- 08:30
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- 09:20
- Registration and refreshments
- 09:20
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- 09:30
- Opening remarks and antitrust reminder
- 09:30
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- 10:00
- Global MTBE outlook – Opportunities ahead in MTBE’s challenging market
- Market review for MTBE, gasoline and ethanol
- Latest updates on MTBE projects and production capacity
- Will Asia face an MTBE oversupply glut in the near future?
- 10:00
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- 10:30
- Feedstock and economics of MTBE production
- What are the criteria for considerations in choosing feedstock for MTBE
- How would increasing consumption methanol in other applications affect MTBE production margin
- 10:30
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- 10:40
- Q&A session
- 10:40
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- 11:10
- Networking refreshment
- 11:10
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- 11:40
- Exploring the economics of MTBE blending in gasoline and finding the right composition
- What drives the choice of products for blending?
- How are refineries becoming more attuned as gasoline blenders?
- What are the best economic factors for blending?
- 11:40
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- 12:10
- Are fuel policies and mandates posing a challenge to MTBE demand?
- Ethanol gasoline policies and its impact on MTBE demand
- Implementation challenges for China's E10 policy
- Impact of US-China trade war on China's E10 policy implementation
- 12:10
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- 12:20
- Q&A session
- 12:20
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- 14:00
- Networking lunch
- 14:00
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- 14:30
- Global ETBE outlook – Prospects of ETBE as a competitor to MTBE
- Review on the global outlook for ETBE supplies and demand
- A comparison of the economic and environmental advantages and disadvantages in ETBE and MTBE as oxygenates
- The right balance for corn consumption as feedstock for ETBE and food in China. Could this be a bottleneck to E10 adoption?
- 14:30
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- 15:00
- Opportunities and challenges of retrofitting MTBE units to ETBE
- What are the differences in technical requirements between a MTBE unit and an ETBE unit?
- An economic feasibility study into retrofitting a MTBE unit into an ETBE unit
- Do we expect to see widespread retrofitting of MTBE units or will this be confined to a few participants?
- 15:00
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- 15:10
- Q&A session
- 15:10
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- 15:40
- Networking refreshment
- 15:40
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- 16:10
- Impact of high-octane gasoline on MTBE demand
- Market overview of high-octane gasoline and production capacity
- Will high-octane gasoline emerge as a mainstream fuel for road transport?
- Do economics allow for high-octane gasoline to compete with MTBE?
- 16:10
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- 16:40
- Development of electric vehicles (EVs) and the impact on gasoline and MTBE demand
- Outlook of global EV market
- Global initiatives in pushing for EV adoption
- Forecast on global EV market growth rate and impact on gasoline and MTBE demand
- 16:40
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- 16:50
- Q&A session
- 16:50
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- 17:00
- Chairman's closing remarks
- 18:00
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- 20:00
- Conference cocktail reception