Welcome to the World’s Largest Downstream Conference & Exhibition
WORLD’S LARGEST DOWNSTREAM EXHIBITION
Downstream 2019 is where the global Downstream industry meet to tackle core challenges, hear about the latest disruptive tech and meet to form partnerships with new and existing suppliers. Find out more about our free-to-attend exhibition.
WORLD’S LARGEST INDUSTRY CONFERENCE
Our expanded conference programme, exclusively accessible to paid delegates, now covers every major Downstream vertical and features keynote sessions, industry-led panels and dedicated job specific workshops. Every conference stream is tailored to provide content for every major job role.
Downstream 2019 has already smashed attendance expectations with a staggering 2,000+ Owner/Operators set to converge in Houston. Below is a sample of the massive owner/operator delegations already confirmed to attend
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70+Attendees
70+ attendees including:
- TA Event Manager
- Global Manager- Perfomance Improvement
- Maintenance & Reliability, Turnarounds, Warehouse Management, & Capital Projects
- Capital Portfolio Manager
- Sr. Global Projects Estimator
- Project Director
- Contract Manager
- Operations Integration Team Lead
- Project Controls
- Supply Chain Manager, Trucking, Warehousing and Commercial Logistics
- Production Engineer
- Competency Development & Assurance Manager
- Capital Projects Manager
- Maintenance Manager
- Turnaround Operations Specialist
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60+Attendees
60+ attendees including:
- Global Maintenance & Reliability Director
- Modularization Execution Global Improvement Leader
- Global EPC Contract Manager
- Shutdown Coordinator
- DFRAM Global Expertise Leader
- Advanced Work Packaging Champion
- Supply Chain Improvement
- Olefins Supply Chain Manager
- Outplant Logistics Manager
- Commissioning and Startup Leader
- Sr Construction Manager
- Improvement Engineer & Manufacturing Representative
- Global Supply Chain Leader
- Program Director
- Modularization Global Improve Leader
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40+Attendees
40+ attendees including:
- IT Project Manager - Capital Projects
- Logistics Manager - Shell Polymers
- Plant Manager
- Rail Freight Account Analyst
- Manger Supplier Diversity & Outreach
- Procurement Manager - Bulk Road Transportation
- Technical Integration, Precomm & Completions Manager
- Project Manager
- Digital Product Manager Asset & Projects
- Sulfuric Acid Alkylation SME
- Supervisor Maintenance
- Chemical Construction Manager
- Technical Operations and Projects Manager
- Procurement Manager
- Manager, Supplier Diversity - SBLO
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35+Attendees
35+ attendees including:
- Operations Maintenance Gatekeeper
- Asset Effectiveness Engineer
- Director Supply Chain, Petrochemicals N. America
- Head of Workforce Deveopment, North America
- Regional Logistics Manager
- Process Specialist
- Manager, Project Procurement
- CSA Engineer
- Senior Analyst Technical Training
- TAR Materials Control
- Engineering Product Specialist
- Head of Workforce Deveopment, North America
- Production Manager
- Technical Service Engineer/Technology Specialist
- Export Business Specialist
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45+Attendees
45+ attendees including:
- VP Project Management & Execution
- Technology Scout and Venturing Advisor
- Reforming & Clean Gasoline Unit Inspector
- Global Technology Sponsor - Construction
- Technology Scout and Venturing Advisor
- Supply Chain Advisor
- Capital Projects Advisor
- Major Project Venture Planner
- Capital Project Advisor
- Supply Chain Capital Projects
- Capital Project Advisor
- Turnaround & Majors Planning SLS
- Turnaround Technical Lead
- Project Controls Engineer
- Interface Coordinator
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25+Attendees
25+ attendees including:
- TA Coordinator
- Project Manager
- Fixed Equipment Reliability Engineer
- Transportation Specialist
- Exports Transportation Supervisor
- PE Export & Distribution Sales Manager
- Global Marine Services Manager
- Project Manager
- Turnaround Controls
- Global Supply Chain Manager
- Transportation Pricing Specialist
- Project Controls Lead
- Turnaround Manager
- Turnaround Engineer
- Turnaround Coordinator
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25+Attendees
25+ attendees including:
- Category Manager, Logistics
- Information Management SME
- Logistics category manager
- Facility Engineer
- Senior Project Controller/ Project Manager
- Project Manager
- Rotating Equipment Engineer
- Project Manager
- PPM Implementation Lead
- Technical Safety Engineer
- Project Manager
- Project Manager
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20+Attendees
20+ attendees including:
- Process engineer team lead
- Manager Category Management
- Supply Chain Manager
- Supply Chain Logistics Director
- Turnaround Planning and Scheduling Lead
- Category Lead Fabricated Equipment
- Project Manager
- Health & Safety Manager Major Projects
- Business Economist
- Catalyst Category Lead
- Category Management
- Manager, Materials & Equipment Procurement
- JV Manager
- Manager, O&M Execution Excellence
- Manager - Services Procurement and Refining Maintenance
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15+Attendees
15+ attendees including:
- Manager, Capital Projects
- VP Capital Projects & Reliability
- Director of Capital Projects
- VP Capital Projects Delivery
- Capital Projects Manager
- Supervisor, Project Engineering
- Manager, Capital Projects
- Vice President and Project Manager
- Project Manager, Instrumentation
- VP Capital Projects & Reliability
- Manager, Capital Projects
- Team Leader, Project Engineering
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15+Attendees
15+ attendees including:
- TAR Manager
- Sr. Procurement Specialist
- Turnaround Specialist
- Turnaround Planner
- Workforce Development Manager
- Procurement Specialist
- Senior Procurement Specialist
- Senior Procurement Specialist
- EPC Manager
- Project Manager
- Construction Mgr. ESPN Project
Downstream 2019 serves the whole value chain -
click to explore each track
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Process Engineering & Technology - Key 2019 Themes:
Capture Every Molecule
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Process Excellence:
Ensure the optimization of you processes and hear the latest on process control, optimization and intensification, issues and solutions.
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Process Design & Development:
Hear the latest in new research and developments, emerging technologies, and recent innovations in the manufacture and recovery of ethylene and other base chemicals.
- Downstream Integration for Value Creation:
Choose the right operating model and level of integration to ensure survival and sustained profitability of your plant.
- Application of Big Data Analytics in Petrochemical Production:
Maximize production and profitability of established and future assets through data-driven optimization of operations and process safety.
Featured Speakers
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Steve Eckhoff Lead Process Engineer
BASF -
Phillip Smee Director of Technology & Consulting
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Frank Zhu Senior Fellow Leader Engineering Innovations
Honeywell UOP -
Dylan Loudon Senior Manager Process Engineering & Modelling
Sasol -
Richard Conticello Director Process Engineering
Amec Foster Wheeler
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Engineering & Construction - Key 2019 Themes:
Unleash innovation to deliver world class capital projects
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Technology Showcase:
Uncover the very latest in engineering, construction and project safety innovations you can deploy to deliver capital projects on time and budget
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Digitize Execution:
Learn to unlock the power of project digitization to transform your ability to respond to challenges and make critical project decisions in real-time
- Transform Productivity:
Gain all the exclusive insights you need to optimize project controls, AWP and scope development to supercharge tool-time for the whole value chain
- Workforce Ready:
Discover what steps you can take to meet your immediate resource needs and inspire the sustainable capital projects workforce of the future
Featured Speakers
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Decie Autin VP Project Management Upstream/Downstream
ExxonMobil -
Ed Lehotsky SVP Engineering & Construction
Cheniere Energy -
Jim Ellis General Manager Global Engineering & Project Management
SABIC -
Lance Medlin Chief Projects Officer
Meridian Energy -
Bob Tinn Director of Supply Chain Management - Major Projects
Motiva Enterprises
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Reliability & Maintenance - Key 2019 Themes:
Maximize Uptime & Optimize Production
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Advanced Maintenance Strategies:
Shift from a model of reactive to predictive maintenance with the latest advances in requesting, planning, scheduling and recording of maintenance.
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Designing for Reliability:
Hear from industry pioneers on how to ensure that the capital project is the birthplace of reliability by properly considering design for reliability & maintenance (DFRAM) principles at every stage of a project.
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Innovative Technology:
With an increasingly crowded technological landscape learn how to select, test and implement innovative technology that will deliver the biggest ROI.
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Recruitment & Training;
In the face of increasing labor demand and reduced availability, re-think your strategy on how to attract, recruit and most importantly retain talented and experienced maintenance professionals.
Featured Speakers
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Tony Barre (Former) Global Maintenance & Reliability Director, Hydrocarbons & Energy
Dow -
Kane Hittle VP Capital Projects & Reliability
HollyFrontier -
Cindy Gross Director of Reliability
Flint Hills Resources -
Walter Pesenti Global Petrochemical Operational Excellence Manager
BP -
Victor Ortega VP – Technical Site Manager
Covestro
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Shutdowns & Turnaround - Key 2019 Themes:
Best in Class Turnaround Planning, Execution and Post-Event Critique
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Capital Project Integration:
With the integration of capital work now an industry standard, discover the best model for success including resourcing, planning, and accountability strategies.
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Optimize Time Between Turnarounds;
Rethink your event schedule and discover how to make rationalised business focussed decisions that enable you to find the ‘the sweet spot’ between production, reliability and risk.
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Sharing Best Practice Across Sites:
Discover how to leverage the success of individual site turnarounds and exploit your historical data on events to define and roll out a gold standard across your portfolio
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Turnaround Resourcing:
With an already intensively competitive labor market becoming increasing stretched find out how the industry is rethinking permanent staffing levels and making themselves an attractive prospect for contractors
Featured Speakers
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Jeff Brock Global Manager- Performance Improvement
LyondellBasell -
Eric LaPointe Turnaround Coordinator
Chevron Phillips Chemical -
Randy Pound Global Director of Maintenance and Reliability
Olin Corporation -
Jeffrey Spigener Turnaround Manager
INEOS -
Walter Pinto (Former) Senior Director, Global Projects, Engineering, Maintenance, Reliability & Turnarounds
LyondellBasell
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Supply Chain & Logistics - Key 2019 Themes:
A Supply Chain that Delivers End-to-End
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A Global Approach to End-to-End Visibility:
Find out how key players in trucking, rail, marine, logistics and warehousing are implementing real-time tracking that guarantees clarity on your shipments
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The Next Generation Digital Supply Chain:
Real life examples of how digitisation, blockchain, metrics and more, are driving visibility, velocity and versatility in supply chain management
- Navigate the Political Roadmap:
Get smart with our business critical insights on the international tariffs, trade deals and regulations that will impact your international outreach in 2019 and beyond
- Unlock your Supply Chain’s Potential:
Understand how process standardization, data alignment and stakeholder buy-in are guaranteed to transform your business operations for good
Featured Speakers
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Brent Bement Director Supply Chain, Petrochemicals N. America
BASF -
Joe Kelly Logistics Manager - Polyethylene
Shell Chemicals -
Rick Lissa Sr Director of Logistics Management
Formosa Plastics -
Paul Jepson Supply Chain Manager
Sabic -
Grigor Bambekov Director, Operational Services, Operational Excellence Management System, and Risk Management
Andeavor
Headline speakers confirmed for 2019:
Featured Speaker:
Marcus Luttrell
Former Navy SEAL
Author of “Lone Survivorâ€
Featured Speaker:
Mike Coyle
President of Manufacturing
Chevron
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Stuart Bradie CEO
KBR -
Alasdair Cathcart President - Oil, Gas & Chemicals
Bechtel -
Samik Mukherjee Group Senior Vice President, Projects
McDermott -
Andrew Stewart CEO - Americas
Wood
Welcome to the world's biggest Downstream event
Renowned as the most significant global meeting place for Downstream professionals, this is where they meet to learn, network and do business.
7,000+ Downstream professionals within Process Engineering, Engineering & Construction, Reliability & Maintenance, Shutdowns & Turnarounds and Supply Chain & Logistics will convene on Houston June 11-12, 2019 at the George Brown Convention Center to tackle core challenges with world-class experts, hear about the latest disruptive tech, and to meet and form partnerships with new and existing suppliers.
If you work in or supply services to the Petrochemical, Chemical, Refining or LNG industries make sure you’re in Houston June 11-12 for Downstream 2019!
At Downstream 2019 we attract large delegations of owner/operators and EPCs, already confirmed for 2019 include:
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Company Attendees
- PM, Plant Project
- Sr. Category Specialist
- Sr. Category Specialist
- Category Specialist
- Direct Category Manager
- Sr. Category Specialist
- VP National Maintenance and Reliability
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Company Attendees
- Buyer - Logistics
- Buyer - Site Services & Capital Equipment
- Process Engineer Specialist
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Company Attendees
- Capital Execution Process Lead
- Principal Project Manager
- Director Global Logistics
- Director - Logistics & QCI
- Category Manager – Logistics Procurement
- Principal Category Manager - Strategic Initiatives
- Sr. Director Global Indirect Procurement
- Spend Manager
- Project Manager
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Company Attendees
- Operations Maintenance Gatekeeper
- Asset Effectiveness Engineer
- Director Supply Chain, Petrochemicals N. America
- Head of Workforce Deveopment, North America
- Regional Logistics Manager
- Process Specialist
- Manager, Project Procurement
- Mechanical Engineer
- TAR Materials Control
- Engineering Product Specialist
- Head of Workforce Deveopment, North America
- Lead Pipe Stress Engineer
- Category Manager
- Buyer
- Production Manager
- Mechanical Design Engineer
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Company Attendees
- Sulfur Technology Manager
- Engineering Management
- Engineering Automation Manager
- CSA Engineering Supervisor
- Program Manager
- CSA Chief Engineer
- CSA Engineer
- CSA Engineer
- General Manager LNG
- Innovation Manager
- Program Operations Specialist (Small Cap)
- Program Operations Specialist (Small Cap)
- Business Development Manager Tanks,
- Business Development Operations Manager
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Company Attendees
- Deputy Operations Director
- Maintenance Engineer
- Maintenance Engineer
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Company Attendees
- New Maintenance Technologies & Turnaround Strategy
- Project Manager
- Project Engineer
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Company Attendees
- Process Technology Director
- Process Technology Manager
- Process Technology Manager
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Company Attendees
- Category Manager, Logistics
- Information Management SME
- Logistics Category Manager
- Facility Engineer
- Senior Project Controller/ Project Manager
- Project Manager
- Rotating Equipment Engineer
- Senior Reliability Engineer
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Company Attendees
- TA Coordinator
- Project Manager
- Fixed Equipment Reliability Engineer
- Transportation Specialist
- Exports Transportation Supervisor
- PE Export & Distribution Sales Manager
- Marine Service Specialist
- Loss Control Manager
- Global Marine Services Manager
- Project Engineer
- TA controls
- Global Supply Chain Manager
- Project Controls Lead
- Turnaround Manager
- Turnaround Engineer
- Turnaround Coordinator
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Company Attendees
- VP of Technical Site Management
- Unit Project Coordinator
- Project Procurement Lead
- Manager
- Senior Project Manager
- Piping Engineer
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36 attendees including:
- Global Maintenance & Reliability Director
- Modularization Execution Global Improvement Leader
- Global Improvement Leader
- Global Piping Improvement Leader
- Shutdown Coordinator
- DFRAM Global Expertise Leader
- Advanced Work Packaging Champion
- Supply Chain Improvement
- Olefins Supply Chain Manager
- Outplant Logistics Manager
- Sr Construction Manager
- Commissioning and Startup Leader
- Associate Director
- Construction Tech Center Manager
- Sr. Construction Leader
- Supply Manager
- Global Supply Chain Leader
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Company Attendees
- Global Supply Chain Manager
- Project Engineering Consultant
- Account Manager
- Kevlar Cut and Thermal Business Development Manager
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Company Attendees
- Director, Plant Maintenance
- Director, Worldwide Engineering & Construction Services and Solutions
- Area Manager
- Global Sourcing Manager
- Process Engineer
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Company Attendees
- North America Logistics Vice President
- Bulk Supply Chain Director
- Global Logistics Procurement Director
- Logistics Procurement Manager
- Sr. Logistics Procurement Manager
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Company Attendees
- Sr. Asset Analyst
- Director Asset Analysis
- Sr Asset Analyst
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Company Attendees
- Director-Major Projects
- Manager of Corporate Engineering
- Project Engineer
- Project Manager
- Project Engineer
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Company Attendees
- VP Project Management & Execution
- Technology Scout and Venture Development Advisor
- Benchmarking Analyst
- Reforming & Clean Gasoline Unit Inspector
- Technology Scout and Venture Development Advisor
- Readiness Manager
- Project Advisor
- Turnaround & Majors Planning SLS
- Turnaround Technical Lead
- Category Specialist
- Process Safety Engineer
- Project Controls Engineer
- Interface Coordinator
- Portfolio Project Manager
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Company Attendees
- Director of Reliability
- Global Fixed Equipment Leader
- Sr Project Manager
- Maintenance Manager
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Company Attendees
- AWP Global Director
- Fellow-Director of Welding & Nde Services
- Principal Control Systems Engineer
- Construction Manager
- Project Engineer
- Mechanical Engineer
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Company Attendees
- Construction Manager
- Lead Piping Engineer
- Cryogenic Insulation Specialist
- Construction Manager
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Company Attendees
- Global R&D CAPEX Coordinator
- Logistics Manager (Americas)
- Transportation Manager
- Sr Buyer Contracts and Services
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Company Attendees
- TAR Manager
- Sr. Procurement Specialist
- Turnaround Specialist
- Turnaround Planner
- Workforce Development Manager
- Procurement Specialist
- Senior Procurement Specialist
- Senior Procurement Specialist
- Project Manager
- Construction Mgr. ESPN Project
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Company Attendees
- Director of Reliability
- Sourcing Transformation Leader
- Commodity Manager
- Project Manager
- Project Engineer
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Company Attendees
- Sales & Marketing Manager
- Sales Manager
- Sales Coordinator
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Company Attendees
- Director - Specialty Services
- JVIC Specialty Services & JVIC Catalyst Services
- JVIC Specialty Services
- JVIC Automated Welding Services
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Company Attendees
- Senior Technical Advisor
- Technical Professional Leader
- Senior Technical Advisor
- Engineer
- Sr. Quality Manager
- IM Sr. Analyst
- Project Q Manager
- Senior Technical Advisor
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Company Attendees
- Environmental Specialist
- Environmental Specialist
- EHS Manager
- Environmental Specialist
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34 attendees including:
- Project Manager Major Projects
- TA Event Manager
- Global Manager- Performance Improvement
- Project Process Assurance
- Sr. Global Projects Estimator
- Manager, Maintenance, Reliability and Turnaround
- Portfolio Manager: Maintenance & Reliability, Turnarounds, Warehouse Management, & Capital Projects
- Senior Project Estimator
- Capital Portfolio Manager
- Project Director
- Maintenance Engineer
- Contract Manager
- Operations Integration Team Lead
- Project Manager
- Project Controls Manager
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Company Attendees
- Relationship Management
- Project Manager
- Project Performance / Controls
- Project Manager
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Company Attendees
- HSE Chief Engineer
- Sr. Engineer Specialist
- Construction Director
- Global
- PPL Estimator
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Company Attendees
- VP Business Development/Project Execution
- Investor Relations
- Vice President - Development
- Chief Products Officer
- Chief Technology Officer
- Vice President – Business Services
- Midstream Project Manager
- AVP, Shareholder Administration
- VP Business Development
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Company Attendees
- Category Manager
- Director of Supply Chain Management - Major Projects
- Electrical Inspector
- Learning Advisor
- Manager, Learning
- Learning Advisor
- General Manager - Major Projects
- Project Manager
- EVP-Projects & Engineering
- Planner
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Company Attendees
- Planner Coordinator
- Lead Epoxy Administrative Specialist
- Operations Leader
- Global Director of Maintenance & Reliability
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Company Attendees
- I&E and Rotating Team Leader
- Supply Chain Planning Manager - North America
- Sr. Maintenance Specialist Ii - Ta Coordinator
- Regional Marketing Manager Americas, Intermediates
- Turnaround Coordinator
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Company Attendees
- Project Engineer
- Large Cap Project Manager
- Project Engineer
- Project Manager
- Marine Manager
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Company Attendees
- Process engineer team lead
- Category Lead Fabricated Equipment
- Project Manager
- Health & Safety Manager Major Projects
- Business Economist
- Catalyst Category Lead
- Category Management
- Manager, Materials & Equipment Procurement
- Manager – Services Procurement and Refining Maintenance
- Project Engineer
- Manager Category Management
- Supply Chain Manager
- Supply Chain Logistics Director
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Company Attendees
- Technical Director | Oil & Gas Midstream
- Program Director | Principal
- Director | Oil & Gas Midstream
- Program Manager EPCM Oil and Gas
- Vice President
- Project Manager
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Company Attendees
- Global Reliability Engineer
- Mgr, Operations Process Eng
- Executive Director, Value Chain Management
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Company Attendees
- Senior Global GM Engineering and Project Management
- Manager, Inventory
- Analyst International Logistics
- Project Controlss Advisor
- STAFF SCIENTIST
- Sr. Engineer
- Staff Scientist
- Chief Scientist
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Company Attendees
- Construction Manager
- Reserach Associate
- Supply Chain
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21 attendees including:
- IT Project Manager - Capital Projects
- Logistics Manager - Shell Polymers
- BD - Connected/Distributed Energy
- Plant Manager
- Rail Freight Account Analyst
- Project, Maintenance& Turnaround Mgr
- Manager Supplier Diversity & Outreach
- Principal technical expert
- Procurement Manager - Bulk Road Transportation
- Senior Process Control Engineer
- Technical Integration, Precomm & Completions Manager
- Domestic Charterer
- Supervisor Maintenance
- Engineer
- Chemical Construction Manager
- Workforce Development Manager, Operations & Crafts
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Company Attendees
- Account Manager
- Director Supply Chain Processes & Systems
- Logistics Manager
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Company Attendees
- Transportation / Distribution Strategy and Commercial
- Senior Strategy Specialist
- Senior Advisor
- Rail Category Manager
- Supply Chain Analyst
- Strategic Planning Advisor
- Catagory Manager - Rail Equipment
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Company Attendees
- President of Downstream & Chemicals
- Project Manager
- Executive Account Manager
- Director Process Technology and Resource Management
- Process Engineer
- Instrumentation Technical Authority
- Executive Account Manager
- Managing Technical Professional
- Process Engineer III
