AspenTech and Becht are excited to offer a brand-new training that combines refining domain practice with application of AspenTech solutions. Jointly delivered by refining domain experts from Becht and modeling experts from AspenTech, students will learn refinery operations, gain additional insights into the energy industry and get hands-on experience using AspenTech tools to solved real world problems.
Becht is a US based engineering services company with several hundred senior specialists serving energy, chemicals, power and alternative energy industries for close to 60 years.
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REFINERY ECONOMICS AND MARGIN IMPROVEMENT (+ optional ASPEN PIMS) |
This training combines the Refinery Economics & Margin Improvement with Aspen PIMS. Please select if you will register to the Refinery Economics & Margin Improvement only (2 days) or with Aspen PIMS add on (4 days).
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| Spring 2023 | May 16 – 17, 2023 | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Central Time (UTC -6) |
16 hrs. (2 days) |
Aspen Technology, 2500 CityWest Blvd #1600, Houston, TX 77042 Accepts in-person and virtual attendees |
US$1,950 | May 16 – 19, 2023 | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Central Time (UTC -6) |
32 hrs. (4 days) |
Aspen Technology, 2500 CityWest Blvd #1600, Houston, TX 77042 Accepts in-person and virtual attendees |
US$3,550 |
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Description:
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to use fundamental economic thinking and concepts to support business profitability and success. They will:
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Who Should Attend:
This course is designed for new planners and modelers who have 1 year or less experience in Aspen PIMS / Aspen PIMS-AO and need experience in building and optimizing refinery planning models to generate optimum plans. This program combines a survey course, designed for anyone interested in the economics of the petroleum refining industry, with specific training on Aspen PIMS, Aspen’s LP modeling tool. |
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Darren York Mr. York has 25 years of Supply Chain Optimization and Industrial Engineering experience in the Refining and Chemical industry. Darren’s experience includes roles with KBC Advanced Technologies as a Principal Consultant and Global Product Manager for Strategic and Supply Chain Services working with international clients in all regions including the US, Canada, Mexico, Ecuador, Brazil, Uruguay, Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Russia, EAU, Oman, South Africa, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, China and Japan. Prior to KBC, Darren held multiple positions, including management roles, at Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi refinery in business development, economics and planning, production accounting, compliance and performance management. In these roles he has focused on business success and margin capture through applied optimization, project leadership, planning, coaching and technical development of an integrated hydrocarbon supply chain.
Darren has expertise in refinery and petrochemicals planning (operations, annual, long term, and strategic), refinery scheduling, crude evaluation/selection, product blending, logistics, commercials/trading, economics and business analysis, LP modelling (PIMS, RPMS, GRTMPS, Petro and Spiral), Scheduling and Blending modelling, compliance and Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) management, performance management with KPIs and scorecards, business analytics and data visualization, process mapping, stochastic modelling/simulation, and discrete event simulation. |
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Mohammed Hussain Mr. Hussain completed his Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering and Master’s in Industrial Engineering with a background in Optimization. As a Sr. Technical Consultant in the AspenTech Petroleum Supply Chain team, he has helped troubleshoot PIMS model issues like convergence and Local Optima, and worked on model tuning for performance improvements. He has also worked on PIMS upgrade projects, model migration from PIMS-DR to PIMS-AO and Unified PIMS. Along with this, he has experience with delivering multiple trainings across the Petroleum Supply Chain suite, including foundational and advanced PIMS classes, Aspen Petroleum Scheduler, Multi-Blend Optimizer, and Aspen Unified courses.
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Discounts:
Becht offers the following discounts on Public Training:
The highest applicable discount will be applied; discounts are not additive.
- Early Registration – A 10% discount is to be provided when you register 15 days before the start date of the training.
- Group Rate – A group discount is applied when you send three or more people from your organization to the same course and provide a single payment.
- Yearly Commitment Discount – A 25% discount when you prepay for a minimum of 10 participants from your organization to any of the courses in the same year.
| No. of Registrants | Discount/Person | ||
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| 3 | 10% | ||
| 4 – 6 | 20% | ||
| 7 and up | 25% |
Virtual Training Platform:
GoToTraining is Becht’s interactive online training solution with the most reliable features to help you before, during, and after your sessions. GoToTraining is a robust training platform that engages participants/attendees virtually.
Cancellation Policy:
A full refund is available for cancellations more than 30 days before course start date. Within 30 days of course start date, course credit can be transferred to another attendee within the same company, or can be kept on file to be applied to a future Becht training course.
For information regarding the training course, contact the Training Coordinator at Training@becht.com.