Course description
Petroleum Refining For Non-Technical Persons (Public & Virtual)
This 3-day course is designed to provide an overview of basic refining process, operations and configuration in a non-technical language. The course will offer attendees an effective and practical knowledge of crude oil processing in refineries and how different processing units and configuration affects the profitability of a particular refinery. The course will demonstrate the importance of various process functions and unit operations required for maximizing the refining margins under different feedstock. The course material covers refining process, unit operations, plant configuration, crude characteristics, crude selection, refined products, products grade and specifications, supply trading and marine freight using real life examples generally practiced in refining and marketing organisations.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Technical and non-technical professionals from oil & gas industry and business and financial institutions who wish to understand in a simple and jargon-free language the physical aspects of commercial refining including supply/trading and who want to gain commercial insight of how crude oil is converted into different refined products and how they are priced/valued in open markets for supply and trading.
- Oil and Gas Engineers
- Planning Engineers/Managers
- Oil Marketing Managers / Traders
- New Entrants toRefinery or Petroleum industry
- Banking and Government Officials
- Business Analysts
- Finance and Accounting Analysts
Outcome / Qualification etc.
- Fundamentals of refinery process
- Different processing units and its functions
- Plant configuration and its impact on economics
- Crude oil characteristics
- Criteria of selecting feedstock
- Calculation of feedstock cost and refining margins
- How refining operations are optimized?
- Refining planning and scheduling
- Developing operating and business plans
Course delivery details
All London Petro Academy courses are available face to face classroom style as well as virtually.
They are also available In-House and can be tailored to your company's specific requirements.
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London Petro Academy Limited
Worldwide Leading Oil & Gas & Renewable Energy Training Provider headquartered in London, we have been operating all over the world providing world-class training courses for oil and gas and renewable energy professionals. London Petro Academy covers the entire Oil...