International Petrochemicals Business Management Program
June 16-20, 2003
Boston, MA   USA
Program Content
Program Content
The program will include the following lecture sessions:
  • Oil & Gas Value Chains
  • Petrochemical Industry Overview
    and Characteristics
  • Petrochemical Feedstocks
  • Petrochemicals from Natural Gas
  • Ethylene: Petrochemical Building Block
  • Overview of Project Formulation
  • Project Investment Analysis, Risk Assessment and Mitigation
  • Olefins & Derivatives
  • Market Identification, Assessment
    & Contracting
  • Capital Cost Estimating & EPC Contacts
  • Aromatics and Derivatives

 
  • Refinery/Petrochemical Interface
  • Feedstock Assessment, Technology
    Selection and Contracting
  • Financing Petrochemical Projects;
    Sources of Debt & Equity
  • Asset Management & Operations
  • The Role of IT in the Petrochemical Business
  • International Competitiveness
  • Environmental Issues
  • Measuring Company Financial Performance
Key Benefits
Upon completing this program you will understand:

  • How the industry evolved and the importance of the seven basic building blocks,
  • The petrochemicals production processes and value chains: ethylene, olefins, aromatics
    and derivatives,
  • Feedstock assessment and technology selection processes,
  • Industry structure and linkages,
  • The nature of petrochemical markets, market cycles and market assessment,
  • How to identify new project opportunities and commercialize new projects, and
  • Key players and industry trends.