The most up to date & in-depth overview of the North American downstream industry available today!
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!
See why Downstream 2019 is a must attend event
Downstream 2019 serves the whole value chain -
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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
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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Jim Ellis General Manager Global Engineering & Project Management
SABIC -
Decie Autin VP Project Management Upstream/Downstream
ExxonMobil -
Ed Lehotsky SVP Engineering & Construction
Cheniere Energy
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 Global Maintenance & Reliability Director, Hydrocarbons & Energy
Dow -
Kane Hittle VP Capital Projects & Reliability
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Randy Pound Global Director of Maintenance and Reliability
Olin Corporation -
Richard Ellis DFRAM Global Expertise Lead
Dow -
Victor Ortega VP – Technical Site Manager
Covestro
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
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Eric LaPointe Turnaround Coordinator
Chevron Phillips Chemical -
Randy Pound Global Director of Maintenance and Reliability
Olin Corporation -
Jeffrey Spigener Turnaround Manager
INEOS -
Chris Vaughn Plant Manager
Addivant
Supply Chain & Logistics - Key 2019 Themes:
A Supply Chain that Delivers End-to-End
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Domestic Transit Reliability and Consistency:
Guarantee the route your product takes to market has the capacity and efficiency to get it there on time as promised.
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Technology Road-map to Optimisation:
Proven strategies and real-life examples of how digitisation, automation and block chain can add value to your supply chain.
- The Export Gold Rush:
Considerations and strategies being taken to reduce bottle necks and ensure your product is taking the most optimal route to market- wherever its destination may be!
- Ensure 20/20 Vision of Your Supply Chain:
Hear from key players and how their efforts to collaborate with each other is creating better visibility in supply chain.
Featured Speakers
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Bob Rhoades General Manager - Global Supply Chain
Chevron Phillips Chemical -
Joe Kelly Logistics Manager - Polyethylene
Shell Chemical -
Helen De Watcher Head of Global Supply Chain & Logistics
BASF -
Bruce Sullivan Director of Logistics, Strategy & Procurement
Covestro -
Corey Vickers Global Logistics Category Manager
Chevron
Headline speakers confirmed for 2019:
Featured Speaker:
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Stuart Bradie CEO
KBR -
Alasdair Cathcart President - Oil, Gas & Chemicals
Bechtel -
Samik Mukherjee COO
McDermott -
Andrew Stuart CEO - Americas
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Jim Brittain Group President - Energy & Chemicals
Fluor Corporation
Why exhibit at Downstream 2019
“We are already realizing results from the show in sales and follow up meetings,” claimed Hilti, the major downstream contractor and service provider, when referencing the value of their sponsorship and exhibition at Downstream 2018.
Download the full expo prospectus for Downstream 2019 here now
With Downstream 2019 (June 11-12 - Houston TX) set to triple in size to 7000+ attendees and 1000+ owner operators, you’ll want to ensure that your message cuts through the noise and hits the potential customers that really matter.
That’s why we’re excited to announce the full suite of services we provide to ensure you’re primed to smash your anticipated ROI from Downstream 2019 right from the outset.
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Take advantage of our industry leading skills for developing original content, banners, pre-event social media strategies and client target lists that attract the widest pool of potential customers and make it easier to target key accounts on site.
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For the first time the exhibition hall will be open to general visitors for the full 2-day event, think the OTC of the Downstream industry and you won’t be far off.
Downstream 2019 draws the biggest groups of Downstream professionals
The world’s largest downstream event provides you with the opportunity to meet face-to-face with over 7000+ downstream, petchem, refining, LNG and supply chain industry professionals, including the likes of:
