ALL NEW! A path breaking two-day course with hands-on blending exercises specially for Bunker Industry Professionals!

Choose from Two International Bunker Locations

18 - 19 October 2010, Hilton Hotel, Singapore **
(Early Bird ends 18th Sep 2010)
15 - 16 November 2010, Hotel Novotel Rotterdam Brainpark, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
(Early Bird ends 15th Oct 2010)
COURSE DIRECTOR
ARA BARSAMIAN
President, Refinery Automation Institute, LLC

SAVE US$200
If you register with payment, during the early bird dates 
or register a 2nd person!

MCF TRAINING GRANT
30% subsidy on course fees applicable for Singapore venues.  
 Click here for eligibility terms and application form.

About Your Course Director

Ara Barsamian has 40 years of practical, “oil on his hands” experience in blending gasoline, diesel and bunkers, including biofuels. Currently, Ara is President of Refinery Automation Institute, LLC (RAIL), a fuels blending automation consulting company in Morristown, New Jersey, USA. Ara, the developer of the blending course, is one of the world’s leading experts in blending operations and technology. His 40 years of hands-on experience in the petroleum refining industry, particularly in computer-controlled optimized blending, oil movements and tank farm automation insures that you get valuable “how-to” insights for headache-free fuels blending. He designed, implemented, started up and commissioned over 60 blending and oil movement systems in the U.S., Europe, South America, the Middle East and Asia. Previously, he was a group head and section head with Exxon Research and Engineering Company, President of 3X Corporation, and Vice President of ABB Simcon, all in the area of blending automation and optimization. He is an active member of ASTM, ISA, ILTA, and AIChE, participating in committee/subcommittee work relevant to blending and offsites automation equipment, software, installation, and measurements test standards and practices. Ara holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from City University of New York.

Key Issues To Be Covered
  • The Role of Marine Bunkers in the World Economy, and Impact of New Regulations
  • Conventional and Green Bunker and Marine Diesel/Gasoil Product Specifications, Current and Future
  • Bio-Diesel Properties and Blending Techniques
  • Bunker Blend Components and Additives
  • Calculating Bunker Blend Profitability
  • Determining Blendability of Components
  • Practical and Reliable Blending Equipment and Software
  • Blending Control and Blend Profit Optimization Techniques
  • Blending Non-linear Property Correlation Equations and their Impact on Profit
  • Quality Assurance, ASTM and ISO Test Methods, Lab Testing, On-line Analyzers, and On-line Certification
  • What are GREEN Fuels: Bio-blendstocks, Bio-Fuels Specifications, Emissions Performance, Sustainability and Wells-to-Wheels Lifecycles
  • Is there a Green Bunker? How do you make it?
  • Measuring Environmental Compliance
  • Calculating Costs/Benefits of Improved Blending
  • Blending Economic Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting
  • References, Glossary of Blending Terms, and Supporting Material

Who Should Attend

The program content is designed for those involved in the bunker production, bunkering operations, petroleum refining, bunker product trading groups, marine shipping industries, as well as personnel from refinery instrumentation and automation companies, refined product marketing organizations, storage terminal operators, bunker operators, and government agencies responsible for fuel regulations. A scientific background IS NOT REQUIRED.

It will be especially useful for:

  • Traders and Analysts (Bunker Products, Blendstock, Renewables, Clean Products)
  • Bunker Blending Engineer / Planner
  • Bunker / Marine Fuels Marketeers
  • Bunker Blending Operator (board/field)
  • Planning / Process Engineer
  • Facilities Planning Analyzer / Engineer
  • Marine Shipping Industry Fuels Engineers
  • Biofuels Producers and Blenders
  • Fuels Research Manager
  • Fuels Marketers and Traders
  • Senior Operator/Shift Supervisor
  • Product Coordinator
  • Refinery Planner
  • Refinery Lab Personnel / Chemist
  • Commercial Business Analyst
  • Government Environmental Protection Agencies
  • Policy Makers and Legislators

  • Take Home Blending Software developed by Ara Barsamian

  • Attendees will receive a 200+ page course book

  • In order to get the maximum benefit, participants should bring their own laptop with Microsoft Excel (2003 or earlier) and the SOLVER add-in installed for this course.

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