Personnel with 2-5 years of experience in the oil & gas business, especially pipeline, refining and production operations. The course will also provide training for those in measurement operations who actively participate in prover and sampling systems calibration and certifications. These include operators, senior operators, senior technicians and engineers. The course will also benefit those who have a need to expand or enhance their operating knowledge of measurement performance; and those who witness or audit measurement techniques.

Participants receive instruction in:

PROPERTIES OF PETROLEUM

• Physical Properties (vapor pressure, NGL/LPG mixing)
• S&W Analytical Testing by Distillation, KF and Sediment by Extraction
• Crude Oil assays by distillation and simulated distillations
• Refined Products analytical quality tests
• Laboratory and classroom demonstrations and exercises

 STATIC MEASUREMENT

• Automatic tank gauging by radar, servo gauge, hybrid system, HTG and Mass systems
• Tank Calibration by MTM, ORLM, OTM, EODR, and EORLM methodologies
• Calibration and verification of gauging and tank calibration equipment
• Overview of gauging and sampling of high vapor pressure fluids
• Field and classroom exercises, including calculation exercises

 DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT

• Trouble shooting of dynamic measurement systems including meter and prover combinations
• Meter Prover design and troubleshooting of performance issues
• Calibration of meter provers by the Waterdraw, Master Meter and Gravimetric methods
• Overview of metering systems for marine terminals, load racks and gathering systems
• Automatic Sampling systems, performance verification by Water-injection method
• Field and classroom exercises, including calculation exercises

 OIL LOSS ANALYSIS

• Oil Loss analysis in 3-region scenarios
• Use of Control Charts and other performance tools
• System trouble shooting techniques

 ALTERNATE TYPES OF METERS

INTRODUCTION TO MASS MEASUREMENT (OVERVIEW)

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total course duration.