2025 AGENDA
This year's summit offers a carefully curated agenda that explores the industry's most critical issues, including refining, petrochemical and chemical integration and expansion, new process and catalyst technologies, process optimisation and energy efficiency, digitalisation, analytics and AI, as well as energy transition technologies and more.
With India’s refining capacity set to reach 309 million metric tons by 2028, there’s never been a more important time to stay ahead of the curve. Book your early bird ticket today and be part of the industry’s next chapter!
Day 1
Welcome by Paul Mason
Director-BD, PTQ / Digital Refining
Address by Guest of Honour
Sanjiv Singh, Group President & Member O2C Team, Reliance
Address by Guest of Honour
Vartika Shukla, CMD, Engineers India
Keynote Address
TBA – PTQ
Release of First Copy of Refining India Magazine
By Hon’ble Guests
Vote of Thanks & Presentation of Mementos
By Adarsh Soni, Chairman, Organising Committee
Chairman: Rajiv Agarwal, Director (Tech), EIL
10:00 – 10:20 Future of Refining
Speaker: Dr. Partha P Maitra, President (S&I), RIL Mumbai
10:20 – 10:40 Integration Scheme to increase Petrochemicals Intensity of Existing Refineries
Speaker: Minaz Makhania, Chief Technical Advisor-Refining, KBR
10:40 – 11:00 Optimization of Naphtha Molecules
Speaker: Mousam Some, CGM, IOCL RHQ
11:00 – 11:20 Refinery Expansion Planning
Speaker: Jochen Geiger, Consultant - Business Devt, AMETEK & ADAGE Automation
11:20 – 11:30 Q&A Session
Slido Code: RI2025
Chairman: Brad Cook, Global VP-Sales & Mktg., Sabin Metal Corp
12:00 – 12:20 Precious Metals: Shared Values
Speaker: Brad Cook, Global VP-Sales & Mktg., Sabin Metal Corp
12:20 – 12:40 Demonstration of Light Naphtha Isomerization Catalyst_IV IZOMAXCAT
Speaker: Dr. Pushkar Varshney, SRM, IOCL R&D
Dr. Chaitanya Sampara, MD, Viridis Chemicals
12:40 – 13:00 Sustainable & Economic Catalyst Solutions for reducing CO2 Footprint
Speaker: Siddharth Sagar, Sales Manager, Eurecat
13:00 – 13:20 World's First Dual Wall Divided Column Operating Under Vacuum
Speaker: Anandrao Pol, BPCL MR
13:20 – 13:30 Q&A Session
Slido Code: RI2025
Chairman: S. Bharathan, Director Ref., HPCL
14:30 – 14:50 Integrated APC for Integrated Hydrogen Network
Speaker: Shivprakash Mishra, RIL Jamnagar
14:50 – 15:10 Automated Anomaly Detection and Lifetime Prediction for Components of Reciprocating Compressors
Speaker: Dr Gunther Machu, Head of New Ventures and Digitalization, HOERBIGER
15:10 – 15:30 Gamma Scanning Distillation Columns
Speaker: Arun Iyer, BDM/Product Manager, Endress + Hauser
15:30 – 15:50 TBA
15:50 – 16:00 Q&A Session
Slido Code: RI2025
Chairman: TBA - PTQ
16:30 - 16:50 Design of Auxiliary units, Utilities and Offsite facilities for partial shutdown for Turnaround of Refinery
Speaker: Prerana Saha, AGM, EIL
16:50 - 17:10 Optimizing Delayed Coker & Ebullating bed Hydrocracker Performance with help of Nuclear gauging
Speaker: David Williams, Global Business Development Manager, Berthold Technologies
17:10 – 17:30 Strategies to Maximise Profitability in HVO Complexes
Speaker: Jay Jeong, Refinery Process Specialist, Alfa Laval
17:30 – 17:50 Innovative SAF Runways
Speaker: Jackline Medina, Technology Director, Lummus
17:50 – 18:10 Fast track SAF Production via Co-processing in the Kerosene Hydrotreater
Speaker: Raju Chopra, Head-Tech (Sales & Service), Topsoe
18:10 – 18:30 Q&A Session
Slido Code: RI2025
Day 2
Chairman: Sanjay Khanna, Director (Ref), BPCL
09:00 – 09:20 Fuels & Chemicals: Innovative configuration for next era
Speaker: Sushree Chaudhuri, Engineering Group Supervisor, Bechtel India
09:20 – 09:40 Enhancing Economic Viability of Petrochemical Production, Optimizing Refinery & Steam Cracker Integration
Speaker: Parveen Kalia, Snr Process Specialist, Fluor
09:40 – 10:00 HP-NTO Technology– Naphtha To Olefin Technology
Speaker: Pramod Kumar, GM, HPCL R&D
10:00 – 10:20 TBA
10:20 – 10:30 Q&A Session
Slido Code: RI2025
Chairman: Arvind Kumar, Director (Ref), IOCL
11:00 – 11:20 Refinery off-Gas from Waste to Chemical
Speaker: Mannu Jha, Technical Svr Eng, Axens
11:20 – 11:40 Catalyst Regeneration - Challenges at CCRU Post-M&I
Speaker: Vineet Kr Singh, GM, IOCL, Mathura
11:40 – 12:00 Solution for Achieving Fired Heater Efficiency of Greater than 95%
Speaker: Bert Clussmann, Expert-Process/Aromatics Tech, Sulzer Chemtech
12:00 – 12:20 TBA
12:20 - 12:30 Q&A Session
Slido Code: RI2025
Chairman: Dr. Jagadesh Donepudi, Dir-BD, KBC (A Yokogawa Co)
13:30 – 13:50 Process Units Digitization in Refinery & Petrochemical Complex
Speaker: Sathiyanarayanan A, VP, Head-Sector Tech, RIL Jamnagar
13:50 – 14:10 AI-driven Autonomous Control transforms Plant Operations
Speaker: Dr. Jagadesh Donepudi, Dir-BD, KBC (A Yokogawa Co)
14:10 – 14:30 Reduction of CO2 emissions with Energy Reduction Strategies & innovations
Speaker: Neeraj Singh, CM, HPCL MR
14:30 – 14:50 Innovative Coke Handling solution during a Feed Study @ Singapore Refinery
Speaker: Dr. S. Kulkarni, MD, TPES Ralf Gast, Director, Envi Services
14:50 – 15:10 Increasing Molecular Sieve Beds’ Capacity and Utilization Life: Improving the Productivity of Existing Dehydration Assets” – Case Study Update
Speaker: TBA - Johnson Screens
15:10 – 15:20 Q&A Session
Slido Code: RI2025
Chairman: TBA - PTQ
15:50 – 16:10 Leveraging LCA in identifying sustainable routes - BPCL R&D
Speaker: Rakesh Vankayala, BPCL R&D
16:10 – 16:30 SAF Project - A Model for Local Feedstock Valorization
Speaker: Enzo de Biase, Fuels & Chemicals Licensing Business Development Manager, NextChem Tech SpA
16:30 – 16:50 Unique Solar Hybrid Solution for Energy Demands in Oil and Gas Industry
Speaker: Sreevidya, RV, EIL R&D
16:50 – 17:10 Heater Operation & Optimization, Design Methodology – A case study - Toyo Engineering
Speaker: Dr. Sanket S. Chaudhari, Sr Principal Engineer, Toyo Engg
17:10 – 17:20 Q&A Session
Slido Code: RI2025
Adarsh Soni & Paul Mason