Director’s Message

I am pleased to welcome you to the website of the Petroleum Conversion Research Center (PCRC). The Center has a strategic goal to serve as a bridge between laboratory innovation and industrial application. We focus on building research capacity, executing research projects, and collaborating with industry, academia, and government entities. Our efforts emphasize scaling up process technologies from concept validation (TRL4) to pilot trials (TRL6). With state-of-the-art pilot plants and a multidisciplinary team, we complement research facilities at IRC-RAC to cover: co-cracking of low-carbon streams; converting waste plastics to useful products; upgrading liquid hydrocarbons to chemicals and producing renewable and alternative fuels. We look forward to continuing our mission and contributing meaningful impact to the Kingdom’s downstream industry through applied research and innovation.

Dr. Wael Fouad
Director
Petroleum Conversion Research Center (PCRC)