Multiproduct pipelines play an important role in ensuring the downstream energy supply as
they transport about 70% of refined products. To guarantee the safe and stable operation of …

Multiproduct pipeline scheduling problem has garnered increasing attention over the past
few decades due to potential economic savings and increased operational efficiency. This …

Enterprise-wide optimization for the petroleum refining industry involves optimization of the
supply chain involving manufacturing and distribution with emphasis on integration of the …

Accurate estimation of remaining capacity is crucial for pipeline companies to improve their
service quality and economic benefits. Considering the delivery of multiple batches in long …

Pipeline networks represent the major mode of transportation for crude oil and refined fuels.
Recent data suggest that this trend will persist in coming years. A multiproduct pipeline …

Detailed scheduling of long-distance multiproduct pipelines has received growing attention
in the past few years. It helps the planner to reduce the number of pump and segment …

Petroleum refined products are mostly sent from oil refineries to distribution depots by trunk
pipelines. Pipeline networks usually involve multiple input and exit terminals, and even dual …

Continuous-time scheduling models for multiproduct pipelines typically view the contents of
a pipeline as a set of batches. It facilitates tracking batch coordinates but prevents rigorously …

Multiple oil-product distribution through a long-distance pipeline to downstream multiple
depots is critically important to petroleum refineries and has been extensively studied …

This paper presents a new mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) formulation for the
short-term scheduling of liquid transportation by pipeline. It relies on a continuous-time …