Industries of the Future Partnership
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The Petroleum Refining Industry of the Future partnership, while not currently active, prompted members of the industry to take a collaborative approach to R&D that would benefit the industry as a whole—and achieved measurable energy and cost savings. This partnership, which continues to produce broad benefits for the industry, is summarized briefly below.
In February 2000, petroleum industry leaders signed a compact with ITP to work together through the Industries of the Future (IOF) initiative. This initiative helped industries articulate their long-term goals, create a unified vision for the future, and focus R&D efforts to achieve the industry vision. The industry defined its major goals for the future and outlined broad technology needs in Technology Vision 2020: A Technology Vision for the U.S. Petroleum Industry (PDF 685 KB). The petroleum refining industry then defined a detailed R&D roadmap, Technology Roadmap for the Petroleum Industry, Draft 2000 (PDF 339 KB), to identify high-priority areas for technology R&D. Those priorities helped ITP target cost-shared solicitations and guide development of a balanced R&D portfolio to yield useful results in the near, mid, and long-term. Download Adobe Reader.
Through the IOF initiative, ITP has partnered with state governments to establish state-level petroleum refining IOF efforts in Texas, Utah, and California through the PIER Program. The State IOF offices work directly with the refining companies and facilities in their state to educate them on the opportunities provided by DOE for increasing energy efficiency in petroleum refining, including cost-shared R&D funding, energy audits, and other tools. Several companies have participated in the energy assessments offered by ITP (Plant-Wide Energy Assessment Program, Collaborative Targeted Assessments, and student assessments through ITP's Industrial Assessment Centers), resulting in reductions in energy consumption and environmental emissions.