Mr. MS Patke

Executive Director

HSSE and Advance Liquid Biofuels, BPCL

Waste to Wealth is an initiative aiming to reduce crude oil import as well as reduction in Greenhouse Gas emissions and hence friendlier environment. It has also the capability to generate employment and complement Swachh Bharat campaign by promoting waste conversion technologies & projects.

Mr. B Ashok

Chief Executive Officer

Ratnagiri Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd.

The refining capacity of India has grown quite significantly from 0.5 MMTPA at times of independence to the current capacity of 247 MMTPA or nearly 5 million barrels per day with the number of refineries growing from 1 to 23. At the turn of the millennium, India had the capacity of 113 MMTPA which has more than been doubled over the last 18 years with capacity additions by Public Sector Oil Companies, as well as by the Private Sector and the Joint Ventures.

Mr. P. D. Samudra

C.E.O & Managing Director

Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions India Private Limited

To make investments in refineries attractive, it is essential to opt for Integrated Complexes with downstream petrochemicals & polymers production.

Mr. Amar Kumar

Head Operations

Nayara Energy Ltd

Digitalization has brought a lot of transformation in Refining & Petrochemicals industry. It brings advancements in process control technologies and optimization of operations from crude sourcing to fuel station.

Mr. Anand Makwana

Chief General Manager-Petrochemicals

GAIL (India) Limited

India also has 6 aromatic complexes with a combined Xylene capacity of 4.45million MT. Out of the total production of major petrochemicals the production of polymers account for about 59.32%. Feedstock advantage and domestic demand are key drivers for new investment preferences as well in India

Mr. Jay Jeong

Refinery Market Manager

Alfa Laval Lund AB

Staying competitive in the refining business requires energy optimisation through recover energy, even from low grade heat source. Preparations for diversified crude – crude mix with heavier and sourer crude and bottom of barrels technology to get the best out of crude are two other factors that improve profitability in refinery

Mr. Davendra Kumar

Director, Mumbai Operating Centre,

TechnipFMC India

Cutting-edge digital technologies such as IoT, AI, Blockchain, Robotics Process Automation, etc will be the next-gen technologies for refineries to apply digital to the heart of their refining operations to enable new levels of productivity and efficiency, services, experiences and ultimately, value.

Mr. Abhijit Dani

Vice President & BU Head Critical Process Equipment & Skids Business

Praj Industries Limited

The trend to modularization will continue in the coming years under the pressure of fluctuating oil prices and reduced availability of skilled workers, along with tighter environmental regulations.

Mr Raj Jhajharia

Technical Manager

Gulf Downstream Association (GDA)

GCC countries plan to add 6,732 MW power from renewable sources 81% Solar Photovoltaic, 10% Concentrated Solar Panel, and 9% wind

Mr. S Sriram

General Manager – Refineries Projects

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

Green Refinery concept depends on the degree of oil conversion, oil composition, the range and quality of products and other factors the reduced energy consumption.

Dr. A S Firoz

Chief Economist

Ministry of Steel, Government of India

Environmentalism and sustainability are probably the two words that come to mind when we think of oil & gas industry. With that in mind, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that modern oil companies recognize the need for a more sustainable and environmentally-friendly business model that will not only help the environment, but the industry as a whole

Mr. D M Katre

President

Reliance Industries Ltd

Given the shrinking margins in the Refineries, it has become almost inevitable to look for value added opportunities to be integrated through Refinery-Petrochemical integration. The fact that most of the petrochemical produces invite a higher degree of margin vis-à-vis the fuels, there is a strong case for integration between refinery and Petrochemical Complex, wherein, both feed as well as energy integration can be exploited for soliciting higher revenues.

Mr. Nandakumar V

Chief General Manager (Petchem and R&D)

Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd

Though refining capacity additions are a need to meet the primary energy demand in the country, growing demand-supply gap of the petrochemicals also need to be addressed while adding refining capacity. Stream Dictionary evaluation is the starting point for identifying the integration potentials. Technology sourcing is a challenge in petrochemicals; however suitable solutions vary from case to case.Govt. policies support production of petrochemicals and creating clusters of manufacturing with allied industries.

Mr. Claes Tigerstrand

Head , Southern Europe & Overseas Technical Market Development & Customer Service, BA Europe

Outokumpu

Nickel & nickel alloys alongside stainless steels are used extensively in the refining & petrochemical industry due to their excellent properties such as corrosion, heat and pressure resistance. They are resistant to both aqueous and gaseous corrosion plus they can be used in environments from cryogenic to very high temperatures.

Mr. Kishore Sonawane

Senior Business Development Manager

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (India) Private Limited

With increasing demand for energy, more stringent product specifications for cleaner fuels, reduced fuel oil demand and the economic advantages in processing heavier sourer crudes, the demand for hydrogen in refineries continues to grow.

Dr. Debesh Patra

Chief General Manager (Planning)

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd

The refining industry will continue to grow with the increased demand from the developing countries being the principal driver for that growth. The global refining capacity was around 3.6 billion tonnes in 2016 and is expected to rise to about 4.2 billion tonnes in 2030.

Mr. Martin Hawkins

COO

HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited

While a lot of brownfield and greenfield refining & petrochemicals projects are coming up worldwide in the coming years, companies will likely have to take a more disciplined approach to capacity additions and all petrochemical players will need to work much harder on core capabilities and strategy. This will include using digital and advanced analytics to reach a new level of productivity, and attaining higher capital productivity on the industry’s large-scale projects. Companies must also work on reinventing the interface with oil refining as the gas-driven era winds down.

Mr. Tobias Botzenhardt

Vice President Asia Pacific, Enterprise Data Intelligence and Analytics

Siemens Industry Software Pte Ltd

Digitalization changes all areas of life: The way we stay informed, the way we travel, the way we buy things – and the way we manufacture products. Electrification, automation and digitalization – E-A-D in short – are the three main drivers of growth and innovation in any organization in the future.

Mr. Nitin Gupta

Chemtrols Industries Pvt Ltd

Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) of Refinery is very critical because of chemicals and processes involved in it. Thus several factors to be considered for the selection of Control Valve including performance needs, testing procedures and lifecycle requirements, and environmental requirements such as fugitive emissions or reducing/eliminating flares. Also consider what technology will be utilized, from the logic solver to the final control element (valve) and contract management, considering budgets, suppliers and schedule needs.

Mr. Timur Zaripov

Global Sales Director

Lotus

Increasing the efficiency of heat exchange as a way of keeping heat in technological processes and reducing heat emissions to the atmosphere.

Mr. Parag Chepe

Executive Director – Technologies (Fertilisers, Electrolysis, Polymers)

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (India) Private Limited

The transition from current usage of Coal & fossil fuel to unconventional mode is a mammoth task. However a flexible alternative of fossil fuel as sources of clean energy can be achieved through measures like; Coal conversion development, materials technology, technical support to major liquefaction projects, process analysis and engineering evaluations, fossil energy environmental analysis, flue gas desulfurization, atmospheric fluidized bed coal combustor for cogeneration, etc.

Mr. Sourabh Mukherjee

Director of Global Sales

Jacobs Engineering

The fall in the price of clean energy is driving massive capacity build across Asia and that is an opportunity that even conventional energy firms can’t ignore.

Dr. Kamaraj Duraisamy

Partner

KAC International

While India has leapfrogged Euro IV to Euro VI Fuel emission standard in last few years, the integration of Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Technology and Diesel Exhaust Fluid in vehicles will play key role to meet stringent NOx emission standards adhere to Euro VI.

Dr. Pramod Kumbhar

CTO & Executive Vice President

Praj India

Concerns about rapid economic growth, energy security, and global climate change have created a new landscape for fossil energy exploration, production, and utilization. Efficiency improvements, fuel conservation, and deployment of nuclear and renewable supplies will help those concerns, but are unlikely to offset growth in the coming decades. As such, new technologies and undertakings must both provide high quality fossil energy with minimal environmental impacts. Oil and gas supply can be partially sustained and replaced through exploitation of unconventional fossil fuels such as tar-sands, methane hydrates, coal-to-liquids, and oil shales.