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Title: Plant operation planning and scheduling

Journal Article · · Fuel Technology amp Management
OSTI ID:525857
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  1. Anderson Consulting, Houston, TX (United States)

When properly designed, planning and scheduling can actually add millions of dollars per year to the bottom line. Planning and scheduling is a continuum of decisions starting with crude selection and ending with establishing short-term targets for crude processing and blending. It also includes maintaining optimization and operation simulation models. It is thought that conservatively, a refinery may save from $5 million to $10 million a year if it pays more attention to the processes behind proper planning and scheduling. Of course, the amount of savings can reach staggering proportions for companies now at the bottom of the Solomon Associates Inc. refinery performance ranking.

OSTI ID:
525857
Journal Information:
Fuel Technology amp Management, Vol. 6, Issue 6; Other Information: PBD: Nov-Dec 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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