International audience
The primary purpose of this research is to develop a mathematical framework for the planning and optimization of the petroleum supply chains from the country-level perspective. Further, a deterministic mathematical model is presented to identify the decisions related to the flow between nodes, production capacities at each level, and how to satisfy the demand to maximize the profit from local and international markets. The developed model was solved by using commercial software, Supply Chain Guru. Furthermore, the Libyan petroleum case study is applied as an example to show possible improvements in the petroleum supply chain application, visualize the new supply chain configuration, and validate the results. Results show that the model allows improvements in both profit and service level if the right production and distribution decisions are set. Finally, the optimization model helps decision-makers identify the production and distribution plan under some risky events.