- Overview
- Schedule
This live session will be hosted once and is set to GMT (UTC +0). We welcome participants from around the world! Be sure to check what time this corresponds to in your region. Use the chart below as a quick guide, or reach out to us anytime at training@becht.com if you’re unsure.
| City / Region | Local Time (Feb 2026) | Time Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern U.S. (New York, Houston) | 08:00 – 13:00 | EST (UTC−5) |
| London, UK | 13:00 – 18:00 | GMT (UTC±0) |
| Amsterdam, Netherlands | 14:00 – 19:00 | CET (UTC+1) |
| Berlin, Germany | 14:00 – 19:00 | CET (UTC+1) |
| São Paulo, Brazil | 10:00 – 15:00 | BRT (UTC−3) |
| Johannesburg, South Africa | 15:00 – 20:00 | SAST (UTC+2) |
| Dubai, UAE | 17:00 – 22:00 | GST (UTC+4) |
| Singapore | 21:00 – 02:00 (+1 day) | SGT (UTC+8) |
Summary:
The desalting of crude oil is a process that does not have a high profile, but is vital to the operation of the modern petroleum refinery. Desalters provide more protection to costly refinery equipment than any other single piece of process hardware. This program provides an in-depth, yet practical review of both the art and science of crude oil desalting. Maintaining smooth operation of crude oil desalting units is both critically important and quite difficult. Since there are so many significant variables to control, desalter operation must constantly be adjusted to maintain optimum performance with the ever-changing sources of crude oil.
The program’s content is both comprehensive and wide-ranging. Sessions begin with a discussion of the fundamentals of the desalting process including crude oil quality impact, the operating variables, key equipment, various design options and major process variables. Once the fundamentals are established, discussion moves into the topics of unit operations, monitoring, and process troubleshooting. An experienced group of industry professionals has been assembled for the presentation of this program.
Outline:
- BENEFITS OF CRUDE OIL DESALTING
- IMPACT OF CRUDE OIL QUALITY ON DESALTER PERFORMANCE
- FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRICAL DESALTING
- TYPES OF DESALTING SYSTEMS
- DESALTER COMPONENTS
- LEVEL CONTROLLERS
- DESALTER DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
- COMMERCIAL DESALTER DESIGNS
- FACTORS THAT AFFECT DESALTER OPERATION AND PERFORMANCE
- TYPES OF DESALTING APPLICATIONS
- DESALTER TROUBLESHOOTING
- ECONOMIC IMPACT
- REFINERY AQUEOUS CORROSION CONTROL - CDU
Who Should Attend:
Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of desalter operations, stay updated on advancements, and network with industry peers. Ideal for refinery process engineers, plant operators, and technical service personnel, the program also benefits process engineers from design and construction firms, and service providers to the petroleum refining industry.
Instructors:
Sam Lordo is a recognized industry expert and has over 45 years’ experience in refinery process chemistry/chemical treatments, opportunity crude processing and crude desalting. During his 45 years of corrosion / refining / petrochemical experience, he has been involved in all aspects of managing risk due changing crude slates and process conditions; including corrosion prevention, fouling prevention and control, failure analysis, and crude desalting.
Tom Collins is President of NEET Corporation. He retired in 2019 as Vice President- Electrostatic Process at Forum Energy Technologies in Houston, Texas. His responsibilities have included technical sales, process review, desalter design, troubleshooting, training, optimization and business development. Tom started in the Technical Service Department at Petreco in 1980, servicing desalters worldwide. He spent his career in the field of desalting and has over 42 years experience in this area. Tom has authored and co-authored papers on desalting for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and has been active in the AFPM, formerly the NPRA, for over 30 years.