Renewable Fuels & Bio-Based Chemicals

ERTC is Europe’s largest and most senior meeting place for the world’s downstream leaders, bringing together refineries and technology providers to address the short, medium, and long-term issues affecting the industry. Hot topics for 2021 include the recovery from a volatile 2020 and shaping refining’s role in Europe’s long-term sustainable, decarbonized energy system.

Advanced biofuels, called 2nd and 3rd generation, produced from waste and inedible plant materials (agricultural residues, forestry waste, dedicated crops, etc.), have several advantages for the economic and industrial development of the territories. In particular, the SOUTH region has significant assets to promote the development of a structured sector and meet the expectations of a booming market, benefiting in particular from a historic industry of refining and production of fuels, bioresources, and cutting-edge research laboratories.

Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference (ABLC) is a connected series of 6 conferences and 16 events in total on the most important issues in the Bioeconomy right now. The topic of the conferences ranges from advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals, advanced agriculture, advanced nutrition, sustainable aviation fuels, and advanced biogas.

Against the global landscape of accelerating change throughout the oil & gas industry, Asian Refining Technology Conference (ARTC), focuses on the theme “Preparing the plants of tomorrow for a sustainable & low carbon future” is the key meeting point where thought-leaders look to the future, to embrace change and capture new opportunities to deliver profitable market growth and value creation across the downstream oil and gas supply chain.

The realization and realities of sustainability and climate goals are hitting the Middle East’s hydrocarbon sector. The downstream sector is key to delivering the transition globally. As the region’s refiners and petrochemical producers position themselves for a low carbon transition, ESF MENA will support the collaborations, discussions, and development of a sustainable energy future in which the Middle East’s downstream industry continues to play a leading role.

The 3rd Technical Conference, held from 20th to 21st October 2021, is a large-scale event that will once again gather leaders of all oil refining and petrochemical enterprises that are part of LUKOIL Group and, of course, will open doors for potential project partners.

Now in its 8th year, Refining India 2021, an online event held on 20-21 October 2021, provides the perfect opportunity to bring leading-edge developments to the attention of senior executives from all of India’s major refining companies.

The pandemic has provoked new challenges and opportunities for the refining industry and ERTC: Ask the Experts, organized from 19th to 21st October 2021 in Antwerp, Belgium, will provide process engineers with the platform to pose their burning questions to Europe’s leading experts. Resolve your major unit and process conundrums with your peers, including subjects around Hydroprocessing, Co-processing, FCC units, and Turnarounds.

Virtual ARA WEEK 2021, held from 11th to 13th October 2021, will provide the platform to discuss the development of Africa’s downstream transition plan. The conference will focus on implementing an actionable roadmap that effectively transitions Africa’s current primary energy mix towards a more sustainable, lower-carbon footprint over the next decade. Join us in solving the challenges for the future of the African downstream oil industry and listen to industry key players.