本书精选炼油化工领域中石油炼制工艺、石油化工工艺、单元操作、反应装置、产品营销、设备、安全环保、生产技术管理八个部分的68篇英文文章，对其中专业词汇和词组释音释义，并给出译文。书后附石化建设项目常用短语和炼化业务常用术语、缩略语。
本书可作为炼油化工企业专业技术人员专业英语学习参考用书，也可作为大专院校相关专业学生的专业英语学习参考教材。

Part 1 Oil refining process
1.1 A brief account of oil refining
1.2 Distillation
1.3 Hydrocracking
1.4 Catalytic cracking
1.5 Delayed coker
1.6 Methyl tert-butyl ether
1.7 Catalytic Reforming
1.8 Sulfolane extractive distillation
1.9 Isomerization
1.10 Isobutane alkylation process
1.11 Gas fractionation
Part 2 Petrochemical process
2.1 A brief introduction to petrochemical process
2.2 Steam cracking
2.3 Polyethylene
2.4 Polypropylene
2.5 ABS
2.6 Ethylene oxide
2.7 Ethylene glycol
2.8 Synthetic rubber
2.9 Synthetic fiber
2.10 Acrylonitrile
2.11 Styrene
2.12 Butadiene
2.13 Purified terephthalic acid (PTA)
2.14 Catalyst
Part 3 Unit operations
3.1 Rectification
3.2 Separation
3.3 Extraction
3.4 Drying
3.5 Crystallization
3.6 Filtration
3.7 Heat exchange
3.8 Flocculation
Part 4 Types of reactions
4.1 Reduction-oxidation reaction
4.2 Addition polymerization
4.3 Condensation polymerization
4.4 Carbonylation
Part 5 An introduction to products and marketing
5.1 Oils
5.2 Synthetic resins
5.3 Synthetic rubber
5.4 Synthetic fiber
5.5 Organic chemical products
5.6 Marketing strategy
5.7 Product sales
5.8 Sales promotion
Part 6 Equipment and instrument
6.1 Compressor
6.2 Types of reactor
6.3 Homogeneous and heterogeneous reactors
6.4 Chemical reactors
6.5 Cooling tower
6.6 Turbines
6.7 Centrifugal pump
6.8 Static and dynamic alignment of turbomachinery
6.9 Bearings
6.10 Lubrication
6.11 Couplings
6.12 The plant control system
6.13 Distributed control system
6.14 Emergency shutdown system
6.15 Programmable logic controller
6.16 Inverter
Part 7 Safety and environmental protection
7.1 Health safety and environment
7.2 Hazardous goods management
7.3 Pollution prevention and cleaner production
Part 8 Management of production and technology
8.1 The main tasks of the engineers
8.2 Manufacturing execution system
8.3 Production management
8.4 Technology management
Annex 1 English for construction of petrochemical projects
Annex 2 Terminology and abbreviation for oil refinery and chemical operations