Petroleum Products: Specifications, Properties, and Market Demand

Achieving company success and meeting the challenges imposed by climate change and a post-COVID-19 world, requires an in-depth perception and understanding of how petroleum products are traded, their demand now and in a future world of low carbon emissions, all of which can create opportunities that are imperative towards achieving profitability and sustainability.

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

This training course will highlight:

• Petroleum Products main characteristics and properties
• Reviews the main specifications and how these specifications evolved over time and for different countries
• Standard quality control tests performed in refineries and petrochemical plants
• Significance and the accuracy of the testing methods used
• Analyse the market trends and forecasts future prospects for production and demand

By the end of this training seminar, 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.

This GLOMACS training course is targeted at professionals new to the energy industry, and those in refineries needing to better understand and respond to the rapid changes in the Petroleum products’ Properties, Specifications, Market & Demand.

This course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will especially benefit:

• Engineers, Technical Managers and Technicians from laboratories in plant and research centers
• Technicians, Engineers, Managers and Commercial or Technical Staff whose activities are related to the production, storage, purchasing, marketing or use of petroleum products
• Laboratory Technicians, Engineers and Managers in the refining industry interested in improving their knowledge of petroleum products
• Technicians and Engineers from the process and operation units in refining, petrochemical and engineering companies
• Laboratory Technicians and Engineers involved in ensuring the quality of petroleum products
• Technicians and Engineers from all industries concerned by motor fuel evolution: car makers, refining, fuels traders, agro-fuels manufacturers