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2025 LRGCC Conference Agenda

Date: Monday, February 24, 2025
 

TimeActivityLocation
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.Registration & Check-InResource Room
2:00 - 2:10 p.m.Conference Welcome
Clay Jones - INEOS GAS/SPEC
LRGCC Program Chair
Main Ballroom
2:10 - 5:00 p.mFundamentals of Gas Dehydration Main Ballroom
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.Welcome ReceptionPre-Function Area
6:00 - 6:30 p.m.

First-Time Attendee Mixer – History of Laurance Reid 

Main Ballroom

Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025
 

6:45 - 7:30 a.m.

Speaker's Breakfast - Invitation Only
Attendance is limited to speakers
and LRGCC staff/committee only.

Attendance is required for all persons presenting papers on this day. Please bring a printed copy of the bio and arrive on time.

Speakers from other days may attend if they so choose.

GP 405
8:30 – 8:50 a.m. 

Conference Welcome 

Welcome from The University of Oklahoma      

Dr Mark Morvant, Interim Dean

College of Professional and Continuing Studies 

Clay Jones, INEOS GAS/SPEC LRGCC Program Chair   

 

8:50 – 12:10 p.m. 

 

8:50 – 9:00 a.m.

 

9:00 – 9:40 a.m.

 

 

9:40 – 10:20 a.m.

Moderator: Kelley LaRue – Reset Energy

 

LRGCC Roundtable and Submitting Questions

Martin Taylor - Bechtel 

Aerosols in Residue Gas and Orifice Plate Meters

Carl Hahn - Transcend

 

Considerations When Specifying Filtration Equipment with a Focus on Amine Solvent Units

Chris Wallace – Filtration Technology Corporation

Main Ballroom

10:20 – 10:35 a.m. 

Morning Conference Break 

Pre-Function Area

10:35 – 10:50 a.m.

 

War Story – Emulsion or Foaming? That is the question!

Adrián Héctor Azpilicueta - NALCO

 

 

Main Ballroom

10:50 - 11:30 a.m.

Solids Influx Prediction Tracking in Gas Inlet Facilities Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Modelling

Megat Ahmad Rithauddeen – Saudi Aramco

Main Ballroom
11:30 - 12:10 a.m.

Troubleshooting Rich Amine Filter Short-Life Issues in an Amine Unit

Steven Kong and Mike Cundall, NorthRiver Midstream Inc.

 
12:10 - 1:30 p.m.Luncheon

Pre-Function Area

12:10 - 1:30 p.m.Women's LuncheonSalon N/O
1:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Moderator: Gavin McIntyre – Bryan Research & Engineering

Main Ballroom
   
1:30 - 1:40 p.m.

Results of 2024 LRGCC Attendee Survey  Jeff Matthews – H2W United, LLC

 
1:40 - 2:20 p.m.

Field Results from the Recovery of Hydrogen from Hydrogen Sulfide by an Iodine Thermochemical Cycle

Ryan Gillis – Thiozen, Inc.

Main Ballroom
2:20 - 3:00 p.m.

Emissions Reduction with Electric Motor Driven Dehydration Pumps

Kyle Benning, Viking Pump

 
3:00 - 3:15 p.m.Afternoon Conference Break

Pre-Function Area

3:15 - 3:30 p.m.Roundtable Discussion - Session 1Main Ballroom
3:15 - 3:30 p.m.

War Story – UOP Emulsion Breaking Technology Increases Plant Profitability and Treating Performance

Jessy Trucko - Honeywell UOP

Main Ballroom
3:30 - 4:10 p.m.

Innovative Separation Technologies in Enhanced Oil Recovery Operations

Byron Griffin - Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Main Ballroom
4:10 - 5:00 p.m.Roundtable Discussion - Session 1Main Ballroom
5:30 - 8:30 p.m.Laurance Reid Gas Conditioning Conference ReceptionSam Noble Museum 
8:30 p.m.Hospitality SuitesSalons N, O, P, Q
Billiards Room

Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025
 

TimeActivityLocation
6:45 - 7:30 a.m.Speaker's Breakfast - Invitation Only
Attendance at this breakfast is limited to speakers
and LRGCC staff/committee only.

Attendance is required for all persons presenting papers on Wed and Thurs. Please bring a printed copy of the bio and arrive on time.
GP 405  
8:30 - 8:50 a.m.

Welcome

Marco van Son – Worley Comprimo

Main Ballroom
8:35 a.m. - NoonModerator: Marco van Son – Worley Comprimo

Main Ballroom

8:35 - 9:15 a.m.

Mercaptan Removal Options

Bill DeWees – Worley Comprimo 

Main Ballroom
9:15 - 9:55 a.m.

HySWEET™ A Step Further in Mercaptan and Acid Gas Removal for Natural Gas Processing

Renaud Cadours & Carmella Alfano

Main Ballroom
9:55 - 10:15 a.m.Morning Conference Break

Pre-Function Area

10:15 - 10:25 a.m.

Preparing Technical Papers 

Adam Baxter – Energy Transfer

Main Ballroom
10:25 - 10:40 a.m.

War Story – Mole Sieve Dehydration Bed Flow Channeling

Robert Baca – Western Midstream Partners

Main Ballroom
10:40 - 11:20 a.m.

A Catalyst-Sorbent Hybrid Process for Organic Sulfur Removal from NG, Light Hydrocarbons, Biogas and Carbon Dioxide

Gokhan Alptekin – SulfaTrap, LLC

Main Ballroom
11:20 - Noon

Bechtel Sulfur Adsorbent Technology (BSAT) Field Results at a Recompression Station

Richard Fink – Enbridge, Arnab Baksi – Bechtel, Inc

Main Ballroom
Noon - 1:30 p.m.Luncheon
Main Ballroom
Noon - 1:30 p.m.Operating Company ForumSalon N/O
1:30 - 5:00 p.m.Moderator: Christina Daniels, INEOS GAS/SPECMain Ballroom
1:30 - 1:45 p.m.

War Story – Rapid Deterioration of an Amine Regenerator

Tim Yearous – P66

Main Ballroom
1:45 - 2:25 p.m.

Amine System Challenges – Pipestone Sour Gas Plant

Loni van der Lee – Altagas

Main Ballroom
2:25 - 3:05 p.m.

The Formation and Disposition of Cyanide Ion Degradation Products in Refinery DEA Solutions

Al Keller - Al Chem E, LLC

Main Ballroom
3:05 - 3:20 p.m.Afternoon Conference Break

Pre-Function Area

3:20 - 4:00 p.m.

 

 

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Dry-Out Practices and Design considerations for Cryogenic Gas Plants

Scott Miller – Honeywell UOP Ortloff

 

Roundtable Discussion – Session 2 

Main Ballroom
5:30 p.m.Hospitality SuitesSalons N, O, P, Q
Billiards Room

Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025
 

TimeActivityLocation
8:30 - 8:35 a.m.

Welcome 

Clay Jones – INEOS GAS/SPEC LRGCC Program Chair

Main Ballroom
8:35 - 9:55 a.m.

Moderator: Jeff Mattews – H2W United, LLC

Main Ballroom

8:35 - 9:15 a.m.

Saudi Aramco “Sulfur Deposition Recovery Technology”

John O’Connell – Saudi Aramco

Main Ballroom
9:15 - 9:55 a.m.

Shell Turbo Technologies: Achieve Solvent Performance and Gas Capacity Improvement Compared To Traditional Column Internals

Anh Do – Shell Catalysts & Technologies 

Main Ballroom
9:55 - 10:30 a.m.Morning Conference Break & Hotel Check-Out

Pre-Function Area

10:30 - 11:50 a.m.Roundtable Discussion - Session 3Main Ballroom
11:50 a.m.Closing Remarks/Conference Close
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Salons N, O, P, Q
Billiards Room