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Objectives

• Prepare routine standard chemical solutions, conduct sample analysis as per ASTM/IP/internal test methods, interpret the results, and take action on abnormal values
• Maintain & operate lab equipment, perform calibration as per procedures and troubleshoot minor equipment problems.

The Delegates

• Laboratory technicians and chemists responsible for the analysis of crude oil samples for quantity and quality purposes.
• Refinery personnel responsible for evaluating crude oil to determine their processing characteristics .
• Operating (field) personnel responsible for collecting samples will also benefit from a better understanding of how test results are directly dependent on proper sample collection and handling .
• Traders and buyers involved in sale, purchase, or exchanges of crude oil .

Contents

• Crude Oil; Supply and Trading Patterns
• Definitions and Terms
• Quality Variations and Their Causes
• The Complexities of Crude Oil Composition
• Sampling Protocols
• Sampling Containers and Sample Integrity
• Composition and Classification
• Inspection Analyses (Cursory Assay)
• Comprehensive Analyses (Full Assay)
• Other Important Crude Oils and Fraction Properties :
• Basics of Crude Oil Processing Evaluation
• Bitumen and Extra Heavy Crude Oils
• Crude Oil Quality (Case Studies)
• ASTM Crude Oil Proficiency Testing Program
• Challenges Presented to the Analyst by Heavier, Higher Sulfur Feed stock
• Opportunity Crude Oils
• Oil treatment basics :
• Dehydration
• Desalting
• Stokes law of settling theory or gravity separation
• De-emulsifier requirements and selection
• Group discussion on the chemicals used
• Basic Crude Sampling and Testing Equipment :
• Sampling plan and sampling techniques
• Safety precautions during sampling
• Sampling equipment, sample point design
• Quality testing for crude
• Crude Oil ASTM Standard Tests :
• Preparation of sample for analysis
• Density, Relative Density (Specific Gravity), or  API Gravity by Hydrometer Method
• Density and Relative Density by Digital Density Analyzer .
• Water in Crude Oil by Distillation .
• Water and Sediment by Centrifuge .
• Salts in Crude Oil .
• Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids .
• Sulfur in Petroleum and petroleum Products by X-Ray .
• Sediment in Crude by Membrane Filtration .
• Water in Crude Oil by bolometric Karl Fisher Titration .
• Pour Point of Petroleum Products .
• Pour Point of Crude Oils .
• Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products .
• Distillation of Petroleum Products .
• Determination of Asphalting in Crude and Petroleum Products .
• Density, Relative density and API by Thermo hydrometer .
• Quality System in Petroleum Products and Lubricants testing Laboratories .

Course summary.

The Discount

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