Refining Strategies 2010

A turbulent 18 months has seen unpredictable fluctuation in crude demand and significant price variables, with companies under increasing pressure to improve efficiencies and maximize margins.
As the World emerges from the downturn, this webinar series will look at individual aspects of the refining process with a view to achieving a profitable strategy fit to cope with an unpredictable global energy market.
1. Increasing uptime of rotating machinery with precision alignment
Date: 24 Mar 2010
Time: 4pm Europe Time, 3pm UK GMT, 11am Eastern Daylight Time
The need for reliable power generation continues to increase throughout the world. Today, there is a focus on power production in general, including the construction of new plants and the retrofit of existing units. There is a demand for increased efficiency, reliability, and availability, while at the same time plant operators are being pressured to reduce costs and outage durations. To accomplish these goals, plant maintenance, equipment retrofit and new installations have to be performed even more efficiently.
Join this webinar to learn from specific case study examples and understand how achieving precision alignment can have a direct impact on efficiency and the bottom line.
2. How to Satisfy HSE Obligations for Onsite Oil Recovery & Tank Cleaning
Date: 28 Apr 2010
Time: TBC
3. Refinery Best Practice -Throught Leadership Session
Date: 16 Sep 2010
Time: TBC
4. Minimizing Risk in your Refining Strategy
Date: 30 Sep 2010
Time: TBC
Identifying and managing risk is the surest strategy to achieve consitency and maximize profitability in a climate where margins have been increasingly squeezed. In this webinar we consider means to successfully identify real risk, with a view to reducing costs and ensuring successful project delivery.
5. Developing a Unified Safety Strategy across your Refining Operations
Date: 21 Oct 2010
Time: TBC
Join this webinar and learn new approaches for delivering customized process solutions to enhance your safety strategy. See how the increasing number of safety challenges don't need to compromise the efficiency of your refining operations.
6. CO2 Capture for Refineries - a practical approach
Date: 4 Nov 2010
Time: TBC
Join this webinar to learn more about CO2 capture technologies for your refining processes, gain insight into the potential implementation hurdles and evaluate the opportunities through case study examples.

