Coker Fundamentals Training
Sep 8, 2008 Calgary, AB

Sep 29, 2008 Cologne, Germany
Before the Coking.com Safety Seminar

Session 1 – Heavy Oil Processing Overview

Duration – 4 hours

Outline
• Process History
• Refinery Integration
• Alternative Heavy Oil Processing
• Feedstock Chemistry
• Cracking Fundamentals
• Process Overview
• Cyclic Operations
• Common Problem Areas
• Basic Upgrading Economics

Session 2 – Delayed Coking Operations Flow
Duration – 4 hours

Outline
• Unit Feed Storage Tanks, Preheat, and Furnace Charge
• Heater Operations and Aging
• Online Drum Operations
• Fractionator
• Drum Switching
• Blowdown Operations
• Decoking
• Types of Coke
• Alternative Feedstocks
• Delayed Coking Accident History
• Equipment Reliability Considerations

Coking.com Fundamentals Training Class

Download a coker process training brochure.

The Training class is 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Sep 8th and is purchased separately from the seminar for $600 USD/$670 CAD + 6% GST. Training includes the Coker Exhibit Hall from 5:00 to 7:00 with open bar.

Coker / Upgrader Training

Older, experienced operators and engineers are retiring. Many of the recent safety incidents in coking units are caused by human error which could have been prevented with proper training.

Get 8 hours of Coker / upgrader Process Training. A 4 hour module on Heavy Oil Processing and a 4 hour module on Delayed Coker Operations Flow.

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Who should attend

Ideal for a new operator or maintenance technician. Well suited for a new engineer, designer or salesman who wants an introduction to Coking.

This is a preconference event. Come early for the classroom training - the process theory - then stay for the seminar presentations and discussion - the real world examples.

instructors

Evan Hyde consults on processing improvement and reliability initiatives for coking clients around the world. He participated in onsite peer assessments of Coker Units at five refineries which included improvements in maintenance work practices, process enhancements, and turnaround scope optimization.

Evan works for Becht Engineering Co. www.Becht.com and formerly ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, as a process engineer, with assignments in research, and troubleshooting for heavy oil upgrading equipment. He holds a B.S. of Chemical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

Gary Pitman’s roots are in the Wyoming wildcat days of drilling gas wells. He brought that drilling background into the delayed coker as an operator, then moved on to maintenance and turnaround planning at ARCO/BP refineries. In 1998 he co-founded Coking.com with Paul Orlowski to promote Safety and Reliability in the coker.

Gary participated in the commissioning of the Hovensa Coker in the Virgin Islands. Before long he was supervising their maintenance staff of 185. He has done Coker Site Safety Audits in Asia, Europe, South America and North America. Gary currently consults with two major manufacturers of delayed coking equipment as their subject matter expert for new product development. With his vast experience working with coker people close to the iron, Gary--Mr. Coking.com--is in high demand for consulting on unheading, drilling, operations, reliability, safety and training.

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Coking.com Partners with Becht Engineering to bring you

Coker Fundamentals Training Sep 8, 2008 Calgary, AB

Sep 29, 2008 Cologne, Germany Before the Coking.com Safety Seminar

Coking.com Fundamentals Training Class

Coking.com Partners with
Becht Engineering
to bring you

Coker Fundamentals Training
Sep 8, 2008 Calgary, AB

Sep 29, 2008 Cologne, Germany
Before the Coking.com Safety Seminar