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Mini MBA: Oil Refinery Operations

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Why Select This Training Course?

Industry leaders set on transforming and boosting their oil refinery operations will find the Mini MBA in Oil Refinery Operations to be an essential resource. The course strikes a perfect balance between in-depth technical training and practical management fundamentals, tailored to the needs of today’s complex operational environments.

How does the course create impactful learning?

The course will provide you with a solid foundation in refinery economics and also teach you how to make a thorough financial analysis.

What are the technologies introduced in this course?

You will learn how you can install the new digital technologies including the Advanced Process Control (APC), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and artificial intelligence applications which are transforming the refineries landscape by offering new types of data analytics, predictive maintenance and operational agility.

Who Should Attend?

The program is a must-attend for:

  • Refinery Managers involved in overseeing day-to-day refinery operations.
  • Process Engineers who want to gain in-depth knowledge of the fundamentals of refining processes.
  • HSE Managers who prioritize safety at refineries.
  • Financial Analysts and Project Managers working on refinery operations and investment projects.
  • Technologists tasked with implementing new processes and systems.
  • Strategic Planners who are charting the way forward for refinery turnarounds and efficiency.

What are the Course Objectives?

By the end of this course, participants will:

  • Possess a strategic and technical grasp of refinery operations.
  • Be equipped to make informed decisions based on economic analysis.
  • Understand how to apply advanced technologies to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Have the skills to develop and implement comprehensive safety and environmental strategies.
  • Be ready to lead complex projects and drive organisational change within refineries.

How will this course be presented?

Presented methodologies include:

  • Interactive lectures with real-world case studies.
  • Engaging workshops focusing on practical application of strategies.
  • Group exercises and discussions promoting idea exchange.
  • Simulation sessions that utilise the latest refinery operations software.
  • Participant presentations on strategic operational challenges.

What are the Topics Covered in this Course?

Module 1: Energy Efficiency and Green Refinery Initiatives

  • Simple and proof-dependent methods designed to lessen energy consumption and cost.
  • A carbon footprint analysis method to pinpoint and economically assess operational activities.
  • Renewable energy technologies and techniques and how they impact, sometimes irreparably, a refinery.
  • The time and cost-effectiveness of mitigation solutions.
  • The completion of a green refinery project.

Module 2: Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement

  • Adopting Lean Six Sigma methodologies for refinery operations
  • Strategies to achieve operational excellence in refining
  • Benchmarking against industry best practices in continuous improvement
  • Identifying applicable continuous improvement frameworks in the refining sector
  • Advanced performance measurement and management tools
  • Technologies, systems and methods for more effective turnarounds and shutdowns

Module 3: Advanced Refinery Technologies

  • Understanding the next generation of catalytic processes and their operational benefits
  • How has nanotechnology improved the quality of refined products?
  • The latest developments in coking, hydrocracking and desulphurisation
  • Technologically integrated biofuel refineries and renewable feedstock applications
  • The latest innovations in APC and modern methodologies to temporarily and permanently increase refinery throughput
  • Applying IIoT to real-time operational monitoring
  • Deploying artificial intelligence for predictive maintenance, performance anomaly and failure event detection
  • New developments in emission control and environmental ratings
  • Overcoming the challenges of modular and compact refineries and their implications on global refining capacity
  • The rise of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS)
  • Practical and economical solutions in energy storage and battery technology
  • During a refinery expansion, what are the most effective agile project management (APM) tools to consider for use?
  • Plugging the holes in cybersecurity and ensuring safety of critical refinery infrastructure

Module 4: Refinery Safety and Environmental Management

  • HSE regulations and compliance for work at refineries
  • Assessment and effective control of hazard, risk and danger in the refining environment
  • Planning for refinery incidents and in the event of a plant-wide emergency and hazardous events
  • Reducing and eliminating waste and other discharges to the environment at your refinery
  • Ensuring health and safety is priority number one in your refinery
  • Asset integrity in high-risk operational zones and maintenance procedures and practices for equipment in hazardous areas
  • Trends and technologies to consider in reducing the environmental footprint of a refinery
  • How to achieve and maintain ISO14001 and ISO45001:2018 certification modules including the use of a new digital HSE management system

Module 5: Refinery Economics and Financial Analysis

  • The macro and micro trends in the global oil market and their significance in the refinery business
  • Understanding the cost structure of a refinery and the key drivers of its economic fundamentals
  • Investment appraisal and how to build financial models for different types of refinery projects
  • Maximising the benefits of strategic cost management in refinery operations and execution of operations
  • What are the various implications of energy policies and regulations for a refinery?

Module 6: Turnaround Management

  • The essential elements of effective turnaround planning
  • Scheduling and resource management for shutdowns Integrating change management during turnarounds
  • Post-turnaround review and performance analysis

Module 7: Supply Chain and Logistics in Refining

  • Strategic sourcing and procurement in the refinery context
  • The challenges of refinery supply chain management
  • Identifying opportunities for sourcing and supply chain innovation
  • Global trade patterns and refinery product flows.
  • Adapting to changes in crude supply and product demand.

Module 8: Human Resource Management and Organisational Development

  • Leadership models in the context of a refinery.
  • Strategies to foster collaboration, efficiency, and improvement in a team environment.
  • Training, competence development, and technology.
  • Succession planning and employee retention.
  • Performance management and remuneration.
  • The significance of corporate culture to meet the targets.
  • Employee engagement and productivity.
  • The task of a new generation of workforce.
  • Delivering and management of diversity and inclusion.

Module 9: Strategy, Innovation, and the Future of Refineries

  • Strategic vision for the longer-term refinery model.
  • Long-term technology road mapping that delivers competitive advantage.
  • Accurately predicting the potential future of energy.

Module 10: Regulatory Compliance and Future Energy Policies

  • The abundance of the oil and gas industries at international and national levels.
  • How a refinery can be tailored to fulfil the needs of a much more stringent regulation in the future?
  • What are the potential future energy policies and what bearing they might have on a refinery?

Module 11: Asset Management and Optimization

  • Creating and maintaining a refinery asset management framework.
  • Data, analytics, and insights technology and potential.
  • Forecasting technology for capital investment decision-making.
  • Integration of cost-effective, mature RCM principles for equipment management.

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