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Showing posts with label refinery wide optimization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label refinery wide optimization. Show all posts

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Refinery Wide Optimization

Posted on 12:00 by Unknown

The declining global economy and increasing regional regulations are taking their toll on refineries. These two issues prove that there is no better time to improve performance and profitability. Invensys has developed products that find any chance of profitability anywhere in the refinery.


SimSci-Esscor’s ROMeo Online Performance Suite solution provides optimization features for the entire refinery. ROMeo Utilities Optimization optimizes the way plants supply energy from its utilities. It will significantly reduce energy cost, which is very often a refinery’s greatest expense. ROMeo Process Optimization allows for a change in operation based on current economic and process conditions. SimSci-Esscor’s ROMeo solutions are used by some of the world’s leading refineries including Exxon Mobil, Shell, and BASF. Invensys Yield Accounting Solution provides refineries with more accurate data and more reliable tracking. In doing this, it provides less room for error which also optimizes performance. Planning & Off-sites Integration with ROMeo is another Invensys optimization solution. Integrating ROMeo with planning LP technology and off-sites management applications allows for much less manual work.

Join the world’s leading refineries and start optimizing performance in your workplace by choosing Invensys optimization solutions.



About the ROMeo Online Performance Suite: Invensys offers numerous performance enhancing solutions as part of the Online Performance Suite (OPS) that allow customers to remain competitive in tough economic times. The ability to view what is happening at your plant now and make appropriate and timely business decisions is critical to optimal operation. ROMeo’s online rigorous modeling and equation-based real time optimization capabilities provide improved data that will assist refiners in dealing with changing market pressures, product values, energy costs and equipment performance. This suite provides assistance with energy management, non linear, olefins, and wellfield optimization.
Technical Support: As always, feel free to reach out to your local technical support team for more information.
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Posted in refinery, refinery wide optimization, refinery wide performance, ROMeo, RWO, RWP, SimSci-Esscor | No comments

Sunday, 7 April 2013

Operator Training from Invensys

Posted on 05:00 by Unknown

About Operator Training: Invensys offers a computer-based training method, Operator Training Simulators (OTS), to help give operators the skills they need to run a process or plant. Refineries and other plants are being forced to rely on inexperienced operators due to the aging workforce. Undertrained employees reduce performance and profitability in a refinery and may also risk the safety of other employees. The aging workforce is moving closer to the age of retirement, making it imperative to train younger, less experienced employees. Invensys offers an Operator Training System to aid refineries in educating inexperienced operators, who will soon be relied upon to operate the refinery and perform operational excellence.
Operators learn the ins and outs of a refinery in this virtual control room. DYNSIM is a model that controls the plant response. Trainees learn how to react appropriately when a similar situation occurs in the actual plant. DYNSIM Checkout is the first process dynamic simulation product designed specifically for control checkout. This solution can validate control system design before it is installed in the plant which eliminates many problems that occur during startup.
Technical Support: As always, feel free to reach out to your local technical support team for more information.
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Posted in operator training, OTS, refinery, refinery wide optimization, RWO | No comments

Tuesday, 19 March 2013

Breaking through Heavy Oil Barriers

Posted on 07:00 by Unknown

Have you checked out our page on heavy oil processing? SimSci-Esscor is pretty advanced with heavy oils.

Download the free brochure that gives more details.

Also, there is a free white paper available. It should be up on the site this week, but if you email me directly, I will email you a copy.



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Posted in heavy oils, refinery wide optimization, SimSci-Esscor | No comments

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

The Refinery Performance Webinar Series - On-demand now available!

Posted on 21:30 by Unknown


The Refinery Performance Webinar Series
Refineries are finding it difficult to compete in such tough economic times, whether it is due to increasingly heavy feedstock, inexperienced operators, or sub-optimal operating conditions. SimSci-Esscor has solutions for each problem and offers ways to remain competitive in its new Refinery-Wide Performance Webinar Series. Leading these webinars are industry experts who offer new methods and solutions that are guaranteed to improve your refinery’s profitability.
Plant managers and Operations Management seeking to improve performance and profitability in their refinery should register now for the upcoming webinar entitled “How to improve refinery profitability with real-time, online, optimization”. Join us live on Wednesday, Feb 28 at 2 pm EST to get a better understanding of which real-time optimization solution best fits your plant’s needs.
All of the webinars in this series focus on an improved bottom line.  Some of the solutions discussed in this series provide refineries with measurable benefits that can amount to millions of dollars per year.  Visit http://www.real-time-answers.com/refinery/?ls=sls&utm_source=IOM to view previously recorded webinars from this series which include:

Make better feedstock business decisions in real-time with Assay Knowledge Management


Using New Modeling Technology to Help Solve Heavy Oil Processing Issues


Reducing Material Losses with Better Yield Accounting


Aging Workforce and Operator Training – Improve your bottom line with faster, more effective training techniques

 All future webinars will also be listed on this page.
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Posted in refinery performance, refinery wide optimization, SimSci-Esscor, Webinar | No comments

Thursday, 31 January 2013

How to maximize the value of every drop of crude oil?

Posted on 05:51 by Unknown
OK, here is the contest question:
"How to maximize the value of every drop of crude oil?" 

According to Dr. Rachel McCarthy, which of the following are requirements for making good decisions when it comes to choosing crudes?

A. Accurate Data
B. Consistent Data
C. Ability to Share Expertise & Experience
D. Real-Time Information & Results
E. All of the Above





The first 2 people to post the correct answer as a comment to THIS post with the question will win an 4GB USB memory stick!

A 3rd 4GB USB memory stick will be raffled off on Tuesday morning (February 5th) to everyone that guessed an answer as a comment to THIS post but didn't win the original contest.

Remember, you must post your answer as a comment to this post in order to be considered.

Rules:

  • ONLY RESPONSES IN THE BLOG COMMENT FIELD ARE ELIGIBLE TO WIN - any replies  via email or LinkedIn are not eligible unless they are also posted in the blog comment section of this post
  • Sorry Invensys employees, you are not eligible for this contest, but feel free to contact me with your guess.
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Posted in 4GB, contest, crude assay management system, free webinar, How to maximize the value of every drop of crude oil?, refinery wide optimization, RWO, SimSci, SimSci-Esscor, Spiral, USB memory stick | No comments

One more chance today for the free webinar & contest: "How to maximize the value of every drop of crude oil?"

Posted on 05:39 by Unknown
One more chance to register and view the live webinar today entitled entitled "How to maximize the value of every drop of crude oil?" 


Register and view the webinar and then immediately after the presentation, I will post a question on the blog about the content from the webinar- the first 2 people to post the correct answer as a comment to the post with the question will win an 4GB USB memory stick!

A 3rd 4GB USB memory stick will be raffled off on Tuesday morning (February 5th) to everyone that guessed an answer but didn't win.

Rules:

  • ONLY RESPONSES IN THE BLOG COMMENT FIELD ARE ELIGIBLE TO WIN - any replies  via email or LinkedIn are not eligible unless they are also posted in the blog comment section of this post
  • Sorry Invensys employees, you are not eligible for this contest, but feel free to contact me with your guess.
  • Time that I got the stats for the most popular post and search term was 7:02 eastern on 1/4/2013
  • Contest ends at 5:00 pm eastern on 1/11/13 or when the first person answers correctly for each question. 
  • The same person can not win both prizes
  • Correction - they are 4 GB USB drives, not 6 GB as previously posted.


GOOD LUCK
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Posted in 4GB, contest, crude assay management system, free webinar, How to maximize the value of every drop of crude oil?, refinery wide optimization, RWO, SimSci, SimSci-Esscor, Spiral, USB memory stick | No comments

Tuesday, 29 January 2013

Win a 4GB Memory Stick: Register and view the webinar and answer a question

Posted on 23:00 by Unknown

So, if you didn't already know where have webinars scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday entitled "How to maximize the value of every drop of crude oil?"

Register and view the webinar and then on Thursday after the second presentation, I will ask a question about the content - the first 2 people to post the correct answer as a comment to the post with the question will win an 4GB USB memory stick! A 3rd 4GB USB memory stick will be raffled off on Tuesday morning to everyone that guessed an answer but didn't win.

Rules:

  • ONLY RESPONSES IN THE BLOG COMMENT FIELD ARE ELIGIBLE TO WIN - any replies  via email or LinkedIn are not eligible unless they are also posted in the blog comment section of this post
  • Sorry Invensys employees, you are not eligible for this contest, but feel free to contact me with your guess.
  • Time that I got the stats for the most popular post and search term was 7:02 eastern on 1/4/2013
  • Contest ends at 5:00 pm eastern on 1/11/13 or when the first person answers correctly for each question. 
  • The same person can not win both prizes
  • Correction - they are 4 GB USB drives, not 6 GB as previously posted.


GOOD LUCK
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Posted in 4GB, contest, crude assay management system, free webinar, How to maximize the value of every drop of crude oil?, refinery wide optimization, RWO, SimSci, SimSci-Esscor, Spiral, USB memory stick | No comments

Free Webinar tomorrow or Thursday; How to maximize the value of every drop of crude oil?

Posted on 02:23 by Unknown
IT ISN'T TOO LATE TO REGISTER!

Invensys Operations Management
The Refinery-Wide Optimization Webinar Series
How to maximize the value of
every drop of crude oil?


Make better business decisions about feedstocks in real-time with Assay Knowledge Management

Join us for the next webinar.

Jan 30Wed, Jan 30
2 p.m. EST [19:00 GMT]
Jan 31Thu, Jan 31
13:00 GMT [8 a.m. EST]

Who should attendPlant Managers, Engineers, Operations Managers, Planners, Supply Traders

Why attend
  • Make informed decisions when sourcing and refining crude oil
  • Track the quality of feedstocks and share crude oil data across an enterprise
  • Evaluate the impact of variations in crude quality on your refinery operating plan
  • See how other refiners are effectively using Assay Knowledge Management
Adequately understanding the properties of available feedstocks is essential for making business decisions that affect refinery profitability. Assay Knowledge Management is a powerful toolset that enables refiners to understand and evaluate feedstocks and make better, more profitable decisions given a refinery's constraints.

Assay Knowledge Management brings together assay measurements, refinery data and models, past refining experience, and market information enabling optimal feedstock selection for a given set of variables.

Effective Assay Knowledge Management can increase margins by 50 cents/barrel by enabling a wider crude diet.

Register now and learn how you can measurably improve your refinery's profitability!
Learn More
Speakers

Samuel Duby Samuel Duby,
Solutions Consultant

Rachel McCarthy Rachel McCarthy,
Solutions Consultant
Spiral software,
an Invensys company.
Copyright © 2013 Invensys Inc. All rights reserved.
10900 Equity Drive | Houston, TX 77041 USA | 1.713.329.1600
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Posted in crude assay management system, free webinar, How to maximize the value of every drop of crude oil?, refinery wide optimization, RWO, SimSci, SimSci-Esscor, Spiral | No comments

Monday, 28 January 2013

Win a 4GB Memory Stick: Notes: Register and view the webinar and answer a question

Posted on 21:32 by Unknown
So, if you didn't already know where have webinars scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday entitled "How to maximize the value of every drop of crude oil?"

Register and view the webinar and then on Thursday after the second presentation, I will ask a question about the content - the first 2 people to post the correct answer as a comment to the post with the question will win an 4GB USB memory stick! A 3rd 4GB USB memory stick will be raffled off on Tuesday morning to everyone that guessed an answer but didn't win.

Rules:

  • ONLY RESPONSES IN THE BLOG COMMENT FIELD ARE ELIGIBLE TO WIN - any replies  via email or LinkedIn are not eligible unless they are also posted in the blog comment section of this post
  • Sorry Invensys employees, you are not eligible for this contest, but feel free to contact me with your guess.
  • Time that I got the stats for the most popular post and search term was 7:02 eastern on 1/4/2013
  • Contest ends at 5:00 pm eastern on 1/11/13 or when the first person answers correctly for each question. 
  • The same person can not win both prizes
  • Correction - they are 4 GB USB drives, not 6 GB as previously posted.


GOOD LUCK
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Posted in 4GB, contest, crude assay management system, free webinar, How to maximize the value of every drop of crude oil?, refinery wide optimization, RWO, SimSci, SimSci-Esscor, Spiral, USB memory stick | No comments

Tuesday, 22 January 2013

Free Webinar; How to maximize the value of every drop of crude oil?

Posted on 04:36 by Unknown
Invensys Operations Management
The Refinery-Wide Optimization Webinar Series
How to maximize the value of
every drop of crude oil?


Make better business decisions about feedstocks in real-time with Assay Knowledge Management

Join us for the next webinar.

Jan 30Wed, Jan 30
2 p.m. EST [19:00 GMT]
Jan 31Thu, Jan 31
13:00 GMT [8 a.m. EST]

Who should attendPlant Managers, Engineers, Operations Managers, Planners, Supply Traders

Why attend
  • Make informed decisions when sourcing and refining crude oil
  • Track the quality of feedstocks and share crude oil data across an enterprise
  • Evaluate the impact of variations in crude quality on your refinery operating plan
  • See how other refiners are effectively using Assay Knowledge Management
Adequately understanding the properties of available feedstocks is essential for making business decisions that affect refinery profitability. Assay Knowledge Management is a powerful toolset that enables refiners to understand and evaluate feedstocks and make better, more profitable decisions given a refinery's constraints.

Assay Knowledge Management brings together assay measurements, refinery data and models, past refining experience, and market information enabling optimal feedstock selection for a given set of variables.

Effective Assay Knowledge Management can increase margins by 50 cents/barrel by enabling a wider crude diet.

Register now and learn how you can measurably improve your refinery's profitability!
Learn More
Speakers

Samuel Duby Samuel Duby,
Solutions Consultant

Rachel McCarthy Rachel McCarthy,
Solutions Consultant
Spiral software,
an Invensys company.
Copyright © 2013 Invensys Inc. All rights reserved.
10900 Equity Drive | Houston, TX 77041 USA | 1.713.329.1600
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Posted in crude assay management system, free webinar, How to maximize the value of every drop of crude oil?, refinery wide optimization, RWO, SimSci, SimSci-Esscor, Spiral | No comments

Friday, 18 January 2013

Free Webinar; How to maximize the value of every drop of crude oil?

Posted on 11:07 by Unknown

Invensys Operations Management
The Refinery-Wide Optimization Webinar Series
How to maximize the value of
every drop of crude oil?


Make better business decisions about feedstocks in real-time with Assay Knowledge Management

Join us for the next webinar.

Jan 30Wed, Jan 30
2 p.m. EST [19:00 GMT]
Jan 31Thu, Jan 31
13:00 GMT [8 a.m. EST]

Who should attend
Plant Managers, Engineers, Operations Managers, Planners, Supply Traders

Why attend
  • Make informed decisions when sourcing and refining crude oil
  • Track the quality of feedstocks and share crude oil data across an enterprise
  • Evaluate the impact of variations in crude quality on your refinery operating plan
  • See how other refiners are effectively using Assay Knowledge Management
Adequately understanding the properties of available feedstocks is essential for making business decisions that affect refinery profitability. Assay Knowledge Management is a powerful toolset that enables refiners to understand and evaluate feedstocks and make better, more profitable decisions given a refinery's constraints.

Assay Knowledge Management brings together assay measurements, refinery data and models, past refining experience, and market information enabling optimal feedstock selection for a given set of variables.

Effective Assay Knowledge Management can increase margins by 50 cents/barrel by enabling a wider crude diet.

Register now and learn how you can measurably improve your refinery's profitability!
Learn More
Speakers

Samuel Duby Samuel Duby,
Solutions Consultant

Rachel McCarthy Rachel McCarthy,
Solutions Consultant
Spiral software,
an Invensys company.
Copyright © 2013 Invensys Inc. All rights reserved.
10900 Equity Drive | Houston, TX 77041 USA | 1.713.329.1600
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Posted in crude assay management system, free webinar, How to maximize the value of every drop of crude oil?, refinery wide optimization, RWO, SimSci, SimSci-Esscor, Spiral | No comments

Friday, 7 December 2012

Refinery Wide Optimization Videos

Posted on 01:04 by Unknown
Check out these new videos on heavy oils: Refinery Wide Optimization Videos
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Posted in heavy oils, PRO/II, refinery wide optimization, RWO, SimSci-Esscor | No comments

Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Free webinar today! Aging Workforce and Operator Training - Improve your bottom line with fast, effective training techniques

Posted on 01:31 by Unknown


This series of educational webinars tackles some of the important issues facing today's petroleum enterprise, such as; heavy oil processing, control over material losses, dealing with an aging workforce and related training. This series is brought to you by Invensys and presented by our leading industry experts.

Dec 4
Join us Tuesday, December 4, 2012 for the 3rd webinar in this series:

Aging Workforce and Operator Training - Improve your bottom line with fast, effective training techniques

Who should attend: Plant Managers, Operations Managers, Training Managers, Human Resource Managers


Inexperienced and undertrained operators are a liability, risking not only the safety of refinery personnel but also the refinery's profitability. A less experienced operations workforce is likely to become a persistent trend as an older generation of employees retires and is replaced by a new generation with less time on the job.

Refineries need a strategy to get their workforce up to speed faster and transfer the knowledge and experience to the next generation.

Learn how new training methods that utilize modern simulation technologies can help train your workforce just like fighter pilots learn to fly a jet. These methods are fast, efficient, and much more effective.
Learn more about these new training methods.

Register now »
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Posted in DYNSIM, effective training techniques, EYESIM, ing Workforce and Operator Training - Improve your bottom line with fast, OTS, refinery wide optimization, RWO | No comments

Monday, 3 December 2012

Free Webinar tomorrow: Aging Workforce and Operator Training - Improve your bottom line with fast, effective training techniques

Posted on 01:31 by Unknown


This series of educational webinars tackles some of the important issues facing today's petroleum enterprise, such as; heavy oil processing, control over material losses, dealing with an aging workforce and related training. This series is brought to you by Invensys and presented by our leading industry experts.

Dec 4
Join us Tuesday, December 4, 2012 for the 3rd webinar in this series:

Aging Workforce and Operator Training - Improve your bottom line with fast, effective training techniques

Who should attend: Plant Managers, Operations Managers, Training Managers, Human Resource Managers


Inexperienced and undertrained operators are a liability, risking not only the safety of refinery personnel but also the refinery's profitability. A less experienced operations workforce is likely to become a persistent trend as an older generation of employees retires and is replaced by a new generation with less time on the job.

Refineries need a strategy to get their workforce up to speed faster and transfer the knowledge and experience to the next generation.

Learn how new training methods that utilize modern simulation technologies can help train your workforce just like fighter pilots learn to fly a jet. These methods are fast, efficient, and much more effective.

Learn more about these new training methods.

Register now »
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Posted in Aging Workforce and Operator Training - Improve your bottom line with fast, DYNSIM, effective training techniques, EYESIM, OTS, refinery wide optimization, RWO | No comments

Thursday, 15 November 2012

Has anyone attended our webinars? I would love to get your feedback.

Posted on 17:37 by Unknown
Has anyone attended our webinars? I would love to get your feedback.

A few weeks ago we started our Refinery Wide Optimization Webinar series with a webinar on Training the refinery operators of the future. We followed that up with webinars on Heavy Oils and Yield Accounting.

Did you get to join the webinars? If so, what did you think of them. If not you can view the recordings here. We are repeating the webinar on training the refinery operators of the future on December 4th. Then in 2013 we are planning on continuing the series with webinars on optimization, Spiral Software, APC, and many other topics.

What did we do right during the first few webinars? What would you like us to do differently in the future?

I am open to all feedback.
If you don't want to post a comment on the blog, feel free to email me at joseph.mcmullen@invensys.com


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Posted in free, heavy oils, operator training, OTS, refinery wide optimization, RWO, Webinar, Yield Accounting | No comments

Monday, 12 November 2012

Join us today for a free webinar! Yield Accounting

Posted on 21:30 by Unknown


FREE WEBINAR 13 NOV: Reducing Material Losses with Better Yield Accounting, but you must register here - It isn't too late! Register now!

Why attend:
  • Learn how a typical refinery can save $8.5M/year
  • Get an overview of new technology-based solutions
  • Get answers to your questions on yield accounting

Who should attend: Plant Managers, Operations Managers, Yield Accountants, Finance Managers, Engineering Managers

Refiners worldwide are under increased pricing pressure, and continually seek solutions to enhance performance and bottom-line profitability. Reducing material losses is a key area that should be targeted early on in any optimization initiative because of its tremendous potential to improve profitability. As you well know, found material assets accrue directly to your bottom line – and the results can be dramatic. Our research indicates that a typical refinery can see benefits of $8.5 million per year with a more accurate accounting of material.
In a refinery, yield accounting is a complex issue, and numerous factors can interfere with accurate accounting of material. Typical problems include:
  • Time constraints on data collection and analysis
  • Inaccurate measurements
  • Duplicate information
  • Commingled ownership of processed materials
  • Environmental pressure (HSE) to report yields and losses
  • Joint venture pressure to report transactions
Will you be joining us?
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Posted in free webinar, Invensys Yield Accounting Solution, refinery wide optimization | No comments

Sunday, 11 November 2012

FREE WEBINAR 13 NOV: Reducing Material Losses with Better Yield Accounting

Posted on 04:04 by Unknown


FREE WEBINAR 13 NOV: Reducing Material Losses with Better Yield Accounting, but you must register here
Why attend:

  • Learn how a typical refinery can save $8.5M/year
  • Get an overview of new technology-based solutions
  • Get answers to your questions on yield accounting

Who should attend: Plant Managers, Operations Managers, Yield Accountants, Finance Managers, Engineering Managers

Refiners worldwide are under increased pricing pressure, and continually seek solutions to enhance performance and bottom-line profitability. Reducing material losses is a key area that should be targeted early on in any optimization initiative because of its tremendous potential to improve profitability. As you well know, found material assets accrue directly to your bottom line – and the results can be dramatic. Our research indicates that a typical refinery can see benefits of $8.5 million per year with a more accurate accounting of material.
In a refinery, yield accounting is a complex issue, and numerous factors can interfere with accurate accounting of material. Typical problems include:
  • Time constraints on data collection and analysis
  • Inaccurate measurements
  • Duplicate information
  • Commingled ownership of processed materials
  • Environmental pressure (HSE) to report yields and losses
  • Joint venture pressure to report transactions
Will you be joining us?
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Posted in free, refinery wide optimization, RWO, Webinar, Yield Accounting | No comments

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Thank you for all that attended...

Posted on 21:00 by Unknown


Thank you to all that attended our free webinar "Using New Modeling Technology to Help Solve Heavy Oil Processing Issues" We will post the recording shortly.

If you are interested in joining future webinars, check out the schedule here
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Posted in heavy oils, refinery wide optimization, Refining, RWO, SimSci-Esscor | No comments

Sunday, 4 November 2012

Free Webinar tomorrow! Heavy Oil Processing Issues

Posted on 21:30 by Unknown
Using New Modeling Technology to Help Solve Heavy Oil Processing Issues
Why attend:
  • Learn about recent developments for
  • dealing with heavy oils
  • Learn how to effectively model heavier
  • feedstocks to avoid common problems
  • Learn how other refineries are dealing
  • with heavier feedstocks
Ample time will be made available for Q&A so you can discuss your situation with a leading expert in heavy oils.
Who should attend:
Plant Managers, Process Engineers, Engineering Managers, Process Design Engineers

Most of today’s refineries were designed to process lighter crudes. Similarly, the conventional process simulation software they use to model the process was developed using methodologies geared toward lighter crudes. However, refiners are currently being asked to process increasingly heavy feedstocks. Heavier crudes present operational issues that reduce performance and profitability, increase safety risks, and require either the design of new equipment or major changes in operating conditions to process them in a safe, profitable manner.

Learn more about the excellent speakers and register here
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Posted in dave bluck, heavy oils, refinery wide optimization, Refining, RWO, SimSci-Esscor | No comments

Thursday, 1 November 2012

Free webinar on 6 Nov: Heavy Oil Processing Issues - register today!

Posted on 21:00 by Unknown
Using New Modeling Technology to Help Solve Heavy Oil Processing Issues
Why attend:
  • Learn about recent developments for
  • dealing with heavy oils
  • Learn how to effectively model heavier
  • feedstocks to avoid common problems
  • Learn how other refineries are dealing
  • with heavier feedstocks
Ample time will be made available for Q&A so you can discuss your situation with a leading expert in heavy oils.
Who should attend:
Plant Managers, Process Engineers, Engineering Managers, Process Design Engineers

Most of today’s refineries were designed to process lighter crudes. Similarly, the conventional process simulation software they use to model the process was developed using methodologies geared toward lighter crudes. However, refiners are currently being asked to process increasingly heavy feedstocks. Heavier crudes present operational issues that reduce performance and profitability, increase safety risks, and require either the design of new equipment or major changes in operating conditions to process them in a safe, profitable manner.

Learn more about the excellent speakers and register here
Read More
Posted in dave bluck, heavy oils, refinery wide optimization, Refining, RWO, SimSci-Esscor | No comments
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      • SimSci Academic Program provides simulation educat...
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      • Biofuel: A Renewable Solution for Future Energy De...
      • From Peak Oil: How Much Recoverable Oil Do We Have?
      • SCP270 replaces FSIM Plus
      • Guest Blogger Wanted
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      • Operator Training Simulator Case Study - Saving 1-...
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