Canadian
Operational Research Society
http://www.corscalgary.org/
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR
When: Noon to 1:30 PM, Thursday, February 21, 2008
Room
217
450
- 1 Street SW
(See
attached map)
SPEAKER
Dr. Mina Rahnama
Minacor Management
Consulting Inc.
TOPIC
An Optimization System for Heavy Oil Supply
Allocation and Strategic Planning
Abstract:
The process of hauling and allocating emulsion (tank treated and
untreated), sour heavy oil and produced water at heavy oil production sites to
their receiving facilities (e.g. batteries or disposal sites) involve a series
of interrelated decisions and activities with associated costs of millions of
dollars for major heavy oil producing companies. In majority of cases the load
planning and pairing of source/destinations is mainly based on short term
operational considerations which may not necessarily optimize the overall
financial performance for the companies. Improvements in allocation plans by
utilizing optimization and decision support tools will potentially translate
into significant cost savings estimated at 5-15% depending on the current
condition of the process.
In this presentation we demonstrate a recently developed and implemented
optimization system used for generating load allocation plans that are
fundamentally driven by financial performance (e.g. netbacks, transportation
fees, fuel and unit configuration charges, facility operating costs, tank
treatment costs, etc.) while meeting the operational requirements. In addition,
this application is used for conducting impact analysis and for re-active and
strategic planning purposes. This system can handle thousands of wells and
features a user friendly interface, data import/export facility and custom
reporting.
About
the Speaker:
Mina Rahnama has been involved with development and implementation of
numerous Optimization/Decision Support systems for major Oil and Gas and
Transportation companies since 1987. In
the energy sector, these systems pertain to different oil and gas products
(natural gas, crude, heavy oil) and cover a broad spectrum including
Operations, Supply Management, Marketing /Distribution, Logistics and Debt
Management. Other projects include
business process assessments, project management and business systems analysis,
leading to the development and implementation of a number of custom
applications in client/server and web based environments.
Mina Rahnama holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research. She is the Principal
of Minacor Management Consulting Inc. Clients include Gibson Energy, Baytex
Energy, Husky Energy, Petro-Canada, Amoco Canada, CP Rail, TCPL.
Mina’s interests include traveling, hiking, reading, movies and she has
a strong commitment to advocacy for individuals with special needs.
There is no charge for attending the
meeting. The room is available until
1:30 PM for those interested in staying afterwards to mingle and meet other OR
practitioners.
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TransCanada
Tower in Conference Rooms 214 and 217
