About the course

The ERTC Blending training course is a comprehensive core skills course for professionals dealing with all aspects of the Refining Industry. The course will be highly valuable to all engineers involved in the operation, design and troubleshooting of all refining facilities. Additionally, the course will be useful to any technical personnel wishing to gain a perspective of how blending fits into the operation of an integrated oil company. In order to comply with regulations and to optimise margins, refineries have to blend components of different qualities and values to meet stringent product specifications, without product 'giveaway'.

The relevance of product quality specifications will be covered in detail, along with calculation methods for estimating the qualities of blended products. This also includes gaining an understanding of the valuation of blendstocks and their relevance in producing products in the most economical way.

In addition the blending of biofuels with conventional components will be addressed, together with the different ways of blending at the refinery. Finally quality performance monitoring will be covered along with estimation of the cost of quality giveaway.