Technology Innovation Farms

Refining, petrochemicals and sustainability

Omer Refa Koseoglu

Ph.D., P.E. · Founder and Chief Technology Officer

More than 45 years in the refining industry, from catalyst and process development to the web-based software that engineers use to evaluate crude oils and analyze plant data.

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45+years in refining
4commercial products developed with his team
5industry awards, 2015–2025
3universities: Gazi, Brock, Toronto

About

Founder, scientist, inventor for 410+ granted US patents and software builder

Dr. Koseoglu is the Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Technology Innovation Farms LLC, a start-up in the refining, petrochemicals and sustainability sectors. It focuses on conventional processes, sustainable technologies and solutions driven by artificial intelligence.

His experience covers catalyst and process development, plastic conversion technologies, green, gray, blue and cyan hydrogen production, crude oil evaluation and valuation, model development and commercial unit monitoring, pilot-plant experiment design and data analysis, and web-based software development.

Before founding the company, he was a Principal Scientist at the Saudi Aramco R&D Center. He is a licensed professional engineer and a chemical engineer by training, with a B.Sc. from Gazi University, an M.Sc. in physical organic chemistry from Brock University and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto.

Expertise

Deep in refining and petrochemical process and catalyst technologies

  • Hydrotreating
  • Hydrocracking, fixed-bed
  • Hydrocracking, ebullated-bed
  • Project management
  • Technology transfer
  • Catalysis
  • Process research and development
  • Proposal preparation
  • Case-study evaluations
  • Commercial data analysis
  • Scale-up studies
  • Pilot-plant program design and testing
  • Modeling
  • Database development and management
  • Software development

Commercial products

Four products developed with his team

COPI

Crude Oil Property Index

A commercial index for crude oil properties.

CAN-HC15

Heavy-oil hydrocracking catalyst

Implemented in a commercial hydrocracking unit processing partially demetallized oil, with exceptional performance.

CAN-HC18

First-stage hydrocracking catalyst

A catalyst for the first stage of hydrocracking.

CAN-FCC4

Propylene-selective FCC catalyst

A fluid catalytic cracking catalyst selective to propylene.

Dr. Koseoglu also founded the international symposium on hydrotreating and hydrocracking technologies and hydrocarbon resources, held annually at the American Chemical Society National Meeting.

Recognition

Industry and academic awards

Inventor for 410+ granted US patents

Seven notable patents for key technologies

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Career

From Ontario to Paris to Dhahran

Recent publications

Zeolites and hydrocracking catalysts

Software

Tools for chemistry and chemical engineering

Dr. Koseoglu is a software developer in chemistry and chemical engineering. A sample of his products:

POTATOPeriodic Table Tool
PADPoly Aromatic Database
Zeolite DatabaseReference database for zeolites
PITAProperty Information Tables
CORRELProperty Correlations
RATReaction Analysis Tool
UCONUnit Conversion
BLENDERProperty Blender
DISCODistillation Conversion
COPACrude Oil Property Adjuster

And many others.

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