Petroleum/Oil refining is the processing of crude oil into more useful products and by-products such as petroleum naphtha, gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt base, heating oil, kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas, as well as feedstocks for other downstream processing. Processes in refineries frequently operate at high temperatures and pressures using equipment subjected to stress and corrosion.
Owing to the adverse operating conditions, maintenance of equipment in oil refineries is a tough task. With spiralling costs of maintenance, labour and expensive new parts challenging petroleum/oil refineries today, scraping or replacing of parts is not a satisfactory answer. The alternative is to salvage expensive parts by a comprehensive maintenance system. Extending the life of equipment parts through the use of innovative MRO products is the most preferred and economic method.