Wednesday, 25 April 2007: 2:00 PM-5:00 PM
Meeting Room 370 A & D (George R Brown Convention Center in Houston)

Topical A: 10th Topical Conference on Refinery Processing (TA)

#105 - Bottom of the Barrel Processing (TA002)
The Bottom of the Barrel Processing session will attract people who have developed, are developing or intend to develop or acquire technologies and/or new processes for upgrading residue or heavy oils, including oils derived from tar/oil sands, shale oil or bottoms of conventional oils. The audience will be a show-case for your technology. Papers are solicited on this topic in the areas of research studies to understand the fundamental science, current industrial strategies and technologies, and the development of new processes and technologies.
Chair:Irv Wiehe
CoChair:Jinwen Chen
2:00 PMIntroductory Remarks
2:05 PMJoint Ebullated Bed Catalyst Development Program Results in over 30% Reduction in Catalyst Usage
Josiane Ginestra
2:35 PMCatalytic Aqua and Hydro Processing of Athabasca Bitumen Heaviest Fractions
Pedro Pereira, Gustavo Trujillo, Carlos Scott, Redescal Gomez, Alejandro Vasquez, John Thompson
3:05 PMNatural Hydrogen Donors in Petroleum Resids
Kenneth A. Gould, Irv Wiehe
3:35 PMAdsorption, Diffusion and Reaction in FCC Catalyst for Enhanced Selectivity Towards Environmentally Friendly Gasoline
Mustafa Al-Sabawi
4:05 PMHydrocracker Experience in a Gulf Refinery
Kamal Rashid

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