Course Overview

What are the duties of an operations manager? 

The oil refinery operation manager is responsible for determining and analysing oil refining activities and the study of refinery operations.

What is a refinery operation?

The petroleum products are refined from the crude oil used in petrochemical industries. The petroleum industry requires efficient and proper use of the oil industry and reuse of wastewater. Any plant uses electrical, mechanical and thermal energy. It has devices used such as electric motor, transformers, boilers, compressors, blower, chillers, processing machines etc. These machines operate in a variety of conditions.

This oil refinery operations course will make you competent to understand the petroleum refinery and their management of changing crude oil into petroleum products. This course will focus on how the fuels transportation, heating and paving roads and generating electricity chemicals to be done. How the refining process breaks crude oil into its various components which are new products efficiently. The oil refinery operations course covers all studies related to oil production, generation, management and transportation with analysis of the system.

In this Zoe course, you will be provided with opportunities to enhance your skills, capacity and help your organisation to manage of oil refinery operations.

Course Objectives

The main objectives of this Oil Refinery Operations training course are as follows:

• Creating an understanding of all aspect’s oil refinery operations
• To provide knowledge and skills for management of oil refinery industry professional
• To provide an idea on the various important oil refining process
• Perform detailed knowledge of management involved in oil refining
• The ways and analysis of system parameters for oil refining operations
• To identify ways of production various components of oil
• The ability and potential to use efficient devices
• The needed comprehension of guidelines with legislations and rules
• Creating enhanced analytical skills to identify tasks involved in the oil refining process
• New and advanced techniques of management

Training Methodology

This collaborative Mini MBA – Oil Refinery Operations Course will comprise the following training methods:

• Lectures
• Seminars & Presentations
• Group Discussions
• Assignments
• Case Studies & Functional Exercises

Like all our acclaimed courses, this MBA program also follows the ‘Do-Review-Learn-Apply’ model.

Organisational Benefits

Professionals who will undergo this training course will offer value to their organisations as follows:

• Management of petroleum and oil production system operations
• Regular training of other employees on petroleum and oil products
• Application of new and advanced technology for analysis of oil production system
• Introduction of modern technology for efficient operation of petroleum refineries
• Methods of testing and measurement of various parameters of oils and petroleum cleaning
• Knowledge of legislation and regulations of oil refineries
• Knowledge of new devices and methods
• Financial analysis and cost-benefit analysis for prospective buyers
• Wastewater treatment and methods
• Management of petroleum plant

 Personal Benefits

Professionals enrolling on this Oil Refinery Operations training course will have advantages as follows:

• Comprehensive understanding of all oil refining and separation processes
• Increased study of various devices and measures of performance of oil refining
• Greater knowledge of new concepts and methods for the oil refining industry
• Better understanding and information about required legislation and regulations
• Enhanced analytical and strategic skills to interpret data related to the petroleum refining processes
• Knowledge of boiler and wastewater treatment processes
• Study of pollutants and measurement with treatment methodology

Who Should Attend?

• Senior/middle and junior level employees of an organisation Employees involved in the refinery and Petro-chemical industry
• Managers responsible for refinery
• Legal consultants and advisors responsible for ensuring that all regulations and legislations
• Process engineers and technologists involved in Petro-chemical industries 
• Any professional across any profile in the maintenance of refinery and oil production process
• Any other professional interested in being an oil refining process engineer
• The shift supervisor and wastewater treatment supervisor in the oil industry
• Maintenance supervisor in the oil industry 

 Course Outline

The course covers the following areas important for one to become a Mini MBA of oil refinery operations manager:

Module 1: Overview of the oil separation process 

• Refinery and petrochemical plant overview
• Distillation process
• Types of distillation
• Atmospheric distillation
• Vacuum distillation
• Gas processing

Module 2: Petroleum conversion process

• cracking (thermal and catalytic)
• Reforming
• Alkylation
• Polymerization
• Isomerization
• Coking
• Vis breaking

Module 3: Petroleum treating processes 

• Hydrodesulfurization
• Hydro-treating
• Chemical sweetening
• Acid gas removal
• DE asphalting

Module 4: Basic principles of management 

• Planning, organising, scheduling, controlling, management
• Motivation and strategic planning
• Maintenance management and HR

Module 5: Feedstock and product handling 

• Storage of oil products
• Blending operations
• Loading operations
• Management of feedstock and handling

Module 6: Auxiliary facilities 

• Study of boilers and operation management
• Wastewater treatment
• Hydrogen production and operations
• Sulphur recovery plant and operation

Module 7: Rules, regulations and laws

• Regulations for the oil refining process
• Laws in various countries for chemical industries
• Environmental concerns and laws

Module 8: Waste and wastewater treatment 

• Types of waste in oil refinery plant
• Waste disposal system
• Waste management and operations

Module 9: Pollution and maintenance management  

• Pollution and impact of pollution
• Pollution control and management technologies
• Zero liquid discharge
• Reliability and failure management
• Maintenance management of devices