Phenol Licensee Conference
October 16 - 17, 2024 | Houston
KBR welcomes you to the Phenol Licensee Conference in Houston on October 16-17, 2024. With over 60 years of expertise in phenol and acetone production, KBR is proud to offer innovative technologies that help our clients stay competitive in today’s rapidly evolving industry. Our clients trust KBR not only for our technological leadership but for the close partnership and support we bring to their operations.
This conference will cover a wide range of topics on phenol operations.
For more details about the conference, please refer to the below agenda.
Day 1 | Wednesday, October 16
8:30AM | Morning Sessions
Location: Whitehall meeting room at The Whitehall Hotel (Level 2)
8:30AM
Registration
9:00AM
Welcome and Safety Briefing
Presenter: Paul Damin
9:10AM
Opening Remarks
Presenter: Hari Ravindran
9:20AM
KBR Chemicals Portfolio Overview
Presenter: Lily Tang
9:45AM
Phenol Market Overview
Presenter: Yazmine Khan, Associate Director Aromatics (Global Phenolics Lead)
10:30AM | Tea/Coffee Break
11:00AM
Low Capital and Operational Improvements
Presenter(s): Paul Damin
12 noon | Lunch
1:00PM | Afternoon Sessions
1:00PM
Equipment Maintenance and Replacement, Turnaround Cycle and Length
Q&A Roundtable
1:45PM
Optimizing Operations: Strategies for Enhancing Opex Efficiency
Panel Discussion Moderator: TBA Panelists: TBA
2:30PM
Operational Issues, Front End
Q&A Roundtable
3:15PM | Tea/Coffee Break
3:30PM
Operational Issues, Back End
Q&A Roundtable
4:15PM
Improvements in Phenol Technology
Presenter: Ravi Sahu
5:00PM
Recent Enhancements in Phenol Technology
Q&A Roundtable
5:45PM
Wrap up
Paul Damin
6:00PM | Cocktail Hour
Location: Strato 550
7:00PM | Dinner
Location: Strato 550
Day 2 | Thursday, October 17
9:00AM | Morning Sessions
Location: Whitehall meeting room at The Whitehall Hotel
9:00AM
Welcome
Presenter: Paul Damin
9:15AM
Product Quality Issues
Q&A Roundtable
10:30AM | Tea/Coffee Break
10:45AM
Advancing Sustainability in Chemical Technologies
Panel Discussion Moderator: TBA Panelists: TBA
11:30AM
Open Items/Other Operational Issues
Q&A Roundtable
12:15PM
Closing Remarks
Paul Damin
12:30PM | Lunch
S&P Expert Speaker
Yazmine Khan
Chemical Insights, Associate Director Aromatics (Global Phenolics Lead)
S&P Commodity Insights
Yazmine currently serves as an Associate Director, Aromatics in S&P Global’ s Commodity Insights division in London, UK. She joined S&P Global late in 2022 and is head of global phenolics.
Prior to this, Yazmine spent six years at Tecnon Orbichem as a senior consultant covering a range of markets including aromatics, unsaturated polyester resins, plasticizers, and oxo-alcohols. During her tenure Yazmine was the global lead for her products, supported single client projects and managed an international team of consultants.
Yazmine started her career with CMAI (which became IHS Markit Chemical) in 2010 and spent several years as an analyst working in the consulting team and then the soda ash team. She then took up a senior analyst position within the aromatics team, where she led coverage of the fiber feedstock industry within the EMEA region.
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