REFINERY OPERATIONS

Location

Doha, Qatar

Date

From Date: 02-Sep-2024
To Date: 06-Sep-2024

Duration

5 days

Language

ENGLISH

Discipline

Refinery Trainings

Introduction

This Petroleum Refining training course is a combination of two modules specifically designed to run consecutively. Attendees are given a detailed overview of all major refining processes and are familiarized to the most commonly encountered production planning and scheduling issues in petroleum refineries, how to identify them and resolve them.

Additionally, this training course will present a detailed outline of refining process yields optimization, from the crude oil feed to the finished products. Issues of operations scheduling for petroleum refining are discussed in depth and enhanced with planning and scheduling and yield optimization examples.

Objective

By the end of the program, participants will be able to:

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.

Audience

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.

Content

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
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 2 Product Blending Rules

Product Specifications
New Trends in Fuel Production
Environmental Issues
Crude Oil Pricing Regimes
Product Netback
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

DAY 3 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
Module 2: Refinery Process Yield Optimisation
Crude Oil Yields Refinery Technology
Introduction to Crude Oil Origins & Characteristics
Crude Oil Assay and Properties
Crude Oil Products
LPG
Gasoline
Kerosene / Jet Fuel
AGO / Diesel Fuel Oil
Petrochemical Feedstocks
Overall Refinery Flow: Interrelationship of Processes

DAY 4 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
Flexi coking
Vis breaking
Intermediate Feed Characteristics
Process for Motor Fuel Production
Fluid Catalytic Cracking
Hydrocracking
Cat Cracking
Isomerization
Alkylation
Hydrotreating
Catalytic Reforming
Product Specifications

DAY 5 Supporting Operations

Blending for Product Specifications
Hydrogen Production
Storage Tanks
Refinery Gas Plants
Acid Gas Treating
Sulfur Recovery Plants
Refinery Economics
Residue Reduction
Asphalt and Residual Fuel
Refinery Complexity and Netback
Economic Evaluation
Cost Estimation
Group Discussions
Program Evaluation & Summary

NOTE:

Pre-& Post Tests will be conducted

Case Studies, Group Exercises, Group Discussions, Last Day Review & Assessments will be carried out.

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Certificate

Define Management Consultancy & Training Certificate of course completion will be issued to all attendees.

Methodology

A highly interactive combination of lectures and discussion sessions will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information and knowledge transfer. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions and motivating everybody to find the right answers. You will also be encouraged to raise your questions and to share in the development of the right answers using your analysis and experiences. Tests of the multiple-choice type will be made available daily to examine the effectiveness of delivering the course.

Very useful Course Materials will be given.

30% Lectures
30% Workshops and work presentation
20% Group Work& Practical Exercises
20% Videos& General Discussions

Course Details