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Petroleum Refining 101

August 18-19, 2014

Houston Marriott West Loop by The Galleria
Houston, TX

EUCI is authorized by IACET to

offer 1.0 CEUs for the course.
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Petroleum Refining 101
August 18-19, 2014
Houston, TX

Overview
The abundance of heavier crude oil has led to the evolution of flexible refining operations capable of producing more
valuable finished products from a variety of feedstocks.

This course will present an overview of modern, sophisticated petroleum refining. Each refining process will be presented
in detail. Participants will gain an understanding of the properties of crude oil and refined products. They will learn
about gasoline production, hydrocarbon processing, and catalysts in refining. Over the course of two days, attendees
will develop knowledge of sulfur recovery, corrosion in refineries, and refinery cost estimation. They will leave with an
understanding of how to evaluate investments in the refining industry. The instructor, who has decades of boots on
the ground experience will utilize case studies from his career as a refinery manager, for some of the largest refining
companies in the United States.

Who Should Attend

Non-technical personnel who want to better understand oil refinery operations
Environmental, health, and safety managers and directors
Accountants involved in the oil and gas industry
Suppliers to refineries
Crude oil traders
Technicians involved in the oil and gas industry

LEARNING OUTCOMES
Attendees to this course will:
Investigate petroleum refining and energy demand
Discuss the properties that distinguish different grades of crude oil
Define the typical products of refining and their specifications
Discover the methods used to create clean and reformulated fuels
Evaluate the use of catalysts in petroleum refining
Examine the production of gasoline and diesel products
Discuss the role of heavy oil upgraders
Manage sulfur in the refining process
Discover LP modeling and refinery economics
Estimate refinery CAPEX and OPEX
Specify materials for construction and estimate the cost of investments

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August 18-19, 2014
Houston, TX

Agenda
Monday, August 18, 2014
8:00 8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Course Timing

12:00 1:00 p.m. Group Luncheon

Introductions, Expectations and a Safety Moment Gasoline Production

Properties of gasoline
Petroleum Refining and Energy Demand History of gasolines use
Early history of refining Catalytic reforming
Composition of crude oil Isomerization basics
Energy demand Hydro-isomerization process
Crude oil supply Mercaptan oxidation (MEROX)
Oil prices Feed specifications
Crude Oil Characterization Continuous catalytic regeneration (CCR)
Properties that distinguish different crudes C4 isomerization process
o Hydrocarbons UOP butamer process
o Sulfur UOP penex process
o Other contaminants Gasoline specifications
Crude oil characteristics Potential refinery modifications
Crude assay Sulfur distribution
Product cut points and destinations Octane distribution
Crude Oil Distillation FCC feed treating and support units
Early uses of petroleum FCC naphtha processing
First commercial refinery Pool components and octanes
Development of crude distillation Options for non-oxygenated reformulated gasoline
Current uses of crude oil Hydroprocessing
Composition and cut point destinations The objective of hydrotreating
Chemistry History of hydrotreating
Process overview Feedstocks
Catalysts in Refining Sulfur removal
Importance of conversion processes N2, O2, metals and halides removal
Straight run fractions Olefin saturation
The distillation section of refineries Aromatic saturation
Types of catalysts Products and qualities
Reforming catalysts
Hydrotreating
Zeolites
Coking
Catalyst poisons

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August 18-19, 2014
Houston, TX

Agenda

Monday, August 18, 2014 (Continued)

Catalytic Cracking Refinery Configurations and LP Modeling
History of catalytic cracking Supply chain
Modern FCC Complexity of refinery operations
RCC Overview LP models
RCC feedstocks Optimization and LP
Alkylation LP applications
Aspen PIMS
Limitations of LP models

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

8:00 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Course Timing

Clean Fuels Corrosion in Refining

Clean fuel regulations Naphthenic acid corrosion (NAC)
Changes in product specifications Corrosion mechanisms
Advancement in refining techniques Sulfidation
Estimated costs Types of corrosion
Residual Oil Processing Embrittlement and cracking
Separation technologies Materials selection
o Solvent deasphalting processes Cost Estimating
Carbon-out technologies Curve type estimates
o Mild thermal cracking Factored estimates
o Coking processes Nelson-Farrar index
Residue catalytic cracking processes The six tenth cost principle
Sulfur Recovery Refinery unit costs and total refinery costs
Three-stage ammonia burning claus process Location factors
SRU burner evaluation Recent Impacts on the Refining Business
Turn down Discussion of impact of North American shale-oil boom
Ammonia burning claus technology on refining
Reaction furnace Discussion of impact of Keystone Pipeline
Ammonia destruction Discussion of proposed Tier III gasoline sulfur limitations
Choke-ring effects Discussion of potential green-house gas limitations
Catalyst requirements
Trail gas treating Course Assessment, Learning Outcome Review and Q&A
Sulfur Recovery (continued) Session

BSR-TGU design vs. SCOTT

Sulfur degassing technologies
Oxygen enrichment & BOC SURE technology

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August 18-19, 2014
Houston, TX

INSTRUCTOR
Gregg Lorimor / Instructor / Previously with Holly Frontier Corporation
Mr. Lorimor recently retired after serving in a variety of positions in Engineering, Operations, and Refinery Management
in over 40 years in the oil refining business. He spent 15 years with Conoco, Inc. (prior to the merger with Phillips) as
a Refinery Process Engineer, an Economic Analyst, and an Operations Manager. Following, he was with Kerr McGee
Refining Corporation as an Operations Manager and a Refinery Manager at their plant in Wynnewood, Oklahoma. Later
he moved to Sinclair Oil where he served as Technical Manager, Operations Manager and Refinery Manager at the
Sinclair Refineries in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Sinclair, Wyoming. Mr. Lorimor finished his career as a Senior Engineering
Specialist with Holly Frontier Corporation. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from Iowa
State University.

Instructional Methods
Case studies and PowerPoint presentations will be used in this program.

Requirements for Successful Completion of Program

Participants must sign in/out each day and be in attendance for the entirety of the course to be eligible for continuing
education credit.

Credits
EUCI has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing
Education and Training (IACET). In obtaining this accreditation, the (organization name) has
demonstrated that it complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard which is recognized internationally as
a standard of good practice. As a result of their Authorized Provider status, (organization name) is
authorized to offer IACET CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard.

EUCI is authorized by IACET to offer 1.0 CEUs for the course.

EVENT LOCATION
A room block has been reserved at the Houston Marriott West Loop by The Galleria, 1750 West Loop South, Houston,
TX 77027, for the nights of August 17-18, 2014. Room rates are $189 for single & double occupancy, plus applicable tax.
Call 1-713-960-0111 for reservations and mention the EUCI course to get the group rate. The cutoff date to receive the
group rate is July 17, 2014 but as there are a limited number of rooms available at this rate, the room block may close
sooner. Please make your reservations early.

PROCEEDINGS
The proceedings of the course will be published, and one copy will be distributed to each registrant at the course.

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 Event location
A room block has been reserved at the Houston Marriott West Loop
Mail Directly To: by The Galleria, 1750 West Loop South, Houston, TX 77027, for
the nights of August 17-18, 2014. Room rates are $189 for single
& double occupancy, plus applicable tax. Call 1-713-960-0111 for
reservations and mention the EUCI course to get the group rate.
The cutoff date to receive the group rate is July 17, 2014 but as
there are a limited number of rooms available at this rate, the room
please register the following block may close sooner. Please make your reservations early.

Petroleum Refining 101

August 18-19, 2014: US $1395
Early bird on or before August 8, 2014: US $1195 EUCIs E

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