Description

Pipeline Scheduling in Aspen Petroleum Scheduler accurately manages incoming and outgoing pipeline movements down to the ancillary terminals, enabling more accurate crude unit scheduling. Extend your refinery scheduling envelope beyond the refinery fence to include pipeline movements for a more comprehensive view of the petroleum supply chain. Pipeline scheduling gives schedulers the ability to facilitate better, more informed scheduling decisions all from within the same platform.

This guide is a brief tutorial to help users get started with the new pipeline scheduling functionality in less time. This is not meant to be used as a stand-alone reference document. AspenTech recommends that a range of other resources be referenced to give the new user a comprehensive view of how to use Pipeline Scheduling in Aspen Petroleum Scheduler.

These may include:

• AspenTech support website (support.aspentech.com)

• AspenTech courseware available in online and in-person versions

• AspenTech business consultants

• Additional Jump Start Guides—available on a variety of related topics

This document covers Pipeline Scheduling in Aspen Petroleum Scheduler. It assumes the user has Aspen Petroleum Scheduler V8.4 or higher installed on his or her computer and some experience of building pipeline models.

The detailed description on this article can be downloaded as a .pdf document attached to this solution.

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