AFTER YOU PURCHASE THE COURSE, YOU WILL CHOOSE YOUR COURSE DATE.

Course Dates: 

1.  April 7, 2025
2. September 22, 2025

This is a one-day course covering the basics of petroleum refining. For a more in-depth course, register for the Intro to Petroleum Refining Bundle to complete the full two-day course!

Summary:

The student will be taught the purpose for refining and how refinery units fit together to achieve the business requirements. Units will be discussed, and product specifications and pooling will be introduced.

Outline:

1. How does a refinery fit into our overall business?

2. Our business is:

• Finding crude and gas
• Transporting crude to the refinery
• Converting crude into valuable products (REFINING!)
• Moving and marketing the products

3. This module will introduce you to:

• How a Refinery converts crude (and other feedstocks) into products
• What goes into the Refinery (crude and other feedstocks)
• What comes out of the Refinery (products)

4. The units inside of the Refinery which are used to create the products

5. Reminder of Potential Refinery Hazards

6. The Refining Process

• Understanding Crude
• Refinery Products and Specfications

7. Types of Refineries

• The Four Basic Refining Processes
• Typical Refining Units
• Balancing the Refinery
• Product Realization of Refinery Types

Who Should Attend:

This program is designed for non-technical personnel in petroleum refineries, corporate offices, and supplier companies who lack formal education in engineering and chemistry and don't work in highly technical environments. It benefits support personnel like environmental professionals, accountants, business managers, administrative and legal staff, sales and marketing personnel, insurance representatives, personnel managers, financial professionals, government officials, and newly-hired refinery plant operators. The course can also prepare individuals without technical backgrounds for the more detailed "Introduction to Petroleum Refining Processing" program .

Instructor: 

Venue & Logistics: 

Spring Hotel Booking Link: Book Hotel Here

*Please note this link expires two weeks before the start of the course. Please notify training@becht.com for any issues with the booking link.

Location:  15700 John F Kennedy Blvd, Houston, TX 77032

• Phone:  +12814425100
• Hotel Website
• Parking available on-site - free for all training attendees

For more information on training logistics, see the linked Attendee Info Sheet.

AFTER YOU PURCHASE THE COURSE, YOU WILL CHOOSE YOUR COURSE DATE.

Course Dates: 

1.  April 8, 2025
2. September 23, 2025

*This course has an option add-on specific to HYSYS. If interested, please visit the HYSYS course page.

Summary:  

Participants will gain essential knowledge of refining processes and process simulations. They will develop an understanding of the refining business, key process technologies, and modeling with Aspen HYSYS. The course includes case studies, confidence-building in distillation column modeling, and managing crude oil assay information.

Outline: 

• Introduction to Petroleum Refining

  How does a refinery fit into our overall business?

  Our business is:

  • Finding crude and gas
  • Transporting crude to the refinery
  • Converting crude into valuable products (REFINING!)
  • Moving and marketing the products

• This module will introduce you to:

  • How a Refinery converts crude (and other feedstocks) into products
  • What goes into the Refinery (crude and other feedstocks)
  • What comes out of the Refinery (products)

• Reminder of Potential Refinery Hazards

  The Refining Process

  • Understanding Crude
  • Refinery Products and Specifications

• Types of Refineries

  • The Four Basic Refining Processes
  • Typical Refining Units
  • Balancing the Refinery
  • Product Realization of Refinery Types

• Overview of Key Refinery Processes

  • Crude Oil Distillation
  • Hydrotreating
  • Hydrocracking
  • Isomerization
  • Catalytic Reforming
  • Fluid Catalytic Cracking
  • Alkylation
  • Heavy Oil Processes

Who Should Attend: 

The program is designed for personnel new to the petroleum refining industry with backgrounds in engineering or chemistry, or refinery operating experience. New engineering graduates or technologists using Aspen HYSYS, process engineers in refinery design and optimization, plant engineers monitoring plant performance, and R&D engineers using Aspen HYSYS for process synthesis. Those without technical or refinery backgrounds should consider attending "Basics of Petroleum Refining for Non-Technical Personnel.

Instructor: 

Michael (Mike) Bober Mr. Bober holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He served as a Process Engineer, Project Developer, Economist, and Manager at Exxon’s Bayway Refinery for twelve years. He then joined Mobil Research and Development as an FCC Specialist. He managed technical training for Engineering, worldwide, until Exxon and Mobil merged in 2000. At this point, he managed worldwide technical training for ExxonMobil Research and Engineering and then retired from managing the Technical Portfolio for ExxonMobil’s Global Manufacturing Training initiative – with a combined service of 37 years to the two companies.

Venue & Logistics: 

Spring Hotel Booking Link: Book Hotel Here

*Please note this link expires two weeks before the start of the course. Please notify training@becht.com for any issues with the booking link.

Location:  15700 John F Kennedy Blvd, Houston, TX 77032

• Phone:  +12814425100
• Hotel Website
• Parking available on-site - free for all training attendees

For more information on training logistics, see the linked Attendee Info Sheet.