Overview Of Crude Oil Refining

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

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.8

- 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...

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. Isomerization

2. Alkylation

3. Catalytic reformers

4. Hydrotreaters

5. Fluid catalytic crackers

6. Hydrocrackers

7. Delayed cokers

For each of these conversion processes, you will learn :

Operating principles
Process flow diagram
Operating conditions
Associated yields
Catalysts used

Asphalts 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" page

2. Expand all the sections to have access to all the pdf files

3. Click on any file to open it. You can save it to view it later offline

So 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 there

Cheers,

WR Training

Spread the wings of your knowledge

Who this course is for:

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

Course content

11 sections • 20 lectures

ABOUT THE COURSE 1 lectures

Course learning objectives Preview 05:48

Discover what you will learn after completing this course

OVERVIEW OF CRUDE OIL REFINING 1 lectures

Refining activity overview Preview 03:14

Get a quick overview of petroleum refining activity to put things into perspective before going into detailed tour

PETROLEUM PROPERTIES 1 lectures

Crude oil : Composition and characteristics Preview 27:44

Learn what crude oils are made of and understand the chemical properties of their hydrocarbon components like paraffins, olefins, naphthenes and aromatics

DISTILLATION AND FRACTIONATION 3 lectures

Atmospheric distillation Preview 11:55

Learn how this process separates the various hydrocarbon components present in the crude oil into different petroleum cuts

Vacuum distillation Preview 03:14

Learn how this process further separates the atmospheric residue at reduced pressure to avoid uncontrolled thermal cracking

Light cut fractionation Preview 04:20

Discover the various processes refiners use to separate the various gases and gasoline

CONVERTING PETROLEUM CUTS 3 lectures

Isomerization Preview 07:51

Learn how this process converts normal paraffins to isomerate, a high octane blending component for gasoline

Alkylation Preview 04:59

Learn how this process takes various low value petroleum products and combine them to produce alkylate, a good quality blending component for gasoline