19-08-2014, 10:45 AM
The worldwide demand for the petroleum products has made petroleum industries to increase their refining capability. With the increased refining capability and shortage of light crude oils, the refineries are moving towards the heavy oil and bottom of the barrel processing. All petroleum refineries are composed of unit processes such as crude oil distillation, hydrotreating, cracking, reforming, visbreaking etc.
The worldwide demand for the petroleum products has made petroleum industries to increase their refining capability. With the increased refining capability and shortage of light crude oils, the refineries are moving towards the heavy oil and bottom of the barrel processing. All petroleum refineries are composed of unit processes such as crude oil distillation, hydrotreating, cracking, reforming, visbreaking etc.