| 8:30 |
REGISTRATION + REFRESHMENTS
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| 9:00 |
Welcome
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| 9:15 |
Refining - part of the crude oil value chain
• Integrated oil company overview
• Crude types and terminology
• Crude oil refineries: where base oils are made
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| 10:00 |
Base oil introduction part I - solvent refining
• Base oil overview - definitions and terminology
• Historical base oil manufacturing: solvent processing
• Today's paraffinic and naphthenic solvent processing
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| 11:00 |
REFRESHMENTS
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| 11:15 |
Base oil introduction part II - hydroprocessing
• Hydroprocessing terms and general overview
• Lube hydroprocessing: the technology that changed everything
• Today's paraffinic and naphthenic hydroprocessing
• Paraffin wax and Bright Stock: "Collateral Damage"
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| 12:00 |
"Hybrid" processing schemes for base oils
• Shared fuels - lube hydrocracking: The Middle East and Asia Model
• Today's combined solvent and hydroprocessing base oil schemes
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| 12:30 |
LUNCH
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| 13:30 |
Base oil product qualities
• The API base oil groups: I, II, III, IV and V
• The "informal" groups: II+ and III+
• Comparison of solvent and hydroprocessing product qualities
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| 14:00 |
Base oil self-quiz and group review
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| 14:30 |
Base oil demand segments, or finished lubricants 101
• Overview of major markets: definitions by sector, by region
• Transportation, industrial and process oil segments
• Regional trends: Americas, Europe, Asia, Middle East & Africa
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| 15:15 |
Base oil pricing
• ICIS base oil pricing methodology
• Base oils pricing trends
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| 15:45 |
REFRESHMENTS
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| 16:00 |
The role of lubricant additives
• Additive overview
• Major additive functions and example additive package
• Finished lubricant supply chain
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| 16:30 |
Base oil future perspectives
• Today's most influential base oil suppliers - who and why?
• A word about Gas-to-Liquids (GTL), Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) and base oils from these processes
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| 17:00 |
Feedback forms - class survey
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| 17:15 |
Closing remarks and end of seminar
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