This Petrogenium course can be tailored for awareness/inexperienced staff, for intermediate and for experienced personnel. Furthermore the course can be customized for a specific refinery, plant or unit. The option for post-course consultancy/help-desk support is also available.
Participants may include: analysts working in a supply environment or a refinery planning department; linear programming (LP) modelers; employees of private equity firms, trading firms and other investors interested in the refinery business (for example, increasing awareness for amongst others due diligence purposes); those involved with Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A); non-refinery professionals in the oil & gas industry or related sectors, such as consultants, contractors, suppliers and other interrelated companies interested in the crude oil refining business; existing and newly-hired refinery personnel and current semi-technical personnel who require introductory training to acquire the broader perspective; environmental professionals, insurance representatives, government officials, energy industry journalists & reporters and other professionals who desire a better understanding of the subject matter.
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
State the role of the main refining processes, operating characteristics, crude and products quality parameters, planning and economics.
Describe the place of the refinery in the value chain from ‘well to wheels’, including petrochemicals.
Recognize the need for performance monitoring, Quality & Assurance.
Explain the challenges (including environmental), opportunities and future trends in the refining industry.
Understand and use the crude oil refining terminology
Day 1
Safety & Introduction
Welcome, Safety & In-house arrangements
Introduction of participants
Programme
Course objectives
Introduction
Global energy demand
Global crude oil and products demand
Crude oil reserves (incl. video)
Refinery position in the value chain
Crude Oil and Products
Crude oil origin, types and movements (incl. video)
Crude oil products
Crude oil product specifications
Crude oil pricing (incl. video)
Crude oil product pricing
The Refinery
Refinery segments
Simple refinery
Semi-complex refinery
Complex refinery (incl. exercise)
Main refinery units (incl. videos, exercise)
The role of catalysts
Day 2
The Refinery (Continued)
Utilities
Refinery fuel
Refinery slops
Blending (incl. video)
Costs of petroleum processing plants
Refinery lay-out
Refinery Economics
Refinery Margin
Yield & Expense Statement (incl. exercise)
Linear Programming model
Crude oil selection
Crude oil WC, Exposure, Natural Length
Refinery Planning
Long-term planning
Short-term planning
Scheduling
Appraisal
Environmental Regulations
Restrictions & opportunities
IMO2020 (incl. video)
Hydrocarbon Mass Balance and Loss
Hydrocarbon mass balance
Hydrocarbon loss
Ocean loss
Day 3
Maintenance and Turnarounds
Maintenance & Reliability
Turnarounds (incl. video)
Oil-Chemicals Interface
Petrochemicals
Products exchange
Refinery Process Control
Drawings
DCS
APC (incl. video)
Performance Monitoring
Key Performance Indicators
Review meetings
Benchmarking
Quality & Assurance
Management System
Auditing
Trends
Future of fossil fuels
Future of refineries
Miscellaneous
Participants topics
Further reading
Video inventory
Questions and Answers
Examination
Delivery Options & Upcoming Dates
In-House / On-Site Training
Tailored to Your Team
This course can be tailored and delivered at your own facility — adapted to your specific units, equipment, and team experience level. We come to you, wherever you are in the world.
All content can be customised for awareness, intermediate, or experienced staff. Post-course consultancy and help-desk support is also available.