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Previous Webinars:

Title	Date	Duration
Achieving Success in the Commissioning & Startup of Capital Projects	29 July, 2021	33 Min
SME: Chris van der Beek
RBWS Presentation	5 Dec, 2020	26 Min
SME: Clayton Smith Risk Based Work Selection Reviews
Energy Transition Americas and Canada	10 Nov, 2020	1 hour
SME: Robbert Ohmes, Mel Larson, Darren York Moderator: Mariano Bertaina This webinar discusses the impacts of Energy Transition on Refining & Petrochemicals and how you can begin to prepare for success. The future for the industry is littered with unprecedented change, uncertainty, and economic pressure. Becht’s Strategic Business Planning division gives a macro overview and outlines some necessary steps in this first webinar.
Energy Transition Emea And Ap	5 Nov, 2020	1 hour
SME: Robbert Ohmes, Mel Larson, Darren York Moderator: Jean-Gaël Le Floc’h This webinar discusses the impacts of Energy Transition on Refining & Petrochemicals and how you can begin to prepare for success. The future for the industry is littered with unprecedented change, uncertainty, and economic pressure. Becht’s Strategic Business Planning division gives a macro overview and outlines some necessary steps in this first webinar.
Plant Damage Assessment and Restoration Approach	16 Jun, 2020	2 hours
SME: Joe Frey The intention of this webinar was to provide an understanding of the issues facing a site with the recovery from significant asset damage such as a fire or other incident. Led by Bobby Wright the Becht team partnered with panelist: Keith McKinney formerly of Shell and P66 and now with Becht’s PONO division, Joe Frey Becht Field Advisor with experience in leading 25 Fire Damage Assessments, Jim Woodard, John Burrus, and Bart Gill of Koch Project Solutions, to share insights how to safely assemble and mobilize teams to assess Fire and other asset damage, and estimate and plan repairs/reconstruction to return the plant to normal operation, safely and as soon a possible.
Transitioning Back To Normalcy	May 4, 2021	1 hour
SME: Bobby Wright Return to Normalcy and Optimization webinar highlights recent refinery optimization case studies and approaches.

Title	Date	Duration
Maximizing Margin During Low Throughput	7 May, 2020	2 hours
SME: Robert Ohmes Moderator: Robert Ohmes SME Support Team: Mel Larson, Dan Brady, Rick Lewis, Henry Nicola, Debnil Chowdhury (IHS Markit) The “perfect” storm of low oil price and reduced product demand has overtaken the global oil industry. This webinar featured an economic and technical discussion focused on pathways to not only survive the turbulence but also to improve profitability during the current low throughput, reduced demand, and tight margin environments. Refiners have responded to this crisis by reducing throughput and severity, changing targeted markets, and adjusting product slate while deferring cost by pushing maintenance activities forward. Capital spending has been curtailed temporarily to conserve cash. These shifts have been steep and rapid. Now, refiners want to look for ways to improve margins and profitability over this dynamic period. Led by Robert Ohmes, the Becht team partnered with IHS’s Executive Director Debnil Chowdhury to share market insights. The webinar featured discussion on the current COVID-19 impacts and oil price war, highlighted operating issues, provided near term mitigations, and suggested potential optimization opportunities. Included are longer term considerations as well as methodologies to re-think the future under a “new normal”.
Fixed Equipment Integrity During Turndown and Shutdown	5 May, 2020	2 hours
SME: Gerrit Buchheim Moderator: Matt Caserta SME Support Team: Lisa Roberts, Dave Moore, Clinton Schulz, Dana Baham This webinar featured a 2hr technical discussion focused on “Fixed Equipment Integrity during Turndown and Shutdown, including discussions on downtime protection of stainless steels and other topics like Duplex SS failures, hydrogen bakeout, and need for PWHT for service considerations”. Fixed Equipment Integrity subject matter expert Gerrit Buchheim shared top concerns, key issues, and recommended actions to keep in mind when contemplating turndowns. Gerrit was be joined by other subject matter experts in Fixed Equipment Integrity.
Turnaround Deferrals	30 Apr, 2020	2 hours
SME: Clayton Smith Moderator: Clayton Smith SME Support Team: Bruce Scott, Dan Giuliani, Abby King, Hearl Mead This webinar featured a 2hr technical discussion focused on “Things to Consider when Deferring Turnarounds”. Turnarounds & Maintenance subject matter expert Clayton Smith shared top concerns, key issues, and recommended actions to keep in mind when contemplating deferring of Turnarounds into the future, due to these unusual market conditions. Clayton was joined by other experts in Turnaround Management, Reliability, and Fixed Equipment Inspection throughout.
Hydroprocessing Unit Turndown and Shutdown Considerations	28 Apr, 2020	2 hours
SME: Steve Treese Moderator: Stephen DeLude SME Support Team: Bill Schrof, David Moore, Fred Lea This webinar featured a 2hr technical discussion focused on considerations and concerns for turning down a Hydroprocessing unit. Hydroprocessing subject matter expert Steve Treese shared top risks, key symptoms of issues, and recommended actions to keep units safe and reliable during these unusual market conditions. Steve was joined by other experts in rotating equipment, mechanical integrity, etc throughout.
Fired Heater Turndown and Shutdown Considerations	23 Apr, 2020	2 hours
SME: Jamal Jamaluddin Moderator: Grant Jacobson SME Support Team: Keith Austin, Jeremy Staats, Kirk Clark, Magnus Gustafsson This webinar featured a 2hr technical discussion focused on considerations and concerns for turning down fired equipment. Fired Heater subject matter expert Jamal Jamaluddin shared his top risks, key symptoms of issues, and recommended actions to keep units safe and reliable during these unusual market conditions. Jamal was joined by other experts in rotating equipment, mechanical integrity, etc throughout.
Alkylation Unit Turndown and Shutdown Considerations	21 Apr, 2020	2 hours
SME: Herb Telidetzki (Sulfuric Acid Alky) and Jeff Fitt (HF Alky) Moderators: Eric Ye and Tim Shepperd SME Support Team: Andy Gysbers, Fred Lea, Jim Young This webinar featured a 2hr technical discussion focused on considerations and concerns for turning down an alkylation unit. Subject matter experts Herb Telidetzki for sulfuric acid and Tim Shepperd for HF shared their top risks, key symptoms of issues, and recommended actions to keep units safe and reliable during these unusual market conditions. Herb and Tim were joined by other experts in rotating equipment, mechanical integrity, etc throughout.
Coking and Heavy Oil Unit Turndown and Shutdown Considerations	16 Apr, 2020	2 hours
SME: Mitch Moloney Moderator: Bobby Wright SME Support Team: Ranjan Nadarajah, Abby King, Clay White This webinar featured a 2hr technical discussion focused on considerations and concerns for turning down a Delayed Coker. DCU subject matter expert Mitch Moloney shared his top risks, key symptoms of issues, and recommended actions to keep units safe and reliable during these unusual market conditions. Mitch was joined by other experts in rotating equipment, mechanical integrity, etc for a half hour Q&A at the end.
Crude Unit Turndown and Shutdown Considerations	14 Apr, 2020	2 hours
SME: Mike Kimbrell Moderator: Katie Taylor SME Support Team: Robert Falkiner, Clinton Shulz, Bill Schrof This webinar featured a 2hr technical discussion focused on considerations and concerns for turning down a Crude Unit. CDU subject matter expert Mike Kimbrell shared his top risks, key symptoms of issues, and recommended actions to keep units safe and reliable during these unusual market conditions. Mike was joined by other experts in rotating equipment, mechanical integrity, etc for a half hour Q&A at the end.
Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Turndown and Shutdown Considerations	9 Apr, 2020	2 hours
SME: Dave Mendrek Moderator: Eric Ye SME Support Team: Rich Basile, Fred Lea, Keith McKinney This webinar featured a 2hr technical discussion focused on considerations and concerns for turning down a FCC unit. FCC subject matter expert Dave Mendrek shared his top risks, key symptoms of issues, and recommended actions to keep units safe and reliable during these unusual market conditions. Dave was joined by other experts in rotating equipment, mechanical integrity, etc for a half hour Q&A at the end.