Petroleum refineries may appear complicated at first glance. Breaking them down into a series of units makes the process easier to understand. This course covers the basic building blocks of a typical refinery, from crude oil inlet to distribution.
This 2-day course begins by discussing energy trends and outlook. It focuses then on the core refining processes including feedstock properties, process chemistry, process variables, operating conditions, unit configuration, and refinery products. Refining processes are discussed in detail. This program is designed to serve as an introduction to petroleum refining processing.
For each process, purpose, basic chemistry, process flowsheets and typical operating parameters are reviewed. The integration of these processes to achieve different refining objectives is also addressed.
A complete set of course materials is included in the Basics of Petroleum Refinery Processing course.
This course provides technical details on Petroleum Refinery Processing; however, it is designed and presented to be understood by, and of benefit to both technical and non-technical personnel. This course can be attended by environmental, safety and maintenance staff; all engineering disciplines; consulting and engineering organization staff; equipment staff, as well as oil traders, pipeline, financial and business development personnel.
"I have been in a few PS courses and this is the Best so far. Well communicated, great notes, passionate speaker.
Well organized and engaging, good quizzes/work sessions, thoughtful responses to questions."
- Pipeline Integrity Engineer
"Well organized, a lot of good basic information about the refining process. Although there was a lot of material, it was delivered in bite-size pieces which makes it more manageable.
Engaging. We could actively learn the material instead of having things spoon fed."
- Industrial Hygienist
"Great course, perfect intro into refining processes."
- Project Engineer
"I enjoyed this course! Very good overview of the refinery process and went into enough detail without dragging out too much."
- Site Operations Process EIT
"Overall the course was great. Learning all different aspects of refinery process, economics and refined products."
- Process Engineer
"The course was well done and lots of resources available. Engaging instructor."
- Downstream Project Engineer
"Great course, Amazing Instructor. Exactly as expected. instruction is very clear and information was well laid out."
- Anon.
"Engaging. Very well organized, covered the most important aspects of refining."
- Innovation EIT
"Very good information on building blocks/general unit ops of refinery processes.
Good pacing, detailed approach to process."
- Process EIT
"Very knowledgable instructor and easy to understand. Gained a lot of refining knowledge."
- Reliability Engineer
"I would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in learning about basic refining processes. It provides a solid foundation and practical insights into the industry."
- Student, Unit Contact Engineering
"Great overview. Competent instructor."
- Staff OT Operations Assurance Engineer
"Explained technical terms in more understanding way. Perfectly explained calculation of world gasoline price changes calculation. All refinery processes explained."
- Process and Technical Safety Engineer-In-Training
"Good basic introduction."
- Environment
"Instructor clearly has great industry depth & knowledge of facilities. Quizzes kept me engaged. Great
content detail. Good pace with enough breaks and sufficient length to reset my mind."
- Senior Accountant Fixed Assets
"Very good. Slides were very well put together and had just enough information as a introduction to all process units"
- Operations
"The course was more basic than I had expected (I guess it did have basics in the name), which is
good for green member of industry or new transplants to the refining industry."
- Senior Regulatory Compliance Advisor
"It was very thorough and technical. I recently started my career in oil and gas it was interesting to learn the units and processes of refineries to have a better understanding of the overall business."
- Commercial & Development Analyst
"Overall, this course has been very well taught. Good overview of typical refining processes,
and the chemistry behind it. "
- Data Science EIT
"I learned a great deal! I have always wanted to take this course but it always fills up so quickly. I was really excited for this one and it did not disappoint!"
- Sr. Digital Solutions Advisor
"Learned a lot about the refinery process as expected. Well instructed with a logical sequence."
- Business Analyst, Commercial Marketing
"Overall the course we very well done. I feel that there was an impressive amount of content covered thoroughly over the two days, with high quality explanations of each unit.
Arshad is an excellent speaker. The content was well presented which made it easy to understand and follow. Concepts were introduced in a logical order and covered a large breadth of material."
- Fixed Equip, EIT
"It was very informative. The instructor was very knowledgable and I learned a great deal over the two days."
- Sr. Industrial Hygienist
"The course was a great introduction to refining processes. The course was structured well and covered material in a logical way. It provided enough information for those unfamiliar with refining to be able to communicate with experts on these topics."
- Process Safety EIT
"Overall the course was pretty good. it did a good job at explaining enough about each refinery unit without going too much into technical detail."
- Data Science and Analytics EIT
"This course provided a very thorough explanation of the chemical/process workings of a refinery to a level of detail that I hadn't received before. A much needed learning!
Content was great and the instructor was knowledgeable and engaging."
- Maintenance and Reliability EIT
"The instructor kept me engaged throughout the course. He went into each topic in detail, but was also able to make it very interesting. He also has a positive attitude and good humour."
- EIT
"Good overview and balance of technical detail:time. Thank you!"
- Sr. Manager
"A very good course for fundamentals of refining, especially for personnel new to oil and gas, like myself."
- Project Engineer
"Enjoyed learning the basics. Not too in-depth, but just enough. Good amount of time, good knowledgable instructor."
- Development Engineer
"Very good high level overview of critical refinery operations. Goes into a good level of detail. Instructor is very knowledgable of the industry, not just refineries."
- Facilities EIT
"Great instructor, detailed, very interesting"
- Completions Engineer
"I learned a ton in this course. Very informative, great overview of the main components in a refinery.
I liked the PDFs to see the entire process. The binder of information is very thorough as well."
- Anon.
"This course has been quite enjoyable. I have had the opportunities to learn a lot not only about plants in general but also about the plant that I work at. The instructor was quite knowledgable and the content was organized in a manner that made sense."
- Mechanical EIT
"Solid Course."
- Engineer
"I was very impressed by the course and the instructor. The course was provided in such a timely manner for me to conduct a high-level risk assessment of pipelines.
The instructor is very knowledgable and greatly experienced. The contents are easy to follow which helps me understand the big pictures of refineries and upgraders in a short time."
- Senior Staff Pipeline Integrity Engineer
"Appropriate level of detail for each topic. I definitely learned a lot through this course.
The level of detail for topics has high enough for the training to be significant, but not too high that is no longer would be considered basic."
- Reliability EIT
"I enjoyed the course! This was a new topic to me, and I felt that the topics covered in the course, and thelevel of information was just right."
- Engineer in training
"Very organized, good content, would recommend to colleagues."
- Operations Process EIT
"Very well organized. Engaging videos that described the processes well, and also going over diagrams together to understand the process flows. The quizzes were also good to check-in on what I knew!"
- Engineer-in-Training
"Overall, I think this was a very useful course for me to get a general understanding of refining, since I just started in downstream. I have some good reference material to be able to refer back to and so I am glad I took the course.
The course was very thorough and well organised and the instructor was very knowledgeable on all aspects of refining. The inclusion of videos for animation and explanation was also good. The class quizzes were good for knowledge checks. The additional posters and reference for other course material was also good bonus to have and refer back to, as well as the course notes."
- Staff Project Engineer
"Very good course, 100% recommend for anyone working in downstream O&G."
- EIT
"I enjoyed it. I think it did well to go over the full process from what crude is to the final products. It wasn't overly technical and explanations for the high technical areas seemed to be fairly easy to understand."
- Project Engineer
"This course had a lot more information than I anticipated (which is a good thing). The instructor was very well-educated on the subject, and I liked that he explained things in multiple ways to help students understand."
- TS and I EIT
"Very engaging in an online setting. Way to keep the class engaged throughout the two sessions."
- Business Development EIT
