EVENT PROGRAMME

Please note that the programme below is a preliminary one and may be subject to change. The Oxford Bunker Course SUNDAY Evening Arrive in Oxford MONDAY 08:30 Seminar Registration 09:00 Introduction/Administration/Round Robin 09:30 Introduction to the Bunker Industry 10:30 Networking Coffee Break and Course Photograph 11:15 Commercial Introduction 12:15 Mini Exercise: Bunker Game 13:00 Networking Lunch 14:00 Technical Introduction 15:00 Networking Coffee Break 15:30 Operations - Practical Aspects 17:00 Mini Bunker Quiz/Video 17:30 Close of Day One's Training Evening Oxford University Tour TUESDAY 09:00 Bunker Fuel: Refining and Production 10:15 Networking Coffee Break 10:45 Specifications: ISO 8217 - Parameters, Levels, Variations, Labs & Test Methods 12:00 On-Board Handling, Purifying, Blending (featuring Alfa Laval Video) 13:00 Networking Lunch 14:00 Sampling and Testing Equipment 14:45 Bunker Surveys / Surveyors 15:45 Networking Coffee Break 16:15 Practical Problems associated with LSFO (including a Case Study on a MARPOL Fuel Problem) 17:15 Technical Quiz / Video (DNVPS and Tramp) 17:45 Close of Day Two's Training Evening Tour of historic Oxford pubs WEDNESDAY 09:30 Aspects & Effects of International Control and Regulation of Bunkers 10:30 Networking Coffee Break 11:00 The Role of the Major Oil Company, The Fuel Oil Market and The Sulphur Issue 12:15 Brokers, Traders and Bankers 12:45 Networking Lunch 13:45 Uses and Abuses of Credit 14:45 Mini Case Study 15:00 Networking Coffee Break 15:30 Mini Case Study 16:00 Oil Spills, ISPS etc 16:40 Commercial Quiz 17:10 Close of Day Three's Training Evening Punting on the Isis THURSDAY 09:00 The Buyer's Viewpoint (Owner, Charterer, Manager) 10:30 Networking Coffee Break 11:00 Material Safety Datasheets etc 11:40 Bunker Hedging (A Beginner's Guide and Some Practical Demonstrations) 13:00 Networking Lunch 14:00 Bunker Case Study 16:30 Networking Coffee Break 17:00 Course Recap 17:30 Close of Day Four's Training Evening Course Dinner FRIDAY 09:30 Comprehensive Course Quiz 10:15 Networking Coffee Break 10:30 Legal Aspects of Bunkering 12:30 Results of Course Quiz 12:45 Course Wrap-up 13:00 Networking Lunch / Close of Course If you are unable to attend at Oxford, Petrospot Limited run a number of other courses, seminars and events throughout the year. Click here for details.