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Coker Fundamentals Training
August 3, 2009
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Course Outline
Unit 1 – Heavy Oil Processing Overview
Outline
• Process History
• Refinery Integration
• Alternative Heavy Oil Processing
• Feedstock Chemistry and Cracking Fundamentals
• Coking Morphology
• Cyclic Operations
• Basic Upgrading Economics
Unit 2 – Specialized Equipment
Outline
• Unit Feed Systems
• Fractionation
• Furnace Design and Aging
• Blowdown Operations
• Drum Operations
• Deheading Systems
• Decoking Equipment
• Coke Handling Equipment
Unit 3 – Facility Design & Operator Rounds
Outline
• Human Factors in Design
• Site Audit Findings
• Common Operator Round Experiences
• Small Tips to Improves Your Coker
Unit 4 – Emerging Technologies and Safety Events
Outline
• Recent Process Developments
• New Vendor Technology
• Emerging OSHA/EPA Regulations
• Delayed Coker Accident History
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coker process training brochure.

The Training class is from 8:00
to 17:00 on August 3, 2009. It is before the seminar and purchased separately for $700 USD. Training includes the Coker Exhibit Hall from
17:00 to 19:00 with
reception and open bar.
Register and pay Online for the training class
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Instructors
Evan Hyde is currently president of C2 Nano Technology where they are developing
new surface treatments to combat fouling and corrosion issues in cokers and other
petrochemical process units. He was a Senior Engineering Advisor for Becht Engineering
Co., Inc. New Jersey. He has consulted on processing improvement and reliability initiatives
for coking clients around the world. He also participated in onsite peer assessments of Coker
Units at eight refineries which included improvements in maintenance work practices,
process enhancements, and turnaround scope optimization.
Prior to joining Becht, Evan worked for ExxonMobil Research and Engineering,
as a process engineer, with assignments in research, and troubleshooting for
heavy oil upgrading equipment. He holds a B.S. of Chemical Engineering from
Pennsylvania State University.
Gary Pitman’s roots are in the Wyoming wildcat days of drilling
gas wells. He brought that drilling background into the delayed coker as an
operator, then moved on to maintenance and turnaround planning at ARCO/BP
refineries. In 1998 he co-founded Coking.com with Paul Orlowski to promote
Safety and Reliability in the coker.
Gary participated in the commissioning of the Hovensa Coker
in the Virgin Islands. Before long he was supervising their maintenance staff
of 185. He has done Coker Site Safety Audits in Asia, Europe, South America
and North America. Gary currently consults with two major manufacturers of
delayed coking equipment as their subject matter expert for new product
development. With his vast experience working with coker people close to
the iron, Gary--Mr. Coking.com--is in high demand for consulting on unheading,
drilling, operations, design, training and commissioning with his start-up team.
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