
The College of Education for Pure Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of Basrah, organized a scientific trip to
The laboratories of the South Refineries Company, accompanied by the two teachers, Prof. Moayad Youssef Kazem and Prof. Dr. Hassanein Abdel Samad Abdel Majid and M.D. Lama Taher Tohme and Dr. Rehab Ghani Abboud and Eng. Noha Walid Ali and Eng. Noha Iyad Muhammad
The visit included viewing the equipment and laboratory tests on crude oil and its derivatives in each of the analysis laboratory, the control laboratory, the machinery and the fats laboratory. The aviation fuel laboratory was also identified, where the tests related to aviation fuel produced in the South Refineries Company were identified, in addition to watching the laboratory tests of the Gas Division and the Water Division. The machinery laboratory was introduced, where it was observed how to determine the octane number of the gasoline fuel used in cars.