Introduction to Petroleum Refining for Non-Technical People

Petroleum refining is an extremely complicated, hazardous and highly technical business.  This workshop is designed for people who have no background in engineering or chemistry and will give you a sound foundation.

• Well qualified - BS and MS degrees in Chemical Engineering and 30+ years experience in virtually all aspects of petroleum refining 
• Excellent communicator - experienced and adept at breaking down complex technical information by use of analogy, visualization and humor - for instance crude oil can be characterized by boulders, rocks, marbles and sand​

Blending Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Workshop

• How to Blend Gasoline and Diesel in Refineries - a two day class available online as private class
• Also available as a one day How to Blend Gasoline and Diesel for Traders
  
• Crude oil Characteristics
• Gasoline and Diesel Properties/Specifications
• Linear and Nonlinear Blending
• ​Blend Economics and Optimization
• Many Hands On Exercises
• Learn  netBlend.com - Advanced Web Based Blending Software
• Soft Skills - How to Implement Your Ideas
• Career Tips - How to Leverage Blending to Advance Your Career​​

Blending Bunker Fuel Class

• 1 Day Class available as an online private class
• Crude oil Characteristics
• Bunker Fuel Properties/Specifications
• Linear and Nonlinear Blending
• ​Blend Economics and Optimization
• Many Hands On Exercises
• Learn  netBlend.com - Advanced Web Based Blending Software
• Soft Skills - How to Implement Your Ideas
• Career Tips - How to Leverage Blending to Advance Your Career​

Refining Planning and Economics Best Practices

• 3 Day class available online as a private class
• Excellent Training for a New Planning Engineer
• Determine Areas for Improvement
• Crude Oil Quality - Are Your Assays Accurate?
• Economic Modeling - Does Your LP Represent the Current Refinery Constraints?
• ​Crude Selection - Substitution vs Incremental
• Crude/FCC/HDC Curves - Calc $/BBL vs Rate and How to Understand Break Points
• Utility Curtailment - You Lost a Boiler/Sulfur Plant/H2 Plant...Now What? 
• Income Forecasting - Month, Year, 5 Year Plans
• Unit Shut/Slowdown Cost Estimation - Should We Clean Those Heat Exchangers?
• Blending - LP vs Reality
• Backcasting - Is Your LP Accurate?
• Operational Decay - Exchanger Fouling, Catalyst Aging
• Soft Skills - How to Implement Your Ideas
• Career Tips - How to Leverage P&E to Advance Your Career​