Summit is AFPM's premier technical conference dedicated to improving plant-wide performance in the refining and petrochemical industries. Sessions are led and attended by engineers, managers, operators and leaders across the downstream sector. This year's conference will feature technical tracks in Maintenance, Hydroprocessing, Crude/Coking, FCC, Sustainability, Alarm Management, Artificial Intelligence, Unit Reliability, Digitalization, Turnaround, and Alkylation.
Technip Energies will showcase our expertise and capabilities in our HUB Meeting Room with educational content, a booth set-up, and a hospitality suite in the evenings. AFPM Summit will take place at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center on 25 - 28 August 2025 in Grapevine, Texas, USA.
Join us in San Antonio 6, our HUB Meeting Room, for educational content consisting of multiple presentations on Tuesday, 26 August and Wednesday, 27 August 2025 to include topics on FCC, Decarbonization, Hydrogen, Circularity, Sustainability, Digitalization, and more.
Our Educational Content in HUB Meeting Room, San Antonio 6:
Tuesday, 26 August:
- 14:00 (CST) - Hydrogen expansion options with TPR and EARTH®, presented by Jorge Pena Lopez
- 15:00 (CST) - Snowball decarbonization effect at plant level through wise application of carbon capture technology in refinery, presented by Mauricio Naranjo
- 16:00 (CST) - Spectrometry of asset optimization through Digitalization, presented by Fabrice Rey
Wednesday, 27 August:
- 08:00 (CST) - Successful Implementation of Gen2 RS2, presented by Siyi Lai and Turnaround inspection of feed injectors, presented by Hayden Poppe
- 10:00 (CST) - Carbon Capture: Amine Absorption vs. Oxycombustion, presented by Scott Golczynski and Slurry Filtration: Modular vs. Stick build, presented by Caleb Whitaker
- 11:00 (CST) - Driving FCC performance through design innovations, presented by Raj Singh
- 13:15 (CST) - Waste Plastic to Chemicals: An Update to the Plas-Tcat Process, presented by David Sudolski, Anellotech & Caleb Whitaker
- 14:15 (CST) - Operator Training Dynamic Simulator, presented by Christie Chuah
Our Panelist:
14:00 (CST) on 26 August, Steve Shimoda, Refining Technology Manager, will moderate “Tips and Lessons Learned for Kinetic Modeling of FCCUs”.
11:00 (CST) on 28 August, Raj Singh, Technology Manager, will sit on an experts panel, “Ask SME Anything Q&A Session”