Nano Petroleum, Gas and Petro Chemical Industries Conference : November 18 - 19 2009, Cairo, Egypt

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The conference will run for four days in single session format to maximize communication between the two communities (nanoresearch and petrol & gas industry). Two main themes are planned:

  • Theme one: 'The oil & gas challenge for the Nanotech community'.
    Theme one rationale: Many of the challenges facing the oil & gas industry remain unknown to the scientific community (excluding petroleum engineers) generally. It is of crucial importance that such issues are clearly communicated.
  • Theme two: 'Nanotech solutions for the oil & gas industry'.
    Theme two rationale: Nanotech is an enabling multi-disciplinary technology, thus possibilities are infinite. Nanotech’s cross-industry solutions need to be presented to the industry’s executives to enable optimum decision making.

 Topics

  Industry Nanotech

UpStream
exploration
  • sensors
  • high performance materials
drilling
  • chemical and abrasion resistant coating
  • production tubulars
  • alloys for increased strength and endurance at reduced weight
  • nano-scale chemicals to control fluid losses
  • nano-composite elastomers
  • hydrophobic/hydrophilic properties control
  • novel materials responding to water presence
production
  • fluid flow sensors
  • fluid type recognition sensors
  • nano-membranes
reservoir engineering
  • rock porosity sensors
well logging
  • wireless sensors
  • applications of molecular simulation in the oil and gas industry: Monte-Carlo Methods

MidStream
refining and processing
  • nano-composite membranes
  • nano-catalysis

 
transport
  • self-healing tubes
  • intelligent tubes (detect and respond to unfavorable conditions)
  • flow assurance additives
  • wireless sensors


 Schedule

Wednesday 18 Nov.

Wednesday, November 18th: Session 1- Chaired by Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb
9:00 - 10:00 Welcome Coffee Reception
10:00 - 10:30 Opening Ceremony with Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb, Ministry and Dr. Ahmed Al Sabbagh, Director EPRI
10:30 - 11:30 Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb
Nanotechnology Applications and Roadmap for the Oil and Gas Industry
11:30 - 12:00 Prof. Dr. Ahmed Magdy Motawie, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute
EPRI's Planning way to nanotech-nology and petroleum industry
12:00 - 13:30 Networking lunch
Wednesday, November 18th: Session 2- Chaired by Joe Wood
13:30 - 14:30 Barry Drayson (Nanocomposites, Inc., USA)
Nanocomposites and Nanoenergy Opportunities
14:30 - 15:30 Stanislav Stoyanov (National Research Council of Canada)
Multiscale Modeling of Bitumen Extraction and Upgrading: Disaggregation, Purification and Catalysis
15:30 - 16:00 Networking coffee
Wednesday, November 18th: Session 3- Chaired by Joe Wood
16:00 - 17:00 Klaus-Victor Peinemann (KAUST, Saudi Arabia)
Nano-engineered Composite Membranes for Hydro-carbon and Carbon Dioxide Separation

Thursday 19 Nov.

Thursday, November 19th: Session 1- Chaired by Klaus-V. Peinemann
9:00 - 10:00 Joe Wood (Chemical Engineering (The University of Birmingham, UK)
Nano-particulate Catalysts: Production, Testing and Environmental Effects
10:00 - 10:30 Networking coffee
10:30 - 11:30 S.C. Edman Tsang (Wolfson Catalysis Center, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK)
New Nanocatalysts for Cleaner Energy Provisions
11:30 - 12:00 Jasmine Abdelraouf (American University of Cairo, Department of Petroleum and Energy Engineering)
Nanocatclysis for the Oil and Gas Industry
12:00 - 14:00 Networking lunch
Thursday, November 19th: Session 2- Chaired by Edman Tsang
14:00 - 15:00 Henrique E. Toma  (Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo)
Functionalized nanoparticles for capture, sensing and transport applications in petroleum industry
15:00 - 15:30 Networking coffee
15:30 - 16:30 Dr. Joyce Wong
Nanoscale Devices for Probing Oil Reservoir Properties
16:30 - 17:00 Closing