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Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals for Non-Technical Personnel

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28/06/2026 - 02/07/2026 ISTANBUL

Introduction

Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals for Non-Technical Personnel

 

 

Objectives

  • Comprehend the basic differences between exploration, and refining and petrochemicals
  • Understand the basics of the various refining and petrochemical processes
  • Examine the fundamental differences in various refinery types, their complexity and impact on their profitability
  • Identify the basics of the different building blocks of petrochemicals
  • Appreciate that aromatic based petrochemicals are important to the polymer industry even though the refining industry is trying to minimize these in gasoline due to its toxic properties
  • Appreciate that olefinic and aromatic petrochemical precursors are specialty chemicals produced by the refining processes from refineries of high complexity numbers

 

Who should Attend?

  • Non-technical professionals assigned to positions in refineries and petrochemical plants, corporate offices, suppliers and other interrelated companies
  • Support Personnel including Environmental professionals, Accountants, Business managers, Administrative and legal staff, Sales and marketing personnel, Insurance representatives, Personnel managers, Financial professionals and other professionals who desire a better understanding of subject matter
  •  Newly-hired refinery or petrochemical plant personnel and current semi-technical personnel who require further training
  • Other support staff who have an interest in increasing their understanding of Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals production and operations
  • Business Development Managers, Corporate Planning professionals and business analysts switching disciplines who are required to have a better understanding of this stimulating field
  • Energy industry journalists and reporters
  • Professional personnel such as legal, banking, insurance, finance dealing with oil supply, Petrochemicals, refining and transportation
 
Course Outline
Day 1

Origin and Nature of Petroleum

  • Chemistry of Fossil Fuels
  • Basic Petroleum Geology
  • Origins, Formation and Trapping of Oil & Gas
  • Exploration and Production Methods
  • Transportation Logistics
  • Seminar Exercise - Estimation of Reserves
Day 2

Overview of Refining

  • Classification of Hydrocarbons
  • Surface Processing of Oil and Gas
  • Refinery Types and Complexity
  • Hydroskimming, Cracking and Coking Refineries
  • Refining Margins and Profitability
  • Seminar Exercise - Netback & Complexity Factors
Day 3

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
  • Seminar Exercise - Blending
Day 4

Petrochemicals I - Production and Uses

  • Production and Segregation of Olefinic and Aromatic Compounds
  • Olefin based Compounds
    • Ethylene
    • Propylene
    • Butadiene
    • Isobutylene
  • Aromatic based Compounds
    • Benzene
    • Toluene
    • Xylene
Day 5

Petrochemicals II - Production and Uses

  • Commoditization of Natural Gas
  • Natural Gas based Compounds
    • Ammonia
    • Methanol
  • Gas to Liquid Technologies
  • Case Study - Petrochemical Production – Major Companies
  • Seminar Roundup and Discussions

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