COURSE OVERVIEW

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.
This course is designed to provide delegates with a detailed and up-to-date overview of crude and petroleum product specification and analysis. It covers the major classes of organic compounds found in crude oil as well as the crude oil classification; the essentials of crude oil and major crude oil assays including the analytical methods and their significance for crude oil classification; the schemes for crude oil specification and how these specifications affect marketing; and the crude oil quality and the effect of crude variability.
During this interactive course, participants will learn the crude variability and discuss ASTM and simulated distillation; the fundamental importance of data interpretation and distillation curves including the types of distillation and its significance to refining; the feed stocks, product steams, refining processes and products; the refining processes, auxiliary equipment and safety; the different products of oil refining and their environmental significance; the general sampling schemes for day to day operation (oil and gas) and the typical tests performed; and the crude oil economics covering the problems, dangers and the significance of non renewable.