PETROSPOT SEMINAR: Bunker Operations - Quality & Quantity / Programme

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Please note that the programme below is a preliminary one and may be subject to change. The price of this event includes lunch and refreshments. PETROSPOT SEMINAR: Bunker Operations - Quality & Quantity FRIDAY 30 APRIL 2010 08:00 Seminar Registration 09:00 Introduction / Administration Chairman: Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Limited 09:10 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: THE KEY BUNKERING ISSUES FACING SHIPOWNERS TODAY Torben Skaanild, Secretary General / CEO, BIMCO 09:40 SESSION 1: Bunker Quality & Environmental Issues (Part 1) Fuel Quality Trends An investigation into how fuel quality is changing, both in Asia and elsewhere, as a result of environmental and commercial pressures. Capt Rahul Choudhuri, Regional Manager, DNV Petroleum Services Toxic Waste, Exotic Contaminants and Forensic Examination The presence and detection of potentially dangerous and highly damaging ‘exotic’ contaminants in marine fuels: how to find them and deal with them. Dr Vis, Director, Viswa Lab Corp 10:30 Networking Coffee Break 11:00 SESSION 2: BUNKER QUALITY & ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES (Part 2) Quality Standard ISO 8217 An outline of the controversial and highly contentious changes proposed for the global bunker quality standard ISO 8217. Douglas Raitt, Global FOBAS Manager – Lloyd’s Register ISO 8217 Changes from a Supplier’s Perspective Robert Braithwaite, Singapore Petroleum Co Ltd Panel Discussion All speakers from Sessions 1 and 2 13:00 Networking Lunch 14:00 SESSION 3: ACCURATE MEASURING AND BUNKER QUANTITY ISSUES Surveying and Traditional Measuring Techniques Is it a case of ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ or are traditional methods of measuring bunker volumes in need of change? Mathews George, Operations Manager, DNV Petroleum Services Talking from Experience: The Case for Bunker Metering What encouraged Maersk to lead the crusade to install bunker metering systems? Jesper Rosenkrans Odum, Business Development Manager, MAERSK Oil Trading Panel Discussion All speakers from Session 3 15:00 Networking Coffee Break 15:30 SESSION 4: METERING – THE STORY SO FAR Coliolis Meters Why are Coriolis meters ideal for use in bunkering? Jens Fuglsang, Industry Manager Oil & Gas Europe, Endress + Hauser The Quest for Official Certification An outline of the requirements and processes involved in gaining acceptance. Naimish Raval, Senior Business Development Manager (Oil & Gas, Marine Industries), Emerson Process Management Creating an International Standard for Metering An update on the work being done to create a Singapore – and subsequently, global – standard for bunker metering. Seah Khen Hee, Chairman, Technical Committee on Bunkering, SPRING Panel Discussion All speakers from Session 4 17:00 Seminar Summary and Close Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Limited If you are unable to attend this seminar at Singapore, Petrospot Limited run a number of other courses, seminars and events throughout the year. Click here for details.