Course Objectives

• To aid in understanding of refinery operations, and blinding methods.

Course Outline.

• Overview of plant equipment systems.
• Fluid storage and flow control.
• Fluid heating and cooling.
• Furnace and Distillation process systems.
• Reactor process systems.
  • Operational characteristics.
  • Alkylation unit.
  • Cat cracker.
• Refinery instrumentation.
  • Process variables and Process Control Systems.
  • Measuring and indicating instruments.
• Refinery operations.
  • Control room operations.
  • Off-site operations.
  • Combined operations
• Main operator responsibilities.
  • Operator’s role (controlling production processes, operations safety, safety and emergency situations).
  • General control room activities.

• Blending methods and operations.
  • Distillates and finished products produced by blending.
  • Batch blending & in-line blending.
  • Typical gasoline blend components.
  • Asphalt blending and residual fuel blending.

Who can benefit?

• All refining staff.