Overall hydrocarbon supply chain

Overview of refinery configurations

Key refinery business functions

Crude oil characterization

Distillation units

• Crude oil distillation & vacuum distillation

Conversion units:

• Hydrotreating, hydrocracking, reforming, catalytic cracking, Alkylation, isomerization

Purification, auxiliary and treatment unit:

• Merox, sulphur recovery, amine regeneration, Hydrogen production and recovery

Refinery tank farms and logistics

Product blending and specifications

Refinery and petrochemical integration

Introduction to petrochemical industry

Petrochemicals

• Products and uses

Feedstocks - composition and preparation

Chemicals from paraffins - methane, ethane, propane, butane​

Chemicals from olefins - ethylene, propylene, butylene, diolefins, acetylene​

Chemicals from aromatics - benzene, toluene, xylene, ethylbenzene​

Chemicals from non-hydrocarbons - synthesis gas, hydrogen, sulphuric acid

Polymers

• Introduction

• Polymerization processes

• Polymer types and uses

Fundamentals of linear programming

Refinery planning process overview

Crude assay data management

Insight to planning processes

• ​Long term / strategic plan

• Annual / budgetary plans

• Monthly / weekly operating plans

• Special case studies

Planning model - best practices

Process submodel building - best practices

Multi-period & multi-site planning model

Planning model update - best practices

Back casting using LP

Crude indifference value analysis

Key planning softwares

Product blending overview

Blending systems - batch, continuous and in-line

Product specifications

Property blending correlations​​

• Linear, non-linear and derived (pre-blend and post-blend) property correlations

Quality giveaway

Blend components and typical properties

Blend optimization objectives

• Component cost vs product price

• Minimize giveaway

• Adherence to planning targets

Blend optimization

• Single batch optimization

• Multi batches / multi grades optimized together

• Correction batch optimization

Additives

Key product blending softwares

Refinery scheduling system overview

Refinery logistics system overview

Inventory management and optimization

Crude scheduling

Process units and intermediate stream scheduling

Product scheduling

Product blending and specifications

Key features of refinery scheduling software

Scheduling best practices

Tanks and offsite requirements

Performance monitoring