Categories > Technical / Mechanical Category:    Introduction to Petroleum Refinery Processing and Bitumen Upgrading     Program Duration : 5 Days Program Date : 10-14 March, 2012 Program Location : Cairo, Egypt Program Fees : US$ 3200/Per Person     PROGRAM INTRODUCTION:   This 5-day course presents an overview of the modern, integrated petroleum refinery, including crude oil properties, a history of fuel product specifications, and process descriptions. Each refining process will cover operating description and conditions, feedstock and catalyst selection, product yields, and the relationship between process parameters, unit performance and product output and properties. Future operations, in response to changing crude oil quality and product slates and quality, will be discussed. The third day is devoted to a thorough review of the technologies used to process crude oil resid, followed by an overview of tar sand bitumen and heavy oil properties, status of up grader projects, and the processes employed at the upgrade sites to convert bitumen into sweet “crude.”   PROGRAM OUTLINES:   •           Introduction to the Refinery Flow Sheet •           Hydrocarbon Chemistry •           Crude Oil: Properties, Tests, Sources, Assays •           Fuel Products: History of Specs, Environmental Regs, MTBE/Ethanol/MMT, Sulfur •           Atmospheric and Vacuum Distillation •           Fluid Catalytic Cracking •           Catalytic Reforming and Aromatics Recovery •           Isomerization, Alkylation and Polymerization •           Hydroprocessing for Sulfur, Nitrogen and Aromatics Reduction •           New Sulfur Removal Technologies •           Hydrogen Production, Sweetening and Sulfur Recovery •           Resid Processing: Visbreaking, Deasphalting, Coking, Hydrocracking •           Refinery Options for Tomorrows Cleaner Fuels •           Bitumen/Heavy Oil Properties •           Bitumen Upgrader Project Status •           Upgrader Process Flow Sheet Options: Coking/Hydrocracking/Hydrotreating •           Upgrader Support Technologies: Hydrogen/Sulfur/Cogen   WHO SHOULD ATTEND? The introductory course had been designed for personnel who have limited refinery process or operating experience or who are involved in supporting operations: the course will benefit individuals relatively new to refining industry especially: Fuel buyers, system analysts, oil traders, operations economic assessors, insurers, product, equipment, chemicals, and insurance evaluators, supplies, or services sales personnel. Experienced operating personnel and engineering staff will benefit from this overview of entire refinery.