You will learn how to incorporate the fundamentals of each refining process and refinery configurations from simple to highly complex.

• You will summarize the function, characteristics, strengths and limitations of principle refining processes.
• Key characteristics of each refining process are addressed in a fast-paced and varied program based on a course manual that represents more than 4 decades of experience in refinery operations, troubleshooting, laboratory, engineering and construction, and economics.
• You will use refinery economics to determine how alternative processing schemes are assessed.
• You will be able to evaluate crude types and understand yields and product properties and determine what factors influence crude selection.
• You will learn how to assess the effect of properties on blending.
• You will learn how to recognize metallurgy considerations.
• You will solve debottlenecking issues.
• You will use engineering and construction fundamentals.
• You will learn how to solve operation challenges.
• The course instruction combines classroom presentations with selected exercises and syndicate work.
• The course is intended to be accessible to attendees with a variety of backgrounds.

• Marine Terminal Managers, Superintendents, Supervisors and Engineers
• Facility Managers and Facility Training Coordinators
• Safety and Environmental Managers, Engineers and officers.
• Spill Management Team Members
• Transfer Supervisors
• Marine Shipping Coordinators
• Dock Maintenance Planners

• Introduction/General Refining Overview
• Refinery Economics
• Crude and Vacuum Distillation
• Distillate Hydro processing incl. H2 production: Naphtha, Jet/Kero, Diesel, and Gas Oil.
• Middle Distillate Conversion; FCC, Gas Oil Hydrocracking
• Alkylation Processes and Butane Isomerization
• Light Ends Recovery; Saturates Gas Plant, Propylene.
• Residue Processing: DE asphalting, Tiebreaking, Delayed and Flexi coking,
• Residue Hydrocracking, ARDS and VRDS, Technology Comparison.
• Lube Oil Production.
• Aromatics Recovery: including Para xylene Adsorption and Crystallization, Xylene Isomerization, Disproportionation & Trans alkylation.
• Amine, Sulfur, SWS, Taigas (see also RF-61 specifically for these four topics)

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing a minimum of 75% of the total course duration.