Petroleum products : Specifications Properties Market Demand

Dear student,

Welcome to this online course on Petroleum products.

This course is designed to provide you with a deep knowledge of petroleum products' properties, specifications, markets and demands.

The petroleum products covered are the following :

• LPG

• Automotive Gasoline

• Kerosene / Jet fuel

• Gas oil

• Heating oil

• Heavy fuel oil

• Naphtha

• Asphalts

• Lubricating oil

The course also provides technical knowledge related to the standard quality control tests performed in refineries and petrochemical plants to ensure that the finished products are in line with commercial specifications.

The course uses up-to-date global statistics and is organized into 4 parts.

For each petroleum product :

Part 1. Outlines its main characteristics and properties

Part 2. Reviews its main specifications and how these specifications evolved over time and for different countries

Part 3. Describes the standard quality control tests performed in refineries and petrochemical plants, highlights the tests significance and the accuracy of the methods

Part 4. Analyses the place of this particular petroleum product, the associated market trends and forecasts future prospects for production and demand

By the end of this training course, you will be able to :

• Grasp the main characteristics of petroleum products and their relevance for end-users

• List the key properties for automotive fuels (now and in the future)

• Identify recent changes and future trends for the petroleum products’ specifications, markets and demand

• Identify the main trends of fuel evolution due to: new regulations and/or new motor technologies

• Understand how the main properties of each petroleum products are measured, checked and controlled using standard quality control tests

• Understand the tests significance and accuracy of the methods

=> IMPORTANT NOTES :

The course includes 24 downloadable resources in pdf format with unlimited access.

To download the files :

1. Go to the "Downloadable resources" section

2. Expand the section to have access to all the pdf files

3. Click on any file to open it. You can save it to view it later offline

The resources attached to the "Downloadable resources" section cover 3 topics :

=> TOPIC 1. MAIN QUALITY STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS :

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1. Volatility specifications for :

• Automotive gasoline

• Jet fuel

• Diesel fuel

• Heating fuel

• Heavy fuel oil

• Paraffinic base oils

• Asphalts

2. Combustion specifications for :

• Automotive gasoline

• Jet fuel - Jet A1

• Diesel fuel

• Heating fuel

• Heavy fuel oil

3. Cold condition behavior and flowing specifications for :

• Jet fuel - Jet A1

• Diesel fuel

• Heating fuel

• Heavy fuel oil

4. Pollution and corrosiveness specifications :

• Sulfur content

• Corrosiveness

• Miscellaneous pollutants

5. Stability specifications :

• Automotive gasoline

• Jet fuel

• Diesel fuel

• Heating fuel

• Heavy fuel oil

6. Asphalts specifications

7. Lube base oil specifications

=> TOPIC 2. STANDARD QUALITY CONTROL TESTS OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

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1. TESTS RELATED TO VOLATILITY :

• ASTM distillation test

• Reid vapor pressure

• Flash point

2. TESTS RELATED TO COMBUSTION :

• Octane number of gasoline

• Cetane number of diesel fuel

• Smoke point for aviation turbine fuels

• Standard test related to fuel combustion

3. TESTS RELATED TO STORAGE AND FLOWING :

• Viscosity measurements

• Lubricating properties of diesel fuel

• Cloud point

• Pour point

• Filterability limit

• Freezing point

4. TESTS RELATED TO AIR POLLUTION AND CORROSIVENESS :

• Air pollution and corrosion due to sulfur

• Sulfur measurements

• Copper strip corrosion

• Doctor test

5. TESTS RELATED TO STABILITY OF MOTOR GASOLINE, TURBINE FUELS AND DISTILLATES :

• Gum content

• Induction period

• Fuel stability

• Oxidation stability of diesel fuel

• Water and sediment

• Asphaltene precipitation with normal heptane

• Insoluble content test

• Color and color stability tests

6. TESTS RELATED TO ASPHALTS :

• Needle penetration

• Softening point

=> TOPIC 3. SPECIFICATIONS OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS BY COUNTRY :

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1. USA

2. FRANCE

3. CHINA

4. INDIA

5. BELGIUM

6. BOLIVIA

7. BRAZIL

8. IRAN

9. SAUDI ARABIA

10. SPAIN

11. SOUTH KOREA

12. VENEZUELA

So with no further ado, check out the free preview videos and the curriculum and we look forward to see you in the first section.

Also remember, as enrolled student you will have unlimited access to this material and one-on-one instructor support. So feel free to interact with us by email or simply ask us for help in the Q&A section. It will be our pleasure to help you and provide assistance.

Hope to see you there

Cheers,

WR Training

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