The course focuses on practical applications, with special attention to installation considerations and application limitations when selecting or installing different measurement or control instruments for fiscal metering.

By the end of this course delegates will learn about:

• API’s metering technologies
• The proper selection and installation of the right meter for specific applications
• Crude oil fluid flow
• Flow measuring and metering system
• Oil transfer meter and types of flow measuring devices
• Design and operating practices
• Calibration and traceability
• How to meet international standards
• Oil quality measurement
• Calibration of oil meters for high pressure natural gas and flow conditions

MGC Coordinators and Supervisors, Instrumentation & Metering Engineers & Technicians, Metering Managers and Engineers, Production Operation & Process Engineers, Production Technologists, Design & Mechanical Engineers, Service Staff and Inspectors of Custody Transfer Stations, Design & Process Engineers, Reservoir Engineering & Custody Technicians, Well Testing Group & Chemical Engineers, Valve Technicians & Maintenance Personnel & Supervisors

Basic Fluid and Gas Laws

• Pressure, Flow Volume, Continuity Principle
• Energy Law (Bernoulli’s Equation)
• Pressure Change Equation
• Flow Configurations (Flow Profiles)
• Laminar Flow, Turbulent Flow
• Reynold’s Number, Flow Losses (Friction Losses)
• Viscosity, Ideal Gases
• Gas Laws, Boyle's Law, Charles's Law, Gay-Lussac’s Law

General Characteristics and Performance of Flow-meters

• System Characteristics
• Flow range and viscosity range
• Performance, Accuracy
• Stability and Repeatability
• Sensitivity, Noise, Linearity, Reliability
• Applications and Usage, Sizing, Calibration

Types and Applications of Flow Meters

• Differential Pressure (DP) Flow Meters
• Positive Displacement (PD) Flow Meters
• Turbine Flow Meters
• Ultrasonic Flow Meters
• Magnetic Flow Meters
• Coriolis Flow Meters

Head Flow Meter

• Orifice, Sizing, Secondary Instrument, Calculation, Standard AGA3

Turbine Meter

• Systems, Properties, Characteristics, Standard AGA7

Ultrasonic Flowmeter

• Ultrasonic Flowmeter, Types, Application, Standard AGA9

Oil Transfer Meter

• Meter Run, Proving Skid, Meter Proving, Meter Factor, Base Prover,
• Proving Run, Prover Pass, Prover Round Trip

Metering System

• Strainer, Deareater, Traps, Filters
• Temperature and pressure transmitters
• Block and bleeds valves
• Venting and drain valves
• Electric valves, Flow control valves

Flow Measurement Systems and Other Consideration

• Meter Factor, Meter Runs
• Proving Systems; Direct, Indirect, Master Meter, Volume, Displacement
• Time Delay, Quality Systems
• Custody Transfer Skids
• Flow Computers and Communication
• Temperature and Pressure Measurements

Compressible & Incompressible Flow

Fluid Flow & Pipe Fluid Flow

Fluid Flow Measurement

Calculation of Oil Quantity

Performance Characteristic of Flow Meter

Shipping Calculate Volume, Calculate Correction & Calculation Sample

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.