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ME-TECH 2024

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Dates

4 to 6 March

Location

Dubai, UAE

Delivering a sustainable future for downstream industries in the Middle East

Due to competitive exports and the lowest carbon crude in the world, the Middle East is well placed in the race to net zero. But with tightening sustainability targets in mind, how can we transition faster while maintaining a successful business model?

Wood's experts will host a seminar, present at conference sessions and be available to meet you at the exhibition to discuss how to:

  • Diversify product portfolios to deliver on sustainability commitments
  • Create and deliver roadmaps for carbon reduction
  • Take designs from ambition to reality

Meet us at the exhibition or connect on LinkedIn

Our team will be there to chat and share insights from working with global downstream operators on decarbonising their assets.

Shaun Johnston
VP, Digital Consulting
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Luca Mancuso
Global Technical Director
Process & Chemicals, Energy Transition
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Jeff Pape
Project Director
Large Capital Projects
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Richard Spires
Technology Development Director
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Blair Fraser
Technical Business Manager
Carbon Advisory
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Joe Carter
VP, Business Development
Middle East
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Zhigang Shang
Lead Consultant
Crude Oil-to-Chemicals
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Wood seminar and presentations

Date

Topic

4 March

7:30 to 11:30

Delivering a sustainable future for downstream industries in the Middle East
Pre-conference seminar hosted by Wood

  • Carbon advisory
  • Crude oil-to-chemicals: challenges and opportunities in a sustainable world
  • Delivery of large capital projects
  • Accelerating a sustainable future: are partnerships the solution?

5 March

9:05 to
9:50

Keynote panel: Production optimisation – the backbone of downstream profitability
With contribution from Joe Carter, Vice President, Business Development Middle East, Wood

  • Streams and products optimisation – ensuring sustainable economic growth
  • Securing energy diversification funds – profitability through conventional production routes
  • Middle East downstream clusters and collaboration – overcoming the evolving global energy dynamics
  • What were the main takeaways from COP28 for the downstream industry? What can we expect next?

5 March

10:35 to 12:15

Reducing the carbon footprint of your existing assets

SESSION TWO – Technology solutions to meet decarbonisation & production objectives (part I)
Conference presentation with contribution from Luca Mancuso, Global Technical Director, Wood

Downstream operators are facing new challenges in adapting their operations to cut carbon emissions and improve the sustainability and circularity of their processes.

The following case studies explore the potential retrofit of existing plants:

  • How to switch from grey hydrogen to blue hydrogen: where to place the carbon capture, and what modifications are required for the existing equipment?
  • What are the potential destinations of the captured CO2? Are there any options for further utilisation?
  • How to change fossil gasoil hydrotreaters into SAF production units: can 100% conversion be done technically, and how can it be implemented?
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