projects using more conventional technologies continue to start up around the world.

During this webcast, we will focus on LNG, GTL, gas processing technology developments and deployments, operations, small-scale solutions, transportation, trading, distribution, safety, regulatory affairs, business analysis and more.

Sponsor: Shell Global Solutions

Every few years, there are changes in refining trends that create margin opportunities.  The common recipe for success has been the ability to adapt quickly to the new economic incentives before good margins diminish.  Past trends have ranged from crude flexibility to Clean Fuels to maximum diesel production just to name a few.  Emerging trends include compliance with IMO 2020 to petrochemical integration to production of higher value products.  

This webinar reviews how to create refinery flexibility and capture refinery margin opportunity by efficiently modifying Hydrocracker equipment, catalyst and/or operations. It describes several commercial examples of refiners who have successfully adapted their Hydrocracker or high pressure Hydroprocessing unit to capitalize on emerging opportunities, executing their plans in an expedient and cost-effective manner.  Be ready for future changes by recognizing the trends and creating the flexibility in your Hydrocracker to capture the opportunities.