Petroleum Refinery Processes Fundamentals Course

Name: Petroleum Refinery Processes and Operations Fundamentals Course
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Trace crude from receipt to finished products while linking refinery units, utilities, operations, safety, reliability, and economics.

Petroleum Refinery Processes Fundamentals Course

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Johannesburg, Dubai, Jakarta, Berlin, Addis Ababa, Munich and more
Next session: 8 – 12 November 2026, Johannesburg
Average fee: 7,500 €

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Overview

Petroleum Refinery Processes and Operations Fundamentals Course is a one-week foundation course for early-career process, operations, maintenance, project, planning, and technical-support personnel who leave with a Refinery Process and Operations Fundamentals Workbook. Participants connect petroleum refining fundamentals, crude distillation, refinery conversion processes, treating and sulfur recovery, refinery utilities, product blending, process safety, and refinery economics through process maps and operating records. Agile Leaders Training Center presents petroleum refinery processes and operations.

Who Should Attend

Process functions responsible for unit flows, balances, yields, and technical support
Operations functions responsible for routine monitoring, operating boundaries, and handovers
Maintenance and reliability functions responsible for equipment interfaces and work coordination
Project and engineering functions responsible for scope, design reviews, and refinery interfaces
Planning and commercial-support functions responsible for feed, products, capacity, and margin context

The course assumes participants can read basic process diagrams and operating information, and it leaves out operator qualification, detailed equipment design, licensor calculations, advanced troubleshooting, and detailed thermal-cracking or coking practice.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments and industries that process hydrocarbon feeds, operate continuous plants, or coordinate refinery products and services.

Petroleum refining and fuels production
Integrated refinery and petrochemical sites
Process engineering, operations, and production planning
Maintenance, reliability, inspection, and instrumentation
Terminals, product blending, laboratories, and supply chains

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Build a crude-to-products refinery process map
Analyze crude properties, distillation cuts, and unit routing
Compare conversion, treating, and upgrading processes
Use material, energy, utility, and product-blend records
Evaluate operating, safety, reliability, and emissions interfaces
Prioritize refinery production and economic decisions

Course Agenda

Day 1: Map Crude and Refinery Configuration

Crude Assay, Density, Sulfur, and Contaminant Profile Sheet
Simple, Conversion, and Complex Refinery Configuration Map
Feed Receipt, Tank Farm, Desalting, and Preheat Flow Diagram
Refinery Process Flow Diagram Symbol and Stream Register
Crude-to-Products Material Balance Framework

Day 2: Separate Crude into Fractions

Atmospheric Distillation Furnace and Column Flow Map
Boiling Range, Side-Draw, Reflux, and Product-Cut Sheet
Vacuum Distillation Ejector, Column, and Residue Diagram
Heat Integration and Energy Balance Worksheet
Distillation Control, Startup, Shutdown, and Operating-Limit Checklist

Day 3: Compare Conversion and Upgrading Routes

Fluid Catalytic Cracking Reactor-Regenerator Concept Map
Hydrocracking Feed, Hydrogen, Conversion, and Product Matrix
Catalytic Reforming and Octane Improvement Flow Sheet
Alkylation and Gasoline-Component Pathway Diagram
Visbreaking, Coking, and Residue-Upgrading Selection Table

Day 4: Integrate Treating, Utilities, and Products

Hydrotreating, Amine, Sour-Water, and Sulfur-Recovery Map
Hydrogen, Fuel Gas, Steam, Power, Water, and Air Utility Network
Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel, and Fuel-Oil Blending Sheet
Product Specification, Laboratory, Tankage, and Dispatch Register
Process Safety, Reliability, Emissions, and API RP 754 Indicator Board

Day 5: Practice Refinery Process Decisions

Suggested Exercise: Route a Crude Assay through Refinery Units
Suggested Exercise: Close a Distillation and Utility Balance
Suggested Exercise: Compare Conversion and Treating Options
Suggested Exercise: Build a Product Blend and Margin Bridge
Capstone Exercise: Complete the Refinery Process and Operations Fundamentals Workbook

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities to connect refinery process flows, operating evidence, products, safety, and economics.

Suggested activity: classify a crude feed and map its path through separation, conversion, treatment, blending, and storage.
Suggested activity: interpret process-flow, material-balance, energy, utility, control, and operating-limit information.
Suggested activity: compare unit routes against feed quality, desired products, hydrogen, energy, and capacity constraints.
Suggested activity: assemble product, safety, reliability, emissions, and margin evidence in the course workbook.

FAQs

Who suits petroleum refinery processes and operations fundamentals training, and what does it assume?

Petroleum refinery processes and operations fundamentals training suits early-career process, operations, maintenance, project, planning, laboratory, and support functions. It assumes participants can read basic process diagrams and operating information.

How do petroleum refining fundamentals differ from advanced refinery troubleshooting training?

Petroleum refining fundamentals explain unit purposes, normal flows, products, utilities, controls, safety, and economics. Advanced troubleshooting training tests competing causes across process, equipment, instruments, utilities, and connected units during abnormal conditions.

What are the main stages of petroleum refining?

The main stages are separation, conversion, and treatment, supported by storage, utilities, blending, laboratory control, safety systems, and product dispatch.

How does crude oil quality affect refinery processes?

Crude quality affects distillation yield, contaminant removal, hydrogen demand, conversion severity, corrosion exposure, energy use, product quality, and the units needed to upgrade heavy or sulfur-rich fractions.

Why are refinery utilities important to process operations?

Refinery utilities supply steam, power, fuel gas, cooling water, process water, air, nitrogen, and hydrogen. Their availability and balance influence unit capacity, control, safety, energy performance, and recovery from interruptions.

Conclusion

Participants take back a Refinery Process and Operations Fundamentals Workbook containing crude profiles, process maps, balances, unit comparisons, utility networks, product blends, safety indicators, and economic links. The workbook changes separate unit descriptions into a traceable crude-to-products system. It supports onboarding, shift coordination, project reviews, planning discussions, and decisions about further specialist training.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Johannesburg	Week 45, 2026 8 – 12 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Dubai	Week 48, 2026 23 – 27 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Jakarta	Week 49, 2026 30 November – 4 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Zoom	Week 51, 2026 14 – 18 December 2026	1 Week	Online	€3,000
Berlin	Week 51, 2026 14 – 18 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Addis Ababa	Week 52, 2026 21 – 25 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Dubai	Week 01, 2027 4 – 8 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Munich	Week 01, 2027 4 – 8 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Abu Dhabi	Week 02, 2027 11 – 15 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Chicago	Week 03, 2027 24 – 28 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€16,000
Madrid	Week 04, 2027 25 – 29 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Amsterdam	Week 05, 2027 1 – 5 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Milan	Week 06, 2027 8 – 12 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€7,000
Phuket	Week 06, 2027 14 – 18 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Marbella	Week 07, 2027 21 – 25 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Barcelona	Week 08, 2027 22 – 26 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Lagos	Week 08, 2027 28 February – 4 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Casablanca	Week 10, 2027 8 – 12 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Paris	Week 11, 2027 15 – 19 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Trabzon	Week 12, 2027 28 March – 1 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000

Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewPetroleum Refinery Processes and Operations Fundamentals Course is a one-week foundation course for early-career process, operations, maintenance, project, planning, and technical-support personnel who leave with a Refinery Process and Operations Fundamentals Workbook. Participants connect petroleum refining fundamentals, crude distillation, refin…

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Petroleum Refinery Processes Fundamentals Course