TANK FARMS AND OIL TERMINALS IN THE CASPIAN REGION AND CAUCASUS
From advanced design to high-performance operation
20-21 May 2015, Astana, Kazakhstan
Draft Programme
DAY 1, Wednesday, 20 May
08:00
Registration and coffee
09:00 KEYNOTE SESSION 1
STRATEGIC ASPECTS: GLOBAL OIL INDUSTRY TRENDS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE OIL
TRANSPORT MARKET AND ROUTES IN THE CASPIAN REGION AND CAUCASUS
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Global oil: volumes, prices, expectations. International trade flows of crude oil and petroleum products,
how they change and what are the future expectations?
Production and export of crude oil and petroleum products (Central Asia and Caucasus) –
macroeconomic analysis. Quality of export oil and petroleum products, export infrastructure
development.
Potential for developing trade relations and infrastructure for oil and petroleum products’ exports to
South-East Asia.
Cargo flow distribution between the existing and new projects
How will the strategies of Asia-Pacific countries aimed at reducing energy bills impact volumes, prices
and destinations? Supply and demand forecasts.
Is oil transshipment declining at the oil terminals in the region, what is the outlook?
New Euro 4 and Euro 5 gasoline standards, new fuel costs and markets.
Choosing routes and transportation methods. What are the suppliers’ strategic plans?
Modernization and construction of refineries: case studies. Current and future modernization projects’
analysis.
Planned modernization of refinery tanks.
10:45
11:00
Questions and answers
Coffee-break. Exhibition VIP-tour
11:30 SESSION 2
REGULATORY DISCUSSION. LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS, INDUSTRIAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AT TANK FARMS AND OIL
TERMINALS
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How effective are today’s legislative requirements for designing, retrofitting and operating tank
farms and oil terminals in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and other countries in the
Caspian region and Caucasus?
Important! The new Law on Civil Protection in Kazakhstan. What are its implications for the
terminals and tank farms?
Accident response plans in the region – where are they most successful in the region?
Legislative requirements’ effectiveness on firefighting, heating and ventilation
Advanced technologies and equipment for emissions reduction, vapor recovery equipment
And many others!
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12:15 Questions and answers
13:00 Lunch and visits to exhibition booths
14:00 SESSION 3
ADVANCED METHODS OF DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING AND RETROFITTING TANK
FARMS AND OIL TERMINALS
Questions for discussion:
 Planning and conducting design work at tanks farms and oil terminals
 Initial civil engineering, hiring commissioning contractors
 Tank operation, maintenance, repair, and diagnostics. Regulatory operation and maintenance
documentation
 Tank cleaning, regulatory framework for cleaning. Automated and mechanized tank cleaning
 PROJECT UPDATES in the Caspian region and Caucasian countries
 Kazakhstan: Aral Oil Terminal, Mobilex Energy, Terminalex, Kaztransoil and other projects
 Turkmenistan: Pelvert oil terminal, Atamyrat terminal, new Ymamnazar terminal
construction, Kenar transshipment tank farm, Oguzkhan terminal, Ekerem terminal and
others
 Azerbaijan: Kulev oil terminal, Sangachal terminal, Dubendi terminal, Karadak-Sangachal
terminal construction project
 Georgia: Poti terminal, Batumi terminal and others
 Iran
 Repair and reconstruction of pipelines and tanks at operational tank farms
14:30 Questions and answers
15:30 SESSION 4
OFFLOADING, LOADING, ACCOUNTING AND ASSURING THE QUALITY OF OIL AND
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
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Advanced solutions for oil and petroleum products accounting during their storage and
handling for tank farms and oil terminals
Integrated computerization of oil and petroleum products accounting and quality control
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Measuring systems automation, installation of level gauges and density gauges at tank farms
16:45 Questions and answers
17:00 Closing of the 1st day of the event
DAY 2, Thursday, 21 May
09:30 – 10:00
Registration
10:00 SESSION 5
LIVELY DISCUSSIONS! OPEN PANEL DISCUSSION WITH TECHNICAL DIRECTORS
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What advanced technologies helped reduce production costs and increase the operating
margin of tank farms/terminals?
How to provide the efficient operation of quality assurance systems for petroleum products
handed over for storage?
What systems have proved to be optimal for accounting, unloading and loading petroleum
products?
What processes and systems have proved to be most effective for streamlining the pumping
and storage of heterogeneous brands of petroleum products?
What HSE management issues are faced by the companies, and how are they solved?
What measures to prevent oil spills and accidents have proved to be most effective? The
most successful practices of implementing Oil Spill Response Plans.
11:30
ROAD SHOW! LIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Companies providing services to the oil terminals, tanks farms and refineries make 5-minute blitzpresentations of their latest technologies
12:00 Coffee-break and visits to exhibition booths
12:30 SESSION 6
PROCESS OPTIMIZATION SYSTEMS
 Technology-based solutions for tanks farms/oil terminals’ performance improvement
 Information technologies: software products used to combine the terminal’s process control
and financial reporting system. Process automation systems.
 Tank diagnostics. New diagnostic techniques
14:00 Questions and answers
14:15 Lunch
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15:00 SESSION 7
CHAMPAGNE ROUND TABLES
Participate in our “Laboratories of ideas”! Join our think-tank round tables on the hottest issues for the
oil storage and transhipment. This is a great opportunity at the end of the day to reinforce networking
with project operators, oil companies of Kazakhstan and Central Asia, government and contractors.
Each round table will be hosted by key experts and practitioners. Round tables will follow Chatham
House Rules*.
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