Registration
VIPs & Guests Arrival
Opening Remarks from 2024 MEPEC Conference Chairman Plenary Hall
Walid Al Naeem
Vice President & Chief Engineer, Aramco
Keynote 1 Plenary Hall
Keynote 2 Plenary Hall
Coffee Break & Exhibition Networking
Strategic Panel: Accelerating the Energy Transition with Digitalization & Artificial Intelligence Plenary Hall
Where are the best use cases in the field, how to connect with the right capabilities/talent, what does success look like, etc?
Prayers, Lunch & Exhibition Networking
Technical Session I
Process Excellence I
Kelepile E. Meleloe
Process Engineer, GME Operations Engineering Solutions Department, Aramco
Managing High-Risk Transitions: How Petro Rabigh Partnered with Grace to Deliver Refinery Value and Successfully Manage Technology Change
Graeme MacAulay
Technical Service Manager, W.R. Grace & Co
Leverage Process Simulation Tool for FCC Catalyst Selection
Mohammad Rakib
Research Science Specialist, Aramco
Reconfiguration of Naphtha Splitters Using Dividing Wall Column Technology
Ratheesh S
Manager, Process Technology, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
New Energies I Session Room B
Dr. Basim Abussaud
Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)
Overcoming Modularisation Challenges for Low Carbon Hydrogen (LCH) Plants
Eric Maina
Engineering Manager, MCDERMOTT
Ereact™: Production of Chemicals and Sustainable Aviation Fuels Using Electrified Synthesis Gas Generation
Aadesh Harale
Aramco
Adam Kadhim
Topsoe
Technoeconomic Study on the Thermochemical Recycling of Waste Plastic to Produce Dimethyl Ether
Mohammad Awwad
Master's Degree Student, KAUST Catalysis Center
Digitalization I Session Room C
Dr. Steve Hall
Independent Industry Consultant
End-to-End Optimization of Stabilization Columns through Advanced Process Control
Alaa Aljassim
Aramco (invited)
AI-Enhanced Gasoline Blending System for Refineries
Abdul Gani Abdul Jameel
Assistant Professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)
AI Approach to Real Manufacturing World: AI Solution for an HCR Plant and AI Hybrid Solution for a TDM Plant
Chang-ha Lee
CEO & Professor, Yonsei University
Decarbonization & Energy Transition VII Session Room D
Dr. Nasiru M. Tukur
Engineering Consultant, P&CSD, Aramco
A Plant's Sustainability By Utilizing Flare Gas Recovery System
Abdulaziz Al Qubali
Project Engineer, Aramco
Naseem Al Rashedi
Supervisor Engineer, Aramco
Incremental Approach to Decarbonization for Steam Crackers
Jose De Barros
Vice President, Ethylene Business Group, Lummus Technology
Unlocking Sustainable Chemistry: Landfill Gas Utilization for Green Chemical Production
Sultan Alsaif
Technology & Innovation Director, SIRC Saudi Investment Recycling Company
Coffee Break & Exhibition Networking
Technical Session II
Process Excellence II Session Room A
Shakeel Kadri
Executive Director & CEO, CCPS
Manage Process Safety By Making an Big Impact on Nuisance Alarm Management
Jai Chainani
Senior Process Control Engineer, Aramco
Achieving Operational Excellence through SSX
Mohammad Albuzaid
Organizational Development Consultant, KANZ
Evaluation of the Disposal of a Sour Water Stream to Protect the Integrity of a Flare System in an Oil and Gas Processing Facility
Simon Wohnsiedler
Lead Process Engineer, Aramco
Decarbonization & Energy Transition I Session Room B
Tim McMinn
Vice President Process Engineering & Products, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company (EMTEC)
Dr. Debalina Sengupta
Program Director, Coastal Resilience, Texas Sea Grant, Texas A & M University
Valorizing Biomass Waste into Activated Carbon for a Low Carbon Economy
Manar Al Attar
International Maritime College of Oman
Anfal Al-Shezawi
Process Engineer (Student), International Maritime College of Oman
Reduction of CO2 Emissions on the Crude Desalting Systems: A Focus on Fourth-Generation Dual-Frequency Electrostatic Technology
John Philip Marshal
Process Engineer, SLB
Membrane Reactors for Low Carbon Hydrogen Production
Alaa Albasry
Associate Engineer, Aramco
Digitalization II Session Room C
Faisal Ahmad Raza
Technical Expert - Process, SLB Saudi Arabia
Enhancing Reaction Furnaces Temperature Monitoring through Machine Learning
Abdullah Alhumaid
Associate Engineer, Aramco
Digitization of Gas-Oil Separation Plant (GOSP) Space Using an Hybrid/AI Model
Faisal Ahmad Raza
Technical Expert - Process, SLB Saudi Arabia
Mohamed Nassar
MENA -Tech Sales Process Twin & APM, SLB
Advanced Process Control Tools Toward Plant Optimization.
Almuhannad Basuni
Advanced Process Control Engineer, Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Company Ltd. (SAMREF)
Safi M. AlBuhairi
Staff Process Control Engineer, Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Company Ltd. (SAMREF)
Process Excellence XI Session Room D
Dr. Mohamed Bin Shams
Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Bahrain
Evaluation of the Maturity LEVEL of the Process Safety Culture for OIL and Gas Industry Workers in a Region of the Middle EAST
Leonardo Cotrufo
Lead Engineer, Aramco
World Class Recovery at Samref Refinery with Jacobs Comprimo Euroclaus® Retrofit Upgrade
Khalid Ghazal
Technical Process Engineering (Sulfur & Amine Specialist), Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Company Ltd. (SAMREF)
Consequences and Mitigations to High Sulfur Condenser Inlet Temperature
Ziyad Alshahrani
Aramco (invited)
Technical Session III
Process Excellence III Session Room A
Gyorgy Szekely
Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Chevron Lummus Global's Hydroprocessing Success at Jazan Refinery
Suresh Kumar Nellore
Process Design Engineer, Chevron Lummus Global (CLG)
An Optimal Crude Oil Selection in a Refinery with Lube Hydroprocessing Capacity
Lujayn Alsyoof
Economic Optimization Specialist, Bapco Refining
Enhancing Safety and Emergency Response in Industrial Processes: Implementation of HF Alky Critical Operating Parameter (COP) for Hazard Mitigation.
Almuhannad Basuni
Advanced Process Control Engineer, Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Company Ltd. (SAMREF)
Decarbonization & Energy Transition II Session Room B
Tim McMinn
Vice President Process Engineering & Products, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company (EMTEC)
Dr. Debalina Sengupta
Program Director, Coastal Resilience, Texas Sea Grant, Texas A & M University
Blue Hydrogen and Ammonia: Large Scale with Ultra Low Carbon Intensity
Jesper Poulsen
Licensing Manager, Topsoe
Performance Evaluation of Membrane Reactor for Low Carbon H2 Production
Rakesh Kumar
Aramco (invited)
Carbon Dioxide Transport with Impurities: Optimal Design and Operation of Pipelines
Ahmed Al Hajaj
Khalifa University (invited)
Mohamed Mazhar Laljee
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
Digitalization III Session Room C
Fawaz Sahan
Senior Engineering Consultant, IIoT Leader and Chairman of Instrumentation Standards, Aramco
Industrial Internet of Things Architecture Standardization (Benefits, Challenges & Remediations)
Omar Alabdulwahed
Sr. Industrial Computer Engineer, Aramco
Physics-Informed Automated Discovery of Kinetic Rate Models
Miguel Ángel de Carvalho Servia
PhD Candidate, Imperial College London
Innovative Process Analyzer Technology for Measuring Gas Composition
Ali Aldossary
Engineering Specialist, Aramco
Digitalization VII Session Room D
Dr. Steve Hall
Independent Industry Consultant
Enhancing Ethylene Steam Cracker Equipment Design through AI: Addressing Thermal Stresses and Predicting Remaining Useful Life in Cold Boxes
Saravana Bhavan Baskaran
Engineering Specialist, Aramco
AI Based Multi-Unit Real Time Optimizer (First Refinery in the Middle East)
Othman Shamrani
Aramco (invited)
Phosphate Injection Prediction Tool
Abdulsalam Ali
Process Engineer, Aramco
Exhibition Inauguration
Conference Welcome Ceremony
Wail A. Al Jaafari
Executive Vice President Technical Services, Aramco
Dr. Darlene Schuster
Executive Director & CEO, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Break
Gala Dinner Guests Arrival
Gala Dinner