Refining & Petrochemicals Synergies

IRP-EN-P

Who should attend?

  • This course provides a complete review of the main refining and petrochemicals specificities, as well as the identification of the possible synergies. It highlights the economic gains achievable from refining-petrochemicals integration.
Public :
  • Staff from refining and petrochemicals involved in production, planning, procurement, marketing, management control and investment.

Level :Skilled

Prerequisite :
  • Basic knowledge of refining and petrochemicals unit operations.
  • Basic notions of Microsoft Excel.

Course Content

  • TECHNICAL REVIEW OF REFINING & PETROCHEMICALS - Duration : 0.5 Day

      • Main petroleum and petrochemicals products: key product specifications review.
      • Refining and petrochemicals schemes.
      • HSE specifications: refining (H2S, etc.), petrochemicals (product instability, etc.).
  • SYNERGIES BETWEEN REFINING & PETROCHEMICALS - Duration : 1 Day

      • Utility exchanges: H2, gas, fuel.
      • Supply: ethane, LPG, naphtha, atmospheric gasoil, vacuum distillate.
      • Product exchanges: pyrolysis gasoline, olefins.
      • Common treatment of the C4 cuts: BTX (Benzene-Toluene-Xylene) extraction.
      • Pooling services.
  • REFINING & PETROCHEMICALS ECONOMICS - Duration : 0.5 Day

      • Refining and petrochemical margins and costs.
      • Location and unit severities effects.
      • Gains due to synergies.
      • Case study: economics of a refinery, of a steam cracker and of the integration of both (with some synergies).

Learning Objectives

  • Attendees will be able to implement the following skills:
  • Describe the main specificities of the refining and petrochemicals sectors,
  • Identify the possible synergies between refining and petrochemicals.

Ways & Means

  • Quiz, examples.
  • Case studies and exercises in team work.

Learning assessment

  • Participants will be evaluated during the training through exercises and case studies.

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Coordinator :In-house or contracted IFP Training trainers having expertise and experience in refining and petrochemicals sectors.

To French entities : IFP Training is referenced to DataDock ; you may contact your OPCO about potential funding. Please contact our disabled persons referent to check the accessibility of this training program : referent.handicap@ifptraining.com