For 45 years, William Leffler's Petroleum Refining in Nontechnical Language has been the go-to best seller for anyone needing to know the fundamentals of refining. Fluid prose, easy-to-understand graphics, and helpful analogies (like the "beer bottle principle") make the refining processing schemes clear. Each chapter was carefully written in nontechnical language to give the reader a basic understanding of the refining industry. The book can be used for self-study, as a classroom textbook, or as a quick reference.
As always, Leffler's classic unit-by-unit description follows the oil molecules from the oil patch through the refinery to the consumer. In this edition, the industry's technologic progress is brought up to date. In addition, Leffler adds a new chapter on the impact of hydraulic fracing on oil price setting in refining markets and another on competitive positioning.
Audience
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Field level personnel
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Management
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Students
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Anyone who seeks to understand how, or relies upon, refined products
List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
Chapter 1 : The Evolution of Petroleum Refining
Chapter 2 : From the Oil Patch to the Refinery
Chapter 3 : Crude Oil Characteristics
Chapter 4 : Distilling
Chapter 5 : Vacuum Flashing
Chapter 6 : The Chemistry of Petroleum
Chapter 7 : Refinery Gas Plants
Chapter 8 : Cat Cracking
Chapter 9 : Alkylation
Chapter 10 : Catalytic Reforming
Chapter 11 : Hydrocracking
Chapter 12 : Isomerization
Chapter 13 : Residue Reduction
Chapter 14 : Gasoline
Chapter 15 : Distillate and Residual Fuels
Chapter 16 : Hydrogen, Hydrotreating and Sulfur Plants
Chapter 17 : Asphalt
Chapter 18 : Lubricants
Chapter 19 : Olefins and Aromatic Plants
Chapter 20 : Simple and Complex Refineries
Chapter 21 : Achieving Competitiveness
Chapter 22 : Fuel Values - Heating Values
Answers to the Exercises
Glossary
Index