Refinery Process Yield Optimisation

Optimize Refinery Utilization and Efficiency

Course topic:

Oil and Gas Management

Format availability:

In-Person, Online streaming

Duration:

5 Days

Introduction to the course

This Refinery Process Yield Optimisation training course will present a detailed overview of refining process yields, from the crude oil feed to the finished products. It is targeted at personnel directly involved in refining utilization and optimization, including but not limited to refining technologists and operations personnel as well as non-technical personnel interested in these processes or involved in refinery planning.

All the major refining processes are explored and examined with a view of understanding and appreciating how each unit relates to each other whilst at the same, time how these relationships can enhance refinery operations.

Major refining processes are presented and discussed, including feedstock, product properties and refinery yields. Refining economics will be included as means to optimizing refining operations and profitability.

The KC Academy Refinery Process Yield Optimisation training course is oriented toward the practical aspects of refinery operations and yield optimization and includes the terminology used in the industry.

Course details

  • Familiarize and understand the various refinery types and appreciate how refining complexity impacts refining optimization and refinery economics.
  • Comprehend the importance of quality giveaways and learn how to use blending calculations to reduce them.
  • Use hands-on software that allows professionals in the industry to choose different types of crude diets and thus optimize refinery utilization and efficiency.
  • Act as a primer into the industry of Petroleum Refining to maximize process fluid yields.
  • Familiarize industry professionals with all processes associated with the processing of petroleum into finished products.
  • Equip new engineers into the industry, with the basic tools for understanding the complex nature of refining and its operation.

Process Yields is a hands-on, stimulating learning experience with access to professional software used by refining technologists and experts for optimizing refining operations. The Refinery Process Yield Optimisation training course will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas. Participation is encouraged in a supportive environment.

To ensure the concepts introduced during the training course are understood, they will be reinforced through a mix of learning methods, including lecture style presentation, open discussion, case studies, software simulations and group work.

Attendees will have the opportunity to develop personal competencies and build up expert knowledge of crude oil yield processes in a range of equipment.

The organization will:

  • Have a comprehensive understanding overview of refining process yields, from the crude oil feed to the finished products.
  • Learn how their competitors identify and improve issues related to refinery economics.
  • Know how to optimize crude selection and refining operations.
  • Gain insight of common and new techniques and softwares as well as key industry success factors

By attending this Refinery Process Yield Optimisation training course, participants will:

  • Gain understanding and practical insight of the basic concepts of refining complexity impacts, refining optimization and refining margins and its impact on the organization’s profitability.
  • Be equipped with the basic tools for understanding the complex nature of crude assay and choose different types of crude diets and thus optimize refinery utilization.
  • Improve their level of personal knowledge of the techniques used in industry for blending, refinery integration and optimization.
  • Be able to plan and develop techniques for improving Hydrocarbon loss in refinery.

This KC Academy Refinery Process Yield Optimisation training course is intended for refining professionals working in the industry either as refining technologists or in refining operations and engineers. It is designed to allow a further understanding of the various processes available and how these can be optimized to improve yields and refining margins.

  • Refining Engineers
  • Operations Personnel including Shift Supervisors
  • Marketers and Refinery Planners
  • Blending Professionals
  • Other Engineers who would like a further understanding of the complex refining processes.
  • Accountants, Marketers and other Professions who would like to comprehend the advantages and limitations of the various refining processes at their site.

Daily Agenda

Day 1:
Crude Oil Yields Refinery Technology
  • Introduction to Crude Oil Origins & Characteristics
  • Crude Oil Assay and Properties
  • Crude Oil Products
  • LPG
  • Gasoline
  • Kerosene / Jet Fuel
  • AGO / Diesel Fuel Oil
  • Petrochemical Feedstocks
  • Overall Refinery Flow: Interrelationship of Processes
Day 2:
Petroleum Refinery Processes
  • Crude Processing
  • Desalting
  • Atmospheric Distillation
  • Vacuum Distillation
  • Heavy Oils Processing / Bottom of the Barrel Upgrading
  • Coking and Thermal Processes
  • Delayed Coking
  • Fluid Coking
  • Flexicoking
  • Visbreaking
  • Intermediate Feed Characteristics
Day 3:
Process for Motor Fuel Production
  • Fluid Catalytic Cracking
  • Hydrocracking
  • Cat Cracking
  • Isomerization
  • Alkylation
  • Hydrotreating
  • Catalytic Reforming
  • Product Specifications
Day 4:
Supporting Operations
  • Blending for Product Specifications
  • Hydrogen Production
  • Storage Tanks
  • Refinery Gas Plants
  • Acid Gas Treating
  • Sulfur Recovery Plants
Day 5:
Refinery Economics
  • Residue Reduction
  • Asphalt and Residual Fuel
  • Refinery Complexity and Netback
  • Economic Evaluation
  • Cost Estimation
  • Group Discussions
  • Program Evaluation & Summary 

Frequently Asked Questions

There are no prerequisites. Our courses are open to students of all backgrounds who are 18 years of age and older. All courses are conducted in English. Video lectures include English subtitles and the option to slow-down, pause, or replay lectures for better retention. Discussion boards are a critical component of each of our courses; therefore, we suggest students have a conversational knowledge of English when pursuing a Certificate of Completion. For any of the art writing courses, students need to be 100% proficient in written English.

You should have an up-to-date web browser such as: Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Internet Explorer. For more detailed information, please see the guides for supported browsers and basic computer specifications. Our Online Courses can be accessed on a mobile or tablet device, although we strongly encourage you to have access to a desktop or laptop computer and reliable internet connection for certain course components. Former students have told us it is easiest to read discussion threads and complete written assignments on a laptop or desktop computer.

Registration is available on our website. Just follow these simple steps: Click the “Apply Now” button in the top right corner of your screen. Select “Online Courses.” Choose your course(s). You will be asked for basic contact information and your credit card payment. We require full payment at the time of registration and all tuition is billed in US dollars. Be sure to check with your bank or credit card company, as your financial institution may charge a foreign transaction fee.

Our classes are kept small, at no more than 30 students, to better facilitate and encourage personalized interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Your classmates come from all over the globe and contribute their global perspectives and experience. Some are currently working within the arts while others are just beginning. All classmates share in their passion for the art world.

It is recommended that you begin your course promptly. If you do need to start the course a few days late, contact your instructor as soon as possible after the course has opened to discuss your options. Registration closes on the Friday after the course begins.

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24-28 Feb 2025
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28 Apr-02 May 2025
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15-19 Sep 2025
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London
15-19 Sep 2025
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15-19 Dec 2025
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London
12-16 Jan 2026
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23-27 Mar 2026
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