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Refinery Process Operations Technology and Petroleum Products

Introduction

Refinery Process Operations Technology and Petroleum Products

Course Objectives

By the end of this oil and gas refinery process, design, and operation course, participants will:

• Understand the fundamental principles of the oil and gas refinery process.
• Learn about the design, including the basis of design in oil and gas and the operation of oil and gas refinery units.
• Acquire knowledge of various refining technologies and methods.
• Develop skills in optimizing oil and gas operations with an emphasis on operational excellence in oil and gas.
• Familiarize with safety and environmental regulations in refining.

Course content:

Unit 1: Introduction to petroleum refining and crude oil composition:

• Market drivers for the refining industry.
• A  of refinery products and processes.
• The chemical constitution of crude oil.

Unit 2: Properties and classification of crude oil:

• API gravity.
• Pour point.
• The concentration of various contaminants.
• Distillation and boiling points.
• Crude assay.
• Characterization factors.
• Elemental analysis and ternary classification of crude oils.

Unit 3: Overall refinery flow:

• Desalting and distillation.
• Light ends unit.
• Catalytic reformer.
• Catalytic hydrotreatment.
• Conversion of heavy gas oil.
• Conversion and processing of vacuum gas oils.
• Processing and conversion of vacuum distillation residue.
• Paths for upgrading heavy oil.

Unit 4: Separation processes:

• Atmospheric and vacuum distillation units.
• Distillation methods.
• Distillation terminology.
• Fractionation in light ends unit (LEU).
• Deasphalting.
• Gradient solubility model.
• Dewaxing.

Unit 5: Thermal conversion processes:

• Chemistry of thermal cracking.
• Thermal reactivity considerations in processing.
• Visbreaking.
• Coking.

Unit 6: Thermal conversion processes:

• Chemistry of thermal cracking.
• Thermal reactivity considerations in processing.
• Visbreaking.
• Coking.

Unit 7: Catalytic conversion processes:

• Chemistry of thermal cracking.
• Catalytic cracking processes.
• Catalytic hydrocracking.
• Catalytic reforming.
• Chemistry of catalytic reforming.
• Catalytic reforming processes.
• Alkylation.
• Polymerization.
• Isomerization.

Unit 8: Finishing processes:

• Hydrogenation.
• Hydrotreatment.
• Hydrodesulfurization.
• Hydrodenitrogenation.
• Hydro demetallation.
• Hydrotreatment processes.
• Product blending.

Unit 9: Supporting processes:

• Gas processing unit.
• Sulfur recovery.
• Hydrogen production.
• Wastewater treatment.
• Environmental regulation of refineries.

Unit 10: Past and future of petroleum refining:

• Refinery evolution.
• Future trends in petroleum refining.

Unit 11: Natural gas processing:

• Shale gas.
• Natural gas liquids.
• Natural gas composition and specifications.
• Natural gas processing.