33rd JPI Petroleum Refining Conference
Recent Changes and Future Challenges in Petroleum Industry
日時：2026年10月15日(木)、16日(金)
会場：京都リサーチパーク 4号館 B1F バズホール（1階にセブンイレブンのある建物です）
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プログラム （講演言語は全て英語の予定です。）
10月15日(木)
Opening Address（13:00〜13:10）
Mr. Yo Yamamoto（Chairman, Refining Division）
Point to notice（13:10〜13:15）
JGC CORPORATION Mr. Manabu Tsukuda
1．【Keynote lecture】The trends and outlooks of energy policies in the world and Japan（13:15〜13:55）
(公財)地球環境産業技術研究機構 (RITE) 秋元圭吾 氏
世界は気候変動対応のため、1.5℃目標とそれに対応する2050年実質ゼロ排出を目標としてきた。しかし、1.5℃を超えることは不可避となり、また米国トランプ政権は気候変動対策に積極的ではなく、現実を見据えた実効的な対策の追求が必要になっている。
本講演では、世界と日本の石油や液体燃料を含むエネルギー対策および政策の最新動向そして、シナリオ分析を含めて将来展望を報告する。
2．Latest Innovation in SAF Process Technology（13:55〜14:35）
Honeywell Technologies Mr. Malik Haouchine
Globally, the aviation sector is responsible for approximately 2.5% of energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Reducing emissions in difficult to decarbonize sectors like aviation and shipping relies on lower carbon drop-in alternatives to fossil fuels that work with existing fleets and fuel infrastructure.
Today, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel production predominantly rely on hydrotreatment processes using waste fats, oils, and greases. Utilizing widely available, low-cost biomass residues and carbon dioxide that don’t compete with food as feedstock supports the production of renewable fuels with both low carbon intensity and high value.
In this presentation, Honeywell will explore the pathways for converting biomass into renewable fuels. A key challenge in this effort is the inherent variability of bio-feedstocks. This variability can be managed using approaches like biocrude intermediates, fermentation, or gasification. The profitability of any conversion pathway depends on the bio-feedstock in question and whether the targeted end market provides incentives to decarbonize the transportation sector.
The presentation will focus on the latest SAF technology from Honeywell Technologies, including Biocrude Upgrading, FT-Unicracking, and UOP eFining® (Methanol to Jet).
Break（14:35〜14:50）
3．Improving & Transforming Assets for Increased Competitiveness and Decarbonization（14:50〜15:30）
AXENS Mr. Leandro Labanca
Refiners are facing increasing pressure to maintain profitability while adapting to changing crude slates, evolving product demand, stricter environmental regulations, and the transition toward lower-carbon fuels and petrochemical products.
This paper presents a phased refinery transformation approach, enabling refiners to progressively enhance asset performance looking at energy efficiency and feedstock adaptation up to selective asset repurposing. The objective is to maximize value generated by existing assets while increasing operational flexibility and preparing facilities for future market requirements according to specific configuration, strategic objectives, and investment constraints.
Firstly, high-performance equipment upgrades that improve energy efficiency, reliability, and profitability are reviewed, including Spiral Tube Heat Exchangers (STHE) and Liquid Phase Isomerization (LPI). Secondly, process adaptations required to accommodate changing crude supply patterns and alternative feedstocks are examined, looking to increase feedstock flexibility while maintaining product quality. Finally, selected pathways to repurpose existing refining assets for the production of higher-value and lower-carbon products are explored, illustrating how refiners can strategically transform existing facilities for the future.
Technical evaluations and industrial case studies will demonstrate the successful implementation confirming how the phased approach, from incremental improvements to strategic asset transformation, can help refiners achieve both performance enhancement and sustainability objectives.
4．Advanced Distillation Technologies for Refinery Asset Optimization: Enhancing Capacity, Energy Efficiency, and Operational Flexibility（15:30〜16:10）
Koch Asia-Pacific G.K. Mr. Kunal Bhoyar
Distillation remains one of the most important and energy-intensive operations in petroleum refining. As refiners continue to maximize the value of existing assets, there is increasing demand for solutions that improve energy efficiency, strengthen operational reliability, and support evolving business requirements without significant capital investment.
This presentation will provide an overview of recent developments in distillation and separation technologies and their application to refinery optimization. The discussion will focus on practical approaches to reducing energy consumption, increasing throughput, simplifying process configurations, and improving the performance of critical separation systems. Industrial examples will be discussed to illustrate how modern technologies can address common refinery challenges such as capacity constraints, hydraulic limitations, pressure drop, fouling, and equipment reliability.
The presentation will highlight how advancements in distillation technology are creating new opportunities for refinery revamps, debottlenecking projects, and process optimization, helping operators improve profitability while responding to changing operational and sustainability objectives.
5．AVEVA Industrial AI（16:10〜16:50）
AVEVA K.K. 安井 章 氏
The momentum behind AI is undeniable - and it’s no longer optional. AI adoption is accelerating because it delivers measurable value: improving reliability, boosting efficiency, and enabling faster, better decisions across the value chain. We will introduce how AVEVA support the users in Industrial AI adoption, with AVEVA strategy
Party（17:00〜19:00）*現地開催のみ
同施設内 1号館 レストランPatio
10月16日(金)
Point to notice（9:40〜9:45）
Mr. Manabu Tsukuda［JGC CORPORATION］
6．【Keynote lecture】Outlook for Energy（9:45〜10:25）
Exxon Mobil C&L Ms. Nicole Vaughn
7．Unlocking value from plastic waste（10:25〜11:05）
Shell Global Solutions International BV Mr. Leonid Pankratov
Plastic recycle technologies are advancing, but many plastic waste streams remain challenging to sort, characterise and process. This difficulty arises from significant variability in feedstock contaminants, constantly evolving product specifications and the wide range of operating conditions in adjacent process units.
To increase recycling rates, meet circularity goals and stay ahead of tightening regulations (such as those driven by the EU’s Single-Use Plastic Directive), new solutions are needed. That’s why Shell Catalysts & Technologies has developed the Shell Recovered Plastics Upgrader (SRPU) - a flexible suite of technologies that helps refineries, petrochemical and primary conversion companies transform a wider range of plastic waste into high-value feedstocks for circular products. SRPU includes multiple processing pathways, with modular designs tailored to different feedstocks and investment levels.
The presentation also shares insights into the first SRPU deployment at a Shell site - a world-first, fully operational reference project that demonstrates how this technology can be deployed at lower capex and integrated into existing infrastructure.
In this webinar, we:
・introduce the SRPU and its range of technology options;
・share insights from the first deployment of SRPU; and
・explore the business case for early investment, phased implementation and flexible feedstock readiness.
8．Usage of Hybrid loading of catalyst and preactivated catalyst for reducing carbon footprint and promoting circular economy（11:05〜11:45）
Eurecat Services Asia Pacific Pte Ltd Mr. Rohit Irabatti
Sankyo Yuka Kogyo K.K. Mr. Sato Akinori
Catalysts are typically one of the largest controllable costs for a refiner. After ULSD implementation, catalyst requirement has gone up in Refineries worldwide. Increased catalyst requirement not only results in increase in cost to but also increase in carbon footprint due to higher metal mining and extraction and consequent higher landfill disposal at its end of life.
A pool of reusable catalysts is a valuable resource for refiners to manage their fill costs and precious foreign exchange. Hybrid loading of fresh and regenerated/rejuvenated catalyst renders almost similar performance with significant cost saving and very negligible/no performance comprise. Hybrid loading is also supported/guaranteed by catalyst manufacturers. Reusing catalysts minimizes landfill disposal, reduces CO2 emissions from metals reclamation, reduces CO2 emissions from metals mining and extraction thus promoting environmental circularity and sustainability goals of the refiners in a great way.
The fully preactivated technology of Eurecat (TOTSUCAT) would reduce carbon footprint by 80% (Scope 1 emissions) during the start-up. The main economic advantage of preactivated catalyst is to start the unit much faster and without the use of sulfiding agent resulting in significant savings for refiners. TOSUCAT usage also provides safety benefits and convenience while start up of unit.
Break（11:45〜13:00）
9．Maximizing value of an Aromatics Complex（13:00〜13:40）
UOP Mr. Pankaj Kumar Singh
UOP is the world's leading technology licensor and catalyst supplier for Aromatics technologies. As part of our commitment to customer success and continuous value creation, we continue to invest heavily in research and development to advance process technologies, enhance catalyst performance, improve energy efficiency, and reduce the environmental footprint of Aromatics technologies.
Through the development of our upgraded Liquid Phase C8A IsomarTM technology, next-generation TatorayTM catalyst, innovative heat recovery solutions, coupled with Light Desorbent Paraxylene (LDPX) recovery technology, UOP delivers significant economic and operational advantages to customers navigating today's highly competitive para-Xylene market.
My presentation highlights UOP's latest technological innovations, recent commercial successes, and the value these advancements bring to Aromatics producers through improved yields, lower operating costs, enhanced energy performance, and reduced emissions.
10．Powering a More Sustainable Future : Axens SAF solutions（13:40〜14:20）
AXENS Dr. Fabrice Bertoncini
Axens is a leading technology provider in the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) sector, offering one of the industry's most comprehensive portfolios of production pathways. Leveraging decades of expertise in catalysis, hydroprocessing, gas conversion, and bio-based technologies, Axens enables the production of SAF from a wide range of sustainable feedstocks, including renewable oils and fats (HEFA), lignocellulosic biomass via Fischer-Tropsch, and advanced alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) routes based on ethanol.
As the aviation industry seeks scalable solutions beyond lipid-based feedstocks, Axens is particularly focused on next-generation SAF pathways that utilize biomass residues and advanced bioethanol. Through technologies such as BioTfueL® and Jetanol™, developed in collaboration with IFPEN and industrial partners, Axens contributes to expanding the feedstock base required to meet ambitious global decarbonization targets.
Building on its role as a technology licensor and process integrator, Axens recently announced the ERA project, France's first industrial-scale SAF facility based on advanced bioethanol, reinforcing its commitment to accelerating SAF deployment, strengthening energy sovereignty, and supporting the transition toward low-carbon aviation.
Through its integrated approach combining technologies, catalysts, engineering, and industrial project development, Axens is positioning itself as a key enabler of the global SAF value chain and the broader decarbonization of air transport.
The lecture will address a review of Axens technology portfolio and main challenges to be addressed for SAF market.
Break（14:20〜14:35）
11．Hydrogen production platform（14:35〜15:15）
TOPSOE TBA
12．Technology of turquoise hydrogen production（15:15〜15:55）
KBR TBA
13．Reducing Operational Expenditures and Increasing Margins Through Integrated Shutdown Strategies（15:55〜16:35）
Refined Technologies, Inc. Mr. Trey Schuenemann
This presentation distinguishes margin-optimized turnarounds from traditional approaches through integrated planning strategies. Distillation unit shutdowns traditionally follow a standard decontamination sequence, including water flushing, nitrogen purging, and steam-outs prior to mechanical cleaning. While addressing hazards like residual hydrocarbons and pyrophoric iron sulfide, these steps often rely on lengthy durations and ineffective hydrocarbon removal techniques. This increases waste generation, mechanical cleaning needs, overall timelines, and operational expenditures (OPEX), while reducing worker safety and efficiency.
This presentation discusses an alternate shutdown sequence replacing water flushing and extended steam-outs with vapor-phase, solvent-based cleaning. Additionally, nitrogen purging and wetting are replaced with a targeted chemical treatment for iron sulfide elimination. The technical basis for each substitution is examined, referencing the underlying techniques involved.
Data is presented for a representative shutdown, comparing the standard and integrated sequences. A case study illustrates that an integrated sequence can result in a 130-190% increase in operating margin and a 300% reduction in OPEX. Finally, the applicability of these substitutions is discussed on a case-by-case basis, considering variations in unit configuration, feedstock, and run time.
Closing Address（16:35〜16:40）
プロセス分科会委員長 佃 学［日揮グローバル(株)］
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