Production Planning & Scheduling in Petroleum Refineries
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Production Planning & Scheduling in Petroleum Refineries
Program Overview
Refinery margins depend on choosing the right crude slate, running units at the right severity and blending products to specification without giving away quality. This programme covers the planning-to-scheduling chain: crude assay evaluation, linear programming (LP) models for monthly plans, translating plans into unit and tank schedules, product blending and inventory control, and plan-versus-actual reconciliation. Participants work with realistic refinery configurations and Gulf export markets to build plans that respect unit constraints, shipping windows and product specifications.
Learning Outcomes
- ✓Evaluate candidate crudes using assay data and a simplified margin calculation per barrel.
- ✓Build and interpret a small LP planning model with unit capacities, yields and product demand constraints.
- ✓Convert a monthly plan into a short-term schedule covering crude receipts, unit runs, tank allocation and shipments.
- ✓Calculate blend recipes for gasoline or diesel that meet key specifications such as RON, sulphur and RVP at minimum giveaway.
- ✓Reconcile planned versus actual yields and margins and identify the main sources of deviation.
- ✓Prepare a scheduling response to an unplanned unit outage or delayed crude cargo.
Target Audience
- Refinery planners and schedulers
- Process and operations engineers supporting unit optimisation
- Supply, trading and oil movement coordinators
- Economics and margin analysts in downstream companies
Detailed Program Modules
01Refinery Configuration and the Planning Hierarchy
- Process units, intermediate streams and product pools
- Strategic, tactical and operational planning horizons
- Interfaces between planning, scheduling, operations and trading
02Crude Selection and Assay Evaluation
- Crude assays, cut points and yield estimation
- Crude compatibility and processing constraints
- Netback and gross product worth comparison
03Linear Programming for Refinery Planning
- Model structure: variables, yields, capacities and specifications
- Shadow prices, marginal values and sensitivity analysis
- Commercial LP tools and model maintenance practices
04Short-Term Scheduling and Oil Movements
- Crude receipt, tank and unit run scheduling
- Inventory targets, tank switching and line-up constraints
- Export cargo windows and jetty scheduling
05Product Blending and Quality Control
- Blend property calculations and blending indices
- Specification giveaway and reblend avoidance
- Online blending, quality release and laboratory interfaces
06Performance Monitoring and Disruption Management
- Plan versus actual reconciliation and yield accounting
- Responding to unit outages, crude delays and demand changes
- Planning KPIs and continuous model improvement
Training Methodology
Applied Project & Assessment
Applied Project
Participants develop a one-month plan and a ten-day schedule for a case refinery: crude selection rationale, LP results with key shadow prices, a tank and unit schedule, one product blend recipe meeting specification, and a contingency schedule for a simulated unit shutdown.
Assessment
Short diagnostic at the start, practical tasks linked to each learning outcome, and evaluation of the applied project against published criteria.