Petroleum Refining Demystified - Oil & Gas Industry

Distillation Isomerization Alkylation Reforming Hydrofining Fluid Catalytic Cracking Asphalts Lubricating oils and more

What you'll learn
Comprehend the basic differences between exploration, refining and petrochemicals
Understand the basics of the various refining processes
Learn what crude oils are made of and understand the chemical properties of their hydrocarbon components like paraffins, naphthenes, aromatics…
Learn how the major refining processes work and interact with each other (distillation, isomerization, alkylation, catalytic reforming, hydrotreater, sulfur plant, fluid catalytic cracking, hydrocracking, delayed coking, asphalt/lube plant…)
Understand how the main petroleum products are made (LPG, gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, heating oil, heavy fuel, asphalts, lubricants…)
Appreciate that aromatics are important to the petrochemical industry even though refineries are trying to minimize these in gasoline due to their toxic properties
Appreciate that olefinic and aromatic petrochemical precursors are specialty chemicals produced by the refining processes
Requirements
There are no pre-requisites for this course. We will walk through the petroleum refining processes step by step
Description
Dear student,Welcome to this online course on petroleum refining.This course is designed to provide you with a complete understanding of the crude oil refining industry and breaks down for you all the major refining processes into easily digestible concepts using extensive graphics, process layouts and various manufacturing schemes.You will first get a quick overview of the petroleum industry to put things into perspective before your journey begins.Then you will discover the different types of crude oil, their composition and the chemical properties of their hydrocarbon components and how refiners separate these molecules using a process called distillation.You will also learn the major conversion processes used to upgrade petroleum cuts into better quality blending components for the production of gasoline, diesel, heating oil and heavy fuel.These processes include :1. Isomerization2. Alkylation3. Catalytic reformers4. Hydrotreaters5. Fluid catalytic crackers6. Hydrocrackers7. Delayed cokersFor each of these conversion processes, you will learn :Operating principlesProcess flow diagramOperating conditionsAssociated yieldsCatalysts usedAsphalts and lubricating oils are also covered in this course.You will learn how these products are made from crude oil and discover their associated manufacturing processes.=> IMPORTANT NOTES :The course includes 18 downloadable resources in pdf format with unlimited access.These documents contain everything you need to know about refining process schemes, layouts, crude oil characteristics and properties, petroleum products and much more…To download the files :1. Go to the "course curriculum" page2. Expand all the sections to have access to all the pdf files3. Click on any file to open it. You can save it to view it later offlineSo with no further ado, check out the free preview videos and the curriculum and we look forward to seeing you in the first section.Also remember, as enrolled student you will have unlimited access to this material and one-on-one instructor support. So feel free to interact with us by email or simply ask us for help in the Q&A section. It will be our pleasure to help you and provide assistance.Hope to see you thereCheers,WR TrainingSpread the wings of your knowledge

Overview

Section 1: ABOUT THE COURSE

Lecture 1 Course learning objectives

Section 2: OVERVIEW OF CRUDE OIL REFINING

Lecture 2 Refining activity overview

Section 3: PETROLEUM PROPERTIES

Lecture 3 Crude oil : Composition and characteristics

Section 4: DISTILLATION AND FRACTIONATION

Lecture 4 Atmospheric distillation

Lecture 5 Vacuum distillation

Lecture 6 Light cut fractionation

Section 5: CONVERTING PETROLEUM CUTS

Lecture 7 Isomerization

Lecture 8 Alkylation

Lecture 9 Catalytic reforming

Section 6: HYDROFINING PETROLEUM CUTS

Lecture 10 Hydrotreating

Lecture 11 Sulfur plant

Section 7: CRACKING HEAVY PETROLEUM CUTS

Lecture 12 Fluid catalytic cracking

Lecture 13 Hydrocracking

Lecture 14 Delayed coking

Section 8: BLENDING OPERATION

Lecture 15 Blending of finished petroleum products

Section 9: MAKING ASPHALTS

Lecture 16 Asphalts

Section 10: A TYPICAL REFINERY OPERATION

Lecture 17 A typical refinery scheme

Section 11: DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES

Lecture 18 Downloadable resources

Lecture 19 BONUS : COUPON CODES

Students in chemical engineering, refining, petrochemicals…,Newly-hired refinery or petrochemical plant personnel and current semi-technical personnel who require further training,Engineers (chemical, petrochemical, petroleum, process…),Refinery operators and technicians,Support personnel of an oil company including maintenance, logistics, supply chain, sales, marketing, quality…,Other support staff who have an interest in increasing their understanding of petroleum refining,Non-technical professionals assigned to positions in refineries,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,Anyone seeking to broaden the sphere of his knowledge and discover the petrochemical industry