Conference
Agenda
PRE-CONFERENCE DAY FORUM - 28 OCTOBER 2025, TUESDAY
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In today’s challenging refining environment—marked by persistent low margins, increased complexity of crude slates, and pressures to decarbonise—success depends on operational excellence, not capital intensity. This forum, hosted by Becht’s multidisciplinary experts will introduce refinery leaders and technical professionals to practical strategies to optimise energy use, improve unit operations, and enhance site-wide performance.
Participants will gain exposure to Becht’s BRAVO (Becht Reliable Asset Value Optimisation) and PEAK (Practical Energy Assessment Kit) methodologies—designed to systematically uncover and capture profitability opportunities across assets, units, and entire sites. Special focus will be placed on digital tools that enable refineries to safely process low-cost opportunity crudes while maintaining reliability and integrity.
Drawing from real-world deployments, this forum will demonstrate how to deliver high-value improvements in site-wide operations through agile sprints, fit-for-purpose simulations, and integrated energy and reliability frameworks.
Registration starts at 2.30pm
Level 4 Orchid Ballroom 4204-4304
Andrew Saunders Tack, APAC Director - Becht, New Zealand
John Koo, Business Development Director, Senior Strategic Business Planning Account Manager, APAC - Becht, Singapore 
Zach Cater-Cyker, APAC Corrosion, Material & Integrity Lead - Becht, Singapore- Site-Wide Optimisation of Unit Operations
Learn how to improve integration across process units to enhance throughput, heat recovery, product yields, and asset utilisation—using tools like BRAVO’s system-level modeling and benchmarking of intra-unit and inter-unit performance.
- Energy Optimisation without Major Capital
Discover how to reduce site energy use by 5–10% and boost profitability by up to $0.50 per barrel through focused assessments of steam systems, fired heaters, and hydrogen management, without heavy investments.
- Agile Sprint Methodology for Profit Capture
Explore how Becht’s sprint-based approach enables rapid identification and implementation of opportunities across the full value chain, delivering ROI of 10+:1 while minimising disruption to operations.
- Digital Tools for Crude Flexibility
Understand how CorrExpert®-Crude helps refiners safely process high-acid, high-sulfur crudes by dynamically predicting corrosion and guiding crude blending decisions.
- Reliability-Driven Margin Expansion
Gain strategies to resolve process bottlenecks, reduce fouling and corrosion, and extend asset life using predictive analytics, equipment diagnostics, and advanced metallurgical solutions.
- Case Studies from Real Refineries
Review success stories involving energy savings, throughput recovery, and water-use reduction from global refiners who implemented BRAVO and PEAK to transform site operations under economic pressure