Call for Papers
Call for Papers: Present your experience to an audience of refining professionals in Galveston
We are now accepting abstracts for the following content tracks at RefComm Galveston 2027:
- Delayed Coking
- Fluid Catalytic Cracking
- Sulfur Recovery
This is an excellent opportunity for refiners and vendors to share lessons learned, best practices, and new technologies, materials, and equipment that support improvements in productivity and safety.
We welcome abstracts in the following areas:
Case studies demonstrating operational experience in:
- Improvements and optimizations in safety and reliability
- Process optimization and design
- Equipment improvements and optimizations
- Troubleshooting operational challenges and root cause analysis
- Revamping, maintenance, repairs and turnarounds
- Startups and commissioning
- Operational best practice
Technology, process, materials and equipment innovations and improvements:
- New technology developments to improve safety, reliability and operational efficiency
- Materials and equipment developments
- FCC and Sulfur Recovery catalyst developments
- Emissions abatement and energy efficiency improvements
SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT HEREor email Thomas Willatt to discuss a presentation idea in more detail.
Submission deadlines
Abstracts will be reviewed in two rounds:
- 18 November 2026 – Priority review deadline
- 31 January 2027 – Final submission deadline
Abstracts submitted by the priority review deadline will be reviewed first and given priority consideration for inclusion in the programme.
Feedback on submissions will be provided in December 2026 and February 2027.
Presentation Guidelines
As a refiner centric event, preference will be given to presentations from refiners, based on real world case studies and actual operating experience.
We welcome abstracts from vendors that are co-authored and will be co-presented with a refiner.
We encourage all presenters to submit their abstract online using our new abstracts management system, but please do not hesitate to contact Thomas Willatt with questions or concerns.
Do you have permission to make a presentation? Please seek permission to present from your management and legal teams as early as possible.
Presentations will be given May 12 - May 14, 2027 in Galveston.
The provisional agenda will be released in February 2027.