COURSE OVERVIEW

 This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops. 

 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of production planning and scheduling in petroleum refineries. It covers the refinery complexity, refinery configuration, integrated refineries and choice of crude; the crude oil scheduling, capacity utilization of crudes and operational efficiency; improving product movements and releasing tankages; the crude assay, intermediate feed characteristics, yields and properties; the different process units, storage tanks and custody transfer/measurements; and the product blending rules, product specifications, new trends in fuel production and environmental issues. 

 

During this interactive course, participants will learn the crude oil pricing regimes, product netback, refinery flow sheets and simplified material balance; the product inventory control, product quality control, fixed composition blend and capacity control/constraints; the availability of feedstock/control; refinery planning and scheduling; the petroleum product movement, product exchange and marginal depot supply and movements; the crude selection strategies, linear programming and fundamentals of supply chain management for refining; and refinery planning and scheduling.