• Measurement Uncertainty, Custody Transfer, and Loss Control System for Oil & Gas Industry

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Introduction

Over the past 60 years, the importance of flow and level measurement has grown – particularly because of their widespread use in accounting purposes, such as the custody transfer of fluid from supplier to consumer. Throughout this period, performance requirements have become more stringent – with unrelenting pressure for improved reliability, accuracy, linearity, repeatability and rangeability.

These pressures have been caused by major changes in manufacturing processes and because of several dramatic circumstantial changes such as the increase in the cost of fuel and raw materials, the need to minimise pollution, and the increasing pressures being brought to bear in order to adhere to the requirements for health and safety.

Aims and Objectives
This course, ‘Measurement uncertainty, custody transfer and loss control’ is designed to acquaint users with the problems and solutions associated with the need for high accuracy transfer of liquid petroleum products from supplier to customer.

On successful completion of this workshop delegates will be able to:

- Review the basics of fluid mechanics
- Identify the fundamental problems related to uncertainty
- Compare the different methods of measuring flow in the oil and gas industries
- Describe the various methods of level measurement
- Gain insight into the methods used to derive strapping tables
- Evaluate the different custody transfer standards in use today
- Contrast the methods used in flow calibration
- Identify the different types of prover systems
- Explain the methodology used in truck custody transfer
- Examine the challenges regarding pipelines
- Describe the basics of leak detection
- Analyse the methodology for monitoring and controlling production losses
- Evaluate a variety of API standards
- Contrast the different methods used to measure multiphase flow

 
Who should attend

This workshop is specifically tailored for anyone involved in the field of custody transfer measurement and would include:
- Any personnel who are or will be responsible for the designing, selecting, sizing, specifying, installing, testing, operating and maintaining instrumentation related to accurate measurement
- Experienced professionals who want to review or broaden their understanding of accurate level and flow measurement
- Other professionals who want a better understanding of the subject matter
• Asset management team members
• Automation Engineers
• Consulting Engineers
• Design Engineers
• Installation and Maintenance Technicians
• Instrument and Process Control Engineers and Technicians
• Instrument Fitters
• Maintenance engineers
• Maintenance team leaders
• Mechanical engineers and technicians
• Operations Engineers
• Process Engineers
• Production Managers
• Project Managers
• System Integrators
• Team leaders/coordinators

Competencies emphasized

- Understanding of the philosophy of measurement uncertainty, custody transfer and loss control and the impact on process control within the plant
- Select and specify different technology choices and how to apply them
- The experience of exchanging ideas, problems and solutions with other delegates from different backgrounds and processes
- A renewed or refreshed ability to understand their process, plant or operation and apply the appropriate model

 

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