Practical Advances in Petroleum Processing

Petroleum has remained an important aspect of our lives and will do so for the next four or five decades. The fuels that are derived from petroleum supply more than half of the world’s total supply of energy. Gasoline, kerosene, and diesel oil provide fuel for automobiles, tractors, trucks, aircraft, and ships. Fuel oil and natural gas are used to heat homes and commercial buildings, as well as to generate electricity. Petroleum products are the basic materials used for the manufacture of synthetic fibers for clothing and in plastics, paints, fertilizers, insecticides, soaps, and synthetic rubber. The uses of petroleum as a source of raw material in manufacturing are central to the functioning of modern industry. Petroleum refining is now in a significant transition period as the industry has moved into the 21st century and the demand for petroleum products has shown a sharp growth in recent years, especially with the recent entry of China into the automobile market. This means that the demand transportation fuels will, without doubt, show a steady growth in the next decade, contributing to petroleum product demand patterns that can only be fulfilled by the inclusion of heavier feedstocks into refinery operations.

Petroleum has remained an important aspect of our lives and will do so for the next four or five decades. The fuels that are derived from petroleum supply more than half of the world's total supply of energy. Gasoline, kerosene, and diesel oil provide fuel for automobiles, tractors, trucks, aircraft, and ships. Fuel oil and natural gas are used to heat homes and commercial buildings, as well as to generate electricity. Petroleum products are the basic materials used for the manufacture of synthetic fibers for clothing and in plastics, paints, fertilizers, insecticides, soaps, and synthetic rubber. The uses of petroleum as a source of raw material in manufacturing are central to the functioning of modern industry. Petroleum refining is now in a significant transition period as the industry has moved into the 21st century and the demand for petroleum products has shown a sharp growth in recent years, especially with the recent entry of China into the automobile market. This means that the demand transportation fuels will, without doubt, show a steady growth in the next decade, contributing to petroleum product demand patterns that can only be fulfilled by the inclusion of heavier feedstocks into refinery operations.

Petroleum has remained an important aspect of our lives and will do so for the next four or five decades. The fuels that are derived from petroleum supply more than half of the world’s total supply of energy. Gasoline, kerosene, and diesel oil provide fuel for automobiles, tractors, trucks, aircraft, and ships. Fuel oil and natural gas are used to heat homes and commercial buildings, as well as to generate electricity. Petroleum products are the basic materials used for the manufacture of synthetic fibers for clothing and in plastics, paints, fertilizers, insecticides, soaps, and synthetic rubber. The uses of petroleum as a source of raw material in manufacturing are central to the functioning of modern industry. Petroleum refining is now in a significant transition period as the industry has moved into the 21st century and the demand for petroleum products has shown a sharp growth in recent years, especially with the recent entry of China into the automobile market. This means that the demand transportation fuels will, without doubt, show a steady growth in the next decade, contributing to petroleum product demand patterns that can only be fulfilled by the inclusion of heavier feedstocks into refinery operations.

Petroleum Processing Overview.- The Origin of Petroleum.- Crude Assay.- Integrated Methodology for Characterization of Petroleum Samples and Its Application for Refinery Product Quality Modeling.- Catalytic Processes for Light Olefin Production.- Kinetics and Mechanisms of Fluid Catalytic Cracking.- Hydrotreating and Hydrocracking: Fundamentals.- Recent Advances in Hydrocracking.- Current Progress in Catalysts and Catalysis for Hydrotreating.- Ultra Deep Desulfurization of Diesel: How an Understanding of the Underlying Kinetics Can Reduce Investment Costs.- Ultra-Clean Diesel Fuels by Deep Desulfurization and Deep Dearomatization of Middle Distillates.- Synergistic Extractive Desulfurization Processes.- Advanced Reactor Internals for Hydroprocessing Units.- Environmental Pollution Control.- Conventional Lube Basestock Manufacturing.- Selective Hydroprocessing for New Lubricant Standards.- Synthetic Lubricant Base Stock Processes and Products.- Challenges in Detergents and Dispersants for Engine Oils.- The Chemistry of Bitumen and Heavy Oil Processing.- Mechanistic Kinetic Modeling of Heavy Paraffin Hydrocracking.- Modeling of Reaction Kinetics for Petroleum Fractions.- Advanced Process Control.- Refinery-Wide Optimization with Rigorous Models.- Modeling Hydrogen Synthesis with Rigorous Kinetics as Part of Plant-Wide Optimization.- Hydrogen Production and Supply: Meeting Refiners' Growing Needs.- Hydrogen: Under New Management.- Improving Refinery Planning Through Better Crude Quality Control.