Higher Diploma in Refinery Production Engineering

Course Overview

The Higher Diploma in Refinery Production Engineering is a UK Level 5/6 qualification delivered over 12 to 18 months across on-campus, online and distance routes. The programme concentrates on refinery production engineering, the operational discipline of running distillation, hydrotreating, catalytic and blending units to meet plan, and it is written in step with IChemE and CILT operating standards used across the UK energy sector. Applicants join weekly seminars run by practising engineers, HSE specialists and energy economists working in UK midstream, refining, terminal and logistics functions across operators and service firms.

By graduation, you will be producing process flow analyses, contributing to integrity plans and framing terminal throughput reports for senior audiences. You finish with a capstone or workplace project and taught coursework, reflecting a technician-to-graduate articulation route with clear credit transfer, and ready to step into confirmed credit transfer into a UK Bachelor top-up. The Higher Diploma in Refinery Production Engineering is calibrated to UK employer demand and reviewed each intake against sector signals from operators, service firms and professional bodies.

Key Features

• UK Level 5/6 qualification with named programme-tutor support across all three study modes
• Syllabus aligned with European Petroleum Refiners Association (Concawe), Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) and Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) competency areas
• Capstone project mapped to a UK asset scenario grounded in operator practice and reviewed each intake
• A capstone refinery production engineering project mapped to a UK-style asset
• Careers coaching linked to UK terminals, refineries and pipeline corridors
• UK-formatted technical reporting and briefing writing drilled through every module
• Three parallel study modes accessible around shift, rota and family patterns in the energy sector

What You Will Learn

• Read refinery process flow schemes and unit control philosophies
• Interpret yield reports and blending plans against product specifications
• Apply Management of Change to running units
• Follow permit-to-work systems and process safety routines
• Support planned turnaround and unplanned outage responses
• Interpret catalyst performance and heater efficiency data
• Coordinate operations, engineering and HSE interfaces
• Present refinery production engineering findings in operator-format documentation and briefings

Who This Course Is For

• Articulation-track learners on the refinery production track aiming to move into a UK BEng, BSc or BA top-up
• Technicians and supervisors targeting a graduate-level role with credentialed transition
• International applicants seeking a UK Level 5/6 credential with confirmed credit transfer
• Career changers with a related background wanting a credentialed graduate path
• Working professionals studying part-time around rota and family patterns

Career Pathways

Graduates from the Higher Diploma in Refinery Production Engineering move into roles across UK midstream, refining, terminal and logistics functions across operators and service firms, drawing on the LSOGM alumni network and careers service. Sample destinations include:

• LNG Operations Engineer
• Marine Oil Operations Manager
• Terminal Operations Manager
• Facilities Engineer
• Asset Integrity Engineer
• Refinery Process Engineer
• Petrochemical Plant Engineer

LSOGM careers service links Higher Diploma finishers with UK operators, service firms and international assets recruiting through London, and supports applications for professional-body membership routes aligned to the Higher Diploma in Refinery Production Engineering. Coaching covers CV, LinkedIn and interview preparation for UK sector recruitment cycles, with named alumni contacts available for informational interviews across UK midstream, refining, terminal and logistics functions across operators and service firms.

Entry Requirements

• Advanced Diploma, HND, foundation degree, or equivalent qualification.
• Relevant work experience in energy, upstream/downstream, HSE or a related field is recommended.
• IELTS 6.0 overall (no band below 5.5) for non-native English speakers.
• Two references (at least one academic).
• Short statement of intent covering your career goals in oil, gas and energy.

Why Study at LSOGM

The London School of Oil and Gas Management is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts. LSOGM sits within reach of the City energy trading floors, the offshore expertise of Aberdeen and the North Sea, and one of the world densest concentrations of oil, gas and energy sector employers, professional bodies and standards organisations. That geography shapes the Higher Diploma in Refinery Production Engineering, with visiting practitioners and case studies drawn from operators, contractors and advisory firms active in the UK sector.

Every intake, on-campus, online or by distance learning, joins the same weekly seminar structure with named programme-tutor support. Three parallel study modes make the Higher Diploma accessible around work, family or shift patterns in the energy sector, and the Higher Diploma in Refinery Production Engineering syllabus is reviewed annually against live employer demand from UK operators and contractors. Faculty are practising engineers, HSE specialists and energy economists, and students leave with evidenced capability across written, quantitative and spoken tasks that map to sector recruitment.

Apply for Higher Diploma in Refinery Production Engineering

Bring your ambitions in midstream, logistics & refining into a UK-credentialed programme with named tutor support, three parallel study modes and a syllabus reviewed each intake against live sector demand. Articulate into the technician-to-graduate track with LSOGM. Click Enrol Now. Admissions responds within one working day. Admissions will confirm current fee bands, instalment plans and intake dates for the Higher Diploma in Refinery Production Engineering in writing. Enrol Now.