Steam Cracking & Olefin Technology - Public 2026
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Summary:  

The Refinery Distillation: Operation & Troubleshooting course covers essential distillation operations, troubleshooting, and revamp practices in refining, with case studies and advanced topics. Led by Andrew Sloley, it includes practical insights into optimizing equipment, achieving economic goals, and applying new technologies like divided wall towers.

Outline: 

INTRODUCTION AND PROCESS OBJECTIVES

  • Feeds and Yields
  • Importance of Troubleshooting
  • General Process Sequences
  • Hot-ends
  • Cold-ends

TROUBLESHOOTING CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES

  • Typical Problems
  • Integration of Process and Equipment
  • Troubleshooting Techniques
  • Troubleshooting Tools

CRACKING FURNACES

  • Furnace Types
  • Operation
  • Decoking
  • Metallurgy
  • Reliability
  • Transfer Line Exchangers

QUENCH TOWERS AND PRIMARY FRACTIONATORS

  • Energy Recovery
  • Steam Generation
  • Equipment and Reliability

CHARGE GAS COMPRESSION

  • Compressors
  • Fouling
  • Drivers

HOT-ENDS SEQUENCES

COLD-ENDS SEQUENCES

  • General Sequences
  • Drying
  • Charge Gas Compression
  • Ethylene Production
  • Propylene Production

COLD-ENDS EQUIPMENT

  • Cold-Boxes
  • Heat-Exchangers
  • Turboexpanders
  • Trace Contaminants

ACETYLENE

  • Front-End Conversion
  • Back-End Conversion

REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS

  • Ethylene Refrigeration
  • Propylene Refrigeration
  • Mixed Refrigeration
  • Heat Recovery and Energy Efficiency
  • Refrigeration Compressors

HYDROGEN

  • Cryogenic Production
  • Methanation
  • PSA

HEAVY PRODUCTS

  • Butadiene
  • Pyrolysis Gasoline
  • Pyrolysis Tar

CURRENT TOPICS

  • Flexibility for Gas and Liquid Cracking
  • Energy Recovery and Climate Change
  • Safety

Instructor: 


Andrew W. Sloley is an independent consultant with over 40 years of experience in the hydrocarbon processing industry. His specialty in this area has been on product separation, distillation, and heat integration including process design, equipment design, troubleshooting, control analysis, training, and operations optimization. This has covered the range from crude and heavy oils to cryogenic systems for light-ends recovery and gas treating. His other responsibilities have included technology analysis and economic evaluation. Andrew has authored or co-authored over 400 publications in these areas. He is currently a contributing editor on equipment and plant design for Chemical Processing magazine. He has a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tulsa and is a licensed professional engineer in Texas. His experience in over 100 crude units has covered the entire range of crude blending, process configuration, optimization, equipment design, control, and troubleshooting issues for all types of crude units. Specific experience in steam cracking covers all parts of the plant from furnaces and hot-ends through the cold-ends section including refrigeration systems.


Venue & Logistics: 

Location:  15700 John F Kennedy Blvd, Houston, TX 77032

  • Phone:  +12814425100
  • Hotel Website
  • Parking available on-site - free for all training attendees

After you register, if applicable, you can find the hotel booking link under My Courses → (your course) → Resources.

Upcoming Sessions
September 2026
17
**IN PERSON** Steam Cracking & Olefin Technology
08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Time Zone
Central Standard Time UTC -6
Instructor
Andrew Sloley
Location
Sheraton North Houston at George Bush Intercontinental - Houston, TX | 15700 John F Kennedy Blvd | Houston, Texas 77032 | United States
Starts
September 17 2026 08:00 AM
Ends
September 18 2026 05:00 PM
September 2026
17
**VIRTUAL** Steam Cracking & Olefin Technology
08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Time Zone
Central Standard Time UTC -6
Instructor
Andrew Sloley, Becht Instructor 01 SME
Location
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Starts
September 17 2026 08:00 AM
Ends
September 18 2026 05:00 PM
PDH
16
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Cost
$2,500.00
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