| 8:30 |
REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS
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| 9:00 |
Welcome, Safety, and Housekeeping Announcements
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| 9:15 |
I. 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 |
II. Base Oil Manufacturing: Solvent Processing
- 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 / Q&A
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| 11:15 |
III. Base Oil Manufacturing: Hydroprocessing
- Hydroprocessing terms and general overview
- Lube hydroprocessing: the technology that changed everything
- Paraffin wax and Bright Stock: “Collateral Damage”
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| 12:00 |
IV. Self-Quiz & Group Review
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| 12:30 |
Lunch
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| 13:30 |
V. Base Oil Product Quality Fundamentals
- The API base oil groups: I, II, III, IV and V
- The “Informal” groups: I+, II+ and III+
- Comparison of solvent and hydroprocessing product qualities
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| 14:15 |
VI. 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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| 15:00 |
VII. Pricing, Trends and Drivers – ICIS Asia
- ICIS base oil pricing methodology
- Base oil market drivers and pricing trends
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| 15:30 |
Refreshments / Q&A
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| 16:00 |
VIII. The Role of Lubricant Additives
- Additive overview
- Major additive functions and example additive package
- Now that we’re additized: finished lubricant supply chain
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| 16:30 |
IX. Base Oil Trends
- Today’s most influential base oil suppliers and buyers
- Shared fuels – lube hydrocracking: The Middle East and Asia Model
- A word about Gas-to-Liquids (GTL)
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| 17:00 |
Feedback Forms – Class Survey
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| 17:15 |
Closing Remarks & End of Seminar
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The organisers reserve the right to change the programme, speakers or venue should circumstances require.
