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The 2018 World Heavy Oil Congress & Exhibition (WHOC) will feature a dedicated three-day Technical
Conference providing critical insights into the entire heavy oil value chain.

Submission Deadline: Thursday 29 March 2018

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Storage, Marketing & Distribution NEW FOR 2018

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 Advanced Fuels Distribution Technologies from Refinery to Retail Station

 Blended Crude: Marketability, finished products, ease of transportation
 Environment, Health and Safety
 Field Storage
 Fuels and Lubes Product Integrity, Standards and Legislations
 Fuels Distribution: Efficiency, Safety and Security
 Heavy Oil Gathering, Storage and Transportation Technology
 Lubrication Solutions for Renewable Energy Applications
 New Trends and Emerging Technologies for Marketing and Distribution
 Downstream Processing: Refining, Petrochemicals, Operations &
Transportation

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 Advanced Hydrocracking Technology in Refining

 Bottom of the barrel upgrading
 Desalting Refinery Heavy Feeds
 Efficiency, Optimisation and Profitability
 Flow measurement and control of heavy oil steam
 Heavy Oil and Bitumen Refining and Upgrading Technology
 Heavy Oil Desalting, Pre-Heat Train and Coker Fouling
 Metal Contamination from Heavy Oil Processing and its Impact on Downstream Catalysts
 Olefins (ethylene and propylene) and Aromatics (benzene, toluene, xylene isomers): Operations and
Technology Developments
 Pipeline Management, Transportation and Upgrading
 Plant Upgrades, Refurbishment, Manufacturing and Equipment
 Product Diversification
 Refining & Petrochemical Integration, Supply Chain Management and Feedstock Maximisation
 Refining Technology and Processing Developments: Catalytic and Thermal Cracking, Hydrocracker
Reaction and Fractionation Units, Delayed Coking Units, Contaminants Removal, Alkylation and
Polymerisation, and Isomerisation
 Resid Conversion in Petroleum Refining
 Water & Waste Treatment and Management

Offshore Heavy Oil – Exploration, Production and Technologies NEW FOR

2018

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 Floating Production, Storage and OFFLOADING (FPSO) and Offshore Support (OSV) Vessels and
Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicles (ROV)
 HSE Challenges in Offshore Heavy Oil Fields
 Hydraulic Lifting Equipment, Cranes and High Capacity Winches
 Offshore Heavy Oil Exploration and Development
 Offshore infrastructure: Production Platforms and Artificial Islands Design, Piling, Flow Lines, Umbilical
Connections
 Shipping, Marine and Subsea Specialised Equipment and Repair
 Subsea Wells, Subsea Fields, Subsea Projects and Developments

Heavy Oil Technologies, Data Management & Internet of Things

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 Artificial Lift Technologies

 Data: Collation, Management and Analysis
 Clean Technology
 Cloud engineering and virtual technology validation
 Emerging Refinery Technologies
 Health, Safety, Environment, Security Management, Equipment and Services across E&P and
Downstream Plants
 Heavy Oil Production and Well Testing Technology
 HSE Technologies across Heavy Oil Value Chain: Upstream, Midstream and Downstream
 Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT)
 Protecting Facilities: Cyber and Infrastructure Security
 Risk Assessment
 Smart and Connected Assets and Devices
 Smart and Digital Oilfields: Improving Operational Capabilities of Assets
 Theoretical and Laboratory Research

Exploration, Production, and Field Development

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 Brownfield Modification
 Brownfield Revamping, Expansion, Conversion and Developments
 Caprock Integrity Analysis and Prediction
 Climate Change, C02 Reduction and Environmental Challenges Within Oil And Gas
 Energy Efficiency, Economics and Sustainability
 Enhancing Reservoir Life Cycle and Costs of Thermals Wells
 Exploration Strategy, Planning and Execution
 Field Surveillance and Testing
 Flow Assurance
 Geoscience: Technology Development and Commercialisation
 Hazardous Chemicals Management
 Heat Exchange & Transfer
 Innovative Strategies in New and Existing Heavy Oil Projects
 Integrated Development Planning and Field Development Case Studies
 Lifecycle Asset Management for Unconventional Field Development
 Mature Field Renewal and Maximising Field Economic Life
 Metering, Production Management, Testing and Managing Aging Fields and Infrastructure
 Oil Field and Facilities Maintenance, Upgrade and Repair
 Operational Cost Optimisation and Reduction in an E&P Project
 Recovering By-Passed Oil in Mature Fields
 Research & Development in Upstream Operations and Processes
 Reserve Evaluation and Economic Evaluation
 Risk and Integrity Management, Interface Challenges
 Water & Waste Treatment and Water Disposal

Reservoir Prospecting to Well Completion

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 Data Knowledge, Collation, Management and Analysis

 Drilling Enhancement and Well Completion
 Drilling, Completion and Stimulation Technology
 Field Development Case Studies
 Fluid Characterisation
 Geology and Geophysics and Wireline Logging Related to Heavy Oil
 Geomechanics and Geochemistry
 Geoscience: Technology Development and Commercialisation
 Hydraulic Fracking
 Production Operation and Facilities
 Reservoir Characterisation and Optimisation
 Reservoir Engineering, Evaluation, Monitoring and Testing Technologies
 Reservoir Fluid and Rock Properties
 Reservoir Modelling and Management
 Seismic surveys: Imaging and Modelling

Enhanced Oil Recovery – Innovation, Development, Research

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 Application of Renewable Energy in EOR/IOR

 C02 Reduction
 Carbonates/Case Design/Chemical EOR
 Competitive Strategies for EOR
 CSS, Steam Injection, THAI, SAGD, TAGOGD, CHOPS, In-situ Combustion
 Emerging Technologies
 Innovation in EOR/IOR Technologies and Techniques across projects
 In-situ Chemical/Physical/Microbiological Upgrading
 Oil Sand/Oil Shale Mining and Extracting Technology and Facilities
 Research & Development in EOR/IOR
 Separation Methods for Viscous Oil
 Surface Upgrader Design/Development
 Thermal Recovery Developments
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