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Petroleum Refining

An Interactive 10-Day Training Course

Petroleum Refining

Production Planning, Scheduling and Yield Optimisation

NASBA
Classroom Schedule
Date Venue Fees
16 - 27 Mar 2026 Dubai $ 11,900
20 Apr - 01 May 2026 Dubai $ 11,900
07 - 18 Sep 2026 London $ 11,900
07 - 18 Dec 2026 Dubai $ 11,900
04 - 15 Jan 2027 London $ 11,900
15 - 26 Mar 2027 Dubai $ 11,900
Online Schedule
Date Venue Fees
07 - 18 Sep 2026 Online $ 7,900

Course Summary

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..

This GLOMACS Petroleum Refining training course is oriented toward the practical aspects of refinery operations as well as the terminology and economics of refining.

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
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
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

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
  • LPG
  • Gasoline
  • Kerosene / Jet Fuel
  • AGO / Diesel Fuel Oil
  • Petrochemical Feedstocks
  • Overall Refinery Flow: Interrelationship 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
  • Intermediate Feed Characteristics
Day 8

Process for Motor Fuel Production

  • Fluid Catalytic Cracking
  • Hydrocracking
  • Cat Cracking
  • Isomerization
  • Alkylation
  • Hydrotreating
  • Catalytic Reforming
  • Product Specifications
Day 9

Supporting Operations

  • Blending for Product Specifications
  • Hydrogen Production
  • Storage Tanks
  • Refinery Gas Plants
  • Acid Gas Treating
  • Sulfur Recovery Plants
Day 10

Refinery Economics

  • Residue Reduction
  • Asphalt and Residual Fuel
  • Refinery Complexity and Netback
  • Economic Evaluation
  • Cost Estimation
  • Group Discussions
  • Program Evaluation & Summary 
Certificates
  • On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates. Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE): In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance.
Providers and Associations

Endorsed Education Provider

KHDA
NASBA

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