CONFERENCE DAY ONE – 25TH OCTOBER 2023
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Welcome Address & Opening Remarks
Minister of State Low Yen Ling, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore
Peony Ballroom 4405-6 & 4505-6
PLENARY 1: STAYING THE COURSE TOWARD 2030
Chairman: Tim Rockell, Founder & Managing Director, Energy Strat Asia, Singapore
9:05 am - 9:20 am
Keynote & Opening Towards a Net-Zero Future: The Outlook for Singapore's Downstream Sector
Irie Kazumoto, Managing Director, President, Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC) , Japan
9:20 am - 9:40 am
Next Generation, Digital Refinery of the Future
Tathagata Basu, Global Head - Refining & Downstream, Honeywell, United States
9:40 am - 10:05 am
Asian Downstream Summit (ADS) Awards
- Leader of the Year
- Female Engineer of the Year
- Young Engineer Award
- Downstream Project of the Year
- Sustainable Technology of the Year
- Sustainable Plant of the Year
- Innovations in Oil & Gas Digital Technology
- Startup of the Year
Guest-of-Honour: Minister of State Low Yen Ling, Ministry of Trade and Industry
10:05 am - 10:45 am
Minister Tour & Networking Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:30 am
CCUS as a Key Driver towards a Net Zero Downstream Industry
- How are Singapore’s policy makers and regulators supporting CCUS adoption?
- Examining global CCUS markets, what best practice exists for ASEAN’s downstream sector?
- The roadmap to Net Zero 2030: How can Asia fully leverage its strategic downstream economy to champion carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS)?
- Investment appetite for CCUS technology, uptake, and projects in the downstream sector
- Exploring the importance of public-private partnerships in accelerating CCUS growth
- Outlining and overcoming the roadblocks for CCUS development in ASEAN
(Moderator) Nick Dingemans, Partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP, Singapore
YB Dr Hj Hazland Bin Abg Hj Hipni, Deputy Minister for Energy and Environmental Sustainability Sarawak, Malaysia
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Executive Opening Roundtable: Business Leaders Prepare the Industry for 2030 Targets
The promised 2030 looms ever closer, and with seven years to go before this deadline, refiners are on the clock. With an eye on the need for sustainability, this panel aims to discuss how refiners have made – or are making – moves toward embracing intelligence, flexibility and adaptability in their plants and processes. The panel will also address climate change, the feasibility of a hydrogen economy, sustainable refining, carbon tax, and the finances of turning the industry green.
(Moderator) Tim Rockell, Founder & Managing Director, Energy Strat Asia, Singapore
Permono Avianto, Vice President of Production Planning & Monitoring, PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional, Indonesia
12:10 pm - 1:20 pm
Networking Lunch & Tech Talks
Asian Downstream Summit (ADS)
Asian Refining Technology Conference (ARTC)
Technical Stream 1
Achieving Operational Excellence
(Track 1)
Peony Ballroom 4405-6 & 4505-6
Technical Stream 2
Digital Transformation & Enablement
(Track 2)
Orchid Ballroom 4205 & 4305
Technical Stream 1
FCC & Catalyst Advances
Orchid Ballroom 4206 & 4306
1:20 pm - 1:40 pm
Ching Chye Hou, Senior Principal Enterprise Solution Consultant, Aspentech, Singapore
Computerized Fault Tree Analysis Development for Distillation Unit in Refinery Plant
Low Carbon Propylene as the Key Resilience Driver for the FCC Unit
Rafael Gonzalez, Regional Marketing Manager Asia Pacific & India, W.R. Grace , Spain
1:40 pm - 2:00 pm
Integrated Energy in De-butanizer System
Hae Yong Noh, Sr. Engineer in Operations Engineering Support Division at Global Manufacturing Support Department , Aramco
Enhancing Critical Decision-Making Through Dynamic Pressure Drop Modeling
Dhairya Soni, Technical Service Representative, Crystaphase, United States
Development and Application of Key Materials and FCC Additives for maximizing propylene
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm
A New Innovative Way to Monitor for Refractory Failure in Claus Units
Bob Poteet, Director of Business Development (Global Projects Business), WIKA, United States
A historical review of FT-NIR analyzers as applied in refineries
Allan J. Rilling, Global Product Line Manager, ABB Inc.,, Canada
Light Hydrocarbon Aromatization Technology
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm
Pushing the Envelope on Turnaround and Shutdown Practices
The Refiner’s Guide to Digital Transformation
Roadmap for Processing Biogenic Feedstocks in FCCUs
PLENARY KEYNOTE 2
Chairman:
Technical Stream 3
Financing the Energy Transition
(Track 1)
Peony Ballroom 4405-6 & 4505-6
Technical Stream 4
AI, Machine Learning, & Digital Twins
(Track 2)
Orchid Ballroom 4205 & 4305
Technical Stream 2
Bio- and Alternate Fuels
Orchid Ballroom 4206 & 4306
2:50 pm - 3:10 pm
Making Sense of the World of Green and Transition Financing – Where to Start?
Dr. Pratap Nair, Founder, President & CEO, Ingenero, India
Mayuresh Mokal, Digital Process Solutions Group, Ingenero, India
Conversion to a Green Refinery Configuration: Assessing Options, Risks and Viability
John Koo, Business Development Director, Asia Pacific Operations, Becht, Singapore
3:10 pm - 3:30 pm
- Trends to take note of, availability of capital, and appetite for investment in sustainable energy projects
- Threats to sustainable financing, and how to avoid pitfalls
- Defining (and avoiding!) greenwashing
- Emerging finance mechanisms including green bonds and sustainable loans
*Note: This session end at 3:50 pm.
(Moderator) Galid Lahdahda, Managing Director – Head of Downstream & Chemicals (Oil & Gas and Chemicals), Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore
Galid Lahdahda, Managing Director - Head of Downstream & Chemicals (Oil & Gas and Chemicals), Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore
Roger Charles, Executive Director, IBG Sustainability, DBS, Singapore
Mayank Vishnoi, Chief Financial Officer – Corporate Finance, ChemOne Group, Singapore
Connecting the Dots via Enterprise Optimisation Centre
Dang Sri Annim, Head of Delivery (Digital Twin & Analytics), NervCentre, PETRONAS, Malaysia
Abdul Rahim Norman, Staff Engineer (Simulation & Optimisation), PETRONAS, Malaysia
Axens Bio-Hub to Lever Bio-Ethanol Potential
Sébastien Huchette, Vice President Commercial (Asia Pacific) - Process Licensing, Axens
3:30 pm - 3:50 pm
3:50 pm - 4:30 pm
Networking Coffee Break
4:30 pm - 4:50 pm
Complexities to building a Net-Zero Roadmap
Location: Peony Ballroom 4405-6 & 4505-6
4:50 pm - 5:50 pm
- The current state of the refining and petrochemicals industry with respect to clean energy and sustainability, progress made, and challenges faced on the road towards decarbonisation
- Potential market for clean energy fuels, and the role of government policy and regulations in driving development and adoption
- Technical and engineering challenges associated with development and production of clean fuels
(Moderator) Anne McPhee, Vice President, Business Development, Chemicals and Fuels, Advisian, United States
Stéphane Wermester, Commercial Vice President – Asia Pacific Region, Axens, France
5:50 pm - 5:55 pm
5:55 pm -
END OF DAY 1
*All timing is in Singapore time.