In this session you will learn about advances being made in data and information management in refineries. Topics of interest regarding data management include: - Good refinery margins, so lately more focus on asset reliability to ensure process availability – need asset health information including the analysis and alerting - Shortage of craft skilled resources – need to be more efficient with scarce resources, utilizing data and maintenance work planners - Utilizing inventory management and property predictions when using opportunity crudes (may not have used before) and supplying products to regions outside normal served markets - Utilizing additional monitoring for mitigating risk of safety and/or environmental incidents You are cordially invited to submit an abstract on data management in refineries, highlighting current challenges including success stories and best practices.

Topical 7: 20^th Topical on Refinery Processing

Topical A: 3^rd Big Data Analytics (TA)