The 1st ICIS Refining & Petrochemical Interface Conference

6th  December 2012, The Kensington Close Hotel, London

Following the ICIS acquisition of Parpinelli TECNON analytics and consulting business, we are proud to announce the launch of a brand new conference - The 1st ICIS Refining & Petrochemicals Interface Conference.

The conference aims to explore the critical relationship between refineries and petrochemicals and will investigate the wider issues which will impact this relationship in the coming decade.

Attend the 1st ICIS Refining & Petrochemicals Interface Conference to:

✔ Receive unparalleled insights from ICIS in conjunction with other leading industry figures into the key petrochemical and refinery interface

✔ Understand the key drivers facing the European refining industry in the coming decade

✔ Analyze the outlook for crude oil, the types of crude being refined and review how this will change in the next 10-20 years

✔ Evaluate the growth in other feedstocks such as shale gas/ oil and bio-based feedstocks and the potential impact on the petrochemicals market

✔ Consider how the changing automotive landscape will impact the demand for conventional refinery fuel products – will petrochemicals benefit as a result?

✔ Gain a longer term outlook for key petrochemical streams such as olefins and aromatics

Some of the topics being covered and the speakers presenting are:

Outlook for crude oil

• Identifying future volume projections for key producing regions
• Analyzing the types of crude being refined – how will this change in the next 10-20 years?
• What are the implications for refineries and the product streams they generate?

Capella Festa, Senior Energy Analyst, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY

Outlook for crude oil and products

• Assessing the impact of products being produced including petrochemicals
• What are the potential price implications for downstream products?
• As gasoline demand has been the principal driver for refinery output, what are the future projections for gasoline demand? Will it continue to be the dominant driver?

Stefano Zehnder, Senior Consultant, Global Refining & Petrochemical Feedstocks, ICIS CONSULTING

The impact of shale gas on the global petrochemical industry

• Shale gas as a chemical feedstock
• Production moving West as consumption moves East?...impact on supply chains and trade flows
• What next for Europe?

Andrew Monro, Head of Chemicals , KPMG UK

Bio-based feedstocks

• How significant will bio-based feedstocks be in feedstock volume terms in the coming decade? Decades?
• Will there be a significant increase in the number of bio-based refineries?
• Where will they be located?
• Which regions will drive the development of the investment in this technology?

Sarah Hickingbottom, Senior Research Economist, LMC INTERNATIONAL

Outlook for the European refining industry

• Are more closures on the horizon?
• How will the European petrochemicals industry adapt as a result?

Stefano Zehnder , Senior Consultant, Global Refining & Petrochemical Feedstocks, ICIS CONSULTING

Assessing the long term impact of the move to lighter feedstocks

• What does this mean for markets such as crude C4 olefins?
• Should aromatics market players be concerned?

Jeremy Redenius, Research Analyst, SANFORD C BERNSTEIN LTD

Petrochemical product focus

• What are the predicted demand requirements for key chemical streams such as olefins and aromatics?
• How does this match with projected supply of key feedstocks?

Kieran Cosgrove, Senior Consultant, Global Olefins & Derivatives, ICIS CONSULTING

Regulation – potential developments to be considered

• What regulatory changes are on the horizon?
• What are the push factors behind this? Environmental? Political? Other?

Malcolm Mitchell, Consultant, (Formerly Chief Economist at BP)

As well as a very strong conference agenda you will also have the opportunity to network with some great organisations, some of them include:

Bureau Veritas, Innospec Leuna GmbH, BNP Paribas, Bayer MaterialScience AG, INEOS Olefins & Polymers, Petroineos, OMV Refining & Marketing GmbH, United Biscuits, Recticel, Arkema, plus many more.

This is a must attend conference, to register your place or to find out more please visit www.icisconference.com/interface or call +44 (0) 20 8652 4659