Transcription of 5.1 Petroleum Refining - US EPA
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5.1 Petroleum Refining - US EPA
Petroleum General DescriptionThe Petroleum Refining industry converts crude oil into more than 2500 refined products,including liquefied Petroleum gas, gasoline, kerosene, aviation fuel, diesel fuel, fuel oils, lubricatingoils, and feedstocks for the petrochemical industry. Petroleum refinery activities start with receipt ofcrude for storage at the refinery, include all Petroleum handling and Refining operations, and theyterminate with storage preparatory to shipping the refined products from the Petroleum Refining industry employs a wide variety of processes. A refinery s processingflow scheme is largely determined by the composition of the crude oil feedstock and the chosen slateof Petroleum products.
Polymerization and alkylation processes are used to combine small petroleum molecules into larger ones. Isomerization and reforming processes are applied to rearrange the structure of petroleum molecules to produce higher-value molecules of a similar molecular size. 5.1.1.3 Treating Processes -
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