Bottom of the Barrel Technology & Catalyst Conference MENA 2024 | Euro Petroleum Consultants | 22 January 2024 | The Diplomat Radisson Blu Hotel, Residence & Spa, Manama, BahrainRoad 1701, Manama, Bahrain

The event will continue to bring together refiners, solution providers, contractors and consultants to exchange on ways to increase conversion, improve product specifications, further integrate with petrochemicals, increase profitability, reduce emissions and meeting industry objectives. As always, there will be a strong focus on the latest developments in technologies and catalysts. The downstream sector is tasked with supplying energy in a secure, sustainable and affordable manner - as part of the solution refiners will need to continue upgrading heavier lower value components and increasing conversion to curb low value FO production provides the ideal platform to discuss these BOB developments; in terms of processes and catalysts, as well as the new opportunities brought about by the shift towards petrochemicals and chemicals.

Why you should attend:
• Impact of Energy Transition & Decarbonisation Agenda on Residue Upgrading; BoB Project Financing; Best Practices, CAPEX Optimisation & Efficient Project Management & Execution.
• Profitable Conversion Routes Petrochemical Blocks; Transportation fuels; Optimising other product routes; Bitumen, Carbon Black, Base Oils.
• Process & Technology Innovations Feedstock Flexibility & Co-Processing; Hydrogen - Blue & Green Solutions; Specialised Instrumentation & HE Equipment, Efficient BOB Equipment, Clean-out Techniques; retrofitting existing assets.
• Catalysts Innovations & advancements; Hydroprocessing, RFCC & HS-FCC; Catalyst Handling, Management & Circularity; Circular Economy of Spent Catalysts.
• Energy Efficiency Low Carbon & Emission Reduction Solutions; Achieving Lower Refinery Carbon Intensity; Eliminating SOX & NOX.

2024 Speakers

ADVISORY COMMITTEES:

Advisory Committee
Senior Sales Director, IMEA, Vipan Goel, ART

Joseph Ibrahim
Managing Director, AXENS

Chris van der Beek
Managing Director EMEA, BECHT

Mahmood Alawi
Manager Process Engineering, CHEVRON LUMMUS GLOBAL

Mukesh Kumar Sharma
General Manager, Indian Oil Corporation

Ahmed Al-Majed
Team Leader Process Engineering - Al Zour Refinery, KIPIC

Menahi Al-Utaibi
Vice President of Manufacturing, SASREF

Mariano Del Pozo
Technical Manager, SATORP

Imad Eldin Hassan
Process Engineering Manager, YASREF

Adnan Nassereddine
Director of Projects, WORLEY

Stefan Chapman
Vice President, Euro Petroleum Consultants

2024 Sponsors and Partners

GOLD SPONSOR:
• Bapco Energies

SILVER SPONSOR:
• ART Hydroprocessing

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Axens Powering Integrated Solutions
• Becht
• Crystaphase
• Daily Thermetrics
• Dynamics
• Hoover CS
• Moxba Metrex
• HCpect
• Wika

SPONSORS:
• London Chemical & Resources Limited
• Maweta
• Meryt
• Topsoe

PARTNERS:
• Energy Global News
• F+L Asia
• Petroleum Asia
• Oil & Gas Advancement
• The Energy Year
• World Oils