PETROLEUM REFINING EDUCATION AND
​EXPERT WITNESSING

Expert Witnessing

• 30+ Years Petroleum Refining Experience, BS and MS in ChE
• Fuels Blending Expert Witness - refinery education, interrogatory development, discovery analysis.  Helped achieve successful outcomes
• Safety - created and lead a Process Safety Management program, lead company response to two OSHA Program Quality Verifications (PQV's)
• Patent Infringement - provided education and analysis
• Business Interruption - calculated refinery BI settlements
• Merger/Acquisitions - evaluated many refinery acquisition opportunities as both a consultant and manager

Workshops

RefineryU is offering a comprehensive workshop on Gasoline and Diesel Blending as requested in 2022.   
​Focus areas:

• Crude oil Characteristics
• Gasoline and Diesel Properties/Specifications
• Linear and Nonlinear Blending
• ​Blend Economics and Optimization
• Many Hands On Exercises
• Learn to Use netBlend.com - State of the Art Web Based Blending Software
• Soft Skills - How to Implement Your Ideas
• Career Tips - How to Leverage Blending to Advance Your Career

RefineryU is offering a comprehensive workshop on Bunker Fuel Blending as requested in 2022.   
​Focus areas:​

• Crude oil CharacteristicsBunker Fuel Properties/Specifications
• Linear and Nonlinear Blending
• ​Blend Economics and Optimization
• Many Hands On Exercises
• Learn to Use netBlend.com - State of the Art Web Based Blending Software
• Soft Skills - How to Implement Your Ideas
• Career Tips - How to Leverage Blending to Advance Your Career

The Software

Haverly’s Product Blending Tool (netBlend) is a complete Web based application for calculating and optimizing gasoline and diesel blends. It is accessible from via the Internet at www.netblend.net . NetBlend will determine optimum products blends by meeting specifications at minimum cost. 

The Instructor

Lance Ulrich will be teaching this workshop.  Key highlights:

• 30+ years Petroleum Refining Experience
• 18 years Blending experience 
• Levels from Engineer to VP
• Extrovert - 30/30 on Myers Briggs
• Lively, Fun, Engaging Teaching Style
• BS and MS in Chemical Engineering
• Socially Intelligent - Focused on Soft Skills as well as Technical Content