Refinery Performance and Cost Improvement

OVERVIEW

The IBH Refinery Performance and Cost Improvement Course aims to promote a better understanding of the key refinery business performance levers, and the techniques and tools used to optimise and improve business performance. Upon completion of this course, you will have gained a broad understanding of the many economic aspects of oil refining.

YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO:

• Get an introduction to global refining and the position of a refinery in the value chain
• Understand the value of crude oil and its products
• Look into refinery complexity and the function of various refinery units
• Analyze refinery margin, optimisation and the economics of crude oil selection
• Explore how refinery planning, scheduling and appraisal works
• Appreciate (future) environmental regulations
• Understand the importance of hydrocarbon mass balance & loss and how to mitigate loss
• Recognize the role of maintenance, reliability and turnarounds
• Appreciate the advantage of an Oil- Chemicals interface
• Look into refinery process control
• Appreciate the importance of performance monitoring
• Recognize the role of quality & assurance
• Get an idea of future trends in the refinery business
• Understand the refinery jargon
• Learn from each other with participants topics
• Answering your remaining questions
• Pass examination and certification

 The programme is designed for anyone who is concerned with better understanding refinery performance and economics, and will be especially valuable to:

• Analysts working in a Supply environment or a refinery Planning department
• Engineers involved in troubleshooting and technical service work who need an economic perspective of process unit operation
• Personnel from product marketing companies
• Linear Programming(LP) modellers
• Service and consulting companies will also find the program very helpful and informative.
• Employees of Private Equity firms, trading firms and other investors interested in the refinery business.
• Those involved with Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A).
• Non-refinery professionals in the Oil & Gas industry or related sectors, such as consultants, contractors, suppliers and other interrelated companies.
• Existing and newly-hired refinery personnel and current semi-technical personnel who require introductory training to acquire the broader perspective.
• Environmental professionals, insurance representatives, government officials, energy industry journalists & reporters and other professionals who desire a better understanding of the subject matter.

8:00 – 9:15

 Safety & Introduction

• Welcome, Safety & In-house arrangements
• Introduction of participants (optional)
• Program
• Course objectives

Introduction

• Global energy demand
• Global crude oil and products demand
• Crude oil reserves (incl. video)
• Refinery position in the value chain

Q&A

9:15 – 9:25 – break

9:25 – 10:40

 Crude Oil and Products

• Crude oil origin, types and movements (incl. video)
• Crude oil products
• Crude oil product specifications
• Crude oil pricing (incl. video)
• Crude oil product pricing

The Refinery

• Refinery segments

Q&A  

10:40 – 10:50 - break

10:50 – 12:05

The Refinery

• Simple refinery
• Semi-complex refinery
• Complex refinery (incl. exercise)

Q&A

12:05 – 12:15 – break

12:15 – 13:30

The Refinery

• Main refinery units (incl. exercise, videos)
• The role of catalysts

Q&A

Day 2  

8:00 – 9:15

Recap Day 1

The Refinery (continued)

• Utilities
• Refinery fuel
• Refinery slops
• Blending (incl. video)
• Costs of petroleum processing plants
• Refinery lay-out

Q&A

9:15 – 9:25 – break

9:25 – 10:40

 Refinery Economics

• Refinery Margin
• Yield & Expense Statement (incl. exercise)
• Linear Programming model
• Crude oil selection
• Crude oil WC, Exposure, Natural Length

Q&A

10:40 – 10:50 - break

10:50 – 12:05

Refinery Planning

• Long-term planning
• Short-term planning
• Scheduling
• Appraisal

Q&A

12:05 – 12:15 – break

12:15 – 13:30

 Environmental Regulations

• Restrictions & opportunities
• IMO 2020 (incl. video)

Hydrocarbon Mass Balance and Loss

• Hydrocarbon mass balance
• Hydrocarbon loss
• Ocean loss

Q&A

 Day 3  

8:00 – 9:15

Recap Day 2

Maintenance and Turnarounds

• Maintenance & Reliability
• Turnarounds (incl. video)

Oil-Chemicals Interface

• Petrochemicals
• Products exchange

Q&A

9:15 – 9:25 – break

9:25 – 10:40

Refinery Process Control

• Drawings
• DCS
• APC (incl. video)

Performance Monitoring

• Key Performance Indicators
• Review meetings
• Benchmarking

 Q&A

10:40 – 10:50 - break

10:50 – 12:05

 Quality & Assurance

• Management System
• Auditing

Trends

• Future of fossil fuels
• Future of refineries

Q&A

12:05 – 12:15 – break

12:15 – 13:30

Miscellaneous

• Participants topics
• Further reading
• Video inventory

Questions and Answers

Examination & Certification

Feedback

Course instructor holds a Masters and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Delft University of Technology. He worked 26 years for Shell. His expertise lies in Manufacturing, Supply & Distribution, Research & Technical Services, Business Assurance (Quality & Auditing), Change Management and Continuous Improvement.

He has 15 years of refinery and petrochemicals engineering experience and worked 12 years in three refineries. He led multi-cultural teams of up to 13 highly educated (PhD-level) direct reports in The Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom. His last Shell-role was in the Management Team of Pernis Refinery in Rotterdam with a secondment in Shell Internal Audit.

He has now an assignment at Delft University of Technology as Senior University Lecturer and runs a consultancy agency to support Production Processes Performance Improvement in mainly the refining and (petro)chemicals industry.