This seminar provides technical and non-technical professionals with a basic understanding of how crude oil is refined into useful products. Participants will obtain a practical, process education that will enable them to
• improve their communications with their internal and external business contacts,
• appreciate the complexity of manufacturing useful products from crude oil,
• speak to the driving forces and issues impacting the refining industry, and
• what it takes for a refiner to be a competitive and profitable source of energy.
Each participant will bring a new perspective to their workplace responsibilities as soon as they return from the seminar.
This live group seminar is eligible for 12.0 CPE credits. Be aware that state boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. As of January 1, 2002, sponsored learning activities are measured by program length, with one 50-minute period equal to one CPE credit. One-half CPE credit increments (equal to 25 minutes) are permitted after the first credit has been earned in a given learning activity. You may want to verify that the state board from which your participants will be receiving credit accept one-half credits.
Those professionals dealing with the business of petroleum refining will benefit from this seminar, for example: equipment manufacturers wanting equipment and process knowledge to support their business, technical and sales representatives seeking to identify new applications for their technologies, technical service engineers beginning work in the refining industry, process engineers wanting an insight into the design of facilities with multiple operating units, operating and business planning/professionals wanting to gain the process knowledge for facility optimization.
Types of companies that typically send representatives to seminar include petroleum refiners, catalyst and chemical suppliers, equipment developers/designers/manufacturers, equipment inspection service providers, industry consultants, environmental agencies.
An understanding of chemical nomenclature and reaction chemistry would be helpful as well as familiarity with petroleum refinery terminology and units of measure. In general, attendees should come prepared to share what they want to learn prior to returning to their workplace.
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