You will learn how to incorporate the fundamentals of each refining process and refinery configurations from simple to highly complex.
- You will summarize the function, characteristics, strengths and limitations of principle refining processes.
- Key characteristics of each refining process are addressed in a fast-paced and varied program based on a course manual that represents more than 4 decades of experience in refinery operations, troubleshooting, laboratory, engineering and construction, and economics.
- You will use refinery economics to determine how alternative processing schemes are assessed.
- You will be able to evaluate crude types and understand yields and product properties and determine what factors influence crude selection.
- You will learn how to assess the effect of properties on blending.
- You will learn how to recognize metallurgy considerations.
- You will solve debottlenecking issues.
- You will use engineering and construction fundamentals.
- You will learn how to solve operation challenges.
- The course instruction combines classroom presentations with selected exercises and syndicate work.
- The course is intended to be accessible to attendees with a variety of backgrounds.