Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops. Aromatics are a major sector within the global petrochemical industry. The key products are benzene, toluene and xylene (BTX). These are the raw materials for a number of the most important petrochemical intermediates and polymers. Aromatics markets are complex to understand due to their close relationship to gasoline markets. Changes in aromatics markets are thus often not driven by supply/demand factors in the individual product markets, but by upstream developments in oil and feedstock markets. In addition, Asias dominance of the C8 polyester chain adds a further geographic complication when trying to forecast likely developments in those business areas further down the value chain that depend on aromatics. This course will give the participants deeper insights into different manufacturing aromatics processes. It will help participants to acquire a more detailed understanding of the various aromatics technologies, the varied applications of aromatics and their competing alternative valuations from a refinery.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies:

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable:

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy materials will be issued
Training Methodology	:	80% theory, 20% practical
Training Program	:	4 hours per day, from 09:30 to 13:30