The Oil Refinery Production Planning and Yield Optimisation Training Course by Oxford Training Centre provides professionals with advanced technical and strategic insight into refinery operations. The training focuses on improving production planning, yield efficiency, and operational coordination in downstream oil refining.
Participants will explore essential tools and frameworks used in production planning in oil refineries, including feedstock management, process scheduling, and product blending techniques. Real-world case examples are used to address challenges in refinery throughput, process constraints, and product slate optimisation.
The course covers critical areas such as refinery process optimisation training, control strategies, and process integration to support sustainable performance improvements. Emphasis is placed on aligning production plans with operational capacity, market demand, and cost targets.
Positioned within industry-relevant Oil and Gas Training Courses, this programme equips refinery professionals to reduce production variability, implement yield improvement techniques, and optimise performance across interconnected refining units.
Objectives
- Understand end-to-end oil refinery production planning principles
- Apply techniques for refinery yield optimisation and loss reduction
- Align production schedules with supply chain and market dynamics
- Analyse refinery units for capacity constraints and process efficiencies
- Implement refinery process engineering training for better throughput
- Develop skills in refining process improvement training and simulation
- Use KPIs to monitor and improve refinery production efficiency
- Integrate operational planning with real-time process control
Target Audience
- Refinery planners and scheduling engineers
- Process and operations engineers in refining environments
- Production and shift supervisors in downstream operations
- Oil and gas professionals managing refinery performance
- Engineers involved in refinery operations training courses
- Professionals in refinery process optimisation training
- Technical staff seeking skills in refinery yield improvement techniques
How Will Attendees Benefit?
- Improve ability to manage feedstock allocation and blending strategies
- Learn to reduce processing losses and enhance refinery throughput
- Strengthen understanding of refinery performance optimisation tools
- Align operations with economic drivers and product market requirements
- Optimise scheduling through effective use of planning software and models
- Enhance visibility into production constraints and bottlenecks
- Improve product slate decisions through technical-economic analysis
- Support long-term refinery goals through enhanced operational control
Course Content
Module 1: Refinery Production Planning Principles
- Overview of production planning and yield optimisation frameworks
- Feedstock selection and impact on product output
- Key drivers influencing production strategies in refineries
Module 2: Refinery Planning and Scheduling
- Short-term and long-term planning models
- Scheduling tools and decision-making under uncertainty
- Integration with trading, supply chain, and operations
Module 3: Process Unit Integration and Constraints
- Refinery unit interactions and process interdependencies
- Identification of process bottlenecks and capacity limits
- Balancing feed and product flow between units
Module 4: Refinery Yield Optimisation Techniques
- Maximising high-value product yields
- Loss identification, reduction, and yield accounting
- Yield vs energy trade-offs in production planning
Module 5: Refinery Process Optimisation
- Performance evaluation and control of key process units
- Optimisation of CDU, VDU, catalytic cracking, and reforming units
- Tools and models for refining process improvement training
Module 6: Refinery Process Engineering Applications
- Heat integration and energy efficiency improvement
- Debottlenecking and process simulation techniques
- Unit performance tracking and performance gap analysis
Module 7: Real-Time Operations and Control Integration
- Use of DCS, SCADA, and APC in production optimisation
- Monitoring KPIs to control refinery production efficiency
- Role of automation in reducing process variability
Module 8: Economic and Margin Optimisation
- Blending economics and product value optimisation
- Gross refinery margin (GRM) tracking and maximisation
- Supply-demand balancing under price volatility
Module 9: Case Studies and Performance Benchmarking
- Global benchmarks for refinery efficiency and losses
- Real-world examples of yield improvement in complex refineries
- Data-driven approaches to refinery transformation
Module 10: Strategy Implementation and Continuous Improvement
- Building a refinery optimisation roadmap
- Integrating planning, operations, and financial goals
- Sustaining improvements through performance feedback loops