Petroleum Refining V.5: Refinery Operations and Management

This five-volume series covers the entire range of technologies used in the petroleum refining industry. The books are intended for students and for the engineers and technicians who operate in refineries. In this volume, the reader will find: an analysis of the refining industry's current environment and economics, including the importance of crude oil, the demand for petroleum products, markets and price-setting mechanisms for crude oil and oil products, refining costs and margins, the evolution of the refining capacity and of constraints on the industry; a review of the tools available for optimizing and controlling operations; an explanation of material balance management and a description of refinery management and organization.

Contents: I. Background to refining. 1. Oil and Energy. 2. Petroleum products applications, characteristics, markets. 3. International oil markets. 4. Refining: technical summary investments, margins, costs probable future developments. II. Refining tools. 5. Introduction to linear programming as used in the refining industry. 6. Application of linear programming to refining. 7. Automation, process control, and information technology. 8. Applications and their implementation. III. Management and organization. 9. Management and optimization of refinery operations. 10. Logistics: transport and despatch. 11. Functional and organizational analysis. 12. Managerial aspects. Glossary. Index.