Supply & demand | Trading | Pricing
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- 14:00
- Afternoon registration and refreshments
- 14:00
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- 14:10
- Chairperson’s opening address
Key strategies to drive growth in the chemical market
- 14:40
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- 15:10
- Keynote speech: Producer’s viewpoints on propylene availability and new on purpose supply in Europe Suzy Smedts - Commercial Manager, Feedstock & Cracker Products, Borealis
- Supporting the increase of propylene demand from various derivatives supporting sustainable solutions
- Time line for new investments in propylene and derivatives
- Exploring trends towards on purpose production (e.g. PDH) in EU and globally
- Some new production in EU despite increasing circular economy and plastic recycling
- Borealis view and efforts in plastic recycling and stopping the tap to ocean plastic littering
Global supply demand balances
- 15:10
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- Keynote panel discussion: Exploring the future of the global chemical supply demand landscape – where will new opportunities emerge? - Shell Chemicals, Sipchem, Argus, Indian Oil Corporation
The panel of expert speakers will explore new capacity and growth in Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia, and explore future trading routes. Raise your questions to global experts and learn new business opportunities.
- What does the current global supply and demand landscape look like?
- Will the demand for lighter feedstocks stay high in Europe?
- What amount of propylene can we expect out of the US in the next 1-2 years?
- How is Europe preparing security of supply during cracker turnaround?
- Where will Asian companies look for new supply?
- How will Chinese demand impact exports to Europe?
- How do the current petrochemical prices impact export supply?
- Benzene market: for how long can we expect long markets?
- How can trade tariffs impact trading trends and balances?
- What are the trends towards on-purpose propylene production?
Moderator:
Andy Nicholson, Vice President, Petrochemicals, Argus
Panellists:
Ahmad Al-Ohali, CEO, Sipchem
Mathew George, General Manger, Petrochemical Sales, Indian Oil Corporation
Nick Osborne, Global Strategy Manager, Base Chemicals, Shell Chemicals
- 15:40
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- 16:00
- Speed networking activity
- 16:00
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- 16:20
- Afternoon coffee and networking
- 16:20
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- 16:50
- Moving towards lighter ethane cracking and the impact on Europe’s value chains Sarah Rae - Vice-President, Olefins Europe, Argus
- Should companies expect a shortage of supply?
- How is the increase in ethylene on the market currently impacting propylene business?
- Assessing the trends of the derivatives market and the C3, C4 value chains
Pricing
- 16:50
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- 17:10
- Assessing Europe’s spot market: Will liquidity recover? Andy Nicholson - Vice President, Petrochemicals, Argus
- Exploring current prices of feedstock including LPG and naphtha
- Understanding the risk in investing in transporting products from the US
- How is the price of polymers pressuring an increase in imports?
- 17:10
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- 17:20
- Chairperson’s closing remarks
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- 19:00
- Networking drinks reception
Join your peers for an evening of relaxed networking
- 19:00
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- Close of conference day one
Investments | Logistics & Infrastructure | Recycling
- 08:30
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- 10:00
- Morning coffee and networking
- 10:00
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- 10:10
- Chairperson’s opening speech Andy Nicholson - Vice President, Petrochemicals, Argus
Global investment strategies to improve competitiveness
- 10:10
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- 10:40
- Case study: Diversifying the value chain through integration and a new industrial complex György Halász - Chief Economist, MOL
- Assessing the export potential and supply of polyol and PG into the market
- Collaborating with partners to full integrate the value chain
- Investing and benefitting from energy efficient HPPO technology
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- 11:10
- Case study: Reviewing new investments and capacity in North Africa focusing on Egypt and changes in the supply market Ihab Yahia Abdel-Kader - Marketing Research Department Head, SIDPEC
- Forecasting how much new supply will be in the market and where this will be absorbed
- Which feedstocks and polymers will be exported?
- Increasing exports and infrastructure available to transport globally
- 11:10
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- 11:40
- Morning coffee and networking
Logistics and infrastructure investments
- 11:40
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- 12:10
- An outlook on the current shipping landscape and logistical challenges Nicola Williams - Director, Clarksons Platou
- Assessing petrochemical gas freight trends
- Challenges facing the industry – Rhine water levels and the potential knock on effects on the petrochemical gas market and shipping logistics
- IMO 2020 and implications for freight
- 12:20
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- 12:50
- Panel discussion: How infrastructure is changing to support an expanding global market - Port of Tarragona, Vopak Terquimsa, Clarksons Platou
- Examining the development of road and rail to support inland transportation
- What capacity is available for companies looking to increase storage at the port?
- How is the European energy transition affecting demand for storage of petrochemicals?
- Identifying niche markets for storage including renewables and waste products
Panellists:
Genoveva Climent Dewit, Commercial & Business Development Director, Port of Tarragona
Nicola Williams, Director, Clarksons Platou
Josep Forcadell, Commercial, BD & CS Director, Vopak Terquimsa
- 12:40
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- 14:10
- Networking lunch
The continued movement towards recycling and sustainability
- 14:10
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- 14:40
- Improving the circular economy by generating higher value of goods for supply Norbert Niessner - Director Global R&D/IP, INEOS Styrolution Group
- Maintaining the value of products across the whole supply chain
- Exploring the use of fossil resources for sustainability and understanding its direct impact
- Implementing a waste management strategy
- What new legislation is in place to improve sustainability?
- Looking ahead at bio-based products - when will this be an alternative?
- 14:40
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- 15:10
- Panel discussion: The rise of chemical recycling and practical steps forward - INEOS Styrolution, Arkema
- What practical steps have already been taken to chemical and plastic recycling?
- What are the benefits of chemical recycling, compared with traditional mechanical recycling, in terms of the input and the performance of the product?
- How can recycled material be cost competitive?
- How flexible are existing technologies for dealing with difficult-to-recycle plastic of different types?
- Are there certain waste streams, or certain grades, that are better suited to chemical recycling than others?
- How will the Chinese ban on imported plastic waste impact the European market?
- How can regulators and other industry stakeholders help to drive technological development to support R&D and innovation?
Moderator:
Will Collins, Senior Reporter, Polymers, Argus
Panellists:
Norbert Niessner, Director Global R&D/IP, INEOS Styrolution Group
Jean-Luc Dubois, Scientific Director, Arkema
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- 16:50
- World cafe roundtables
Roundtable 1: Cluster competitiveness
Roundtable 2: Exploring the current storage landscape
Roundtable 3: Chemical recycling
Led by: Will Collins, Senior Reporter, Polymers, Argus
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- Roundtable conclusions
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- 17:10
- Chairperson's closing remarks
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- Close of conference