5. Balance the crude run against production. From the cutting scheme and schedule
outline, develop the detailed and balanced refinery flow plan.
6. Develop the detailed operating program (Appendix 5).
Monitoring the Operating Program
The planning section in a refinery organization is usually delegated the duty of
monitoring the program. The following activities are associated with this monitoring function:
1. A check is maintained on the actual product produced, by control room charts,
tank dips, and the like. This is done daily and deviation from program noted with
explanation of cause for the deviation.
2. Weekly operating schedules are issued to allow for any deviation to program.
These would include such causes as:
• Delay in tanker arrivals
• Changes in crude slate
• Changes in product requirements
• Changes in crude fractionator yields
• Plant operational problems
Example is provided in Appendix 6.
3. Daily meeting with the department responsible for oil movements and shipping
in the refinery. These meetings are to review shipping and oil movement status to
and from tankage.
4. Frequent meetings with the operating and the refinery process department to
review plant operations.
5. Contact the company’s supply department with regard to:
• Crude shipment and changes
• Lifting products out of refinery schedule (see note below)
• Changes in requirements
Note: At times of high inventories in the refinery, prompt lifting is essential to
keeping the refinery operating as programmed.
Operating Summary
An operating summary is a document giving details of the refinery’s performance
against plan. This is issued at the end of each month. Summaries of throughputs and
yields are usually supplied by the accounts department of the refinery. Comments
on production versus program are made by the refinery’s planning department.
Process Evaluation and Economic Analysis
Among the principal functions of a refinery’s development engineer is to generate
ideas for implementing the supply department’s planned requirements (both short
term and long term) with the most economic process configuration. In carrying out
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outline, develop the detailed and balanced refinery flow plan.
6. Develop the detailed operating program (Appendix 5).
Monitoring the Operating Program
The planning section in a refinery organization is usually delegated the duty of
monitoring the program. The following activities are associated with this monitoring function:
1. A check is maintained on the actual product produced, by control room charts,
tank dips, and the like. This is done daily and deviation from program noted with
explanation of cause for the deviation.
2. Weekly operating schedules are issued to allow for any deviation to program.
These would include such causes as:
• Delay in tanker arrivals
• Changes in crude slate
• Changes in product requirements
• Changes in crude fractionator yields
• Plant operational problems
Example is provided in Appendix 6.
3. Daily meeting with the department responsible for oil movements and shipping
in the refinery. These meetings are to review shipping and oil movement status to
and from tankage.
4. Frequent meetings with the operating and the refinery process department to
review plant operations.
5. Contact the company’s supply department with regard to:
• Crude shipment and changes
• Lifting products out of refinery schedule (see note below)
• Changes in requirements
Note: At times of high inventories in the refinery, prompt lifting is essential to
keeping the refinery operating as programmed.
Operating Summary
An operating summary is a document giving details of the refinery’s performance
against plan. This is issued at the end of each month. Summaries of throughputs and
yields are usually supplied by the accounts department of the refinery. Comments
on production versus program are made by the refinery’s planning department.
Process Evaluation and Economic Analysis
Among the principal functions of a refinery’s development engineer is to generate
ideas for implementing the supply department’s planned requirements (both short
term and long term) with the most economic process configuration. In carrying out
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