Custom training at your facility? When you’ve got a single new hire, it’s an easy decision to pack them up and send them off to training as part of their onboarding with your team…but what if you have multiple new employees or an entire team that needs new or refresher training? Whether you’ve brought on new technicians […]
Ensuring your team is well-trained is a critical component of your operation’s success. Proper training means that your technicians have the knowledge and skills necessary to accurately address custody transfer measurement issues. It can also improve safety, increase efficiency, reduce errors, and ensure compliance with regulations. These are all vital to your ability to make […]
In conjunction with Texas A&M University, GCI now offers CEUs for all in-person and online instructor-led courses. For over 20 years, GCI has added value to the Oil & Gas industry by offering an unparalleled selection of training and certification courses. Our courses are led by instructors that are literally writing the industry standards, through […]
The 2023 GCI measurement and SCADA training course schedule has been released. Let’s get you set with oil and gas measurement training classes that fit your needs. Seating for both in-person and instructor-led online courses is limited. Our last two-week gas certification course for 2022 is already sold out! Now is the time to discuss […]
During this current period of change driven by ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) initiatives, hydrogen blending continues to be a major topic of discussion amongst gas pipeline operators. Specific to our customers, we have to ask the question: how will measurement be affected by the push for hydrogen blends flowing through pipelines? To find the […]
Quality measurement training for oil and gas back-office employees has historically been difficult to find and even more difficult to get funding for. Analysts and settlement accountants are responsible for reviewing and validating data representing tens of millions of dollars in product each month, yet they may have little or no knowledge of the measurement […]
The hydrogen economy is coming for gas pipelines. The question is how will operators develop and implement measurement standard operating procedures (SOPs) for hydrogen blended gas? During the 2022 AGA Operations Conference & Spring Committee Meetings on May 5 in New Orleans, GCI General Manager Weldon Wright presented on the topic of natural gas measurement […]
Historically, oil and gas companies have relied on in-house measurement expertise to support their operation, but those days are gone for most companies. Today, we find that many companies lack the required field, engineering, and management personnel to properly integrate new assets, manage projects, and maintain the proper level of quality control over measurement. What’s […]
Accurate measurement volumes are heavily dependent on representative gas analysis data. To obtain representative data, your measurement personnel need to be armed with standard operating procedures (SOPs) and equipped with measurement training to effectively use equipment and execute measurement tasks. When measurement operations are optimized, then you can improve accuracy and decrease measurement uncertainty. However, […]
With the current green/renewable energy focus in the oil and gas industry, the production of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) is being supplemented by government incentives and pushed by social pressure. Simultaneously, you have likely heard about the increased emphasis on hydrogen as an energy source. “The hydrogen economy is coming! The hydrogen economy is coming!” […]