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Nitrogen+Syngas 369 Jan-Feb 2021

CRU Nitrogen + Syngas 2021


CONFERENCE PREVIEW

CRU Nitrogen + Syngas 2021

Virtual Conference

This year the CRU Nitrogen + Syngas conference is going virtual. From 1 to 3 March 2021, the CRU virtual event will offer a live and on-demand agenda, interactive exhibition and enhanced networking capabilities on a platform tailored to make remote access as easy as possible.

The CRU Nitrogen + Syngas conference has a 34-year proven track record of bringing together senior technical professionals to share experience, troubleshoot operational problems, discuss best practice, and source new solutions. In 2021, the virtual event will again provide this crucial platform for professional development and networking, but from the safety of your plant, office or home. More than just a series of webinars, the virtual event incorporates a three-day, multi-streamed agenda of technical papers and presentations; a virtual exhibition for meeting with technical experts and sourcing solutions; and integrated networking including live video, audio and text chat, interactive discussion groups, and meetings scheduling.

The conference runs alongside an exhibition of world-class process, materials, equipment and technology solution providers who bring their expertise to the audience. Networking and meeting time is scheduled throughout the agenda to maximise interaction.

What you can expect from the virtual event is a fully immersive experience, with multiple interactive spaces:

  • Keep up-to-date with the latest technology, process, materials and equipment developments in the technical agenda, with live Q&A – or you can watch on-demand at a time that suits you.
  • Access from anywhere: The virtual venue requires no download, and is mobile-friendly, allowing you to join anytime, anywhere.
  • Interact with expert solutions providers in the virtual exhibit hall: meet the exhibitors, explore their products and services and chat or submit an enquiry.
  • Network with attendees – search the delegate list by keyword, name and more; see who’s live online with you and reach out via voice or video call, text chat, email or request a meeting.
  • Speed networking sessions will help to replicate those chance meetings you have in real life at conferences at the receptions.

The agenda has been re-imagined to allow delegates to attend sessions, explore the exhibit hall, network, and have time to check in on their day-to-day job.

At time of going to press the threeday agenda had just been announced. It includes 20 hours of technical content with 40+ technical presentations featured in the dual-streamed agenda. CRU’s analysts and key industry experts will also be providing their industry insights.

Live Q&A sessions will follow each presentation, enabling delegates to engage directly with the presenters. In addition, the platform will remain open for 30 days after the conference, providing greater flexibility, allowing delegates to continue to watch the agenda on-demand, interact with exhibition booths and continue networking.

At a time of continued disruption to global travel, keeping connected and informed has never been more important. While travel and in-person events are not possible, CRU’s Nitrogen + Syngas 2021 Virtual Conference offers information sharing and networking on a platform providing a highly immersive and interactive space designed to replicate the in-person conference experience.

Key themes of the agenda

  • Sustainability in nitrogen + syngas: new opportunities for green and blue production: presentations by Casale, thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions, Linde, Haldor Topsoe, T2M Global and Plasco Conversion Technologies
  • Emissions management: presentations by BD Energy Systems, Saipem, and A.W.S. Corporation
  • Ammonia catalyst developments: presentations by Clariant, Johnson Matthey and National Fertilizers Ltd
  • Urea operations and technology developments: presentations by TOYO, Casale, Axo Welding, Engro Fertilizers, Stamicarbon and UreaKnowHow.com
  • Nitric acid and nitrates: operations and developments: presentations by Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Fertiberia, Casale, Umicore and Fluitec
  • Ammonia revamps and retrofits: presentations by KBR, Johnson Matthey and Engro Fertilizers
  • Improving the efficiency and profitability of operating plants: presentations by Haldor Topsoe, Engro Fertilizers, PT Petrokimia Gresik and thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions
  • Incident analysis and troubleshooting: presentations by Quest Integrity, Integrated Global Services and Kaltim Parna Industri PT
  • Synthesis gas generation and purification: presentations by Clariant and Haldor Topsoe
  • Equipment developments: presentations by Piller Blowers & Compressors GmbH and APEX Group

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Tariff uncertainties cloud the picture

Nitrogen+Syngas went to press just a few days before Donald Trump’s swearing-in as the next president of the United States. While it is sometimes difficult to sort the truth from the hyperbole in his public pronouncements, nevertheless, if taken at face value, they would seem to indicate that we may be in for a turbulent four years in commodity markets in particular. While he is an avowed military non-interventionist, on the economic policy side he has emerged as a firm believer in the power of tariffs to alter markets in the favour of the US, and has promised 20% tariffs on all goods entering the US, potentially rising to 25% for Canada and Mexico, and 60% for his particular bugbear, China, sparking a scramble for wholesalers to stock up in the last few weeks of the Biden presidency. Trump previously raised tariffs on Chinese goods entering the US to 20% during his first term, and the Biden administration made no attempt to reverse this, and even added some additional ones, for example 20% on Russian and Moroccan phosphate imports.