# Overview

**Source**: https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/pcrc/about-us/overview
**Parent**: https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/pcrc

About us

- [Overview](https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/pcrc/about-us/overview)
- [Director's Message](https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/pcrc/about-us/director's-message)
- [People](https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/pcrc/about-us/people)
- [PCRC Oversight Committee](https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/pcrc/about-us/pcrc-oversight-committee)
- [PCRC Advisory Council](https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/pcrc/about-us/pcrc-advisory-council)

##### Vision

To be a globally well-recognized center for interdisciplinary and transformative research in petroleum conversion and sustainability of petroleum resources

##### Mission

- Develop futuristic technologies for petroleum conversion that diversify value-chain of crude oil.
- Build infrastructure to facilitate scale-up of process technologies from ‘concept validation’ (TRL4) to ‘pilot trials’ (TRL6).
- Apply chemical sciences and engineering to solve industrial challenges using KFUPM’s infrastructure and human resources.
- Enable new business opportunities through commercialization of chemical technologies.
- Support local and regional downstream industry research, innovation and training.\

##### Objectives

- Aim at research excellence and bottom-up innovation in the field of petroleum refining and petrochemicals.
- Establish a state-of-the-art facility to develop generic creator models to better understand the chemistry of catalytic reactions involving crude oil.
- Conduct research projects using dedicated pilot to serve local petrochemicals industry and bridge the gap between bench- and industrial scale units.
- 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.