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10 Feb 2025

09:00 | Exhibition open

09:00 | Registration open

INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMME

10:00 - 10:10

Investment

Chair Welcoming Address

Products:

10:10 - 10:40

Investment

Keynote Address

Navigating the global net-zero investment landscape. Outlook 2025 and beyond.

Products:

CERTIFIED OPERATOR TRAINING

10:00 - 13:00

Training

Hazards identification techniques for risks associated with green ammonia and urea

Case studies from electrolysers, ammonia synthesis loops, ammonia storage tanks operation and urea high pressure synthesis sections

  • What is HAZID (HAZardous Identification) ?
  • Electrolyser technologies to produce hydrogen
  • Gas (H2 and O2) cross over risks in electrolysers
  • Loss of containment risks in ammonia synthesis loops
  • Loss of containment risks
  • Ammonia storage tanks
  • Release of ammonia during loading/unloading operation
  • Urea high pressure synthesis sections
  • Managing leaks
  • Reliable instrumentation
  • State of the Art ammonia detection technologies
  • Training tools
  • New operators

Products:

Nitrogen+Syngas Technical Showcases

10:00 - 10:15

Technical Showcases

Biogas reforming for sustainable fuel production

Products:

10:15 - 10:30

Technical Showcases

Meta Master and Meta dynamics - Digital solutions for methanol plants

Products:

10:30 - 10:45

Technical Showcases

2.25Cr-1Mo enhanced low alloy steel for high pressure ammonia equipment

Products:

10:45 - 11:00

Technical Showcases

BASF OASE® Connect - a digital platform for gas treatment applications, providing resources and a simulation tool for plant operation optimisation

Products:

11:30 - 12:00

Investment

Fostering investment in emerging assets - future of the ammonia supply in Europe

Products:

11:00 - 11:15

Technical Showcases

Reducing the environmental impact of the nitric acid production

Products:

11:15 - 11:30

Technical Showcases

Revolutionary pressure measurement sensor solution for high temperature applications

Products:

11:30 - 11:45

Technical Showcases

OMEGA®technology to improve efficiency of stream reformer furnaces

 

Products:

11:45 - 12:00

Technical Showcases

Experiences with MicroMist™ and Jet Venturi scrubbing systems

Products:

12:00 | Networking Lunch Break

12:00 - 12:15

Technical Showcases

Revamping NH3 plants for CO2 emission reduction: hybridisation and retrofit for blue/green ammonia production

Products:

INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMME

13:50 - 14:00

CommercialInvestment

Welcome Address

Products:

14:00 - 14:30

CommercialInvestment

Industry Keynote Address

Drive meaningful change toward achieving future net-zero industry infrastructure

Products:

14:30 - 15:00

CommercialInvestment

Global Nitrogen Market Outlook

Geopolitical risks, regulation implications, curtailments and closures, cost, prices, exports, new capacities. Is the industry ready to face the challenges and capitalise on the opportunities, and how different will it look on the other side?

Products:

15:00 | Networking Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:00

CommercialInvestment

A Dose of Realism

Assessing the market potential of low emission ammonia and hydrogen

Products:

16:00 - 16:45

CommercialInvestment

Industry Keynote Panel

Transforming the nitrogen and syngas industry

  • Pathways to future transformation- Infrastructure, novel technologies and new market applications
  • Managing the challenges associated with the transition to net-zero
  • Advancements in production - focusing on sustainable practices
  • Collaborative efforts and partnerships for industry transformation. INITIATE: industrial symbiosis between steel and fertilizer industry

Products:

16:45 - 17:15

CommercialInvestment

The EU CBAM: Implications for fertilizer costs and emissions

Products:

17:30 | Welcome Reception

19:00 | End of Day 1

11 Feb 2025

08:00 | Registration and Exhibition Open

Track One
Plant Reliability & Troubleshooting

09:00 - 09:30

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

Cracking the code: a decade-long journey to enhance plant reliability

Products:

09:30 - 10:00

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

MOC - Management of change

Products:

Track Two
Green Ammonia Technology

09:00 - 09:30

Ammonia

PEM electrolyser for green NH3 industrial pilot - Experience and requirements for technology development for full scale applications

Products:

09:30 - 10:00

Ammonia

Impact of pressure and temperature variation due to intermittent renewable energy on pressure components in green ammonia facilities

Products:

Track Three
Nitric Acid : catalyst and equipment

09:00 - 09:30

Nitric Acid

How to achieve higher gauze efficiency and lower costs in nitric acid plants: a practical guide

Products:

09:30 - 10:00

Nitric Acid

Explosion welded applications in nitric acid equipment realise superior safety and reliability levels

Products:

10:00 - 10:30

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

Investigating syngas piping failure - a root cause analysis

Products:

10:00 - 10:30

Ammonia

Beyond the trend: challenges in green ammonia economy

Products:

10:00 - 10:30

Nitric Acid

Getting the most out of your gauze

Products:

10:30 | Networking Coffee Break

Track One
Urea Plant Design

11:00 - 11:30

Urea

Self-stripping plant revamping with HYPER-U

Products:

11:30 - 12:00

Urea

Ultra-low energy plant and mechanical design pool condenser/pool reactor

Products:

Track Two
Ammonia, Methanol and Urea Operations

11:00 - 11:30

Ammonia

Optimising ammonia plant operations: Chemical injection for fouling control to address elevated vacuum pressure. A case study of efficiency improvement from ammonia PSP-2B condenser 103-JTC

Products:

11:30 - 12:00

AmmoniaMethanol

Challenges & Solutions: Ammonia and methanol plants operating beyond full capacity - How we achieved this milestone

Products:

Track Three
Nitric Acid and Ammonium Nitrate Technology and Plant Reliability

11:00 - 11:30

Nitric Acid

Innovating our way to sustainability: 3D printed catalysts for N2O decomposition in nitric acid production

Products:

11:30 - 12:00

Ammonium Nitrate

Lesson learned of changing the defected carrying beams for the granulator of an ammonium nitrate plant at Abu-Qir Fertilizers Company, Alexandria, Egypt

Products:

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Enhancement of urea production through utilisation of an energy-efficient post combustion carbon capture process for reformer flue gas, and installation of a bulk flow cooler in a new fertilizer plant in Bangladesh

Products:

12:30 - 13:00

Urea

Corrosion Ray, EC-Pen, portable metallography & microscopy: a smart combination of different non-destructive test methods allows quick and reliable on-site assessment of critical process equipment at the manufacturer's workshop and the end-user's plant

Products:

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Employing simulation for urea plant to improve operational conditions and reduce utility usage (water, energy, and others) to achieve sustainability goals

Products:

12:30 - 13:00

Asset integrityMethanol

Lifecycle integrity management of outlet pigtails

Products:

12:00 - 12:30

Ammonium NitrateNitric Acid

Cutting-edge approaches in fertilizer technology: CASALE's expanded product portfolio

Products:

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonium NitrateNitric Acid

Optimisation of labyrinth seal design in Turbo Train 3-in-1 air compressor to address high thrust bearing temperature issues in ammonium nitrate and nitric acid plants

Products:

12:30 | Networking Lunch Break

Track One
GHG Emissions Reduction

14:00 - 14:25

AmmoniaGHG emissionsHydrogen

Membrane-based ammonia purge gas hydrogen recovery units: a fresh look at an established technology

Products:

14:25 - 14:50

GHG emissionsNitric Acid

Plant and process conditions for effective reduction of N2O emissions from nitric acid production

Products:

14:50 - 15:15

AmmoniaCarbon Capture & UtilisationCommercialGHG emissionsHydrogen

The optimum carbon capture rate in H2 & NH3 plants: it is not 99%

Products:

Track Two
Digitalisation: technology and innovation

14:00 - 14:25

Digitalisation

Clariant´s PLUS series and Clarity – Drop-in solutions and digital catalyst insights to enhance the profitability and sustainability of existing syngas assets

Products:

14:25 - 14:50

Digitalisation

Elevate your plant operations: The future of process monitoring

Products:

14:50 - 15:15

Digitalisation

Advancements in TOYO’s DX-PLANT®

Products:

Track Three
Sustainable Fertilizer Production

14:00 - 14:30

Fertilizers

Pioneering sustainable nitrogen technology: from green ammonia to integrated fertilizer plant

Products:

14:30 - 15:00

Fertilizers

Optimising fertilizer processing: comparative analysis of cooling technologies for enhanced operational efficiency

Products:

15:15 - 15:40

GHG emissionsMethanol

Sustainable methanol production powered by novel BASF SYNSPIRE™ methanol catalysts

Products:

15:15 - 15:40

Digitalisation

Access the wealth of knowledge through Topsoe's new digital learning solution

Products:

15:00 - 15:30

FertilizersNitric Acid

High-Fidelity operator training simulator for greenfield green fertilizer plants

Products:

15:40 | Coffee Networking Break

Track One
CO2 Removal and Carbon Capture and Utilisation

16:10 - 16:35

AmmoniaCarbon Capture & Utilisation

Optimisation potential for existing CO2 removal unit of ammonia plants with BASF’s OASE® white low-low pressure (LLP) flash configuration

Products:

16:35 - 17:00

Carbon Capture & Utilisation

Effect of maldistribution on CO2 absorber performance

Products:

Track Two
Ammonia Plant Operations

16:10 - 16:40

Ammonia

JGC's green ammonia demonstration project and ammonia cracking development project status update

Products:

16:40 - 17:10

Ammonia

Reduction in environmental footprint via installation of Hydrogen Recovery Unit (HRU)

Products:

Track Three
Fertilizer Finishing

16:10 - 16:35

FertilizersUrea

Production technologies for urea + AS/sulphur fertilizers

Products:

16:35 - 17:00

FertilizersUrea

Stamicarbon granulation technology: from urea to UAS

Products:

17:00 - 17:25

Carbon Capture & Utilisation

Carbon capture energy balance. Can heat pumps solve the equation?

Products:

17:25 - 17:50

Carbon Capture & UtilisationMethanol

Carbon capture and green methanol production potential in the pulp and paper industry

Products:

17:10 - 17:40

Ammonia

Development of low temperature ammonia cracking technology utilizing exhaust heat

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Products:

17:00 - 17:25

Fertilizers

HDAN prill tower gas combined treatment, with WESP finishing implementation to Agropolychim unit in Bulgaria

Products:

17:25 - 17:50

Ammonium NitrateFertilizersUrea

AN / CAN & enhanced urea finishing technologies

Products:

18:00 | Networking Reception

19:00 | End of Day 2

12 Feb 2025

08:00 | Registration and Exhibition Open

Track One
Urea Plant Safety and Integrity

09:00 - 09:30

Urea

Evaluation of a urea plant leakage resulting in an emergency shutdown, safety issues and loss of production

Products:

09:30 - 10:00

Urea

Syn turbine casing integrity and operational continuity: addressing cracks in a high-pressure turbine

Products:

Track Two
From Green Ammonia to Green Hydrogen - the Journey

09:00 - 09:30

Ammonia

Safe, sustainable and profitable ammonia production

Products:

09:30 - 10:00

Ammonia

Ammonia terminal on gravity based structure: a key asset for the energy transition

Products:

Track Three
Energy Transition and Future Fuels

09:00 - 09:30

Future Fuels

Designing a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production process from methanol: towards a greener future in the aviation sector

Products:

09:30 - 10:00

Future Fuels

Unleashing the power of blue hydrogen: Topsoe's innovations for a clean energy future

Products:

10:00 - 10:30

Urea

Thermowell design and Inspection

Products:

10:00 - 10:30

Hydrogen

Blue H2: ROX (recuperative and oxidative reforming)

Products:

10:30 | Networking Coffee Break

Track One
Urea Production: Materials of Construction

11:00 - 11:30

Urea

Boosting the lifetime of urea HP equipment

Products:

11:30 - 12:00

Urea

Advanced material solutions for optimised urea production - A portfolio overview

Products:

Track Two
Ammonia and Methanol Plant Operations and Optimisation

11:00 - 11:30

Ammonia

Accelerating ammonia plant cold start-up by optimising the primary reformer heating path - A case study at PT Petrokimia Gresik

 

Products:

11:30 - 12:00

Methanol

How OQ has improved the reliability of methanol steam methane reformer tubes

Products:

Track Three
Low Carbon Hydrogen Production

11:00 - 11:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Challenges of hybrid ammonia plants – innovative ways to close the nitrogen gap and cope with fluctuating green hydrogen profiles

Products:

11:30 - 12:00

Hydrogen

Key performance indicators of CPO, SMR and ATR in low carbon hydrogen production

 

Products:

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Weldability of high performance super-duplex seamless tube material used in classic & modern urea process units

Products:

12:30 - 13:00

Urea

The first successful installation of mechanical plugs in a pool condenser

Products:

12:00 - 12:30

Ammonia

Successful decommissioning, inspection and recommissioning of ammonia storage tank - a record breaking feat


Products:

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonia

Successful start-up of a European ammonia plant following replacement of obsolete bayonet and fire-tube boilers with Casale-Arvos double-tube design

Products:

12:00 - 12:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Flexible decarbonisation: navigating energy transition with hydrogen and ammonia

Products:

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonia

Ammonia cracking catalyst: what is in your tubes? Optimising fundamentals of ammonia cracking catalyst starting from the support

                                    

Products:

12:30 | Networking Lunch Break

Track One
Decarbonising Urea Production

14:00 - 14:30

Urea

Valorisation of excess LP steam for reduced carbon footprint of urea plants

Products:

14:30 - 15:00

Urea

Technical solutions to decarbonise urea plants

Products:

Track Two
Ammonia Plant Operations

14:00 - 14:30

Ammonia

Drying out for success: Engro’s experience of effective HTSC dry-out and resuming ammonia production

Products:

14:30 - 15:00

Ammonia

Excellence in catalyst performance monitoring: Indorama's digital transformation with CLARITY™ prime

Products:

Track Three
Asset Integrity

14:00 - 14:30

Asset integrity

Application of Level 3 fitness-for-service assessment for understanding hot collector integrity

Products:

14:30 - 15:00

Asset integrity

Catalyst tubes after 10 years in service: correlation between operating history and remaining lifetime

Products:

15:00 - 15:30

Urea

TOYO decarbonises urea production for modern and vintage urea plants, and next-gen g-Urea® plants

Products:

15:00 - 15:30

Ammonia

N2C - circulating nitrogen to reduce cooling time of secondary reformer catalyst replacement using LTS start-up-blower (173-J) on KBR Purifier ammonia Plant Pusri 2B, Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

Products:

15:00 - 15:30

Asset integrity

Increasing process efficiency and service life of syngas reformers, amine and Benfield vessels - Four case studies

IGS Europe

 

Products:

16:00 | End of Conference

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09:00 | Exhibition open

09:00 | Registration open

INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMME

10:00 - 10:10

Investment

Chair Welcoming Address

Products:

Speaker

10:10 - 10:40

Investment

Keynote Address

Navigating the global net-zero investment landscape. Outlook 2025 and beyond.

Products:

Speaker
CERTIFIED OPERATOR TRAINING

10:00 - 13:00

Training

Hazards identification techniques for risks associated with green ammonia and urea

Case studies from electrolysers, ammonia synthesis loops, ammonia storage tanks operation and urea high pressure synthesis sections

  • What is HAZID (HAZardous Identification) ?
  • Electrolyser technologies to produce hydrogen
  • Gas (H2 and O2) cross over risks in electrolysers
  • Loss of containment risks in ammonia synthesis loops
  • Loss of containment risks
  • Ammonia storage tanks
  • Release of ammonia during loading/unloading operation
  • Urea high pressure synthesis sections
  • Managing leaks
  • Reliable instrumentation
  • State of the Art ammonia detection technologies
  • Training tools
  • New operators

Products:

Speakers
Nitrogen+Syngas Technical Showcases

10:00 - 10:15

Technical Showcases

Biogas reforming for sustainable fuel production

Products:

Speaker

10:15 - 10:30

Technical Showcases

Meta Master and Meta dynamics - Digital solutions for methanol plants

Products:

Speaker

10:30 - 10:45

Technical Showcases

2.25Cr-1Mo enhanced low alloy steel for high pressure ammonia equipment

Products:

Speaker

10:45 - 11:00

Technical Showcases

BASF OASE® Connect - a digital platform for gas treatment applications, providing resources and a simulation tool for plant operation optimisation

Products:

Speaker

11:30 - 12:00

Investment

Fostering investment in emerging assets - future of the ammonia supply in Europe

Products:

Speaker

11:00 - 11:15

Technical Showcases

Reducing the environmental impact of the nitric acid production

Products:

Speakers

11:15 - 11:30

Technical Showcases

Revolutionary pressure measurement sensor solution for high temperature applications

Products:

Speaker

11:30 - 11:45

Technical Showcases

OMEGA®technology to improve efficiency of stream reformer furnaces

 

Products:

Speaker

11:45 - 12:00

Technical Showcases

Experiences with MicroMist™ and Jet Venturi scrubbing systems

Products:

Speaker

12:00 | Networking Lunch Break

12:00 - 12:15

Technical Showcases

Revamping NH3 plants for CO2 emission reduction: hybridisation and retrofit for blue/green ammonia production

Products:

Speaker
INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMME

13:50 - 14:00

CommercialInvestment

Welcome Address

Products:

Speaker

14:00 - 14:30

CommercialInvestment

Industry Keynote Address

Drive meaningful change toward achieving future net-zero industry infrastructure

Products:

14:30 - 15:00

CommercialInvestment

Global Nitrogen Market Outlook

Geopolitical risks, regulation implications, curtailments and closures, cost, prices, exports, new capacities. Is the industry ready to face the challenges and capitalise on the opportunities, and how different will it look on the other side?

Products:

Speaker

15:00 | Networking Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:00

CommercialInvestment

A Dose of Realism

Assessing the market potential of low emission ammonia and hydrogen

Products:

Speakers

16:00 - 16:45

CommercialInvestment

Industry Keynote Panel

Transforming the nitrogen and syngas industry

  • Pathways to future transformation- Infrastructure, novel technologies and new market applications
  • Managing the challenges associated with the transition to net-zero
  • Advancements in production - focusing on sustainable practices
  • Collaborative efforts and partnerships for industry transformation. INITIATE: industrial symbiosis between steel and fertilizer industry

Products:

Speakers

16:45 - 17:15

CommercialInvestment

The EU CBAM: Implications for fertilizer costs and emissions

Products:

Speaker

17:30 | Welcome Reception

19:00 | End of Day 1

08:00 | Registration and Exhibition Open

Track One
Plant Reliability & Troubleshooting

09:00 - 09:30

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

Cracking the code: a decade-long journey to enhance plant reliability

Products:

Speaker

09:30 - 10:00

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

MOC - Management of change

Products:

Speaker
Track Two
Green Ammonia Technology

09:00 - 09:30

Ammonia

PEM electrolyser for green NH3 industrial pilot - Experience and requirements for technology development for full scale applications

Products:

Speaker

09:30 - 10:00

Ammonia

Impact of pressure and temperature variation due to intermittent renewable energy on pressure components in green ammonia facilities

Products:

Speakers
Track Three
Nitric Acid : catalyst and equipment

09:00 - 09:30

Nitric Acid

How to achieve higher gauze efficiency and lower costs in nitric acid plants: a practical guide

Products:

Speakers

09:30 - 10:00

Nitric Acid

Explosion welded applications in nitric acid equipment realise superior safety and reliability levels

Products:

Speaker

10:00 - 10:30

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

Investigating syngas piping failure - a root cause analysis

Products:

Speaker

10:00 - 10:30

Ammonia

Beyond the trend: challenges in green ammonia economy

Products:

Speaker

10:00 - 10:30

Nitric Acid

Getting the most out of your gauze

Products:

Speaker

10:30 | Networking Coffee Break

Track One
Urea Plant Design

11:00 - 11:30

Urea

Self-stripping plant revamping with HYPER-U

Products:

Speaker

11:30 - 12:00

Urea

Ultra-low energy plant and mechanical design pool condenser/pool reactor

Products:

Speaker
Track Two
Ammonia, Methanol and Urea Operations

11:00 - 11:30

Ammonia

Optimising ammonia plant operations: Chemical injection for fouling control to address elevated vacuum pressure. A case study of efficiency improvement from ammonia PSP-2B condenser 103-JTC

Products:

Speakers

11:30 - 12:00

AmmoniaMethanol

Challenges & Solutions: Ammonia and methanol plants operating beyond full capacity - How we achieved this milestone

Products:

Speakers
Track Three
Nitric Acid and Ammonium Nitrate Technology and Plant Reliability

11:00 - 11:30

Nitric Acid

Innovating our way to sustainability: 3D printed catalysts for N2O decomposition in nitric acid production

Products:

Speaker

11:30 - 12:00

Ammonium Nitrate

Lesson learned of changing the defected carrying beams for the granulator of an ammonium nitrate plant at Abu-Qir Fertilizers Company, Alexandria, Egypt

Products:

Speaker

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Enhancement of urea production through utilisation of an energy-efficient post combustion carbon capture process for reformer flue gas, and installation of a bulk flow cooler in a new fertilizer plant in Bangladesh

Products:

Speakers

12:30 - 13:00

Urea

Corrosion Ray, EC-Pen, portable metallography & microscopy: a smart combination of different non-destructive test methods allows quick and reliable on-site assessment of critical process equipment at the manufacturer's workshop and the end-user's plant

Products:

Speaker

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Employing simulation for urea plant to improve operational conditions and reduce utility usage (water, energy, and others) to achieve sustainability goals

Products:

Speaker

12:30 - 13:00

Asset integrityMethanol

Lifecycle integrity management of outlet pigtails

Products:

Speaker

12:00 - 12:30

Ammonium NitrateNitric Acid

Cutting-edge approaches in fertilizer technology: CASALE's expanded product portfolio

Products:

Speaker

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonium NitrateNitric Acid

Optimisation of labyrinth seal design in Turbo Train 3-in-1 air compressor to address high thrust bearing temperature issues in ammonium nitrate and nitric acid plants

Products:

Speaker

12:30 | Networking Lunch Break

Track One
GHG Emissions Reduction

14:00 - 14:25

AmmoniaGHG emissionsHydrogen

Membrane-based ammonia purge gas hydrogen recovery units: a fresh look at an established technology

Products:

Speaker

14:25 - 14:50

GHG emissionsNitric Acid

Plant and process conditions for effective reduction of N2O emissions from nitric acid production

Products:

Speaker

14:50 - 15:15

AmmoniaCarbon Capture & UtilisationCommercialGHG emissionsHydrogen

The optimum carbon capture rate in H2 & NH3 plants: it is not 99%

Products:

Speaker
Track Two
Digitalisation: technology and innovation

14:00 - 14:25

Digitalisation

Clariant´s PLUS series and Clarity – Drop-in solutions and digital catalyst insights to enhance the profitability and sustainability of existing syngas assets

Products:

Speaker

14:25 - 14:50

Digitalisation

Elevate your plant operations: The future of process monitoring

Products:

Speaker

14:50 - 15:15

Digitalisation

Advancements in TOYO’s DX-PLANT®

Products:

Speaker
Track Three
Sustainable Fertilizer Production

14:00 - 14:30

Fertilizers

Pioneering sustainable nitrogen technology: from green ammonia to integrated fertilizer plant

Products:

Speaker

14:30 - 15:00

Fertilizers

Optimising fertilizer processing: comparative analysis of cooling technologies for enhanced operational efficiency

Products:

Speaker

15:15 - 15:40

GHG emissionsMethanol

Sustainable methanol production powered by novel BASF SYNSPIRE™ methanol catalysts

Products:

Speaker

15:15 - 15:40

Digitalisation

Access the wealth of knowledge through Topsoe's new digital learning solution

Products:

Speaker

15:00 - 15:30

FertilizersNitric Acid

High-Fidelity operator training simulator for greenfield green fertilizer plants

Products:

Speaker

15:40 | Coffee Networking Break

Track One
CO2 Removal and Carbon Capture and Utilisation

16:10 - 16:35

AmmoniaCarbon Capture & Utilisation

Optimisation potential for existing CO2 removal unit of ammonia plants with BASF’s OASE® white low-low pressure (LLP) flash configuration

Products:

Speaker

16:35 - 17:00

Carbon Capture & Utilisation

Effect of maldistribution on CO2 absorber performance

Products:

Speaker
Track Two
Ammonia Plant Operations

16:10 - 16:40

Ammonia

JGC's green ammonia demonstration project and ammonia cracking development project status update

Products:

Speakers

16:40 - 17:10

Ammonia

Reduction in environmental footprint via installation of Hydrogen Recovery Unit (HRU)

Products:

Speaker
Track Three
Fertilizer Finishing

16:10 - 16:35

FertilizersUrea

Production technologies for urea + AS/sulphur fertilizers

Products:

Speaker

16:35 - 17:00

FertilizersUrea

Stamicarbon granulation technology: from urea to UAS

Products:

Speaker

17:00 - 17:25

Carbon Capture & Utilisation

Carbon capture energy balance. Can heat pumps solve the equation?

Products:

Speaker

17:25 - 17:50

Carbon Capture & UtilisationMethanol

Carbon capture and green methanol production potential in the pulp and paper industry

Products:

Speaker

17:10 - 17:40

Ammonia

Development of low temperature ammonia cracking technology utilizing exhaust heat

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Products:

17:00 - 17:25

Fertilizers

HDAN prill tower gas combined treatment, with WESP finishing implementation to Agropolychim unit in Bulgaria

Products:

Speaker

17:25 - 17:50

Ammonium NitrateFertilizersUrea

AN / CAN & enhanced urea finishing technologies

Products:

Speaker

18:00 | Networking Reception

19:00 | End of Day 2

08:00 | Registration and Exhibition Open

Track One
Urea Plant Safety and Integrity

09:00 - 09:30

Urea

Evaluation of a urea plant leakage resulting in an emergency shutdown, safety issues and loss of production

Products:

Speaker

09:30 - 10:00

Urea

Syn turbine casing integrity and operational continuity: addressing cracks in a high-pressure turbine

Products:

Speakers
Track Two
From Green Ammonia to Green Hydrogen - the Journey

09:00 - 09:30

Ammonia

Safe, sustainable and profitable ammonia production

Products:

Speaker

09:30 - 10:00

Ammonia

Ammonia terminal on gravity based structure: a key asset for the energy transition

Products:

Speaker
Track Three
Energy Transition and Future Fuels

09:00 - 09:30

Future Fuels

Designing a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production process from methanol: towards a greener future in the aviation sector

Products:

Speaker

09:30 - 10:00

Future Fuels

Unleashing the power of blue hydrogen: Topsoe's innovations for a clean energy future

Products:

Speaker

10:00 - 10:30

Urea

Thermowell design and Inspection

Products:

Speaker

10:00 - 10:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Cracking it back: the most promising technology on the horizon to produce hydrogen from ammonia

Products:

Speakers

10:00 - 10:30

Hydrogen

Blue H2: ROX (recuperative and oxidative reforming)

Products:

Speaker

10:30 | Networking Coffee Break

Track One
Urea Production: Materials of Construction

11:00 - 11:30

Urea

Boosting the lifetime of urea HP equipment

Products:

Speaker

11:30 - 12:00

Urea

Advanced material solutions for optimised urea production - A portfolio overview

Products:

Speaker
Track Two
Ammonia and Methanol Plant Operations and Optimisation

11:00 - 11:30

Ammonia

Accelerating ammonia plant cold start-up by optimising the primary reformer heating path - A case study at PT Petrokimia Gresik

 

Products:

Speaker

11:30 - 12:00

Methanol

How OQ has improved the reliability of methanol steam methane reformer tubes

Products:

Speakers
Track Three
Low Carbon Hydrogen Production

11:00 - 11:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Challenges of hybrid ammonia plants – innovative ways to close the nitrogen gap and cope with fluctuating green hydrogen profiles

Products:

Speaker

11:30 - 12:00

Hydrogen

Key performance indicators of CPO, SMR and ATR in low carbon hydrogen production

 

Products:

Speaker

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Weldability of high performance super-duplex seamless tube material used in classic & modern urea process units

Products:

Speaker

12:30 - 13:00

Urea

The first successful installation of mechanical plugs in a pool condenser

Products:

Speakers

12:00 - 12:30

Ammonia

Successful decommissioning, inspection and recommissioning of ammonia storage tank - a record breaking feat


Products:

Speaker

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonia

Successful start-up of a European ammonia plant following replacement of obsolete bayonet and fire-tube boilers with Casale-Arvos double-tube design

Products:

Speaker

12:00 - 12:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Flexible decarbonisation: navigating energy transition with hydrogen and ammonia

Products:

Speaker

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonia

Ammonia cracking catalyst: what is in your tubes? Optimising fundamentals of ammonia cracking catalyst starting from the support

                                    

Products:

Speaker

12:30 | Networking Lunch Break

Track One
Decarbonising Urea Production

14:00 - 14:30

Urea

Valorisation of excess LP steam for reduced carbon footprint of urea plants

Products:

Speaker

14:30 - 15:00

Urea

Technical solutions to decarbonise urea plants

Products:

Speaker
Track Two
Ammonia Plant Operations

14:00 - 14:30

Ammonia

Drying out for success: Engro’s experience of effective HTSC dry-out and resuming ammonia production

Products:

Speaker

14:30 - 15:00

Ammonia

Excellence in catalyst performance monitoring: Indorama's digital transformation with CLARITY™ prime

Products:

Speakers
Track Three
Asset Integrity

14:00 - 14:30

Asset integrity

Application of Level 3 fitness-for-service assessment for understanding hot collector integrity

Products:

Speaker

14:30 - 15:00

Asset integrity

Catalyst tubes after 10 years in service: correlation between operating history and remaining lifetime

Products:

Speaker

15:00 - 15:30

Urea

TOYO decarbonises urea production for modern and vintage urea plants, and next-gen g-Urea® plants

Products:

Speaker

15:00 - 15:30

Ammonia

N2C - circulating nitrogen to reduce cooling time of secondary reformer catalyst replacement using LTS start-up-blower (173-J) on KBR Purifier ammonia Plant Pusri 2B, Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

Products:

Speaker

15:00 - 15:30

Asset integrity

Increasing process efficiency and service life of syngas reformers, amine and Benfield vessels - Four case studies

IGS Europe

 

Products:

Speaker

16:00 | End of Conference

09:00 | Exhibition open

09:00 | Registration open

INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMME

10:00 - 10:10

Investment

Chair Welcoming Address

Products:

10:10 - 10:40

Investment

Keynote Address

Navigating the global net-zero investment landscape. Outlook 2025 and beyond.

Products:

CERTIFIED OPERATOR TRAINING

10:00 - 13:00

Training

Hazards identification techniques for risks associated with green ammonia and urea

Case studies from electrolysers, ammonia synthesis loops, ammonia storage tanks operation and urea high pressure synthesis sections

  • What is HAZID (HAZardous Identification) ?
  • Electrolyser technologies to produce hydrogen
  • Gas (H2 and O2) cross over risks in electrolysers
  • Loss of containment risks in ammonia synthesis loops
  • Loss of containment risks
  • Ammonia storage tanks
  • Release of ammonia during loading/unloading operation
  • Urea high pressure synthesis sections
  • Managing leaks
  • Reliable instrumentation
  • State of the Art ammonia detection technologies
  • Training tools
  • New operators

Products:

Nitrogen+Syngas Technical Showcases

10:00 - 10:15

Technical Showcases

Biogas reforming for sustainable fuel production

Products:

10:15 - 10:30

Technical Showcases

Meta Master and Meta dynamics - Digital solutions for methanol plants

Products:

10:30 - 10:45

Technical Showcases

2.25Cr-1Mo enhanced low alloy steel for high pressure ammonia equipment

Products:

10:45 - 11:00

Technical Showcases

BASF OASE® Connect - a digital platform for gas treatment applications, providing resources and a simulation tool for plant operation optimisation

Products:

11:30 - 12:00

Investment

Fostering investment in emerging assets - future of the ammonia supply in Europe

Products:

11:00 - 11:15

Technical Showcases

Reducing the environmental impact of the nitric acid production

Products:

11:15 - 11:30

Technical Showcases

Revolutionary pressure measurement sensor solution for high temperature applications

Products:

11:30 - 11:45

Technical Showcases

OMEGA®technology to improve efficiency of stream reformer furnaces

 

Products:

11:45 - 12:00

Technical Showcases

Experiences with MicroMist™ and Jet Venturi scrubbing systems

Products:

12:00 | Networking Lunch Break

12:00 - 12:15

Technical Showcases

Revamping NH3 plants for CO2 emission reduction: hybridisation and retrofit for blue/green ammonia production

Products:

INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMME

13:50 - 14:00

CommercialInvestment

Welcome Address

Products:

14:00 - 14:30

CommercialInvestment

Industry Keynote Address

Drive meaningful change toward achieving future net-zero industry infrastructure

Products:

14:30 - 15:00

CommercialInvestment

Global Nitrogen Market Outlook

Geopolitical risks, regulation implications, curtailments and closures, cost, prices, exports, new capacities. Is the industry ready to face the challenges and capitalise on the opportunities, and how different will it look on the other side?

Products:

15:00 | Networking Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:00

CommercialInvestment

A Dose of Realism

Assessing the market potential of low emission ammonia and hydrogen

Products:

16:00 - 16:45

CommercialInvestment

Industry Keynote Panel

Transforming the nitrogen and syngas industry

  • Pathways to future transformation- Infrastructure, novel technologies and new market applications
  • Managing the challenges associated with the transition to net-zero
  • Advancements in production - focusing on sustainable practices
  • Collaborative efforts and partnerships for industry transformation. INITIATE: industrial symbiosis between steel and fertilizer industry

Products:

16:45 - 17:15

CommercialInvestment

The EU CBAM: Implications for fertilizer costs and emissions

Products:

17:30 | Welcome Reception

19:00 | End of Day 1

08:00 | Registration and Exhibition Open

Track One
Plant Reliability & Troubleshooting

09:00 - 09:30

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

Cracking the code: a decade-long journey to enhance plant reliability

Products:

09:30 - 10:00

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

MOC - Management of change

Products:

Track Two
Green Ammonia Technology

09:00 - 09:30

Ammonia

PEM electrolyser for green NH3 industrial pilot - Experience and requirements for technology development for full scale applications

Products:

09:30 - 10:00

Ammonia

Impact of pressure and temperature variation due to intermittent renewable energy on pressure components in green ammonia facilities

Products:

Track Three
Nitric Acid : catalyst and equipment

09:00 - 09:30

Nitric Acid

How to achieve higher gauze efficiency and lower costs in nitric acid plants: a practical guide

Products:

09:30 - 10:00

Nitric Acid

Explosion welded applications in nitric acid equipment realise superior safety and reliability levels

Products:

10:00 - 10:30

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

Investigating syngas piping failure - a root cause analysis

Products:

10:00 - 10:30

Ammonia

Beyond the trend: challenges in green ammonia economy

Products:

10:00 - 10:30

Nitric Acid

Getting the most out of your gauze

Products:

10:30 | Networking Coffee Break

Track One
Urea Plant Design

11:00 - 11:30

Urea

Self-stripping plant revamping with HYPER-U

Products:

11:30 - 12:00

Urea

Ultra-low energy plant and mechanical design pool condenser/pool reactor

Products:

Track Two
Ammonia, Methanol and Urea Operations

11:00 - 11:30

Ammonia

Optimising ammonia plant operations: Chemical injection for fouling control to address elevated vacuum pressure. A case study of efficiency improvement from ammonia PSP-2B condenser 103-JTC

Products:

11:30 - 12:00

AmmoniaMethanol

Challenges & Solutions: Ammonia and methanol plants operating beyond full capacity - How we achieved this milestone

Products:

Track Three
Nitric Acid and Ammonium Nitrate Technology and Plant Reliability

11:00 - 11:30

Nitric Acid

Innovating our way to sustainability: 3D printed catalysts for N2O decomposition in nitric acid production

Products:

11:30 - 12:00

Ammonium Nitrate

Lesson learned of changing the defected carrying beams for the granulator of an ammonium nitrate plant at Abu-Qir Fertilizers Company, Alexandria, Egypt

Products:

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Enhancement of urea production through utilisation of an energy-efficient post combustion carbon capture process for reformer flue gas, and installation of a bulk flow cooler in a new fertilizer plant in Bangladesh

Products:

12:30 - 13:00

Urea

Corrosion Ray, EC-Pen, portable metallography & microscopy: a smart combination of different non-destructive test methods allows quick and reliable on-site assessment of critical process equipment at the manufacturer's workshop and the end-user's plant

Products:

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Employing simulation for urea plant to improve operational conditions and reduce utility usage (water, energy, and others) to achieve sustainability goals

Products:

12:30 - 13:00

Asset integrityMethanol

Lifecycle integrity management of outlet pigtails

Products:

12:00 - 12:30

Ammonium NitrateNitric Acid

Cutting-edge approaches in fertilizer technology: CASALE's expanded product portfolio

Products:

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonium NitrateNitric Acid

Optimisation of labyrinth seal design in Turbo Train 3-in-1 air compressor to address high thrust bearing temperature issues in ammonium nitrate and nitric acid plants

Products:

12:30 | Networking Lunch Break

Track One
GHG Emissions Reduction

14:00 - 14:25

AmmoniaGHG emissionsHydrogen

Membrane-based ammonia purge gas hydrogen recovery units: a fresh look at an established technology

Products:

14:25 - 14:50

GHG emissionsNitric Acid

Plant and process conditions for effective reduction of N2O emissions from nitric acid production

Products:

14:50 - 15:15

AmmoniaCarbon Capture & UtilisationCommercialGHG emissionsHydrogen

The optimum carbon capture rate in H2 & NH3 plants: it is not 99%

Products:

Track Two
Digitalisation: technology and innovation

14:00 - 14:25

Digitalisation

Clariant´s PLUS series and Clarity – Drop-in solutions and digital catalyst insights to enhance the profitability and sustainability of existing syngas assets

Products:

14:25 - 14:50

Digitalisation

Elevate your plant operations: The future of process monitoring

Products:

14:50 - 15:15

Digitalisation

Advancements in TOYO’s DX-PLANT®

Products:

Track Three
Sustainable Fertilizer Production

14:00 - 14:30

Fertilizers

Pioneering sustainable nitrogen technology: from green ammonia to integrated fertilizer plant

Products:

14:30 - 15:00

Fertilizers

Optimising fertilizer processing: comparative analysis of cooling technologies for enhanced operational efficiency

Products:

15:15 - 15:40

GHG emissionsMethanol

Sustainable methanol production powered by novel BASF SYNSPIRE™ methanol catalysts

Products:

15:15 - 15:40

Digitalisation

Access the wealth of knowledge through Topsoe's new digital learning solution

Products:

15:00 - 15:30

FertilizersNitric Acid

High-Fidelity operator training simulator for greenfield green fertilizer plants

Products:

15:40 | Coffee Networking Break

Track One
CO2 Removal and Carbon Capture and Utilisation

16:10 - 16:35

AmmoniaCarbon Capture & Utilisation

Optimisation potential for existing CO2 removal unit of ammonia plants with BASF’s OASE® white low-low pressure (LLP) flash configuration

Products:

16:35 - 17:00

Carbon Capture & Utilisation

Effect of maldistribution on CO2 absorber performance

Products:

Track Two
Ammonia Plant Operations

16:10 - 16:40

Ammonia

JGC's green ammonia demonstration project and ammonia cracking development project status update

Products:

16:40 - 17:10

Ammonia

Reduction in environmental footprint via installation of Hydrogen Recovery Unit (HRU)

Products:

Track Three
Fertilizer Finishing

16:10 - 16:35

FertilizersUrea

Production technologies for urea + AS/sulphur fertilizers

Products:

16:35 - 17:00

FertilizersUrea

Stamicarbon granulation technology: from urea to UAS

Products:

17:00 - 17:25

Carbon Capture & Utilisation

Carbon capture energy balance. Can heat pumps solve the equation?

Products:

17:25 - 17:50

Carbon Capture & UtilisationMethanol

Carbon capture and green methanol production potential in the pulp and paper industry

Products:

17:10 - 17:40

Ammonia

Development of low temperature ammonia cracking technology utilizing exhaust heat

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Products:

17:00 - 17:25

Fertilizers

HDAN prill tower gas combined treatment, with WESP finishing implementation to Agropolychim unit in Bulgaria

Products:

17:25 - 17:50

Ammonium NitrateFertilizersUrea

AN / CAN & enhanced urea finishing technologies

Products:

18:00 | Networking Reception

19:00 | End of Day 2

08:00 | Registration and Exhibition Open

Track One
Urea Plant Safety and Integrity

09:00 - 09:30

Urea

Evaluation of a urea plant leakage resulting in an emergency shutdown, safety issues and loss of production

Products:

09:30 - 10:00

Urea

Syn turbine casing integrity and operational continuity: addressing cracks in a high-pressure turbine

Products:

Track Two
From Green Ammonia to Green Hydrogen - the Journey

09:00 - 09:30

Ammonia

Safe, sustainable and profitable ammonia production

Products:

09:30 - 10:00

Ammonia

Ammonia terminal on gravity based structure: a key asset for the energy transition

Products:

Track Three
Energy Transition and Future Fuels

09:00 - 09:30

Future Fuels

Designing a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production process from methanol: towards a greener future in the aviation sector

Products:

09:30 - 10:00

Future Fuels

Unleashing the power of blue hydrogen: Topsoe's innovations for a clean energy future

Products:

10:00 - 10:30

Urea

Thermowell design and Inspection

Products:

10:00 - 10:30

Hydrogen

Blue H2: ROX (recuperative and oxidative reforming)

Products:

10:30 | Networking Coffee Break

Track One
Urea Production: Materials of Construction

11:00 - 11:30

Urea

Boosting the lifetime of urea HP equipment

Products:

11:30 - 12:00

Urea

Advanced material solutions for optimised urea production - A portfolio overview

Products:

Track Two
Ammonia and Methanol Plant Operations and Optimisation

11:00 - 11:30

Ammonia

Accelerating ammonia plant cold start-up by optimising the primary reformer heating path - A case study at PT Petrokimia Gresik

 

Products:

11:30 - 12:00

Methanol

How OQ has improved the reliability of methanol steam methane reformer tubes

Products:

Track Three
Low Carbon Hydrogen Production

11:00 - 11:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Challenges of hybrid ammonia plants – innovative ways to close the nitrogen gap and cope with fluctuating green hydrogen profiles

Products:

11:30 - 12:00

Hydrogen

Key performance indicators of CPO, SMR and ATR in low carbon hydrogen production

 

Products:

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Weldability of high performance super-duplex seamless tube material used in classic & modern urea process units

Products:

12:30 - 13:00

Urea

The first successful installation of mechanical plugs in a pool condenser

Products:

12:00 - 12:30

Ammonia

Successful decommissioning, inspection and recommissioning of ammonia storage tank - a record breaking feat


Products:

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonia

Successful start-up of a European ammonia plant following replacement of obsolete bayonet and fire-tube boilers with Casale-Arvos double-tube design

Products:

12:00 - 12:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Flexible decarbonisation: navigating energy transition with hydrogen and ammonia

Products:

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonia

Ammonia cracking catalyst: what is in your tubes? Optimising fundamentals of ammonia cracking catalyst starting from the support

                                    

Products:

12:30 | Networking Lunch Break

Track One
Decarbonising Urea Production

14:00 - 14:30

Urea

Valorisation of excess LP steam for reduced carbon footprint of urea plants

Products:

14:30 - 15:00

Urea

Technical solutions to decarbonise urea plants

Products:

Track Two
Ammonia Plant Operations

14:00 - 14:30

Ammonia

Drying out for success: Engro’s experience of effective HTSC dry-out and resuming ammonia production

Products:

14:30 - 15:00

Ammonia

Excellence in catalyst performance monitoring: Indorama's digital transformation with CLARITY™ prime

Products:

Track Three
Asset Integrity

14:00 - 14:30

Asset integrity

Application of Level 3 fitness-for-service assessment for understanding hot collector integrity

Products:

14:30 - 15:00

Asset integrity

Catalyst tubes after 10 years in service: correlation between operating history and remaining lifetime

Products:

15:00 - 15:30

Urea

TOYO decarbonises urea production for modern and vintage urea plants, and next-gen g-Urea® plants

Products:

15:00 - 15:30

Ammonia

N2C - circulating nitrogen to reduce cooling time of secondary reformer catalyst replacement using LTS start-up-blower (173-J) on KBR Purifier ammonia Plant Pusri 2B, Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

Products:

15:00 - 15:30

Asset integrity

Increasing process efficiency and service life of syngas reformers, amine and Benfield vessels - Four case studies

IGS Europe

 

Products:

16:00 | End of Conference

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