Syllabus - Oil and gas instrumentation (EI 604 (C))

PETROLEUM PROCESSING

Petroleum exploration – Recovery techniques – Oil – Gas separation - Processing wet gases – Refining of crude oil.

OPERATIONS IN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY

Thermal cracking – Catalytic cracking – Catalytic reforming – Polymerisation – Alkylation – Isomerization – Production of ethylene, acetylene and propylene from petroleum.

CHEMICALS FROM PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

Chemicals from petroleum – Methane derivatives – Acetylene derivatives – Ethylene derivatives – Propylene derivatives – Other products.

MEASUREMENTS IN PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Parameters to be measured in refinery and petrochemical industry – Selection and maintenance of measuring instruments – Intrinsic safety of Instruments.

CONTROL LOOPS IN PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Process control in refinery and petrochemical industry – Control of distillation column – Control of catalytic crackers and pyrolysis unit – Automatic control of polyethylene production – Control of vinyl chloride and PVC production.