International Program

The scope of the International Subcommittee is to provide technical sessions presented by non-North American authors that would be of interest to conference attendees with a purpose of bringing international participation to the North America PCIC Conference. The International Subcommittee is also helping to increase the awareness of PCIC outside North America. The following actions are performed by this Subcommittee:

• To organize the PCIC International Technical Session with papers based in an international context, as example, based on the application of International Standards in the Oil and Gas Industry;
• To provide guidance to organizations outside North America who wish to hold a conference similar to the IEEE IAS PCIC Conference.

The International Technical Subcommittee officers are:​

• Rakan El-Mahayni - Chair
• Sidra Malik - Vice Chair
• Scott Basinger - Secretary

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INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL SESSION I
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Tuesday, September 23, 2025 – 8:15am to 11:15am
Presiding: Rakan El-Mahayni, Chair

PCIC-2025-22     Protection Challenges of Connecting a Third-Party Solar Farm to a Refinery Power System​

Duane Leschert
Vladan Bijeljanin
Alan Bishop

Worley
Shell Canada
Siemens

PCIC-2025-23     Application of EMSA (Electromagnetic Spectrum Analysis) for Condition Monitoring of Medium-Voltage Motors, Generators, Transformers and Cables – Case Studies​

James Timperley
Eratsi Alonzo
Peter O. Longo
Jose M Vallejo

J E Timperley Consulting LLC
 AES Puerto Rico
​AI Advanced Electrical Systems
AI Advanced Electrical Systems

PCIC-2025-24     Evaluating NGR Sizing in Medium-Voltage Systems; is 400 AMPS Always the Right Answer?​

Cory Helfrich
Rakan El-Mahayni
Ahmed Alhumoud

Saudi Aramco
Saudi Aramco
Saudi Aramco

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INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL SESSION II

Wednesday, September 24, 2025 – 8:15am to 11:15am
Presiding: Sidra Malik, Vice-Chair

PCIC-2025-37     Meeting Corona-Free and Partial Discharge Free Requirements as Per IEEE and CSA Standards for Medium Voltage Switchgears​

Aniket Shirode
Gary Haynes
Harsh Karandikar
Amar Kini

ABB Inc
ABB Inc
ABB Inc
ABB Inc

PCIC-2025-38     Difficulties in Developing a Global Standard for Liquid Filled Power Transformers​

Fred Dixon
Raymond Van Herpen
Volkan Bukey

LyondellBasell
LyondellBasell (Netherlands)
Hitachi Energy

PCIC-2025-39     The Practical Lightning Protection Study for Crude Oil Floating Roof Tank (FRT)​

Youngsu Kim
Junil Yi

SK Energy (South Korea)
SK Energy (South Korea)