Introduction:
The history and applications of petroleum are explored in this course, starting with exploration and ending with petrochemicals. An easy-to-understand explanation is provided for both the technology employed and the production processes in the oil business.
This course, which is intended for non-technical individuals working in the petroleum refining and petrochemicals business, will provide you an understanding of chemical processes, equipment, plant operations, and economics.
Course Objectives:
- Develop an appreciation and understanding of the origins of oil and gas
- Understand the basics of refining and petrochemicals
- Appreciate the basic differences between exploration, and refining and petrochemicals
- Identify the basics of the different building blocks of petrochemicals
- Examine the basics of different refinery types and complexity
Who Should Attend?
This training course provides the essential skills to build a proactive knowledge base of the Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals, as well as the necessary competencies to meet the challenges it faces
Course Outlines:
Origin and Nature of Petroleum:
- Chemistry of fossil fuels
- Basic petroleum geology
- Origins, formation and trapping of oil & gas
- Exploration and production Methods
- Transportation
Overview of Refining:
- Classification of hydrocarbons
- Surface processing of oil and gas
- Refinery types and complexity
- Hydro skimming, Cracking and Coking Refineries
- Refining Margins and Profitability
- Netback & Complexity Factors
Refinery Process Operations:
- Physical separation – Crude and Vacuum Distillation
- Chemical conversion processes, Gasoline Production
- Hydrotreating, Catalytic Reforming, Alkylation, and Isomerization
- Residue Reduction I: Cat Cracking, Hydrocracking, Visbreaking, Hydrocracking
- Residue Reduction II: Coking, Asphalt and Residual Fuel
- Blending
Petrochemicals I – Production and Uses:
- Olefin based compounds
- Ethylene
- Propylene
- Butadiene
- Isobutylene
- Aromatic based compounds
- Benzene
- Toluene
- Xylene
Petrochemicals II – Production and Uses:
- Natural Gas based compounds
- Ammonia
- Methanol
- Gas to liquid technologies
- Case study – Petrochemical production – Major Companies
- Connection (SBC) Assessment