Rising Stars Winner Q&A | Pedro Medina
Pedro Medina, Senior Technology Development Engineer at CEPSA won the first ever ERTC Rising Stars Awards back in 2017 in Athens. In this Q&A, Pedro tells us more about his previous role as Environmental & Sustainability Engineer, his career, challenges in the refining industry, as well as his thoughts on the 2020 Rising Stars Award Question. Read more here.
Rising Stars Winner Q&A | Ross O’Brien
When Ross O’Brien won the ERTC Rising Stars Awards 2018 in Cannes, he was a Mechanical Engineer at BP. We recently had a catch-up with him to learn more about his new role as Executive Assistant, Executive Office HR at BP, his career, and his thoughts on future technologies in Refining.
Rising Stars Winner Q&A, Damian Kwiatkowski
Damian Kwiatkowski, Junior Process Engineer at Grupa LOTOS S.A. won the ERTC Rising Stars Award back in November 2019 in Poland. Damian tells us about his Rising Stars experience, how his career evolved since, as well as his general thoughts on challenges the Refining industry is facing at the moment.
WRA Interview Series | John Cooper
The WRA’s goal is to support the refining industry and its transition to a sustainable future. We had a conversation with John Cooper, Director General for FuelsEurope and Concawe about how they are working with the European Commission and putting refineries at the heart of the Green Deal. We discussed FuelsEurope’s report “Clean Fuels for All” and how the current refinery blueprint will differ significantly to the refinery of 2050.
Downstream Myths Debunked: The thoughts of an Arts Graduate
Read this opinion piece from an Arts Graduate starting her career in the Oil and Gas Industry and sharing her early learnings about the oil and gas production process.
ERTC 2020: Advisory Board Report
The WRA Outlook Report details the findings from the ERTC executive meeting held on 19th March 2020, including Reacting to the COVID-19 outbreak and the impact on global refining for 2020, CO2 reduction pathways for refineries to be part of the energy transition, Routes to maintain margins on existing assets (Digitalisation, developing energy efficiency & operational excellence).
WRA Interview Series | Antonio Joyanes
Antonio shares how CEPSA has gained a competitive advantage despite the COVID-19 outbreak, digitalisation and the potential of technologies which can be considered with tight budgets.
WRA Interview Series, Claus-Peter Hälsig
The WRA sat down with Claus-Peter Hälsig, VP Process & Technology at Fluor. Sharing his 35+ years of industry experience we discussed COVID-19, the carbon neutral stance of refiners and the future technologies which will shape the industry in the coming decades.
WRA Interview Series | Kim Jooste, MOL Group
Hear from Kim on how MOL Group is adapting in the short-term to the COVID-19 outbreak including the status of current projects and turnaround schedules, as well as the Group’s long-term vision in the energy transition and which technological developments will hold the key to achieving a competitive edge.
WRA Interview Series | Alan Gelder, Wood Mackenzie
We recently had a conversation with Alan Gelder, VP Refining, Chemicals & Oil Markets at Wood Mackenzie. We explored the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on demand with some nifty slides to hand. Watch now.
LARTC 2020: Advisory Board Report
In 2020 LARTC’s Advisory Board meeting took place in Bogotá, Colombia on the 3rd of March and the collaboration and contributions of the members of the board were invaluable and were integral to the development of our agenda.
LARTC 2020: Reunión del Comité Ejecutivo
Este año la reunión anual del Comité Ejecutivo tuvo lugar en Bogotá, Colombia el 3 de marzo. La colaboración y las contribuciones de todos los miembros del comité fueron valiosas y forman una parte integral en el desarrollo del programa de la conferencia.