Optimal Planning and Scheduling Strategy for Petroleum Supply Chains in Conversion Refineries

摘要

The scope of this study is concerned with the petroleum supply network in a typical oil company. Various petrochemical products are usually manufactured with a cluster of strategically-located conversion refineries.[1] A realistic mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) model has been formulated to coordinate various planning and scheduling tasks for optimizing the supply chain performance. Solving this MILP model yields the proper procurement scheme for crude oils and the corresponding logistics, the optimal schedules for processing products and by-products, and their pricing and promotion programs.