INTRODUCTION:
This training course on petroleum refining combines two modules that were created to be taken in order. Participants receive a thorough rundown of all significant refining processes as well as training on the most typical production planning and scheduling problems in petroleum refineries, how to spot them, and how to fix them.
Also, a comprehensive overview of the refining process yields optimization, from the crude oil feed to the finished products, will be presented during this training course. Planning, scheduling, and yield optimization examples are used to further clarify and illuminate issues related to operations scheduling for petroleum refining.
The practical components of refinery operations, as well as the lingo and economics of refining, are the focus of this training course on petroleum refining.
OBJECTIVES
The key objectives of this comprehensive training seminar are as follows:
- Gain an appreciation of production planning and scheduling tools that will be useful for planning of crude and product deliveries
- Differentiate and appreciate the similarities and differences between planning and scheduling
- Understand the principles of scheduling optimization and promote efficient refining operations, and yield optimization
- Learn the skills to crude selection and optimization that result in improved profitability
- Develop the skills necessary to apply blending techniques using excel
- To familiarize and understand the various refinery types and appreciate how refining complexity impacts refining optimization and refining margins
- Comprehend the importance quality giveaways and learn how use practical excel spreadsheets for blending calculations to reduce quality giveaways
- Use hands on software that allows professionals in the industry to choose different crude diets to optimize refinery utilization efficiency and profitability
- Act as a primer into the industry of Petroleum Refining and familiarize industry professionals with all processes associated with the processing of petroleum into finished products
- Equip new engineers into the industry, with the basic tools for understanding the complex nature of Refining and its operations
 WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This training seminar is intended for:
- Refining Professionals working in the industry either as refining technologists or in refining operations and engineers
- All Professionals involved in Production, Planning and Scheduling
- Process Engineers and Technologists engaged in planning and scheduling activities and who are required to understand and discuss issues related to their industry
- Operations Personnel including Shift Supervisors
- Marketers and Refinery Planners
- Blending Professionals
- Refining Technologists
- Other Engineers who would like a further understanding of the complex refining processes
- Accountants, Marketers and other Professions who would like understand the complexities and terminology of Production Planning & Scheduling in Petroleum Refineries
- Anyone who wishes to update themselves on the methods used in this important field and learn how to implement error free methods for the benefit of their organizations
Course Outline
MODULE I – Production Planning & Scheduling in Petroleum Refineries
DAY 1
Application of Planning and Scheduling
- Overview of Planning and Scheduling in Oil Refineries
- Refinery Complexity
- Refinery Configuration
- Integrated Refineries
- Choice of Crude
- Crude Oil Scheduling
- Capacity utilization of Crudes & Operational Efficiency
- Workshop – Cut-point Optimization
DAY 2
Improving Product Movements and Releasing Tankages
- Crude Assay
- Intermediate Feed Characteristics
- Yields and Properties
- Different Process Units
- Storage Tanks
- Custody Transfer / Measurements
- Class Exercises: Using Excel – Yield Optimization
DAY 3
Product Blending Rules
- Product Specifications
- New Trends in Fuel Production
- Environmental Issues
- Crude Oil Pricing Regimes
- Product Netback
- Class Workshop: Blending Exercises
DAY 4
Refinery Flow Sheets
- Refinery Flow-sheets
- Simplified Material Balance
- Product Inventory Control
- Product Quality Control
- Fixed Composition Blend
- Capacity Control / Constraints
- Availability of Feedstock / Control
- Case Study: Gasoline Blending and Its Impact on Operations
DAY 5
Refinery Planning and Scheduling
- Petroleum Product Movement and Product Exchange
- Marginal Depot Supply and Movements
- Crude Selection Strategies
- Linear Programming and Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management for Refining
- Refinery Planning and Scheduling
- Discussion and Summary
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MODULE II – Refinery Process Yield Optimisation
DAY 6
Crude Oil Yields Refinery Technology
- Introduction to Crude Oil Origins & Characteristics
- Crude Oil Assay and Properties
- Crude Oil Products & Product Specifications
- LPG
- Gasoline
- Kerosene / Jet Fuel
- AGO / Diesel Fuel Oil
- Petrochemical Feedstocks
- Overall Refinery Flow: Inter-relationship of Processes
DAY 7
Petroleum Refinery Processes
- Crude Processing
- Desalting
- Atmospheric Distillation
- Vacuum Distillation
- Heavy Oils Processing / Bottom of the Barrel Upgrading
- Coking and Thermal Processes
- Delayed Coking
- Fluid Coking
- Flexicoking
- Visbreaking
- Case Study – Example
DAY 8
Process for Motor Fuel Production
- Fluid Catalytic Cracking
- Hydrocracking
- Cat Cracking
- Isomerization
- Alkylation
- Hydrotreating
- Catalytic Reforming
- Case Study – Example
DAY 9
Supporting Operations
- Blending for Product Specifications
- Hydrogen Production
- Refinery Gas Plants
- Acid Gas Treating
- Sulfur Recovery Plants
- Utilities
- Case Study – Example
DAY 10
Refinery Economics
- Residue Reduction
- Asphalt and Residual Fuel
- Refinery Complexity and Netback
- Economic Evaluation
- Cost Estimation
- Case Studies
- Group Discussions
- Program Evaluation & Summary
Method of Instruction
Online
Course Duration:
10 days
Type of Certificate Issued:
On a successful completion of this training, Participants will be issued
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Certificate in Petroleum Refining
Participants can choose to have their certificate in any of the three options below:
- Digital Certificate (Downloadable (PDF)
- Physical Certificate with security marking shipped to your location with a price
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