Houston, Texas

2010 NPRA Cat Cracker Seminar

InterContinental Hotel Houston, Texas August 24-25, 2010

Schedule of Events

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

8:00 am – 6:00 pm Registration Legends Ballroom Prefunction

11:00 am – 12:30 pm Lunch / Tabletop Exhibition Legends Ballroom

12:30 pm – 2:30 pm Q & A Session Panel I: Operations / Technology Discovery A & B

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Break Legends Ballroom Prefunction

2:45 pm – 4:30 pm Q & A Session Panel II: Reliability / Mechanical / Turnaround Discovery A & B

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Reception / Tabletop Exhibition Legends Ballroom

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

7:30 am – 2:00 pm Registration Legends Ballroom Prefunction

7:30 am – 8:00 am Early Bird Coffee & Rolls Legends Ballroom Prefunction

Concurrent Workshops Track I: Track II: Track III: Rotating Equipment Process / Operations Mechanical Founders Ballroom I, II, III Discovery A Discovery B 8:00 am – 9:30 am Improving Operational FCC Catalyst Loss Metallurgy – Confidence and Efficiency Troubleshooting General Applications with Turbomachinery – Jeff Koebel – Clay White Control Systems WR Grace ConocoPhillips – Jim Roegiers CAT-10-105 CAT-10-104 Compressor Controls Corp. CAT-10-102

9:30 am – 9:45 am Break Legends Ballroom Prefunction

9:45 am – 10:45 am FCC Expander On-Line Catalyst Circulation/ Analyzing Hot Spots for Monitoring and Preventive Standpipe Issues Stress and Strain using Maintenance for Reliability – Bill Wilson Finite Element Analysis – Donald Shafer BP – Ken Fewel Dresser-Rand CAT-10-106 Shaw CAT-10-107 CAT-10-103

10:45 am – 11:00 am Break Legends Ballroom Prefunction

11:00 am – 12:00 pm Critical Inventory Optimization Avoidable Operational Maintenance Practices for for Turnarounds Errors Slide Valve Hydraulics – Sandy Hunter – Pat Walker – Manuel Cachutt Hunter Hawk UOP Shell – Rob Sperry CAT-10-108 CAT-10-101 Tesoro CAT-10-109

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch / Tabletop Exhibition Legends Ballroom

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Wet Gas Scrubbers Capitalizing on Excess FCC FCC Cyclone Life Cycle Performance and Reliability Capacity with Opportunity and Inspections – Nick Confuorto Operating Modes – Doug McAulay Belco Technologies – Steve Gim BP – Pui-Nang Lin Shaw – Mike Maholland Flint Hills Resources – Ken Peccatiello Chevron CAT-10-112 Peccatiello Engineering CAT-10-110 CAT-10-111

Cover photo courtesy of Valero Energy. 2010 Cat Cracker Seminar Sponsors Program Committee

Daniel Flake, Chair Robert Ludolph Tuesday Afternoon Coffee Break Maintenance Engineering and Principal Petroleum Refining Consultant Refractory Construction Services Reliability Manager Ludolph Technology and Consultancy, Inc. CVR Energy, Inc. Wilmington, DE Conference Bag Coffeyville, KS Grace Davison Sherard McIntosh Kenneth Bruno KBR Final Program Global Application Technology Houston, TX BASF Corporation, Catalyst Division Manager, FCC Albemarle Corporation Michael McKee Session Audio/Visual Services Houston, TX FCC Process Specialist Hason Steel - Mechanical Track Chevron Corporation Jeff Buck Davis, CA Senior Engineer Shell Global Solutions U.S. Joseph McLean Houston, TX Technology Manager, Refining Catalysts BASF Catalysts, LLC Martin Evans Houston, TX INTERCAT Sea Girt, NJ Harvey McQuiston Shaw Stone & Webster CJ Farley Houston, TX Upcoming Meetings VP Refining Consulting Astron International, Inc. Don Miller Houston, TX TOTAL Port Arthur, TX NPRA Q&A and Technology Francisco Gonzalez Forum & Exhibition Director of Reliability Engineering and Mart Nieskens 2010 Maintenance Optimization Global Technology Manager October 10-13 Marriott Baltimore Enterprise Products Operating LLC Catalytic Cracking Waterfront Houston, TX Shell Global Solutions U.S. Baltimore, MD Houston, TX Brad Hase 2011 Global Turnaround Leader Jeffrey Oberlin October 9-12 JW Marriott Hill Country Flint Hills Resources, LP Sr. Technical Service Engineer Resort & Spa St. Paul, MN INTERCAT San Antonio, TX Sea Girt, NJ David Hunt NPRA Reliability & Maintenance FCC Technical Service Manager Gary Stephens Conference & Exhibition Grace Davison Manager Regional Services - 2011 Houston, TX Technical Service Department May 24-27 Convention Center UOP LLC Denver, CO Scott Jernigan Houston, TX 2012 FCC Specialist May 22-25 Convention Center ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co. Patrick Walker San Antonio, TX Baytown, TX Sr. FCC Associate UOP LLC NPRA Cat Cracker Seminar David Jones Des Plaines, IL 2012 Manager of Turnarounds and Reliability August 21-22 InterContinental Hotel Murphy Oil USA, Inc. Houston, TX Meraux, LA

Mark Korsmo Manager, Mechanical Integrity & Reliability ConocoPhillips Company Ponca City, OK

2 August 24 - 25, 2010

2010 NPRA Cat Cracker Seminar

The biennial NPRA Cat Cracker Seminar The 2010 Seminar will also have a and Exhibition will be held August 24-25, Question & Answer session with industry 2010 at the InterContinental Hotel in experts who will address 26 questions on Houston, TX. The program of 12 work- safety, process technology, rotating shops is organized in three topic tracks equipment, refractory, emissions controls, which enable attendees to focus on a maintenance work processes, turnarounds, particular aspect of FCC operation or to inspections, technology choices, and attend workshops that cover a broader operations. In addition to the planned range of interests. Whether you are in questions, the panelists will be prepared Operations, Technical Service, Mainte- to respond to comments and additional nance, Reliability, or Process Engineering, questions from the attendees. you will find a comprehensive program that meets your needs for improving your The Exhibition will showcase the latest FCC’s operation and reliability. technological advances in FCC equip- ment, catalysts, refractory, diagnostics, The topic tracks for 2010 are: and reliability services from 61 compa- • Mechanical – workshop topics include: nies that specialize in FCC equipment Metallurgical Applications; Stress and and technology. Lunch will be served in Strain Due to Hot Spots; Maintenance for the Exhibition Hall on August 24 and 25 Slide Valve Hydraulics; and Cyclone and the Exhibition will be open after the Inspection and Repair. Q&A session on August 24 from 4:30 pm • Process/Operations – workshop topics to 6:00 pm. include: Catalyst Loss Troubleshooting; Catalyst Circulation; Avoidable Operational Errors; Operational Issues for Opportunity Feedstocks; and Wet Gas Scrubber Performance and Reliability. • Rotating Equipment – workshop topics include: Compressor Control Systems; On-line Expander Maintenance; and Parts Inventory Optimization for Turnarounds.

3 Day One Tuesday August 24, 2010

12:30 pm – 4:30 pm Q & A Panel advice after the panel has responded. Discovery A & B A panel of six industry experts from A transcript of the session will be NPRA member companies will respond distributed to all meeting attendees at a to questions that were received in later date. response to an industry-wide call for questions. One or more of the panel The questions are divided into the members will respond to each question following categories: and then time will be allowed for follow- 1. Operations / Technology up questions from the attendees who 2. Reliability / Mechanical / Turnaround may also offer their comments and

Scott Barton is FCC Jeff Bull is the Neal Cammy is a Operations Engineer Process Simulation Senior Technology for ConocoPhillips at Model Manager for Specialist, specializ- the Wood River, IL Valero Energy ing in Fluid Catalytic refinery. His respon- Corporation in San Cracking with UOP’s sibilities include Antonio, TX. He is FCC, Alkylation and providing technical responsible for all of Treating Technology leadership to both the kinetic models Services group. FCCs including daily operations, project across Valero’s fifteen refineries which Neal has been in this role for over five development and execution, and turn- includes tuning, calibrating and mainte- years. In his 30 years with UOP, mostly in arounds. As the location FCC expert, he nance of the FCC kinetic models and the FCC technology, Neal has worked on is also responsible for directing the long- support of their use for process studies, new unit startups, refinery troubleshooting, term strategy of the FCCs at the refinery. catalyst evaluations, and LP vector gen- unit reliability, and development of new As a senior engineer at Wood River, Scott eration. He was Valero’s representative process control and safety-instrumented is often asked to lead or participate in to the US EPA Consent Decree FCC system strategies. Neal has co-authored refinery issues such as root cause investi- Team and provides internal support on several papers in the area of safety sys- gations, regulatory compliance, refinery FCC additives and emissions control tem design, and holds two U.S. patents procedure development, and business technologies. for FCC control strategy. initiatives. He also mentors new engineers and interns. With over 18 years of refinery He previously worked for UOP in a Neal holds a BSChE from the Polytechnic experience, he has been involved with variety of FCC assignments ranging Institute of NYU. almost every process at the refinery from research and development to unit including crude distillation, alkylation, start-up and troubleshooting. hydrotreating, and refinery planning. With over 10 years of FCC experience, Scott Jeff holds a BSChe from Case Western has been involved with FCC catalyst Reserve University. testing and selection, FCC modeling, technology revamps, regulatory compli- ance, and has been the process engineer for seven FCC turnarounds.

Scott holds a BSChE from Iowa State University and is a Six Sigma blackbelt.

4 Day One Tuesday August 24, 2010

Adam Kasle is Lloyd Nelson is Mart Nieskens is the Principal Process Reliability Engineer Global Technology Engineer for BP at Flint Hills Manager for Cat North America Resources’ Pine Cracking at Shell where he is respon- Bend, MN refinery. Global Solutions sible for BP’s FCC He has worked pri- (US) Inc. in Houston, catalyst evaluation marily on turnaround TX. He has 32 years program and projects including experience in the provides technical support to the BP several FCCU revamps and repair work refining industry. He started his career refineries regarding all FCC catalyst as well as on new construction projects in R&D at the Shell Research Center in related issues. He began his career at as a Project Engineer and Project Amsterdam, The Netherlands and, UOP where he worked for 12 years as a Manager. He began his career as a subsequently, became senior process Process Development Engineer, Field Project Engineer at Gulf Oil in Montreal, development engineer for cat cracking Service Engineer, and FCC Operating Quebec. at Shell’s Manufacturing Division in The Technical Service Engineer. From UOP, Hague, The Netherlands. After that, he Adam moved to Grace Davison where Lloyd holds BSME from the University held technical and operations manage- he held the role of FCC Technical Sales of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, ment positions at refineries in Singapore, Manager in the US Gulf Coast and Saskatchewan. the US, India and Malaysia. At Shell Virgin Islands. Global Solutions in Amsterdam, Mart held the position of Global Manager, Light Adam holds a BSChE from Northwestern Ends Conversion; he had the same posi- University. tion for Cat Cracking at Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc.

Mart holds a MSChE from the Technical University Eindhoven in The Netherlands.

5 Q & A Session Tuesday Questions August 24, 2010

Operations / Technology 5. If your flue gas boiler does not have 11.What design guidelines do you recom- 1. Some FCCUs have “try lines” on the sootblower capability, what measures mend for flue gas quench systems that main fractionator that can be used to do you take to maintain or improve control flue gas expander inlet tempera- verify the bottoms level. In what cir- heat transfer? Is walnut shell injection ture? What is the best location for a cumstances do you use the try lines an option? quench system (e.g. inside the regenera- to verify the level? What safety meas- tor plenum or outside in the duct work)? ures and operating procedures do 6. Describe your continuous catalyst What types of atomization nozzles do you you recommend given the presence withdrawal system. Is the hopper recommend? What water source do you of hydrogen sulfide in the vapor under vacuum or is the hopper at recommend? If you use boiler feed water, phase? atmsopheric pressure? How is the what specifications should be monitored to flow regulated? What metallurgy do reduce risk of flue gas expander fouling? 2. How do you train new operators for you specify for the spent catalyst abnormal situations? How do you lines? How do you capture dust from 12.Does air injected into the FCC standpipes keep experienced operators sharp the hopper? How do you cool down or entrained from the regenerator react to and ready to handle FCCU upsets the catalyst so that it can be loaded form compounds such as phenols, CO2, or and emergencies? Do you use simula- into trucks? other unwanted reaction products? tors to help with the training and retraining? Does greater reliance on 7. How do you ensure proper operation 13.How do you minimize plugging of reactor advanced process controls in normal of secondary cyclone diplegs during pressure taps? Do you use a purge gas operation make preparation for abnor- start-up and shutdown? such as air, nitrogen, natural gas, refinery mal situations more challenging? fuel gas, or something else? Do you think 8. How do you choose FCC catalysts? that air is an acceptable purge gas given 3. Do you use a training simulator Describe how you use the following the relative amount of entrained air due to tailored specifically to your particular methodologies to make catalyst catalyst circulation? unit’s behavior and instrumentation selections: rather than a generic FCC simulator? • Testing (in-house or external) 14.Describe your experience with measuring • Paper bids stack flow (for analyzer outputs). What 4. For FCC units producing high levels of • Unit trials method do you use for flow measurement propylene, the operating conditions • Other and how does it compare to a material and catalyst properties promote side Do you conduct a post-audit to balance method or to the measurements reactions which produce different or evaluate your catalyst selections? of the stack analyzer testers. excessive product contaminants rela- What methodologies do you use? tive to typical FCC units optimized for 15.Under what conditions do you see ammo- gasoline production. Has this impacted 9. Have you improved catalyst stripper nia in the regenerator flue gas and how is the operation of your gasoline or LPG performance by changing from baffled ammonia affected by: treating units? Have you identified “trays” to packing? What criteria did • oxidation promoters specific contaminants which are higher you use to evaluate the performance • SOx and/or NOx reduction additives for the propylene mode of operation? of the new packing? • conditions such as full-burn or Have you noticed an impact on amine partial burn foaming, color, or consumption? If 10.Have you fed used lubricating oils to a • type of regenerator? you have experienced problems in FCC unit? Describe what effect the your treating unit, what actions have lube oil additives (metals) have had 16.How does wet gas scrubber (WGS) pH you taken to mitigate or prevent the on the FCC catalsyt. affect SOx reduction? How does pH affect problem? corrosion rates and hard water deposit formation? Are there other negative effects in the WGS?

6 Q & A Session Tuesday Questions August 24, 2010

Reliability / Mechanical / Turnaround 22.What preventive maintenance do you Notes 17.Describe your experience(s) with perform on wet gas compressors (WGC) reactor vapor line isolation valves. and main air blowers (MAB)? What How did you justify the cost of the methodologies or strategies do you valve (e.g. safety, reduced start-up/ employ to define the scope of work for shutdown times, etc.)? How did you these items’ turnaround activities? incorporat the valve into start-up, shut- down and emergency procedures? 23.What preventive maintenance do you do Have you had any maintenance on slide valves? What methodologies or problems with the valve? strategies do you employ to define the scope of work for slide valve turnaround 18.Have you experienced any aging activities? issues with the following metallurgies for FCC reactors or other components? 24.How do you monitor the health of What testing do you recommend for expansion joints? What methodologies older components and what criteria or strategies do you employ to define do you use for rejecting components? the scope of work for expansion joint • 1¼ Cr/½ Mo steel (A387 gr 11) turnaround activities? • 2¼ Cr/1 Mo steel (A387 gr 22) • 5 Cr steel 25.Describe how you prepare the FCCU for • stainless steel (hot wall flue gas a hurricane passing over your refinery? components) What do you differently if you are prepar- ing for longer shutdowns? 19.Have you experienced any lining •7 days failures in vibration-cast cold wall riser • 21 days lines other than those caused by ero- • Longer sion? What failure modes have you Comment on issues such as when to identified for this type of lining and deinventory the catalyst, when to isolate what material properties do you rec- the regenerator from the atmospheric ommend for minimizing these failures? stack, when to put the reactor/regenerator under nitrogen pressure, etc. 20.Have you experienced regenerator cyclone refractory hex steel failure 26.Describe your procedures for decontami- due to oxidation/corrosion? Have you nating the FCCU in preparation for observed a relationship between turnaround activities. How long does it these failures and feed sulfur content usually take to decontaminate and pre- or refractory type? pare equipment for entry? What typical problems have you encountered? What 21.Have you experienced flue gas slide practices do you recommend to improve valve or butterfily valve issues that the decontamination process? have been attributed to catalyst agglomeration on the disc? If so, how have you resolved the issue?

7 Day Two Wednesday August 25, 2010

Track I Track II Track III Rotating Equipment Process/Operations Mechanical Founders Ballroom I, II, III Discovery A Discovery B

8:00 am – 9:30 am 8:00 am – 9:30 am 8:00 am – 9:30 am Improving Operational Confidence FCC Catalyst Loss Troubleshooting Metallurgy – General Applications and Efficiency with Turbomachinery Jeff Koebel, WR Grace Clay White, ConocoPhillips Control Systems Jim Roegiers, Compressor Controls This workshop will go through a practical Corporation process for diagnosing and troubleshoot- ing FCC catalyst loss problems. Topics Effective and capable control strategies covered will include: defining “excessive” can increase confidence and efficiency catalyst losses, calculating an FCC cata- in the operation of your turbomachinery. lyst balance to determine the catalyst Control system basics, advanced strate- loss rate, collecting the data necessary to gies, and design considerations will be troubleshoot the problem, and under- discussed. Dynamic simulations and standing how the data can point to a application examples will be used to cause. Mechanical solutions to improve demonstrate problems and solutions. cyclone reliability will also be reviewed.

Track I Track II Track III Rotating Equipment Process/Operations Mechanical Founders Ballroom I, II, III Discovery A Discovery B

9:45 am – 10:45 am 9:45 am – 10:45 am 9:45 am – 10:45 am FCC Expander On-Line Monitoring and Catalyst Circulation / Standpipe Issues Analyzing Hot Spots for Stress and Preventive Maintenance for Reliability Bill Wilson, BP Strain using Finite Element Analysis Donald Shafer, Dresser-Rand Ken Fewel, Shaw Energy & Chemicals Catalyst circulation and fluidization issues This presentation will include a discussion can result in operational upsets or subop- Finite element analysis (FEA) is an accu- on the effects of the FCC environment on timal performance. This presentation will rate, state-of-the-art method to compute power recovery expanders. This will cover the basics of fluidization and cata- stress and strain in your vessel, piping include on-line equipment health monitor- lyst flow as they relate to the operation of and refractory lined systems using solid ing methods and preventive maintenance catalyst standpipes. 3-D computer models. Specific hot spots techniques used to increase FCC and other abnormal loads for a variety of expander reliability. conditions, including shutdown and start- up, can be included in these models to determine the unit’s safety. FEA can be used to determine how close the unit is to the ASME safety limits for a specific hot spot condition. With this information the refiner can decide if it is necessary to shut down to make repairs or to continue running until the normally scheduled turnaround. An example of an actual application of FEA to analyze a hot spot on an FCC unit will be explained.

8 Day Two Wednesday August 25, 2010

Track I Track II Track III Rotating Equipment Process/Operations Mechanical Founders Ballroom I, II, III Discovery A Discovery B

11:00 am – 12:00 pm 11:00 am – 12:00 pm 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Critical Inventory Optimization Avoidable Operational Errors Maintenance Practices for for Turnarounds Pat Walker, UOP Slide Valve Hydraulics Sandy Hunter, Hunter Hawk Manuel Cachutt, Shell Projects & Rob Sperry, Tesoro Corporation In this workshop we will discuss avoidable Engineering operational errors using several case Turnarounds require planning and execu- studies. These will demonstrate that most This presentation reviews hydraulic power tion on a tight schedule which means errors are not limited to pure operator units supporting slide valve systems in critical equipment parts must be on site error but rather extend to deficiencies in FCC units, their typical operational/main- and available in a timely manner. procedures, design or maintenance. tenance conditions, specific maintenance Extended unit downtime means lost profit Several of the most common errors along requirements and recommended opportunities (LPO) and headaches for with some less frequent errors will be proactive maintenance practices for maintenance and reliability teams. Kit discussed. failure prevention. Box Systems save time, money and expensive resources by improving the efficiency of the maintenance workforce during the turnaround.

Track I Track II Track III Rotating Equipment Process/Operations Mechanical Founders Ballroom I, II, III Discovery A Discovery B

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Wet Gas Scrubbers Performance Capitalizing on Excess FCC Capacity FCC Cyclone Life Cycle and Reliability with Opportunity Operating Modes and Inspections Nick Confuorto, Belco Technologies Steve Gim, Shaw Energy & Chemicals Doug McAulay, BP Products North Pui-Nang Lin, Flint Hills Resources Ken Peccatiello, Peccatiello Engineering America Mike Maholland, Chevron This presentation will review fundamen- This presentation will cover changes in tals and troubleshooting for FCC flue gas feedstocks, such as opportunity crudes, This presentation will review failure mech- scrubbers with a focus on key monitoring and adjustments to operating modes, anisms for regenerator cyclones with parameters for maximum SO2 reduction such as increasing resid content/ discussion of cases of accelerated and related equipment reliability issues. increasing severity, to take advantage of corrosion of stainless steel hex mesh Attendees will have an opportunity to the current excess FCC capacity and which anchors the erosion resistant lining. share best practices and exchange ideas overproduction of gasoline. Panelists will to improve unit performance and reliability. discuss the change in operating modes and associated yield shifts to utilize this excess capacity. The impact on mechani- cal design and the anticipated mainte- nance concerns when making these changes will also be discussed. These will include issues such as corrosion and hydrogen/cyanide blistering, to name a few.

9 List of Exhibitors Exhibition Floor Plan and Tabletop Exhibitors

Legends Ballroom SERVICE AREA EXI

EXIT EXIT EXIT EXIT Tuesday, August 24 PHONES 11:00 am – 12:30 pm 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 Lunch / Tabletop Exhibition Open 10' 10' PHONES

7 14 21 28 35 42 49 56 EXIT 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Reception / Tabletop Exhibition Open EXIT FOOD 6 13 20 27 34 41 48 55 FOOD AREA AREA Wednesday, August 25 DW DW 5 12 19 26 33 40 47 54 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch / Tabletop Exhibition Open EXIT

EXIT 4 11 18 25 32 39 46 53

DW 3 10 17 24 31 38 45 52 DW FOOD FOOD AREA AREA

2 9 16 23 30 37 44 51 EXIT

7' 10' 10' 10' 7' EXIT

1 3'8 15 3'22 29 3'36 43 3' 50 20' 20'

10' 10' EXIT EXIT EXIT EXIT DW DW FX FA FA

Exhibitors Listed Alphabetically By Company

Company Table # Company Table # Company Table # A Box 4 U 58 Haldor Topsoe, Inc. SCR Group 54 Safway Services, LLC 48 Aggreko 5 Harbison-Walker Refractories Co. 47 Senior Flexonics Pathway 32 Albemarle Corporation 25 Hi-Tech Industrial Services, Inc. 43 Sentinel Integrity Solutions 62 All Tech Inspection 37 Hotwork-USA 61 Shaw 41 AltairStrickland 8 Industrial Gunite, Inc. 6 Stress Engineering Services 31 BASF Corporation 9/10 InServ 12 Structural Preservation Systems (SPS) 38 Belco Technologies Corporation 36 INTERCAT 51 Sulzer Chemtech USA, Inc. 52 BLAC INC. 60 JV Industrial Companies 24 Superheat FGH Services 57 Brand Energy and KBR 45 TapcoEnpro 50 Infrastructure Services 18 KE-Burgmann EJS 46 Team Industrial Services 22 Brock Group 49 Matrix Service Company 34 Thermal Ceramics 59 Buell Division of Fisher Klosterman Inc. 4 MEA INC 40 Thermbond Refractories / CAR-BER Testing Services 56 MECS, Inc. 23 Stellar Materials Inc. 26 Continental Fabricators, Inc. 7 MOGAS Industries, Inc. 44 TRACERCO 16 Contract Fabricators, Inc. 35 Nooter Construction Company 53 Training & Development Systems, Inc. 21 Daily Thermetrics Corp. 63 Plant Performance Services LLC (P2S)19 Turner Industries Group 27 Deloro Stellite 11 Praxair Inc. 13 United Laboratories International LLC 2 Diamond Refractory Services 1 Refinery Technology, Inc. 39 UOP LLC 42 Everlasting Valve 33 REMOSA - UNITED VALVE 15 U.S. Bellows, Inc. 20 Foster Wheeler USA Corporation 17 Resco Products, Inc. 14 Wyatt Field Service Company 55 Grace Davison 29/30 RSC Equipment Rental 28 Zimmermann & Jansen, Inc. 3

10 Tabletop Exhibitors: A Box 4 U – Exhibitor List with Descriptions Buell Division of Fisher Klosterman Inc.

A Box 4 U (58) AltairStrickland (8) Brand Energy and Infrastructure 4340 S West Street 1605 S. Battleground Road Services (18) Wichita, KS 67217 La Porte, TX 77571 5730 FM 646 East 877-522-6948 281-478-6200 Dickinson, TX 77539 Greg Lange Whitney Strickland 832-226-5094 [email protected] [email protected] Myron Smalley http://www.abox4u.net http://www.altairstrickland.com [email protected] A BOX 4 U has manufactured and AltairStrickland is a Mechanical http://www.beis.com engineered the Blast Resistant Modules Contractor that specializes in FCCU Specializing in FCCU, SRU and furnace keeping your workforce safety and Revamps. AltairStrickland plans, man- retrofits. Brand offers refractory, scaffold- productivity in mind. Our BRM’s meet or ages and executes the entire revamp ing, insulation, coatings, fireproofing and exceeds API’s 753 guidelines. Every utilizing their knowledge and expertise to abatement services to the refining and BRM is engineered keeping workplace save schedule and budget. petrochemical industries. 52 FCCU T/A’s safety first. Your workforce will appreciate in the past 5 1/2 years. the ease and convenience of having BASF Corporation (9/10) offices, break rooms, tools and parts in 1111 Bagby Street, Suite 2600 Brock Group (49) their blast zone workplace. Houston, TX 77002 10343 Sam Houston Park Dr., Suite 200 732-205-5000 Houston, TX 77064 Aggreko (5) Fabian Florez 281-807-8200 15600 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 200 http://www.basf.com Merlie Fuselier Houston, TX 77032 BASF delivers value resulting in more of [email protected] 281-985-8287 the products you want. Products include http://www.brockgroup.com deborah kleinen FCC Catalysts based on the renowned The Brock Group is the leader in specialty [email protected] DMS and new Prox-SMZ platform tech- services driven by process driven reliabil- http://www.aggreko.com nology, Additives, Co-Catalysts, Solutions ity programs with proven expertise in Aggreko is the global leader in rental and Services. consolidation and multi-craft & multi-site power, temperature control, and oil-free strategic alliances. Core services offered compressed air systems. Aggreko Belco Technologies Corporation (36) are scaffolding, specialized shoring, provides 24/7 availability and service 9 Entin Road painting, insulation, lead & asbestos support from over 50 locations nation- Parsippany, NJ 07054 abatement, metal fabrication, electrical & wide. www.aggreko.com/northamerica 973-515-8903 heat tracing services, janitorial & grounds Nicholas Confuorto maintenance. Albemarle Corporation (25) [email protected] 451 Florida St http://www.belcotech.com Buell Division of Fisher Baton Rouge, LA 70801 A global leader in the licensing, design Klosterman Inc. (4) 225-388-7402 and supply of systems for reduction of 200 North Seventh Street, Suite 2 Jack Wilcox refinery air pollutants including Lebanon, PA 17046 [email protected] Particulate, SO2, SO3 and NOx. 717-274-7104 http://www.albemarle.com Reduction of emissions from FCCU Mark Oles Boost yields and profit from your FCC regenerator, Heaters, Boilers and SRU. [email protected] unit and reduce SOx/NOx emissions with Also global supplier of Shell Global http://www.buellrefinery.com/ Albemarle, the world leader in FCC cata- Solution Third and Fourth Stage Buell Refinery Cyclones Division has a lysts, additives and technical service. Separators (TSS-FSS) for FCCU. long history of application engineering practical experience including numerous All Tech Inspection (37) BLAC INC. (60) patents for cyclone separation technolo- 2209 Market Street 195 W Spangler Ave. gy. The cyclone products are used world- Baytown, TX 77520 Elmhurst, IL 60126 wide in fluid catalytic cracking units for all 281-422-7585 630-279-6400 processors. The refinery division pro- Leo Poirier Philip Black duces third stage systems (TSS), recov- [email protected] [email protected] ery cyclones, 4th stage cyclone systems http://www.alltechinspection.com http://www.blacinc.com and critical orifice valves and cyclones Mechanical Integrity, Refractory BLAC INC designs and constructs elec- for the petrochemical industry. Inspection & Testing, Run & Maintain, tro-hydraulic linear and quarter turn valve Turnaround Inspection & Specialty actuators and damper actuators. BLAC NDT Services. INC. specializes in FCCU slide, plug and butterfly actuators.

11 Tabletop Exhibitors: Exhibitor List with Descriptions

CAR-BER Testing Services (56) Deloro Stellite (11) Foster Wheeler USA Corporation (17) 911 Michingan Ave 471 Dundas Street East 585 N. Dairy Ashford Road Point Edward, ON N7V 1H2 Belleville, ON K8N 1G2 Houston, TX 77079 800-592-8378 613-968-3481 713-929-5000 James Phillips Louw De Jong Richard Gaona [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] http://www.carbertesting.com http://www.stellite.com http://www.fwc.com CAR-BER TESTING SERVICES provides Deloro Stellite develops solutions to your Foster Wheeler is a global engineering, specialty isolation and hydrotesting wear and corrosion problems in refinery procurement and construction company services to the pressure piping industry and FCCU applications. Stellite solutions with over 115 years experience. We on a 24/7 basis. CAR-BER TESTING offer longer life, reduced unplanned design, engineer and construct leading- SERVICES – The Company with a down-time, and reduced maintenance edge processing facilities and related “Safety First Attitude.” costs. infrastructure for offshore and onshore upstream oil & gas, LNG and midstream, Continental Fabricators, Inc. (7) Diamond Refractory Services (1) refining, chemicals & petrochemicals, 5601 West Park Avenue 8412 Mosley pharmaceuticals, biotechnology & health- St. Louis, MO 63110 Houston, TX 77075 care, environmental and power industries. 314-781-6300 713-378-9200 Alan Storm David Gregory Grace Davison (29/30) Fabricators of FCC unit air grids, riser [email protected] 7500 Grace Drive, Bldg. 25, 2nd Floor lines, overhead and flue gas lines, steam http://www.diamondrefractory.com Columbia, MD 21044 rings, reactors, regenerators, stripper National FCCU Turnaround Specialist 410-531-8260 sections. Vessel fabricators, (heavy wall, Contractor. In-Situ Vibration Casting of Elizabeth Mettee clad, alloy, towers, drums). SRU vessels Riser & Feed Sections. Complete vessel http://www.gracedavison.com and components. of segments pump. Casting. Planning/ Grace Davison is the global leader for Scheduling/Cost System. Diamond FCC catalysts and additives, offering Contract Fabricators, Inc. (35) “Safety Certified” Staff Craftsmen Human solutions-oriented approaches backed by 105 Rolfing Road, P.O. Box 758 Resource Data Base. “Safety Rules!” a broad, highly differentiated portfolio, Holly Springs, MS 38635 Safety Program. industry-leading technical service and a 662-252-6330 flexible manufacturing system. Mike Clarkson Everlasting Valve (33) [email protected] 108 Somogyi Court Haldor Topsoe, Inc. SCR Group (54) http://www.contractfab.com South Plainfield, NJ 07080 17629 El Camino Real, Suite 300 Custom steel & alloy fabrication. 908-769-0700 Houston, TX 77058 Refractory installation and dry out. David Jenkins 281-228-5000 Rammed cast & gunned. Regeneration & [email protected] Dennis Salbilla reactor vessels, components & internals. http://www.everlastingvalveusa.com [email protected] FCCU cyclones, air rings, grids distribu- Everlasting Valve Company self lapping http://www.topsoe.com tors, risers and overhead lines, pressure Flat Rotating Disc metal seated abrasive Haldor Topsoe is a market leader in the vessels & heat exchangers. dry solids and slurry valves to 1500F and development and supply of SCR catalyst 10,000 psig for Fluid Catalytic Crackers and technology, with over 600 references Daily Thermetrics Corp. (63) and Continuous Cat Reformers. operating worldwide. 5700 Hartsdale Dr. Houston, TX 77036 Harbison-Walker Refractories Company 713-780-8600 (47) Walter Tijmes 400 Fairway Drive [email protected] Moon Township, PA 15108 http://www.dailyinst.com 412-375-6729 Daily Thermetrics is a leading provider of Tom Gencarelli the critical temperature instrumentation http://www.hwr.com assemblies required for FCC Units. Global leader in development and Offerings include temperature measure- manufacture of high quality Refractory ment assemblies for highly abrasive Ceramics for FCCU, SRU, Reformer, applications. Heater and Boiler applications.

12 CAR-BER Testing Services – MEA INC

Hi-Tech Industrial Services, Inc. (43) INTERCAT (51) KE-Burgmann EJS (46) 1310 Underwood 2399 Hwy 34 South, Unit C1 10035 Prospect Avenue, Suite 202 Deer Park, TX 77536 Manasquan, NJ 08736 Santee, CA 92071 281-930-1460 303-887-8196 619-562-6083 Ken Shepherd Guido Aru Kathy Tyson [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] http://www.hi-techindustrial.com http://www.intercatinc.com http://www.keb-ejs.com Specializing in all types of refractory INTERCAT is the leading supplier of Formerly Expansion Joint Systems, installations including maintenance, FCC additives and related technologies KE-Burgmann EJS is a world leader in turnarounds and capital projects; shop worldwide. expansion joint engineering and manu- and field installations. New services facturing; specializing in CCR, FCCU, include weld overlay, scaffolding erection, JV Industrial Companies (24) petrochemical, and refining processes. external insulation and abatement (A.P.I. 4040 Red Bluff Road Our services include engineering and 936 certified) Pasadena, TX 77053 piping analysis, onsite inspections and 281-842-9353 installation for scheduled turnarounds Hotwork-USA (61) Christina Cruz and immediate assistance in emergency 223 Gold Rush Road http://www.jvic.com situations. ASME/PED certified, a mem- Lexington, KY 40503 JVIC has evolved to become your turn ber of EJMA and UOP recommended. 859-276-1570 key turnaround company by providing Dan Devera services in specialty welding, bolt torque- Matrix Service Company (34) [email protected] ing, pipe fabrication, FCCU turnarounds, 5100 E. Skelly Drive, Ste 700 http://www.hotwork.com towers, exchangers, scaffolding, and Tulsa, OK 74135 Refractory Dryout Services engineering and procurement. 918-838-8822 Ken Pearson Industrial Gunite, Inc. (6) KBR (45) [email protected] 2000 Magnolia Street 601 Jefferson St. http://www.matrixservice.com Pasadena, TX 77503 Houston, TX 77002 Full service contractor specializing in 713-477-0331 ext.230 713-753-5770 construction, repair, maintenance, and Bob Ferguson Richard Heo fabrication services for the refining and [email protected] [email protected] petrochemical industries. Services http://www.industrialgunite.com http://www.kbr.com include turnarounds, industrial cleaning, Contractor performing refractory, KBR is a global engineering, construction plant maintenance, ASME repairs and fireproofing, acid proofing, corrosion and services company supporting the modifications, electrical, instrumentation, protection and support services on energy, hydrocarbon, government servic- fabrication and construction. a new construction, turnaround, and es and civil infrastructure sectors. The run & maintain basis. company offers a wide range of services MEA INC (40) through its Downstream, Government and 2600 American Ln. InServ (12) Infrastructure, Services, Technology, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 1900 N. 161st E. Avenue Upstream and Ventures business segments. 847-766-9040 Tulsa, OK 74116 Townes Comer 918-234-4150 [email protected] Gordon Hampton http://www.meaincorporated.com [email protected] MEA INC manufacturs Redundant http://www.inservusa.com Digitally controlled actuators for FCCU The highest quality maintenance, turn- slide and plug valves. MEA INC also around and project services available to provides field service and maintenance refiners today including Construction on FCCUs worldwide. Services, Unit Revamps, Heater Design, Manufacturing, Safety Services, Tank Services and EPC Services.

13 Tabletop Exhibitors: Exhibitor List with Descriptions

MECS, Inc. (23) Praxair Inc. (13) RSC Equipment Rental (28) 14522 S. Outer Forty Road 39 Old Ridgebury Road 8787 Highway 225 Chesterfield, MO 63017 Danbury, CT 06810 LaPorte, TX 77571 314-275-5700 1-800-PRAXAIR 800-222-7777 Andrea Trapet Jeffrey Ward Katrell McNeil [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] http://www.dynawavescrubber.com http://www.praxair.com http://www.rscrental.com MECS supplies the DynaWave Wet Gas Praxair is one of the largest industrial RSC Equipment Rental serves as a vital Scrubber, which has been used by multi- gas providers in the world and the largest and trusted partner in providing rental ple refineries for high efficiency removal in both North and South America. We equipment and services for industrial of SO2, SO3, and particulate from various operate in 30 countries worldwide, and maintenance and reliability projects flue gas streams (including FCCs). service one million customers and a wide across the United States and Canada. range of industries. With a 50-year track RSC’s Tool Management, Pump and MOGAS Industries, Inc. (44) record of serving the refining industry, Power Solutions, and Total Control® 14330 E. Hardy Street Praxair can help you to get more from with new GPS capabilities provide our Houston, TX 77039 your refinery. customers with timely rentals that make 281-449-0291 it easier for them to do their job more Wes Barrett Refinery Technology, Inc. (39) efficiently and profitably. [email protected] P.O. Box 680569 http://www.mogas.com Houston, TX 77268 Safway Services, LLC (48) MOGAS severe service, metal-seated 281-580-3773 N19 W24200 Riverwood Dr. ball valves range in size from 1/2 - 36 Paul Klumpp Waukesha, WI 53189 inches and are available in ASME 150 - [email protected] 262-523-6525 4500 Pressure Classes. Unique material http://www.refinerytech.com Steve Wilson requirements available. FCC Unit Systems: Design, [email protected] Troubleshooting, Reliability Audits, Spring http://www.safway.com Nooter Construction Company (53) Support and Expansion Joint Audits. With more than 80 North American 1500 South 2nd Street Expander Piping Systems: Design, locations, Safway Services has been a St. Louis, MO 63104 Troubleshooting, Reliability Audits, leader in scaffold services since 1936, 314-421-7600 Catalyst Monitoring (Real Time). offering scaffold rental, sales, labor, Alan Yarosh engineering, training and project [email protected] REMOSA - UNITED VALVE (15) management assistance. http://www.nooterconstruction.com 10010 Gulf Freeway Nooter Construction is an FCC Houston, TX 77034 Senior Flexonics Pathway (32) Turnaround/Revamp expert. In addition 713-947-4526 2400 Longhorn Industrial Dr. Nooter services include refinery turn- William Cathriner New Braunfels, TX 78130 arounds, new equipment erection and [email protected] 830-629-8080 ext.632 capital project construction. Our sub- http://www.remosa-valves.com David Peterson sidiary Delta Nooter provides exchanger New FCC valves, Repair FCCU slide, [email protected] services We are known for customer butterfly, diverter valves & internal parts. http://www.sfpathway.com satisfaction, safety performance and Supervise field repair & installation. Engineered metal expansion joints for quality workmanship. Repair gate, globe and butterfly valves process piping applications, fabric for refineries and petrochemical plants. expansion joints for flue gas ducting, Plant Performance Services damper products for control and isolation LLC (P2S) (19) Resco Products, Inc. (14) of flue gas and On-Site-Services for field One Fluor Daniel Drive 2 Penn Center West, Suite 430 servicing of expansion joint and damper Sugar Land, TX 77478 Pittsburgh, PA 15276 products. 281-263-6960 812-631-4945 Brian Petzold Eric Nedreberg [email protected] [email protected] http://www.p2sworld.com http://www.rescoproducts.com P2S is a leading provider of specialty Resco Products manufactures services including turnarounds, heat Rescobond AA-22S and other extreme exchanger cleaning, fabrication, services refractory products as well as a maintenance, boiler repair, construction full line of insulating castable refractories and many others. for use in the FCC process.

14 MECS, Inc. – Thermal Ceramics

Sentinel Integrity Solutions (62) Structural Preservation TapcoEnpro (50) 66006 Miller Road 2 Systems (SPS) (38) 16315 Market Street Houston, TX 77049 7455 New Ridge Road, Ste. T Channelview, TX 77530 361-877-2755 Hanover, MD 21076 281-247-8230 Mike Shaw 410-850-7000 Mark Taylor [email protected] Amy Sager [email protected] http://www.sentinelintegrity.com [email protected] http://www.tapcoenpro.com Full service inspection company provid- http://www.spsindustrial.net Design and Manufacture FCCU Slide & ing support to the petroleum, chemical, Structural Preservation Systems (SPS) is Butterfly Valves, ASME Vessels, power, and pipeline industries. the nation’s largest specialty contractor Hydrotreaters, Reactors, Electro- Turnaround inspection, AIM®, RBI, dedicated to structural repair, protection Hydraulic Actuators, Vapor Isolations Corrosion Engineering, Fitness for and strengthening solutions for industrial Valves and FCCU Equipment. Services, pre-emptive OSHA. facilities. Since 1976, SPS has completed more than 14,000 repair and strengthen- Team Industrial Services (22) Shaw (41) ing projects. 200 Hermann Drive 1430 Enclave Parkway Alvin, TX 77511 Houston, TX 77077 Sulzer Chemtech USA, Inc. (52) 800-662-8326 281-368-4000 One Sulzer Way Kurt Hand Gary Jackson Tulsa, OK 74131 [email protected] [email protected] 918-446-6672 http://www.teamindustrialservices.com http://www.shawgrp.com William Kennard Team provides on-stream leak sealing, The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE:SHAW) is a http://www.sulzerchemtech.com hot uapping and line stopping, line freez- leading global provider of engineering, Sulzer Chemtech is the world wide leader ing, field machining, mobile machine construction, technology, fabrication, in the design and supply of mass transfer shops, field heat treating services and remediation and support services for equipment for the refining, chemical, equipment, technical bolting,valve inser- clients in the energy, chemicals, environ- petrochemical, and gas processing tion, valve repairs, emissions control mental, infrastructure and emergency industries. We offer a complete line of (LDAR), NDE/NDT/Inspection programs, response industries. For more informa- products, including column packing, plus turnaround services. tion, please visit Shaw’s website at trays, internals, and mist eliminators. Our www.shawgrp.com. services include process design and Thermal Ceramics (59) evaluation, and complete installation 2102 Old Savannah Road, PO Box 623 Stress Engineering Services (31) services. Augusta, GA 30906 13800 Westfair East Drive 706-796-4313 Houston, TX 77041 Superheat FGH Services (57) Wendy Evans 281-955-2900 1424 Sens Road [email protected] Bobby Wright La Porte, TX 77571 http://www.thermalceramics.com [email protected] 888-508-3226 Thermal Ceramics is a worldwide leader http://www.stress.com Gerry McWeeney in refractory and insulation technology. Stress Engineering Services, Inc. is an [email protected] We can provide the Global Petrochemical engineering consulting company founded http://www.superheatfgh.com market engineered product solutions for in 1972. A full service, multi-discipline Superheat FGH specializes in successful reducing energy and maintenance costs. engineering firm committed to providing execution of large plant turnarounds, new technical excellence to the upstream and plant construction, fabrication, and downstream industries. advanced nuclear “mega-projects”. Superheat’s advanced wireless technolo- gy provides superior Safety, Security, Peformance and the most comprehen- sive Quality control package available in the industry.

15 Tabletop Exhibitors: Thermbond Refractories/Stellar Materials Inc. – Exhibitor List with Descriptions Zimmermann & Jansen, Inc.

Thermbond Refractories/Stellar Turner Industries Group (27) U.S. Bellows, Inc. (20) Materials Inc. (26) 8687 United Plaza Blvd. 3701 Holmes Road 7777 Glades Road, Suite 200 Baton Rouge, LA 70809 Houston, TX 77051 Boca Raton, FL 33434 225-214-2472 713-731-0030 561-330-9300 Lewis Paxton Rakesh Agrawal Ted Hagberg [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] http://www.turner-industries.com http://www.usbellows.com http://www.thermbond.com Turner Industries Group has provided a Manufacturer of metal, refractory-lined Thermbond® Refractories are manufac- single vendor solution in maintenance, and fabric expansion joints since the tured and distributed internationally by turnarounds, construction and industrial 1960’s. We specialize in quick delivery, Stellar Materials Incorporated. Thermbond services for 50 years. Turner is ranked as emergency repairs during outages, and delivers unique bonding properties, one of the nation’s top refinery contractors. FCC units in refineries and petrochemical including the ability to bind to existing plants. substrates, fast dry-out, rapid heat up, United Laboratories International LLC (2) and abrasion resistance insuring the 1200 N. Featherwood, Suite 330 Wyatt Field Service Company (55) strongest repairs and the fastest turn- Houston, TX 77034 10810 West Little York Rd, #130-A arounds. 832-775-1600 Houston, TX 77041 Susan Moore 713-570-2000 TRACERCO (16) [email protected] Kenny Goodgame 4106 New West Dr. http://www.zymeflow.com [email protected] Pasadena, TX 77507 Worldwide leaders in providing innovative http://www.wyattfieldservice.com 281-291-7769 and proven solutions in the areas of process Wyatt provides complete turnaround Dave Ferguson unit decontamination with our patented services and project management [email protected] Zyme- Flow® Process. Eliminates for the refinery and petrochemical http://www.tracerco.com benzene, H2S, LEL, and reduces the industry specializing in all aspects from Tracerco, a global organization, provides chances of pyrophoric iron sulfide. planning to engineering and execution. process diagnostics and specialty A leader in FCCU’s, cokers and other measurement instrumentation for the UOP LLC (42) associated processing units, revamps process industry to optimize production, 25 East Algonquin Road and modifications. troubleshoot operations and minimize Des Plaines, IL 60017 shutdown periods to reduce your operat- 847-391-2653 Zimmermann & Jansen, Inc. (3) ing costs and maximize your profits. Kimberly Diercks 620 North Houston Ave. http://www.uop.com Humble, TX 77347 Training & Development A leading international supplier and 281-446-8000 Systems, Inc. (21) licensor of process technology, catalysts, Karen Frericks 16902 El Camino Real Suite 2B adsorbents, process plants, and consult- [email protected] Houston, TX 77058 ing services to the petroleum refining, http://www.zjinc.com 281-488-1128 petrochemical, and gas processing Engineering, Manufacturing & Field Michael Huddleston industries. UOP, a Honeywell company, Service for high temperature, large diam- http://www.tdshou.com will be showcasing the new UOP eter, sever service FCCU Slide, Isolation, TDS is a workforce learning and develop- Training Simulator for FCC. These models Butterfly & Diverter Valves; Coker Top & ment firm serving the operations sector of are a cost effective way to get operator Bottom Deheading Valves, Ethylene and the refining and petrochemical industry training and address key skills gaps. other special valves. ISO 9001:2000 & since 1993. TDS provides human per- ASME Code Certified. formance improvement solutions includ- ing process specific job qualification training and operating procedures.

16 Notes Final program compliments of BASF Corporation, Catalyst Division.

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