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World Refining Sponsors World Fuels Conference 99

10 September 1999

World Refining Sponsors World Fuels Conference 99: Refining and Automotive Technologies, Clean Fuels and Public Policy

    POTOMAC, Md., Sept. 10 -- For the 16th consecutive year,
World Refining magazine and Hart Publications, a division of Phillips Business
Information, Inc., will sponsor its fall conference dedicated to the rapidly
changing fuel industry and fuel quality issues that will effect refiners,
technology suppliers, automakers, and clean fuels stakeholders.  WORLD FUELS
CONFERENCE 99: Refining and Automotive Technologies, Clean Fuels and Public
Policy will be held September 29 - October 1 at the Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel
in Washington, D.C.
    This two-day event has been expanded to include new technical sessions on
improving plant operations, achieving MACT II regulations, and meeting Tier 2
regulations with speakers from Honeywell, Shell Global Solutions, MDC, KBC,
Belco, BetzDearborn, Mustang Engineering, Phillips Petroleum Company, CD-Tech,
Stratco and Criterion Catalysts.
    Special keynote speakers include Senator Tom Daschle, (D-SD), Senate
minority leader, and luncheon speaker Carol Browner, administrator, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, who will address the "Government and Industry
Working in Partnership: Fostering Continued Environmental Improvement and
Economic Growth."
    Other featured speakers and topics include: Patricia Woertz, president,
Chevron Products -- "Meeting the Many Economic and Environmental Challenges of
the 21st Century Petroleum Industry;" Alan Lloyd, chairman, California Air
Resources Board -- "Update on California's Plans for Future Fuel and Vehicle
Emissions Standards;" Josephine Cooper, president, American Automobile
Alliance -- "Advancing the Environmental Accomplishments of the U.S. Auto and
Petroleum Refining Industry: A Partnership in Progress;"  and more.
    Phillips Business Information, Inc. (http://www.phillips.com/pbi), of Potomac,
Md., provides a broad range of business information resources for executives
in specialized industries.  The company is a subsidiary of Phillips
International, Inc. (http://www.phillips.com), a $300 million Maryland-based
corporation offering a wide range of quality products and services for
consumer and business-to-business markets.