The objectives of the course are to provide a theoretical basis and practical information on wastewater treatment, with emphasis on the basic aspects of the design and operating conditions and troubleshooting for waste water treatment plant, The course is designed to provide the participants with complete knowledge about waste water, biological, physical, and chemical treatment.

The course is designed for chemists, technicians and engineers who work in refinery laboratories and operation, process, sections

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas and will include;

• Lectures
• Workshop & Work Presentation
• Case Studies and Practical Exercise
• Videos and General Discussions

Day 1:

• History and Terminology
• Occurrence and Origin of crude oil
• Crude oil Composition and its Properties
• Classification and types of crude oil
• Variability in crude oil quality

Day 2:

• Crude oil Treatments

o Filtration Process
o Oil – Gas - Water Separation
o Stabilization & Sweetening
o Crude oil Desalting
o H2S & Acidity treatment of crude oil
o Sour water treating
o Treatment of gas streams

• Refining Processes, Operation, and Economics
• Refinery facilities: towers, reactors, heat exchangers, valves, heaters, pumps tanks
• Physical, Thermal, and Catalytic processes

Day 3:

• Conversion of heavy residues
• Hydrogen Production
• Fractional distillation & Processing

o Atmospheric Distillation
o Vacuum Distillation
o Treatment of refinery gases

• Conversion Processes

o Cracking processes
o Thermal Cracking Processes
o Hydro – Catalytic Processes
o Catalytic Cracking Processes
o Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC)
o Catalytic Reforming Processes
o Alkylation processes
o Isomerization processes
o Blending

Day 4:

• Oilfield Treatment Chemicals

o Emulsion & Water in Oil Treatment
o Deoiler Properties
o Corrosion Inhibitor
o Oxygen Scavenger
o Biocide

• Sampling of crude oil
• Crude oil analysis

o ASTM & Simulated Distillation of Crude Oil (TBP)
o Carbon Residue, Asphaltene Content
o Density (Specific Gravity)
o Distillation
o Light Hydrocarbons
o Metallic Constituents
o Salt Content
o Sulfur Content
o Viscosity and Pour Point
o Water and Sediment
o Wax Content
o Other Tests

Day 5:

• Significance of Crude Oil Distillation to Refining Processes
• Refinery Product Compositions, Specification and their significance
• Significance of Contaminants on Refining Processes
• Sampling of Petroleum Products
• Petroleum Products Specification and Analysis

o Gases
o Naphtha & Gasoline
o Kerosene & Aviation Fuel
o Diesel Fuel
o Fuel Oil
o Lubricating Oil, Grease, and Wax
o Asphalt & Coke

• The Critical Streams for all process Unit
• The Critical Parameters for all process Unit
• The correlations between the testing parameters

BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration