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Objectives

This course covers the methods and techniques for accurate measurement of crude oil and refined products at a fundamental level. The course provides a fundamental basis in static measurement, principles of operation of the primary dynamic meters and a base knowledge on meter proving and factor calculation as well as the meter/tank ticket calculations. The course uses the API Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards and the ASTM Test Methods as the basis for instruction.

The Delegates

Personnel with a basic knowledge of the oil & gas business, especially pipeline, refining and production operations. Measurement operators, technicians, and engineers who would like to get a more firm foundation and/or are new to liquid volume measurement .

Contents

• Properties of petroleum
• Testing and significance of testing for properties of petroleum
• Principles of testing for API gravity and S&W (base methods)
• Laboratory and classroom demonstrations and exercises
• Static measurement
• Basic principle of volume measurement by liquid level
• Fundamentals of tank calibration by the manual method
• Calibration, gauging and sampling equipment
• Fundamentals of tank gauging and sampling
• Calculation of a basic run ticket
• Field and classroom exercises, including calculation exercises
• Dynamic measurement
• Theory of operation and use of PD, Turbine, Coriolis and Ultrasonic meters
• Theory of operation and use of displacement provers
• Calculation of basic meter factor from proving
• Overview of LACT/ACT installations
• Field and classroom exercises, including calculation exercises
• Oil Loss Analysis
• Introduction to need for oil loss analysis and good measurement

 

The Discount

10% in case of Three P. (or more)