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 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
Arvind Kumar, Director (Refineries), Indian Oil
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: Subhajit Sarkar, ED (Ops), IOCL RHQ
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 Real World Benefits of Next Generation Gamma Measurement -- Still a Critical Technology
Speaker: Arun Iyer, BDM/Product Manager, Endress + Hauser
15:30 – 15:50 Indigenous Technology (HP-DAK) to Produce De-aromatized Solvents
Speaker: H Nagendra, Chief Manager, HPCL (R&D)
15:50 – 16:00 Q&A Session
Slido Code: RI2025
Chairman: David Williams, Global Business Development Manager, Berthold Technologies
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: Jackeline 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: Chacko M. Jose, Executive Director, BPCL Bina Refinery
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 Removal of Trace Amounts of Caustic from LPG
Speaker: Arvind Chaturvedi, Director-Process Optimization, Transcend Solutions,
Houston (USA)
10:20 – 10:30 Q&A Session
Slido Code: RI2025
Co-Chairman: V K Maheshwari, ED (R&D), HPCL
Co-Chairman: Dr V Ravikumar, CGM (R&D), BPCL
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: Manish Kumar Rohit, CTSM, IOCL, Mathura Refinery
11:40 – 12:00 Solution for Achieving Fired Heater Efficiency of Greater than 95%
Speaker: Bert Klussmann, Process Technology Expert, Refining and Aromatics, Sulzer Chemtech
12:00 – 12:20 Reducing SO2 & CO2 Emissions in Sulfur Recovery Systems
Speaker: Ganank Srivastava, ProMax Engineering Consultant, Bryan Research & Engineering (UAE)
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 @ Asian Refineries
Speaker: S. Kulkarni, MD, TPES
Felix Jülch, AERT 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: Neeraj Bulchandani, Director of Sales - Asia, Energy & Processing Technologies
Johnson Screens, a brand of Aqseptence Group
15:10 – 15:20 Q&A Session
Slido Code: RI2025
Chairman: M.B. Gohil, Head-Operations, HMEL
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 Green Hydrogen from Lingo-Cellulosic Biomass: Futuristic Net Zero Catalytic Technology for Bio-Refineries
Speaker: Dr Ritesh Mittal, EIL
17:10 – 17:20 Q&A Session
Slido Code: RI2025
Adarsh Soni & Paul Mason