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Seminars Refining Process Services provides technical training seminars in the field of petroleum refining, also called oil refining. The modern petroleum refinery has a series of core process units that create clean gasoline and low sulfur diesel fuel. The first oil refinery unit is crude oil desalting. The desalter removes salt, water and other contaminants from crude oil prior to distillation in an atmospheric tower. The fractions recovered from the atmospheric distillation tower include naphtha, kerosene, diesel and bottoms liquid called atmospheric resid. This material is fractionated via vacuum distillation into gas oil and vacuum resid. Raw gasoline recovered from petroleum consists of light naphtha and heavy naphtha. Light naphtha is processed through an isomerization unit and heavy naphtha is processed in a catalytic reforming unit or reformer so that gasoline octane is improved. Kerosene is blended into jet fuel. Diesel fuel is treated in a hydrotreating unit or hydrotreater with catalyst and hydrogen to reduce sulfur level and improve quality. Gas oil is converted in fluid catalytic cracking and hydrocracking units or hydrocracker into gasoline and diesel. Light olefins from the fluid catalytic cracker are processed in either HF acid (hydrofluoric acid) or sulfuric acid alkylation units. Vacuum resid is processed in delayed coking units which convert heavy oil from crude into lighter products. To learn more about this vital industry, Refining Process Services offers a series of technical training seminars. A listing of core seminars is provided below. For further information and electronic brochures describing each seminar, please visit our Programs & Schedules Page. and scroll down to the seminar of interest.
To find out about the next offering of a specific seminar, please visit our Programs & Schedules Page. and scroll down the page to the seminars of interest. You can then link to an information page for each program. A brief description of some of our core seminars is presented below. Introduction to Petroleum Refining Processing Seminar provides a detailed study of petroleum refinery processes, products and industry issues. The program covers crude oil distillation, catalytic reforming, hydrotreating, hydrocracking, isomerization, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation, delayed coking, deasphalting, sulfur recovery, basic refinery economics, clean fuels and trends in refining. Fluid Catalytic Cracking Process Technology Seminar provides a detailed study of FCC fundamentals, chemistry, catalyst, heat balance, fluidization, process variables, and process equipment, and unit configuration. Hydrotreating & Hydrocracking Process Technology Seminar covers all aspects of hydrogen processing in refineries including chemistry, catalysts, commercial hydrotreating and hydrocracking, diesel and jet fuel production, unit troubleshooting and hydrogen production. Catalytic Reforming Process Technology Seminar covers chemistry, catalysts, unit configurations, process variables, commercial monitoring and troubleshooting, CCR, operating strategies and naphtha hydrotreating. Delayed Coking Process Technology Seminar provides a detailed study of heavy oil chemistry, coker feed systems, preheat furnaces, coke drum operations, process variables, coke quality, decoking, fractionator operation, and commercial troubleshooting and optimization. Crude Oil Distillation Seminar covers crude unit design, impact of crude oil type, atmospheric column, vacuum column, equipment design, operations, unit monitoring and troubleshooting, unit revamp and debottlenecking. Crude Oil Desalting Seminar provides a detailed study of desalting fundamentals, commercial desalter designs, equipment components, impact of crude oil types, operating factors, and desalter troubleshooting. Economics of Petroleum Refining Seminar covers crude oil markets and purchasing, petroleum product markets, refinery process configurations, crude oil quality impact, process economics, and refinery profitability. Gasoline / Blending Seminar provides a detailed study of blending methods, gasoline specifications, blending equipment, blending cycles, quality assurance, clean fuels issues, in-line blending, and optimization strategies. To find out about the next offering of a specific seminar, please visit our Programs & Schedules Page. and scroll down the page to the seminars of interest. You can then link to an information page for each program. |
