- Overview
- Schedule
TRAINING DAYS: | 1 Days | PDH: | 8 Hours |
DISCIPLINE: | Organizational Performance and Development | LEVEL: | Foundational |
CATEGORY: | General Refining | SUGGESTED EXPERIENCE: | 1–3 years |
TRAINING MAP: | Process Engineer | ||
Levels and experience are guidelines based on topic-specific experience. All courses support foundational and advanced learning.
Interested in our extended 2-Day class that gives an overview of units? See the full Introduction to Petroleum Refining Course Here.
About:
This course introduces non-technical personnel to the petroleum refining business by explaining how refineries convert crude oil and other feedstocks into finished products. Participants gain an overview of refinery operations, major processing units, refinery products, and how the refinery supports overall business objectives. Product specifications, refinery balancing, and refinery hazards are also introduced.
What You’ll learn:
Explain how petroleum refining fits into the overall petroleum business.
Identify crude oil feedstocks, refinery products, and the major refinery processing units.
Describe the basic refining process and the four fundamental refining processes.
Recognize different refinery configurations, refinery balancing concepts, and common refinery hazards.
Who Should Attend:
Non-technical personnel working in petroleum refineries, corporate offices, and supplier companies, as well as newly hired refinery employees and anyone seeking a foundational understanding of petroleum refining.
Course Outline:
Petroleum Refining in the Overall Business:
How a refinery fits into the petroleum business;
relationship between upstream, refining, and downstream operations.
The Petroleum Business:
Finding crude oil and natural gas;
transporting crude oil to the refinery;
converting crude into valuable products;
moving and marketing finished petroleum products.
Refinery Inputs and Outputs:
Crude oil and other refinery feedstocks;
finished petroleum products;
overview of refinery product streams.
Refinery Processing Units:
Major refinery process units and how they work together.
Refinery Safety:
Potential refinery hazards.
The Refining Process:
Crude oil characteristics and properties.
Refinery Products and Specifications:
Finished product specifications and quality requirements.
Types of Refineries:
Four basic refining processes.
Typical Refinery Units:
Common refinery process units.
Balancing the Refinery:
Matching operations to product demand.
Product Realization of Refinery Types:
Relationship between refinery configuration and product slate.
Taught By:
Mike Bober
Meet The Instructor:
Michael (Mike) 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, then joined Mobil Research and Development as an FCC Specialist. He managed technical training for Engineering worldwide until the Exxon and Mobil merger in 2000. He then managed worldwide technical training for ExxonMobil Research and Engineering and retired from managing the Technical Portfolio for ExxonMobil’s Global Manufacturing Training initiative, with a combined 37 years of service to the two companies.
Venue:
The training will be held in Houston, TX. The exact location will be announced by mid-November. Please check back for updates. If you purchase the class, you can find the hotel booking link under My Courses → (your course) → Resources once available.