REFINING WITH EXCELLENCE -- STAFF AND COMPUTERS
To refine heavy oil with excellence requires more than a flashtower -- it also
incorporates the best in computer technology. What's more, the whole process rests in the
hands of a willing and able staff -- the people who truly make the oil flow smoothly.
The computer serves many purposes at a refining site. A single example, among many, is
found in the fractation process. This process requires exacting measurements of
temperatures, pressures, and volumes. Essential, computerized adjustments to these
features must be made to maximize the return of refined products from the feed composition
and the processing itself.
But setting the goals and meeting them rests with the people. And nobody does the job
like the refining staff: the most valuable natural resource -- the people who provide the
innovation, the creativity, the inventiveness, and the responsibility that makes the
refinery a winner. Their task: to understand and accept the new challenges -- their goal:
to answer the questions that assure success.
