Fourth year/ Petrochemical Industries

 Bio-based solvents as petrochemicals.

 Integration of petroleum refinery and petrochemical industry.
 Catalysts in petrochemical industries ( onventional and nano).
 Green plastics versus synthetic plastics.
 Olefins production from Naphtha.
 Cracking versus reforming in petrochemical industries.
 BTX production process and petrochemicals from BTX.
 Polyvinyl Chloride Industry.
 Non-conventional petrochemicals.

Third year/ Petroleum Refinery

 The role of steam in petroleum refining processes.
 Reforming versus cracking processes in petroleum refinery.
 LPG desulfurization process.
 Desulfurization by adsorption versus desulfurization by absorption.
 Natural gas sweetening.
 Methanol to gasoline processes.
 Synthetic fuels.
 Fractional versus vacuum distillation: Equipment design features, operating parameters and
economy.