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The 3rd Opportunity Crudes Conference

THEME: Drivers behind the Success of Processing Opportunity Crudes

In light of uncertainty in the oil market, the most important issue is to keep feedstock costs down by buying opportunity crudes (i.e. heavy sour crudes, oilsands/bitumen, extra heavy oils, and high TAN crudes.) However, securing these types of crudes is not the end-game and cannot alone guarantee higher refining margins. The conference focuses on major driving forces that can increase revenues and cut operating costs.

• Increasing distillate yield and quality
• Converting high sulfur fuel oil into valuable products
• Boosting propylene output
• Mitigating fouling and corrosion
• Enhancing energy efficiency and minimizing carbon footprint

After the opening session, a diverse team of 24 high-caliber speakers representing their organizations will present the latest technology innovations, operating experiences, and business strategies in five major topics.

• Opening Session: Global Crude Market Outlooks and Strategies –
  Mr. Guy Caruso of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Ms. Dinara Mellington of the Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI)
• Upstream and Crude Quality Issues –
  Baker Hughes, CanmetENERGY Natural Resources Canada, Crude Oil Quality Inc., Honeywell, KBC Advanced Technologies, Petrobras, SGS
• Heavy Oils and Resid Upgrading Advances –
  Advanced Refining Technologies, BASF, Chevron Lummus Global, Foster Wheeler, Haldor Topsøe, KBR
• New Technologies to Boost Propylene, Diesel, and Hydrogen Yields –
  Alberta Innovates, Grace Davison, KBR
• (SPECIAL FEATURE) Shale Plays and Concerns over Processing Shale/Tight Oils with Heavy Crudes –
  Energy Analysts International, Nalco, Soluble Solutions, Spiral Software
• Oil Companies' Opportunity Crudes Experiences –
  Ecopetrol, PetroChina, Suncor Energy

The conference will be chaired by Mr. Harry Giles, Director of Crude Oil Quality Association (COQA).

A COMPLETE PROGRAM IS NOW AVAILABLE*.

TESTIMONIALS:

Over 92.5% of previous attendees to the 2008 and 2010 Opcrudes Conferences rated their overall experience as good or excellent! Here are some of the comments from attendees:

“Excellent organization and topics.”—Petroleum Chemist, Petrobras

“Arrangement of topics was good! Well organized. Lunches helped networking.”—Manager of Quality and Measurements, Marathon Petroleum

“I would certainly want to attend the next conference. There are many areas to catch up on and compare notes in two years.”—Processing Tech. Mgr. Unconventional Oil, Shell Global Solutions

“Networking opportunities were fantastic.”—Senior Principal Scientist, Criterion Catalysts & Technologies

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

The Opcrudes 2012 Conference is designed to benefit: senior executives, oil producers, pipelines and logistics professionals, refinery business executives, strategic planners, crude buyers, oil traders and analysts, crude feedstock schedulers, technical/engineering managers, unit superintendants, process engineers, crude assay technologists, corrosion specialists, refinery technology licensors and suppliers, and industry consultants.

THE BENEFITS:

The Opcrudes 2012 Conference covers upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors. It is guaranteed to be the most exciting knowledge-sharing and networking meeting for anyone working with opportunity crudes and using shale oils in feedstock blending.

Attend the conference to learn about the near and long term business outlooks, gain knowledge of technology solutions and innovations, hear from upstream and pipeline companies, meet colleagues to share experiences, and interact with existing and new suppliers.

Two special features for the 2012 event are the Q&A forum and tutorial workshops. Topics for the workshops will be announced at a later date.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:

Sponsorships are available for companies taking advantage of the opportunity of the conference to display products and explain services to attendees in person. Click here to view the sponsor prospectus.

Click here to register for the 3rd Opportunity Crudes Conference.

*Agenda is subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances.