Innovative in-situ batchwise/continuous regeneration scheme for high coke CCR reforming catalyst at the Saudi Aramco Jazan Refinery Complex

is a Operation Engineer within Saudi Aramco’s Jazan Refinery Department, specializing in naphtha block hydroprocessing and reforming units. He is a professional chemical engineer with 12 yr of industry experience, and an active member in international engineering bodies such as Engineers Australia and IChemE, UK. He earned an MS degree in chemical engineering from the University of the Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan, and an MBA degree from Bahauddin Zakariya University in Multan, Pakistan.

is an Operation Engineer within Saudi Aramco’s Jazan Refinery Department, specializing in naphtha hydroprocessing, reforming, and aromatics extraction and processing units. He is a chemical engineer with 10 yr of industrial experience in refining and petrochemicals facilities. Ghadeer earned a BS degree in chemical engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and an MS degree in refining and petrochemicals from the IFP School in Rueil-Malmaison, France.

Andres Rodriguez is a Process Engineering Manager at Saudi Aramco. He has more than 24 yrs of extensive experience in the oil and gas industry, with specialized knowledge in various refining units, including sulfur recovery, hydrodesulfurization, amine regeneration, sour water stripping, diesel hydrotreating and gasification processes. Throughout his career, Rodriguez has worked across multiple countries, including France, Canada, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. In the past decade, he has played a key role in the design, commissioning and startup phases of the Jazan refinery project. He has earned an MS degree in chemical refining and an MBA.