TOPIC:

"Who is Tesoro?" and Tesoro Refinery's Upgrade to a Virtual Control Room

presented by Russ Crawford, Manager of Process Engineering at the Anacortes Refinery.

DATE:  ***TUESDAY***, March 14, 2000

LOCATION:  Cotton Tree Inn Convention Center

2300 Market Street, Mt. Vernon, Tel: 428-5678

DIRECTIONS:

Northbound: Take 1-5 Exit 227, turn right on College Way, turn left at the second light onto Riverside Drive, proceed 3.5 blocks and turn left onto Stewart Hoag. Southbound: Take 1-5 Exit 229, turn left at the stop sign, at the next light turn right onto Burlington Blvd., go two blocks (across bridge), the Cotton Tree will be on the right.

COST:   $22.00

MENU 

1) Skagit Country Chicken Breast - Chicken sautéed with apple, shallots, and mushrooms in a sherry sauce.

2) Mediterranean Cioppino - Seafood stew with a variety of fish and shellfish in tomato stock.

ABOUT THE MEETING

SPEAKER

Russ Crawford, Manager of Process Engineering at the Anacortes Refinery

Russ Crawford graduated from the University of Washington in 1977 with a BS in Chemical Engineering. He worked for Union Oil of California (now Unocal) for 20 years at three refinery locations in Texas and California. Russ joined KBC in 1997 for two years, participating in refinery studies to improve profitability for UDS, Mobil, KOA, and Fuji. He joined Tesoro in October 1998 following Tesoro's purchase of the Anacortes refinery from Shell. He is currently the Manager of Process Engineering at the Anacortes refinery (now known as Tesoro Northwest).

THE PROGRAM

With all the oil company reshuffling in the past few years, it's a rare refinery that hasn't changed the name on its door lately. The Anacortes refinery is just one of two recent refinery acquisitions for Tesoro. Tesoro, based in San Antonio, Texas, began as a petroleum exploration company. It entered the oil refining business with the startup of its first refinery in Kenai, Alaska in 1969. In 1998 it purchased a second refinery, located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and shortly thereafter, the Anacortes refinery.

The advances in technology in the instrumentation and information systems are now allowing refiners to skip a few generations of DCS control systems when modernizing. The technology is growing as fast as the capability of the PC market. The "Foundation Fieldbus" concept can further advance the integration of control systems and information systems. A virtual control room is now possible.

MEETING ARRANGED BY:  Bill Vanderwilt

RESERVATIONS:   contact Association Services (see below)

NOTE:

1. Please pay by check made out to Puget Sound Section AIChE, or bring exact

change.

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menu

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Reservation”.

3. You can cancel by calling by noon of the day of the meeting. Dinner

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