Middle East Sulphur Conference 2022

CONFERENCE PREVIEW

Middle East Sulphur Conference 2022

The Sulphur Community is set to reconvene in Abu Dhabi. CRU and UniverSUL Consulting, with the support of ADNOC, are hosting a new live event, Middle East Sulphur Conference (MEScon), which will take place at the Rosewood Abu Dhabi from 24-26 May 2022.

Middle East Sulphur Conference (MEScon), co-organised by CRU and UniverSUL Consulting, with the support of ADNOC, is a new live event for the global sulphur and sour gas community, which will take place at the Rosewood Abu Dhabi from 24-26 May 2022.

The Middle East, and Abu Dhabi in particular, is at the epicentre of global sulphur and sour hydrocarbon production, making it the ideal location to host this event that will gather representatives from along the entire sour gas/sulphur value chain to promote technology and innovation, lessons learned, best practices, knowledge transfer, and R&D.

Against a backdrop of record sulphur prices and considerations about the future role of the sulphur industry, this new event aims to provide a forum to share knowledge and resources in support of continual improvements in HSE, reliability, efficiency and general best practices for the sulphur and sour gas industry.

Building on the legacies of MESPON and CRU Middle East Sulphur, the partnership of CRU and UniverSUL Consulting combines the respective strengths of market-leading analysis and technical expertise, which is reinforced by the support of host sponsor, ADNOC, a recognised leader in the production of sour gas and sulphur. Collectively, this partnership enables a unique event that incorporates the market dynamics and technical and operational aspects of the entire sulphur value chain from sour gas processing through sulphur recovery to transportation, marketing and end uses.

MEScon is intended to ‘connect the dots’ – to maximise utilisation of current local experience and expertise via networking and to provide access to the knowledge and resources of the global sulphur community. The goal is to foster enduring, cooperative relationships between sour gas and sulphur plant operators across the UAE, the Middle East and the world. Delegates can look forward to an agenda with a strong technical focus, featuring 25 technical presentations and five highly interactive panel discussions, exploring new technologies and operational excellence across key elements of the sulphur value chain. The technical agenda will be supplemented by scene setting presentations led by CRU analysts and with industry thought-leaders covering sulphur market dynamics and the role of sulphur in the energy transition.

Provisional agenda

TUESDAY 24 MAY

Exploring the supply and demand dynamics of the sulphur market landscape

• MEScon sulphur value chain positioning and perspectives Angie Slavens, UniverSUL Consulting
• The CRU View on the sulphur market outlook Dr Peter Harrisson, CRU
• Sulphur as a strategic commodity and ADNOC as a Centre of Excellence Presenters to be confirmed

Maximising sulphur product value

• Session overview and objectives Angie Slavens, UniverSUL Consulting
• What do sulphur specifications have to do with dust? Robert Marriott, Alberta Sulphur Research Limited (ASRL)
• Reliable, economical sulphur acidity control: New advances in technology Jeff Cook; Tibor Horvath; Mark Greenberg, DuBois Chemicals Canada
• Wavelength dependent performance of Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) instruments on sulphur pipelines Kent Kalar, AKOS Energy Corp.
• Topic Spotlight: Liquid Sulphur recirculation through SEET pipelines during long term total shutdowns Cesar Zambrano; Mahmood Al Murid, ADNOC Sour Gas
• SG20 – A new generation of drum granulation systems Casey Metheral, IPCO
• Granulator single pass header technology Mariam Banabeela, ADNOC Sour Gas
• Fire detection challenges in sulphur handling terminals Arivazhagan Rajendran, Saif Al Tenaiji, ADNOC Gas Processing
• Topic Spotlight: Preventing failures and eliminating HSE incidents from sulphur conveyors system by using innovative “Optic Fiber Sensing technique

Rajeeva Kumar; Mohammed Tannaf, ADNOC Gas Processing

• Panel session: Maximising the value of sulphur product

WEDNESDAY 25 MAY

Sulphur plants in context and emerging new drivers

• Session overview and objectives Angie Slavens, UniverSUL Consulting
• Viable green strategies for energy transition in sulphur recovery Saqib Sajjad, ADNOC Gas Processing
• Recovery of CO2 from sulphur plants Frank Scheel, Worley Comprimo
• How about capturing CO2 and generating H2 via advanced sulphur recovery technology in this energy transition era?

Thomas Chow, Fluor Energy Solutions

• Multicomponent emission measurement from the sulphur recovery unit David Inward, SICK AG
• New technologies to increase energy efficiency and reduce non-sulphur emissions (CO2 , CO, NOx) from tail gas incinerators Ali Abdullah Alshimiri, Koch Engineered Solutions Middle East
• A Pathway to Carbon Neutral LNG: Challenges, Opportunities, Costs and A Way Forward Nafisa Yousif; Happy Saini, ADNOC LNG
• Panel session: Sulphur plants in context and emerging new drivers

Optimisation of sour gas plant process operation

• Session overview and objectives Angie Slavens, UniverSUL Consulting
• Mercaptan closure around the gas sweetening unit Inshan Mohammed; Bob Veroba; Caleb Kuhn, Sulfur Recovery Engineering Inc.
• Mitigation of Sulphur Dioxide emissions in SRUs towards achieving sustainable development goals

Ibrahim Khan; Dr. Falah O. Alhameli; Dheeraj Nagwani; Pramodh Kalampully; Dinesh Aggarwal; Sandeep Dhebar; Anand Singh; Afra Almansoori, ADNOC Gas Processing

• SRU/TGTU Catalyst Optimization

Al Sail Al Jaberi, ADNOC Sour Gas

• Topic Spotlight: Process optimisation and emissions control in SRUs by implementing high fidelity model as a digital soft analyser for BTEX

Satyadileep Dara; Ibrahim Khan; Eisa Al Jenaibi; Nawal Al Yahyaee; Vincent Goveas; Ponraj Ponnaiah; ADNOC Gas Processing

• Panel session: Optimisation of sour gas plant process operation

THURSDAY 26 MAY

Innovations in sulphur plant process, equipment, catalysts & instrumentation

• Session overview and objectives
• Angie Slavens, UniverSUL Consulting Low CO2 footprint and low sulphur emissions at high lean amine temperatures for SRU mega-projects in the Middle East

Andreas Kern, BASF Middle East Chemicals LLC

• Understanding unpurged thermocouples in sulphur recovery units

Matthew Coady, Delta Controls Corporation

• The ease and robustness of titania-based tail gas catalysts start-up

Mark van Hoeke; Bart Hereijgers, EuroSupport

• Procedural automation of start-up and shutdown operations in SRU

Vincent Goveas; Subhendu Sengupta; Karunakaran Raghesh, ADNOC Gas Processing

• Panel Session: Innovations in sulphur plant process, equipment, catalysts & instrumentation

Sour gas plant long-term integrity

• Session overview and objectives

Angie Slavens, UniverSUL Consulting

• Strategies to minimize the cost of a piping thermal maintenance system without compromising performance

Justin Tucker, Ametek CSI

• Tubesheet protection systems: corrosion and degradation mechanisms

Domenica Misale-Lyttle, Industrial Ceramics Ltd

• lncinerator’s refractory and shell damage due to condensation in TGTU absorber overhead line

Muhammad Nisar; Alya Al Ali, ADNOC Sour Gas

• Panel Session: Sour gas plant long-term integrity & operations roundtable