Papers presented by various companies at the Opportunity Crudes conference held in Houston, TX in 2014.
September 15, 2014 (Monday)
Morning session: Outlooks of Global Crude Market & Supply Logistics
Unconventional Oil and Gas: Reshaping Global Energy Markets.
Guy Caruso - The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
North American Crude Supply and Logistics - Outlook and Implications for Producers, Refiners and Markets.
Martin Tallett, President - EnSys Energy
"Market Access for Canadian Crudes - a "Pipe" Dream or "Rail"ity?" -
Dinara Millington, Senior Research Director - Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI)
Seismic Shifts in US Refining.
Al Troner, Senior Business Development Manager - APEC Consulting
Pre-Flash Tower vs. Condensate Splitter
Matthew Goitia
-Peaker Energy
Finding the "Quality" Crudes.
Bill Lywood, President - Crude Quality Inc.
Quality Tracking, Property Predictions and the Intertek Organic Deposition Programme.
Colin Stewart, Special Projects Director & Frederick Stubbins, Research Consultant - Intertek
Characterizing and Tracking Contaminants in Opportunity Crudes.
Eric Streit, Sr. Staff Consultant - KBC Advanced Technologies
Creating Competitive Advantage Through Integration.
Joseph McMullen, Product Marketing Manager - Schneider Electric
Opportunities and Challenges When Processing Light Sweet Shale Oil and Heavy Sour Canadian Oil Sands Crude. -
Hege Dammen - Invensys Spiral
Fast, Accurate Evaluation of Opportunity Crudes.
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David Alexander, Director of Crude Assay Management Systems - Haverly Systems
Design Considerations for the Deployment of In-line Crude Oil Blending Technology to Maximise Performance and Return on Investment.
Jon Moreau, Global Business Director - Cameron Measurement Systems
Multi-Variable Crude Oil Blending Using NMR-LP Enhanced Technology.
Gregory Shahnovsky, General Manager - Modcon Systems
Paraffinic Unconventional Crude Performance and Benefits.
Cliff Avery - Albemarle
September 16, 2014 (Tuesday)
Morning session: Resid Upgrading and Tight Oil Processing
Shale Oil Solutions from the Reservoir to the Refinery.
Carl Weaver, Sr. Research Design & Development Engineer - Baker Hughes
Self-incompatible Crude Oils by Contamination during Transportation.
Irv Wiehe, President - Soluble Solutions
Automation to Monitor Heat Exchanger Fouling to Avoid Crude Blend Incompatibility.
Tim Olsen, Refining Consultant - Emerson Process Management
Canadian Crude Impacts ....The Other Crude oil
Sam Lordo, Director Marketing Technical Consulting Global - Nalco Champion
Managing the Corrosion Impacts of Opportunity Crudes.
Eric Vetters, President - ProCorr Consulting Services
Advanced Integrity Monitoring Solution Protects Margin Improvement from Processing of Opportunity Crudes.
Peter Collins, CEO - Permasense
FCC Additive Improves Tight Oils Processing Economics with High Iron Feeds.
Lucas Revellon, Director of Sales - Johnson Matthey-INTERCAT
Solutions for Maximizing Value with FCC Feeds from Opportunity Crudes.
Alexis Shackleford, Technical Marketing Specialist - BASF
Strategies of Increasing Technologies and Petrochemical Yields
VCCTM Technology, Bottoms Upgrading for Today's Market
Cassandra Schoessow & Steve Mayo - KBR
Tight Oils in FCC: Issues, Opportunities and Flexible Catalytic Solutions.
Michael Federspiel, National Technical Sales Manager - Grace Catalyst Technologies
A Novel Process to Maximize LCO from Existing FCC Units.
Rahul Pillai & Gauthnam Krishnaiah - KBR
The Changing North American CrudeLandscape: Impacts Challenges and Opportunities.
John Auers, Executive Vice-President - Turner Mason