About The PRIME Expo Conference

Maximizing productivity and reliability in maintenance and turnarounds, Part 1

Experts discuss increasing efficiency and safety, how to leverage work processes to drive KPIs, as well as current initiatives and successes at their plants, including: 

- Time on tools improvements
- Materials and contractor scheduling
- PM optimization
- Improving KPIs 

Speakers:

Steven Pittman, Senior Principal Maintenance & Reliability Engineer, Arkema

Elliott Snell, Execution Lead, Covestro

Mark Mitchell, Maintenance & Reliability Manager, LyondellBasell Channelview

Moderator: Jeremy Osterberger, President & COO, BIC Alliance

Maximizing productivity and reliability in maintenance and turnarounds, Part 2

Plant experts share their experiences and successes in optimizing productivity, setting and meeting KPIs, and making data-driven decisions. Panelists will share initiatives at their plants, including: 

- Work process for maintenance, operations, and turnarounds
- Productivity improvements through material staging, scheduling and work culture strategies
- Improving efficiency by managing contractors, contract administration
- Design for reliability
- Root cause analysis
- Reducing and managing events

 Speakers:

Johnny Park, Central Maintenance & Reliability Manager, LyondellBasell- La Porte Complex

Tami Glasper, Reliability Manager, Air Products

Byron Logan, Contract Administration & MRO Leader, Dow

Moderator: James Griffin, Assoc. Vice Chancellor & Sr. Vice President for CPET, San Jacinto College

Best practices for HS&E, economic growth, and community relations

EHCMA-member plant site managers will share initiatives and best practices that their facilities use to promote health, safety, environmental responsibility, and economic growth. The East Harris County Manufacturers Association (EHCMA) is a coalition of nearly 120 plant sites serving one of the largest petrochemical complexes in the world.

Panelists will share what key best practices their facilities have implemented and are striving to improve, such as:

- Upholding environmental standards, reliability, mechanical integrity, leak prevention, monitoring standards, emissions reduction  
- Recent initiatives to mitigate chemical exposures and non-permitted task injuries
- Crisis communications, incident reporting, and emergency response procedures
- Advocacy and ongoing partnerships with surrounding communities through Community Advisory Panels & Councils, community opinion surveys and benchmarking
- Advocacy with local, regional, and state regulatory agencies and legislators
- Workforce development strategies
- Using social media to amplify a company’s good work

Panelists

Aaron Stryk, Public & Government Affairs, ExxonMobil Baytown (Moderator)

Tifanie Steele, General Manager, Chevron Pasadena Refinery

Sharon Hulgan, Lead Site Manufacturing Director, Dow Houston Hub Operations

Scott Halbrooks, Plant Manager, OxyChem, La Porte VCM Facility

Christina Penrose, Environmental Manager, The Lubrizol Corporation