MEPEC - Middle East Process Engineering Conference & Exhibition

14 - 16 October 2019   |   Kingdom of Bahrain
Under the Patronage of HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister, Kingdom of Bahrain
Under the Patronage of HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister, Kingdom of Bahrain
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

With the flagship GDA biennial downstream event now postponed from October 2020 to September 2021, the Organizing Committee has decided to hold the next edition of MEPEC in 2022. This will maintain the current annual rotation between these two leading regional industry events, both of which historically take place in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

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aBOUT mepec

MEPEC is the definitive event for process engineering; in today’s busy world the event brings together the international business community to one business hub to make the most effective use of time. MEPEC is not just a place where you can experience ground-breaking technology and listen to industry leaders, it is an environment designed for the exchange of ideas between peers.

The 5th edition of the Middle East Process Engineering Conference & Exhibition took place at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre from 14 - 16 October 2019. Co-organized by SAS-AIChE & ME3 and officially supported by AIChE.

This year's theme was Transforming Process Engineering through Innovation.

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Nasser A Abanmi

Speakers

His Excellency Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa

Minister of Oil, Kingdom of Bahrain

His Excellency Elnur Soltanov

Deputy Minister of Energy, Republic of Azerbaijan

Ahmad A. Al Sa'adi

Senior Vice President, Technical Services, Saudi Aramco

Bassam Al Bokhari

CEO, Saudi Petroleum Services Polytechnic

Deborah L. Grubbe

Owner and President, Operations and Safety Solutions, LLC

Jonathan Forbes-Lane

Regional VP - Catalyst Sales, Shell Catalysts & Technologies

Keith A. Couch

Head of Business Development & Integrated Projects, Honeywell UOP

Naji Skaf

President - Middle East, Egypt, Turkey, Air Products

Nasser A. Abanmi

Former President , SABIC - KEMYA

Saad Al-Ayedh

EVP Petrochemicals, TASNEE

Dr. Sun Xiansheng

Secretary General, International Energy Forum (IEF)

Tor Fjaeran

Manager Investment Arena, Equinor

Walt Szopiak

Vice President, Chevron

Faisal Addas

Director, SABIC

Gerardo Uria

Vice President, American Petroleum Institute

June Wispelwey

Former CEO and Executive Director (retired), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

Dr. Madhukar Garg

President Refining & Petchem R&D, Reliance Industries Ltd

Mohammed Al-Habib

Regional Energy Transition Executive Director - MENATI, Baker Hughes

Norm Gilsdorf

Senior Vice President, Honeywell Global High Growth Regions, Honeywell

Dr. Pinar Yilmaz

Advisor, External Projects Upstream- Retired, Exxonmobil

Rob Howard

Senior Director - Enterprise Solution Consulting, Aspen Technology

Suleyman M Ozmen

Sr. Consultant, Independent

Dr. Anissa Sedjerari

R&D Portfolio Manager, KAUST Catalysis Center

Ayman Salamah

General Sales Manager , W.R. Grace & Co

Dr. Ayuba Adesina

Lead Process Engineer, SABIC

David Renolayan

Technology & Process Engineering Lead Domestic Refining & NGL Fractionation, Saudi Aramco

Gerrit Polhaar

Technology Marketing Regional Director, Chevron Lummus Global (CLG)

Gina M. Gatto

Membership Manager , American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

Hamza Alawi

Business Development Manager, Lummus Technology

Dr. Hayat Abdulla Yusuf

Assistant Professor and PCAP Program Coordinator, University of Bahrain

Hiroki Usami

General Manager - R&D Center- Process Solution Business, Yokogawa MEA

Jad Abou Charbine

Technical Services Manager, Axens

Jim Brigman

Managing Director, Ingenero Inc

Mohammad N. Al-Haji

Engineering Consultant , Saudi Aramco

Dr. Nasiru Tukur

Engineering Consultant, Saudi Aramco

Nikola Georgiev

Senior Account Manager Refinery , Topsoe

Dr. Oki Muraza

Associate Professor, Center of Research Excellence in Nano-technology, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)

Dr. Pierce Riemer

Director General, World Petroleum Council (WPC)

Saeed S. AlAlloush

Engineering Consultant, Saudi Aramco

Saifuddin Sheikh

Director - Business Consulting Operations, Aspen Technology

Shahid Azam

Chief Scientist, Functional Chemicals, SABIC

Waddah Al-Zaabi

Sales Manager, ART Hydroprocessing

Pedro Miras Salamanca

President, World Petroleum Council (WPC)

Milton Costa Filho

Secretary General, IBP - Brazilian Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Institute

Eithne Treanor

CEO, E Treanor Media

Abdelghani Daraiseh

Sr. Engineering Consultant, Saudi Aramco

Abdullah Al Ismail

Process Safety Manager, SABIC - KEMYA

Abdullaziz Alghanim

Operation Engineer , Saudi Aramco

Abdulrahman Ashour

Venture Manager, SABIC - IBNRUSHD

Abdullah Malki

Gas & Shipping Lead Engineer, Saudi Aramco

Abdullah Nooh

Research Engineer, Olefins & Aromatics, SABIC

Ahmed Aseeri

Founder & CEO, Gulf Advanced Process Technologies Co. (GAPTECH)

Ahmed Altarkeet

Snr Manufacturing Excellence Engineer, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

Abdullah Mandani

Senior Process Engineer, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

Anas H. Safar

Process Engineer, Saudi Aramco

Syed A. Ahmed

Process Engineer, Saudi Aramco

Ammar S. Bakhurji

Advanced Process Control Engineer, Saudi Aramco

Ayman Abu-Shameh

Instrumentation Team Lead, Saudi Aramco

Dr. Anthony Gerbino

Customer Success Leader , OLI Systems Inc.

Bernt Hiddema

Solution Consultant , Aspen Technology

Carlos Gonzalez

Lead Process Control Engineer, SABIC

Dr. Chun Han

Gasification & IGCC Specialist , Saudi Aramco

Azhari Dafaalla

Senior Staff Consultant , KBC (A Yokogawa Company)

Dhanasekar Periyasamy

Sr. Principal Solution Consultant, Aspen Technology

Dong Kyu Lee

Senior Process Engineer, Saudi Aramco

Dilipkumar Thakur

Shell Catalysts & Technologies

Edward Griffiths

Technology Manager, KBR Inc.

Dr. Enow Achuo Kima

Chemical Treatment Specialist, Saudi Aramco

Fahad Alsaad

Manager, Process Engineering, SABIC - KEMYA

Faisal Al Ashour

Process Engineer , Saudi Chevron Phillips (S-Chem)

Fayyaz Karim Qureshi

RECIPs and D&IS (Retrofit) Technical Leader, Baker Hughes

Gerardo Sanchis Andreu

Senior Consultant Engineer , Process Systems Enterprise (PSE)

Hamad Al-Othman

Lead Engineer, Analyzer, SABIC - KEMYA

Hasan Ali Amin

Engineer I, Saudi Aramco

Hae Yong Noh

Senior Chemical Engineer, Saudi Aramco

Hesham Fandy

Principal Risk Management Advisory Consultant, DNV GL – HQ

Hussain Alibrahim

CHE Senior student, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)

Ibrahim Alsugai

Senior Scientist, SABIC

Ibrahim N Nashri

Chemical Engineer, Saudi Aramco

Jacinthe Frécon

Technology Group Manager , Axens

Jatin Shah

Director, Automation & Process Technologies, KBR Inc.

Jai Prakash Jain

Sr. Scientist, SABIC Research and Technology Pvt. Ltd

Jim Brigman

Managing Director, Ingenero Inc

Jinquan Zhu

R&D Senior Engineer , Research Institute of Petroleum Processing, SINOPEC

Joy Clarke

Principal Process Engineer, Wood Plc

Dr. Julie Chabot

Chevron Fellow, Chevron Lummus Global (CLG)

Suhaib Kaki

Process Engineer, SABIC - YANSAB

Khalid Ghazal

Technical Process Engineering (Sulfur & Amine Specialist), Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Company Ltd. (SAMREF)

Koos Overwater

Vice President - Hydrogen Product Line, TechnipFMC

Krishna Chada

Senior Principal Solution Consultant, Aspen Technology

Dr. Madhukar Garg

President Refining & Petchem R&D, Reliance Industries Ltd

Majed A. Al-Jeshi

Process Engineer, Saudi Aramco

Majed Mulla

Process Engineer , Saudi Chevron Phillips (S-Chem)

Mana Alowaidh

Engineering Consultant - Energy Systems, Saudi Aramco

Matt Kirchner

Marketing Director - FCC Catalysts, W.R. Grace & Co

Mohammed Alyanbaawi

Technical Support Engineer , Saudi Aramco

Mohammed AlMahmood

Process Engineer, Saudi Aramco

Mohammad Alabdullah

PhD Student, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Mohammed Benchekchou

Director, Shell Catalysts & Technologies

Mohammed Fahad Ajmi

Senior Operations Engineer, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

Muhammad Ilyas

Technology Licensing Manager , Topsoe

Nageswararao Kesanapalli

Principal Solution Consultant , Aspen Technology

Narayanan Suresh

Regional Subject Matter Expert – Flow Applications, Yokogawa MEA

Nihar Gulwadi

Regional Head - MENA, Ingenero Inc

Norbert Jung

VP Product Management - Process and Simulation, AVEVA

Othman M Al-Ghamdi

Process Engineer, Sipchem

Praveen Dhote

Team Leader Process Safety, Siemens Energy

Radhi Ali Aqeeli Al

Process Engineer, SABIC - KEMYA

Rawaf Alrawaf

Superintendent - Proc. Eng. SCP/JCP SPCO, Saudi Chevron Phillips (S-Chem)

Roy Calder

Oil and Gas Industry Principal - New Energies, AVEVA

Sachin Kanade

Process Safety Lead, Siemens

Saeed Al-Shahrani

Control System Engineer , Saudi Aramco

Safi M AlBuhairi

Senior Process Control Engineer , Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Company Ltd. (SAMREF)

Saifuddin Sheikh

Director - Business Consulting Operations, Aspen Technology

Saptarshi Bhowmick

PSS Department Manager, Yokogawa MEA

Satish Mantri

Process Engineer, Sipchem

Dr. Huawei Shao

Senior Engineer, SINOPEC

Shardul Shindadkar

Asst Mgr - Sales and Marketing, Ingenero Inc

Shahreyar Khan

Engineering Specialist - Process & Control Systems Department, Saudi Aramco

Simon Cackett

Licensing Technology Manager, Shell Catalysts & Technologies

Dr. Steve Hall

Director, Operational Excellence Solutions, Process Systems Enterprise (PSE)

Dr. Theo Maesen

Director CLG R&D, Chevron Lummus Global (CLG)

Tuiana Shoinkhorova

PhD Student, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Vijay Shirpurkar

Process Engineer, Sipchem

Vijayaraghavan Ganeshkumar

Process Engineer, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

Vishnu Narayanan

Chartered Engineer, Wood Plc

Yazeed Homaid

Energy Engineer, Saudi Aramco

Youngghee Jang

Energy Engineer, Saudi Aramco

Dr. S M Zakir Hossain

Associate Professor, Department Of Chemical Engr., University of Bahrain

Abdul Salam Sheik

Process Engineer, Hydrocracker Unit, Saudi Aramco

Ahmed Al-Alouni

Saudi Aramco

Ahmed Altarkeet

Snr Manufacturing Excellence Engineer, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

Andrew P. Bartlett

Solutions Consultant Global Solution Engineering , Sphera

Dr. Anthony Gerbino

Customer Success Leader , OLI Systems Inc.

Aurelio Ferrucci

Executive V.P., PROMETHEUS SRL

Eric Huelson

Product Manager, John Zink Hamworthy Combustion

Dr. Fernanda Tavares

Post Doctoral Fellow, Chemical Engineer, KAUST Catalysis Center

Hasan Ali Amin

Engineer I, Saudi Aramco

Hashim AlHajji

Process Engineer, Saudi Aramco

Hongli Guo

Director -Technical Marketing and Licensing Business, SINOPEC Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology

Ilya Simonov

CROC VR Director, NGN International

Dr. Liping Ren

Staff Engineer, Research Institute of Petroleum Processing, SINOPEC

Mohammed Fahad Ajmi

Senior Operations Engineer, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

Mohamed Soliman

Senior Operation Engineer, Saudi Aramco

Naif AlGhuthayf

Mechanical Engineer, Saudi Aramco

Omar Al-Rashidi

Manufacturing Excellence Engineer , Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

Oussama Ould Zmirli

Manager, Solution Consulting, Aspen Technology

Pankaj Chaware

Lead Machinery Engineer, SABIC - KEMYA

Piyush Jain

Principal Solution Consultant , Aspen Technology

Roy Calder

Oil and Gas Industry Principal - New Energies, AVEVA

Dr. Sachi N. Maiti

Manager – Downstream Technology Taskforce, SNC Lavalin

Seunghan Park

Environmental Engineer, Saudi Aramco

Dr. Shikun Niu

Senior Engineer, SINOPEC

Dr. Huawei Shao

Senior Engineer, SINOPEC

Sivakumar Sankaran

Mechanical Engineer , Saudi Aramco

Suhaib Kaki

Process Engineer, SABIC - YANSAB

Dr. Theo Maesen

Director CLG R&D, Chevron Lummus Global (CLG)

Tuiana Shoinkhorova

PhD Student, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Turki Hujaili

Analyzer Engineer , SABIC - KEMYA

Yousif AlDhafeery

Lead Inspection Engineer, SABIC

Dr. Zhang Bin

SINOPEC Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology

Zhang Long

Senior Engineer , Research Institute of Petroleum Processing, SINOPEC

MEPEC 2019 Industry Leaders

Nasser A. Abanmi

Former President , SABIC - KEMYA

Ahmad A. Al Sa'adi

Senior Vice President, Technical Services, Saudi Aramco

Dr. Dafer Al-Jalahma

Chief Operating Officer, The Oil & Gas Holding Company (nogaholding)

June Wispelwey

Former CEO and Executive Director (retired), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

Tor Fjaeran

Manager Investment Arena, Equinor

Tor Fjaeran

Manager Investment Arena, Equinor

Aman A. Ahmad

Vice President, Business Development - EMEA, KBR Inc.

Andre Lanning

Managing Director, ART Hydroprocessing

Craig Smith

Managing Director Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, Aspen Technology

Fuad Mosa

Global Investment and Business Intelligence Leader, SABIC

Gurminder Singh

Director, Technology Licensing - MENA, Shell Catalysts & Technologies

Jean Sentenac

CEO, Axens

Mohammed Benchekchou

Director, Shell Catalysts & Technologies

Nathan Ergonul

Managing Director, ART Hydroprocessing

Nawaf Al-Humaidi Al-Anazi

President, SABIC - PETROKEMYA

Noaman M. Fudhail

General Supervisor- Downstream Process Engineering Division, Saudi Aramco

Pierre De Vuyst

President & CEO, Yokogawa MEA

Dr. Pratap Nair

President & CEO, Ingenero Inc

Rami Qasem

President & CEO, Baker Hughes

Reem Al Ghanim

HR Leader, Saudi Aramco

Rob Howard

Senior Director - Enterprise Solution Consulting, Aspen Technology

Shakeel Kadri

Executive Director & CEO, CCPS

Suleyman M Ozmen

Sr. Consultant, Independent

Tamim Al Jasir

Business Development Manager, Guardian Glass

Noaman M. Fudhail

General Supervisor- Downstream Process Engineering Division, Saudi Aramco

Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi

Process Engineering Manager, Sipchem

Dr. Abdullah Alqahtani

Director, Olefins & Aromatics, SABIC

Dr. Anissa Sedjerari

R&D Portfolio Manager, KAUST Catalysis Center

Dr. Ayuba Adesina

Lead Process Engineer, SABIC

David Renolayan

Technology & Process Engineering Lead Domestic Refining & NGL Fractionation, Saudi Aramco

Enad Al-Anazi

Process Engineering Manager , Saudi Chevron Phillips (S-Chem)

Fadi Mhaini

Managing Director - MENA, Lummus Technology

Dr. Hayat Abdulla Yusuf

Assistant Professor and PCAP Program Coordinator, University of Bahrain

Dr. Hicham El Hajj

Regional Sr Commercial Manager, Halliburton

Hiroki Usami

General Manager - R&D Center- Process Solution Business, Yokogawa MEA

Jad Abou Charbine

Technical Services Manager, Axens

Dr. Jesper Nerlov

Group Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Topsoe

Jim Brigman

Managing Director, Ingenero Inc

Kristine Chin

Senior Director, Conferences & Education, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

Mohammed A Al Zahrani

Technical Support Division Head, Saudi Aramco

Mohammad N. Al-Haji

Engineering Consultant , Saudi Aramco

Dr. Mohammad Shamsuzzoha

Senior Engineer, Process (Simulation), ADNOC Refining

Morgan Allen

Senior Technical Services Manager, W.R. Grace & Co

Dr. Nasiru Tukur

Engineering Consultant, Saudi Aramco

Nayef Enazi

Sr. Scientist, HDPE Unipol, Polyolefins Process, SABIC

Dr. Oki Muraza

Associate Professor, Center of Research Excellence in Nano-technology, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)

Saeed S. AlAlloush

Engineering Consultant, Saudi Aramco

Saifuddin Sheikh

Director - Business Consulting Operations, Aspen Technology

Sandeep Goel

Director Commercial, MCDERMOTT

Shahid Azam

Chief Scientist, Functional Chemicals, SABIC

Waddah Al-Zaabi

Sales Manager, ART Hydroprocessing

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MEPEC 2019 IN NUMBERS

2131 Unique Participants
126 Expert Speakers
479 Students & Young Professionals
510 Represented Companies
34 Represented Countries
8000 Sq.m of Exhibition Space

INDUSTRY TESTIMONIALS

Barry Perlmutter

President & Managing Director, BHS Sonthofen Inc

MEPEC provided a wide range of attendees, manufacturers, operating companies and applications. The conference generated new ideas and forward-thinking for new products and improvements to existing products. We met important clients with serious interests, which is a true measure of a technical conference.

Dr. Hosni Zubeir

Head of Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Bahrain

The organizers "all committee members" were so kind, helpful and professional. Appreciated the time and the effort put by them. The technical session was very interesting and exiting to share ideas with expertise. The exhibition was organized in a professional way and gave real time appropriateness to share information and techniques. I found the workshop I attended very useful. the topics are directly applicable to our teaching and professional goals. The instructor was clear and professional. The student program was very useful and gave the students tremendous appropriates to learn and practice. In general the conference was an excellent sours of forecasting techniques and practice.

Jim Brigman

Managing Director, Ingenero Inc

MEPEC 2017 facilitated information exchange on operational excellence between companies top process engineers allowing opportunities to be discussed, goals stated, technology demonstrated, opinions expressed and paradigms exposed.

Joseph Ibrahim

Managing Director, Middle East, Axens

During this MEPEC 2017 I have witnessed interesting presentations given by companies presenting for the first time in the Middle East which demonstrates that MEPEC focuses on bringing new ideas and new players.

Dr. Nasiru Tukur

Engineering Consultant, Saudi Aramco

I found the 3-day conference inspiring, enlightening & stimulating. The panel discussion sessions were excellent platforms for exchange of knowledge and experience between industry leaders and younger talents.

Nafees Ahmad

Senior Process Engineer, TASNEE

This year’s MEPEC conference is great, very interactive and thought-provoking conference. Every MEPEC is a little different but this time the specialty are fully technical sessions, interaction with industrialist, research scholars and university graduates. As a speaker, I was glad to share my knowledge, exchange experience and made new connections with visitors/delegates.

Shaalan Al Zahrani

General Manager Technical, Saudi Chevron Phillips (S-Chem)

MEPEC 17 was a remarkable success. It was impressive with its insightful key note speeches, interactive panel discussions and very informative technical sessions covering a wide spectrum of industry aspects. MEPEC has certainly become one of the most high profile conferences in the region.

Soner Tetik

Geophysical Engineer, Risk Deger

We made some business partnership agreements with the show for the ME Market.
Started already new connections for trading and consultancy services. We have learned a lot from the show exhibitors, hope that we give information from us for the visited company managers and staff in all stages. Even with fresh graduated University students shared our knowledges and we appreciate to everyone who visited us. Especially we are thankful for the Turkish Consulate of Turkey for visiting us and some turkish University teachers who are working in Bahrain University.

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