LOG400 Logistics Planning in the Energy Sector (Spring 2024)

About the course

Societal growth and all economic activities are rooted in the availability of energy. The energy sector includes companies that extract, produce, transport, transfer/distribute and sell various forms of energy, both renewable and non-renewable. Norway is a large energy producer and a stable supplier of oil, gas, and electricity to its neighboring countries. The petroleum sector makes up a significant proportion of the Norwegian economy, it continues growing and it is assumed to have a sizable demand for job positions in the coming years.

The energy sector is inherently made up of networks and infrastructures, and so, for this sector to efficiently operate, logistical challenges are of vital importance. These challenges include logistics network design, planning flows and routes, coordinating storage and warehousing with transportation, and overall supply chain management specific to this sector.

This course presents real-life industrial problems and cases, and aims to develop skills that will be extremely relevant to jobs at logistics departments of various energy companies.  

The course is connected to the following study programs

• Bachelor in Petroleum Logistics and Economics

Recommended requirements

none

The student's learning outcomes after completing the course

After completing this course, the candidates will

Knowledge: 

• have general knowledge of energy logistic networks and infrastructures in energy sector.

• have knowledge of industry-specific logistics planning problems.

• have an overview of approaches for planning within upstream, midstream, and downstream parts of energy logistics networks.

• have knowledge of purchasing and supplier selection, warehousing and inventory management, and transportation planning specific to the energy industry.

Skills:

• understand various contexts in energy logistics infrastructures and logistical network design.

• understand various contexts for an efficient mobilization of the flows within the industry’s infrastructures and networks.

• be able to reflect on the interplay between the various logistical issues and challenges.

General competences:

• be able to communicate problem settings in the energy industry.

• have an understanding of the industry sector from the logistical viewpoint of effective and efficient planning and coordination of logistical activities

Forms of teaching and learning

In the study year 2023 - 2024 the course is taught intensively in the second part of semester, 6 hours per week including 3 hours teaching and 3 hours exercising practical tasks in data lab.

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

• Mandatory coursework: Assignment(s)

• Courseworks given:1

• Courseworks required: 1

• Comment: Several questions will compose one home assignment. The assignment questions are based on exercises in the computer lab thus it is mandatory to be present during data lab hours. The required assignment may be solved in groups. Mandatory coursework requirements must be approved in order to be allowed to take the final exam. Work requirements must be completed in the same semester as when the course is taught, and then give access to the ordinary exam. Approved coursework requirements also give access to the first retake exam if such an exam is arranged. Coursework requirements are no longer valid in the future semesters. It means that students who take the course again, must do the mandatory coursework requirement again.

Examination

• Form of assessment: School assessment

• Proportion: 100%

• Duration: 4 hours

• Grouping: Individual

• Grading scale: Letter (A - F)

• Support material: All printed and written supporting material

Syllabus

The current reading list for 2024 Spring can be found in Leganto