• WPC 2024
  • March 18-22, 2024

Ravi Narayanaswamy

S&P Global Commodity Insights

Vice President, Fuels, Chemicals and Resource Solutions (FCRS)

Mr. Narayanaswamy is a Vice President responsible for Industry Executive relationship for the Fuels, Chemicals and Resources (FCRS) business unit covering Middle East, Indian Sub-Continent and Asia Pacific region. He joined Purvin & Gertz in 2005, which was acquired by IHS Markit in 2011, and in turn acquired by S&P Global in 2022 and is based at their Singapore office. Mr. Narayanaswamy has more than 30 years of diverse oil industry experience spanning both refining and petrochemicals. Mr. Narayanaswamy frequently presents to CEO's and Senior Management of oil companies, and at IHS Markit and other third-party conferences. He previously had Lube basestock Operations and Process Engineering, Production Planning, Asia Pacific Petrochemical Feedstocks Economics and Optimization, and Manufacturing Advisor for Aromatic facilities globally with increasing responsibilities at ExxonMobil, Singapore where he worked for 11 years. Prior to that, he worked at Hindustan Petroleum at their Mumbai refinery, India. Mr. Narayanaswamy holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and an MBA.

Sessions With Ravi Narayanaswamy

Thursday, 21 March

  • 02:00pm - 03:30pm (CST) / 21/mar/2024 07:00 pm - 21/mar/2024 08:30 pm

    Refinery Petrochemical Integration

    Session 3: Refinery Petrochemical Integration

    2:00 PM: Afternoon Welcome Remarks - Ravi Narayanaswamy, Vice President, Fuels, Chemicals and Resource Solutions (FCRS), S&P Global
    2:05 PM: Naphta and Fossil Feedstocks - Ravi Narayanaswamy, Vice President, Fuels, Chemicals and Resource Solutions (FCRS), S&P Global and Shiva Gupta, Director of Oil Markets, Downstream and Chemicals, S&P Global Commodity Insights.

    Naphtha plays a crucial role as the primary feedstock in the petrochemical value chain and stands out as the sole growing refined product in our long term forecast. The global perspective on naphtha faces an array of uncertainties. In this presentation, we will delve into the intricate dynamics between naphtha supply and demand, examining its pricing dynamics. Additionally, we will explore the evolving norms over the long term and examine how refiners plan to adapt to the shifting demand for their refined products.

    2:35 PM: Naphtha to Ethane & Propane Improved Sustainability for Light Olefins Production- Keith Couch, Senior Director, Business Development, Honeywell UOP LLC.
    3:00 PM: Q&A - Featuring Walt Hart, Olefins Americas Lead, S&P Global Commodity Insights.

  • 04:00pm - 05:05pm (CST) / 21/mar/2024 09:00 pm - 21/mar/2024 10:05 pm

    Policy and Processes for Energy Transition

    Session 4: Policy and Processes for Energy Transition
     
    4:00 PM: Paving the way in building competitive Ref-Petchem complexes in the wave of the Energy Transition Abdullah Al-Ossaimi, Manager Corporate Planning, KIPI
    4:20 PM: Decarbonizing the Petrochemical Industry: Key areas to watch Marisabel Dolan, Associate Director, Chemical Consulting, S&P Global Commodity Insights

    Consensus continues building on the need of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies to meet climate targets. CCUS is the only group of technologies that can contribute to reducing emissions in key emitting sectors and to remove CO2 from the atmosphere to balance harder to avoid emissions. The CCUS market has experienced a significant increase in project announcements in the past two years, most of the CCU projects under development are planning to utilize CO2 for Enhance oil recovery, fuels and chemical are gaining momentum as the second largest potential utilization pathway for CCU projects but still are a small share of the market, despite the clear applications for CO2 utilization the market for CO2 sequestration is significantly bigger. This session will cover CCUS market trends and the implications for the chemical and fuel sectors.


    4:40 PM: Carbon, Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) trends in chemicals and fuels applicationsPaola Perez Pena, Principal Research Analyst, S&P Global Commodity Insights.

    Consensus continues building on the need of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies to meet climate targets. CCUS is the only group of technologies that can contribute to reducing emissions in key emitting sectors and to remove CO2 from the atmosphere to balance harder to avoid emissions. The CCUS market has experienced a significant increase in project announcements in the past two years, most of the CCU projects under development are planning to utilize CO2 for Enhance oil recovery, fuels and chemical are gaining momentum as the second largest potential utilization pathway for CCU projects but still are a small share of the market, despite the clear applications for CO2 utilization the market for CO2 sequestration is significantly bigger. This session will cover CCUS market trends and the implications for the chemical and fuel sectors.

    5:00 PM: Closing Remarks - Ravi Narayanaswamy, Vice President, Fuels, Chemicals and Resource Solutions (FCRS), S&P Global

Friday, 22 March

  • 08:30am - 09:30am (CST) / 22/mar/2024 01:30 pm - 22/mar/2024 02:30 pm

    India's New Era

    India's New Era

    8:30 AM: Welcome Remarks - Sukanya Boonneung, Executive Director, Chemical Consulting, S&P Global Commodity Insights
    8:35 AM: India Economy Outlook - D.K. Joshi , Chief Economist, CRISIL
    8:55 AM: Global Chemical Industry and India’s Role - Sanjay Sharma, Head of Global Chemical Consulting, S&P Global Commodity Insights
    9:15 AM: Q&A - Moderator: Ravi Narayanaswamy, Vice President, Fuels, Chemicals and Resource Solutions (FCRS), S&P Global Commodity Insights