Meeting reports: 12^th Annual Saudi-Japanese Symposium on Catalysts in Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals

A discussion on the 12th Annual Saudi-Japanese Symposium on Catalysts in Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals covers Dr. Koichi Segawa's (Sophia University, Japan) ultra-deep HDS of dimethyl-dibenzothiophene over Mo sulfide catalysts supported on TiO₂-Al₂O₃ composites; Dr. Kim G. Knudsen's (Haldor Topsoe, Denmark) paper on ultra-deep desulfurization of diesel; Mr. Yasuhito Goto's (Japan Energy Corp) talk on "CoMo/NiMo catalyst relay" system for clean diesel production; Dr. W.J. Stork's (Shell Research & Technology Center) presentation on Centinel Technology catalysts for distillate desulfurization; Dr. Shigeto Hatanaka's (Nippon Oil Corp) selective HDS of catalytic cracked gasoline; Dr. Shakeel Ahmed's (KFUPM-Research Institute) review on the phenomena of hydrogen spillover in hydrocracking catalysts using a TRP study; Dr.Gene Yeh's (Saudi Aramco, Dhahran) presentation on a computer model for steam reforming of natural gas; Dr. Mike Scurell's (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa) review on the aromatization of propane to BTX over Zn-ZSM-5 catalysts; and Dr. Syriac Palackal's (Sabic R&D, Riyadh) review on metallocene catalysts for ethylene polymerization.