StocExpo 2010 - Programme
This conference will attract terminal operators from all over Europe & allow them to debate issues concerning terminal operations as well as the latest advances in technology. The concurrent exhibition will be an excellent opportunity for equipment & service suppliers to display their products to decision makers in this sector.
Day One – 30 March 2010
Commercial Outlook, Strategy & Industry Development
09.00 Opening Notes from Conference Chair
Ben Holt, Vice President – Downstream, Wood Mackenzie
09.10 Opening Address - Overview of Storage Outlook & Opportunities within the ARA Region
Danny Deckers, Senior Advisor MPC, Antwerp Port Authority
09.40 A New Compulsory Oil Stock Regime for Europe
- Adoption and implementation of the New Directive
- High risks of supply disruptions impacted needed changes
- Main elements of the New Directive
- The impact of oil supply security
10.10 Tea/Coffee Break & Exhibition Showcase for all Speakers & Delegates
10.50 European Refining in a Low Carbon World – Should We Turn Out the Lights and Shut the Door?
- Oil is 'dirty', not welcome, or needed?
- EU refining faces severe challenge from a number of sources
- Process safety costs
- Environmental costs on products and manufacturing
- Supply/demand imbalance - 'battle of the Atlantic'
- Renewables
- So, do we have a future?
11.20 Measuring and Managing Carbon Emissions in European Chemical Transport: Challenges and Opportunities
- How to calculate your transport carbon footprint
- How can GHG emissions in chemical logistics be reduced
- What regulatory measures can be expected
11.50 Terminal Automation Systems: Where the Industrial and Business Worlds Intersect
- The complex, dynamic, highly regulated nature of today’s petroleum product terminals requires a special breed of automation system, combining many (often-conflicting) attributes of both real-time industrial control and safety systems and transactional back office business systems
- High-level view of how today’s terminal automation systems are evolving to meet these diverse requirements
12.20 Closing Notes from Conference Chair
12.30 Lunch & Exhibition Showcase
14.00 Opening Notes from Conference Chair
Richard Kellaway, Senior Advisor, Global Infrastructure Partners
14.15 Oil Storage Terminals – An Attractive Investment Opportunity?
- Oil terminals – a strategic infrastructure asset class
- Risk assessment for investors
- Attractiveness to investors
14.45 Preparing an Underground Cavern for Transit Storage of Crude in the Port of Gothenburg - A Project with a Demanding Schedule & Other Challenges
- 800,000 cbm cavern idle for decades - considerable equipment condition issues
- Environmental implications and solutions
- Critical steps including safety considerations
15.15 Tea/Coffee Break & Exhibition Showcase for all Speakers & Delegates
16.00 Changing International Crude Oil and Products Trade Flows: Implications for the Storage Industry
- Major changes to the established international trade flows of both crude oil and finished products can be expected in the next few years as a result of a combination of factors;
- Future oil demand growth being centred on the crude short, but refining long Asia/Pacific region;
- The shifting strategy of some Middle East producers towards building export orientated refineries;
- Strategic moves by far East NOCs to expand equity crude oil availability west of Suez;
- The anticipated closure of significant refining capacity, mainly in the mature oil markets, as a result of the current poor operating environment in the downstream
- The dynamics of international products supply will thus be changing
- Increasing interest from commercial, strategic and “speculative” players to expand storage capacity in certain key regions of the world
16.30 Security of European Oil Supply and Implications for Oil Storage and Infrastructure
- Oil supply and demand in europe
- Potential for refinery closures
- Impact of biofuels
- Implications for oil terminals
17.00 Panel Discussion Incorporating all Speakers Day One
17.15 Close of Conference Day One
Followed by Networking Drinks Reception - sponsored by:
Day Two – 31 March 2010
Technical Developments - Tanks, Terminals & Technology - Achieving Efficiency through Best Practice Solutions
The StocExpo Europe Technology Forum is an opportunity to learn, in just one day, about some of the most exciting new technology for the storage & terminal operations sector. Through best practice solutions including a look at terminal automation, tank cleaning, vapour emissions, tank relocation, measurement practices & many other subjects, these leading industry experts will demonstrate how you can achieve better results for your company & ensure greater efficiency.
09.30 Introduction from Conference Chair
Andrew East, Business Development Director, HMT Tanks09.40 Fuel Logistic and Measurement Solutions - Your "Fiscal" Measurement
- Generating useful information along your oil value chain
- Loss locations - field layer focus areas from production to distribution, objectives and core concepts
- Information reliability, uncertainty and the next pitch on information accuracy
10.10 New Trends in Tank Gauging Technologies
- Voice of users on future outlook of tank gauging requirements
- Importance of scalability, openness and interoperability
- SIL safety and overfill prevention considerations
- Experience of using wireless in tank farm applications
10.40 Tea/Coffee Break & Exhibition Showcase for all Speakers & Delegates
11.20 Technological Advances in Process Safety
- A practical overview of devices and systems that have advanced process safety
- Sensors and actuators
- Fieldbus
- Data acquisition
- Visualisation
11.50 Product Blending, Homogenisation and Bottom Sludge and Water Control in Large Aboveground Storage Tanks
- Issues facing owners of large aboveground storage tanks in refinery mixing
- Applications, utilization software packages such as Computational Fluid Dynamics to better determine positioning of equipment
- Type of equipment and projected flow patterns to ensure successful mixing results.
- How tank mixers can better protect crude oil tanks from corrosion
- New concepts for use of tank mixers in product blend tanks
12.20 Operational Excellence in Crude Oil Tank Cleaning
Two recent field experiences in Italy with the Blabo Technology
- Background and historical information
- Project planning
- Tank cleaning operations
- Key HSE issues
- Results & conclusions
12.50 Lunch & Exhibition Showcase
14.00 Introduction from Conference Chair
14.00 CDI-T, 13 years on in Europe
- The global growth
- The success factors
- Terminal performance
- Responsible care
14.30 Protecting Tank Cleaning Vacuum Trucks and Flammable Liquid Distribution Trucks from Static Ignition Hazards with an Onboard Static Earth Proving System
- An explanation of how and why static electricity is a flammable ignition hazard
- Identifying static hazards in vacuum truck tank cleaning operations and general flammable product transfer operations
- Outlining solutions recommended by the API 2219 standard "Safe Operation of Vacuum Trucks in Petroleum Service"
- Introduction to a vehicle mounted static earth proving system that protects personnel, trucks and product from static ignitions
15.00 Marine Loading Terminals – Loading Operations and Effluent Recovery
- How to adapt a marine terminal to install VRU
- What to do with recovered product
- A current case study
- Review of legislation
15.30 Tea/Coffee Break & Exhibition Showcase for all Speakers & Delegates
16.00 The Relevancy of High Quality Input Data for a Condition Assessment of your Tankbottom
- The added value of a tankbottom inspection with floorscanners
- How to optimize your next in-service period
- What determines the quality of the input data for a Remaining Life assessment
- Securing your planning with on-streammonitoring
16.30 Alternative to Steel: HDPE Pipe Systems
- Introducing HDPE and its performance
- HDPE and steel compared
- Areas of application
- Case studies
- Cost benefit analysis: HDPE vs steel piping
17.00 How to Increase Tank Storage Capacity
- Optimisation of existing storage capacity
- Relocation of storage tanks in a more efficient way
- Efficient modification of existing storage tanks
17.30 CFI Rim Seal Fire Protection Systems
- Floating roof storage tank protection
- Rapid response
- No contamination of product and environment due to clean gas
- Easy to mount - even on tanks in service
- No moving parts, less maintenance
18.00 Close of Conference Day Two
Day 3 – 1 April 2010
Regulatory, Safety & Policy Issues
09.30 Opening Notes from Conference Chair
HJP Standaar, Secretary General, FETSA (Federation of European Tank Storage Associations)09.40 Holistic Safety in Terminal Applications
- Safety system standards
- The Buncefield recommendations - a review of the recommendations and what do they mean in real life
- Integrated holistic safety - A discussion of integrating gauging, safety, security, accounting, customs, loading control, terminal management, planning & scheduling, and inventory management
10.10 Large Storage Tank Fires - an Update on Incident Experience, Research and the Lastfire Study
- Large scale boilover testing
- Foam flow testing
- Latest EN standard
- Industry trends in response to full surface fires
10.40 Tea/Coffee Break & Exhibition Showcase for all Speakers & Delegates
11.20 Topic to be announced
11.50 Turning REACH Expertise into Practical Help
Vincenzo Girardi, Manager Trainings and Workshop, ReachCentrum12.20 REACH & CLP implementation Projects for the Belgian Industry
- VLARIP project for Flanders and WALRIP for Wallonia
- Implementation of REACH in SME’s through exchanging experiences with experts
- REACH Enforcement in Belgium
12.50 Closing Notes from Conference Chair
13.00 Close of Conference Day Three - Lunch & Exhibition Showcase
*Please note that speakers & topics may be subject to confirmation & alteration. All information was correct at time of going to press.
