ChemSystems Training

ChemSystems Training provides public and corporate classroom training to the petroleum refining and petrochemical industries.

Corporate in-house courses are customized to meet the needs of each client and are built from a selection of modules.

ChemSystems Training public courses include the world famous Global Petrochemical Industry Course developed by Dr. Harold A. Wittcoff and newly added Plastics: An Industry in Transition, a comprehensive course on the polymer industry.

ChemSystems Training Prospectus

ChemSystems Training and its Benefits

ChemSystems Training public courses:

• The Global Petrochemical Industry: Understanding the Complex Interactions between Technology, Economics and Markets developed by Dr. Harold A. Wittcoff. This three day course has been presented in 28 countries to several thousand delegates.

• Plastics: An Industry in Transition -A Comprehensive Analysis of a Dynamic Industry. This newly developed three day course provides an in-depth analysis of the key issues and dynamics of the global plastics industry. 

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ChemSystems Training provides the answers to your individual corporate training needs:

• Tailored: Courses can be from one day to five days. Each day will typically include four sessions of 1.5 to 2 hours duration. Depending on your requirements, the sessions may be lectures, classroom exercises, case studies and/or group discussions/workshops.
• Professional: Only highly-experienced ChemSystems professionals with considerable experience in the subject matter run sessions.
• Focussing on participants: Our recommended size for corporate in-house training is 12 to 16 participants, although class sizes may vary from eight to 24.

Use ChemSystems Training to:

• Get insight into commercial, technological and economic aspects of the petroleum and petrochemical industry.
• Train new entrants to your business.
• Allow experienced employees to gain a global overview and wider understanding of the business of petroleum and chemicals.
• Learn from the history of petrochemicals

ChemSystems Training Modules

Training modules available include:

• Crude oil & gas
• Oil refining & petrochemical feedstocks
• Natural gas & petrochemicals
• Ammonia & derivatives
• Methanol & derivatives
• Petrochemical economics
• Olefins markets
• Olefins economics
• Olefins technology
• Aromatics markets
• Aromatics economics
• Aromatics technology
• Ethylene derivatives markets
• Propylene derivatives markets
• Benzene derivatives
• Toluene & Xylene derivatives
• Butadiene derivatives
• Olefins strategy
• Aromatics strategy
• The chlor-alkali business
• Polymers
• Polyethylenes
• Polypropylene
• Polystyrene
• PVC
• PET
• Polymer environmental issues
• Petrochemical strategy
• Price & profitability forecasting
• Profitability & cyclicality
• Consumption & trade forecasting
• Project evaluation
• Petrochemical nomenclature

These modules may be customized or additional topics and petrochemical value chains developed to suit your needs.

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Detailed course manuals are provided that become a valuable reference text for participants’ future careers in petrochemicals.