Organised by: Programme Official publications: February Sunday, 22 February Registration & Exhibition Welcome Reception in Exhibition Hall 15:00 - 19:00 17:30 - 19:00 Monday, 23 February Registration Exhibition Session 1 Lunch break Session 2 Italian Evening at the Villa Miani 07:00 – 18:00 07:30 – 18:00 08:30 – 13:15 13:15 – 14:45 14:45 – 16:00 18:30 Tuesday, 24 February Registration & Exhibition Session 3 Lunch break Session 4 08:30 – 17:30 09:00 – 12:00 12:00 – 13:30 13:30 – 17:00 Wednesday, 25 February Registration & Exhibition Session 5 Lunch break Session 6 Preliminary agenda – revised 13.01.2009 08:30 – 17:30 09:00 – 12:00 12:00 – 13:30 13:30 – 17:00 Sponsors: Monday, 23 February 08:30 Welcome J. FRENCH, Conference Director (British Sulphur) 08:40 History of the birth of the synthetic ammonia industry U. ZARDI / F.ZARDI (Casale Group) SESSION 1: Laying Down the Basics – Market and industry developments SESSION CHAIRMAN: A. R. JAWAHERY (GPIC) 09:10 Opening remark from the Session Chairman A. R. JAWAHERY (GPIC) 09:15 The future of gas markets: Where will supply and demand come from? G. SAMMARCO (ENI SpA) 09:45 Global nitrogen supply and demand K. NYIRI (British Sulphur Consultants) 10:15 World methanol outlook R. HANDS (BCInsight) 10:45 COFFEE BREAK sponsored by Officine Luigi Resta SpA 11:15 How will the credit crunch impact project finance in the nitrogen industry? O. MUSSET (Société Générale) 11:45 Update on GTL and GTO industries SPEAKER TO BE ANNOUNCED 12:15 Price Risk Management: A survival tool in today’s volatile market M.L. SOUTHWOOD (CRU Price Risk Management) 12:45 Freight market review SPEAKER TO BE ANNOUNCED (Bery Maritime) 13:15 LUNCH sponsored by Johnson Matthey Catalysts Uhde SESSION 2: Preparing for the Future SESSION CHAIRMAN: NAME (Company) 14:45 Key aspects during the development of world-class projects J. CAMPS (Jacobs Consultancy) 15:10 DME synthesis technology ready for market S. TERAI (Toyo Engineering Corporation) 15:35 Strategic approach to address environmental issues in a 25-year old ammonia-urea complex M. HAFIEZ (Fauji Fertilizer Co.) 16:00 COFFEE and NETWORKING 18:30 Italian Evening at the Villa Miani sponsored by Saipem SpA Tuesday, 24 February SESSION 3: Synthesis Gas Generation SESSION CHAIRMAN: V. PATTABATHULA (Incitec-Pivot Ltd) 09:00 New technologies help increase production performance of existing plants K. AL BIN ALI (Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co.) 09:25 Coal to ammonia: A new approach J. JOHANNING (Uhde GmbH) 09:50 Advanced auto-thermal gasification process for ammonia plants Y. W ATANABE (JGC Corporation) 10:15 COFFEE BREAK 10.45 Optimizing reformer tube life by applying advanced inspection and remaining life assessment technology B. SHANNON (IESCO, Inc.) 11:10 Automated inspection, fitness for service and remaining life assessment of reformer furnace tubes B. FISHER (Quest Integrity) 11:35 Development of centrifugally cast materials for high-temperature service in steam reforming furnaces U. PETRAT (Schmidt + Clemens) 12:00 LUNCH Tuesday, 24 February SESSION 4: Urea SESSION CHAIRMAN: L. CONNOCK (BCInsight) 13:30 Urea technology: The combined knowledge of licensor and contractor A. GIANAZZA / G. P. TESTA (Saipem SpA) 13:55 AVANCORE® urea process The newest Stamicarbon innovation is launched J. MEESSEN (Stamicarbon BV) 14:20 Application of ACES21® in urea plant capacity expansions G. NISHIKAWA (Toyo Engineering) 14:45 Optimization of the life cycle costs for a high-pressure valve through intelligent design concepts for critical operating conditions and stocking strategies for spare parts S. PULS (Uhde High-Pressure Technologies) 15:10 COFFEE BREAK 15:40 Production of urea in a high-speed drum granulator N. CHEBLAKOV (JSC NIIK) 16:05 Rotex involvement in fertilizer/urea processing O. THOUVARD (Rotex) 16:30 Process and equipment for removing dust and ammonia from urea and ammonium nitrate granulator exhaust M. SKORUPKA (Prozap Engineering Ltd.) 16:55 End of session Wednesday, 25 February SESSION 5: Nitric Acid and Nitrates SESSION CHAIRMAN: NAME (Company) 09:00 Strategy to minimize the impact of raw material market influences on nitric acid production cost T. KELLER (Heraeus) 09:25 Delivery of N2O abatement projects S. ROE, (Johnson Matthey, Noble Metals) / R. STRANGE-CARDANI (N-Serve Environmental Services) 09:50 EnviNOx® process for N2O and NOx abatement in HNO3 plants C. FRANK (Uhde GmbH) 10:15 N2O abatement catalysts for highly loaded ammonia oxidation reactors M. SCHLETT (Umicore AG & Co. KG) 10:40 COFFEE BREAK 11:10 Ways to improve the energy efficiency of AN solution plants A. ERBEN (Uhde GmbH) 11:35 50% capacity increase of an AN plant V. GRANCHAROV (Neochim plc) 12:00 LUNCH SESSION 6: Ammonia and Methanol SESSION CHAIRMAN: NAME (BCInsight) 13:30 Ammonia technology – the second fifty years V. PATTABATHULA (Incitec-Pivot Ltd) 13:55 Surviving market cycles with a streamlined ammonia plant mothballing and recommissioning procedure P. ORPHANIDES (Orphanco) 14:20 Features, performance & optimisation of the world’s largest ammonia synthesis plant J. PACH (Johnson Matthey Catalysts) 14.45 New KBR ammonia synthesis loop revamp technology improves plant energy efficiency S. SINGH (KBR, Inc.) 15:10 COFFEE BREAK 15:40 Casale Technologies for Fertilizer and Methanol Grass-Root Plants E. FILIPPI (Casale Group) 16:05 Debottlenecking of CO2 removal system M. HAFIEZ (Fauji Fertilizer Co.) 16:30 Catalysts to drive environmental improvements in fertilizer manufacture J. BRIGHTLING (Johnson Matthey Catalysts) 17:00 Closing remarks 17:15 End of conference