The Centre for Gas, Refining & Petrochemical Technology has been established to train manpower to effectively manage the Gas, Refining and Petrochemical industry.
The Centre when fully operational will be a research hub for refining activities as it will operate a pilot plant for experiments.
It is hoped that the activities of the centre will not only help save funds expended on the importation of petroleum products but also help to bring indigenous expertise into the gas, refining and petrochemical industry.
The aim of this Professional Refining and Petrochemicals programme is to provide graduates with broad based training required for sound refining and processing of crude oil. Crude oil and gas are of little use in their raw state.
Their value lies in what is created from them: fuels, lubricating oils, waxes, asphalt and petrochemicals. A refinery is an organized and co-ordinated arrangement of manufacturing processes designed to produce physical and chemical changes in crude oil and natural gas.
The programme will produce competent and industry ready Refining and Petrochemical processing graduates that will be fully prepared to work in the oil and gas industry at local and international levels.
