OVERVIEW
Our 9-day GMF Certification course is an intensive, content-packed session that provides a comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals of gas measurement. Our instructors have extensive industry experience and subject matter expertise; many are also involved in developing gas measurement industry standards. Understanding of how these standards relate to processes, technology, and techniques provides understanding of why procedures are performed in a specific manner, which is the ideal environment for personnel and the companies that employ them. Companies recognize that by developing a thorough understanding of gas measurement, personnel can contribute to maximizing measurement accuracy and to having a direct positive effect on revenue. These skills can also contribute to the employee’s ability to excel and to progress on a measurement career path.
The first week of this course is all about the basics that are essential to proficiency and to accurate measurement:
- Natural gas chemistry
- Gas laws and physical behavior
- Units of measurement
- Flow measurement principles
- Flow conditioning principles
- Volume determination measurement devices
- Orifice meter run and plate inspections
- Witnessing meter test inspections
- Industry standards and contracts
- Gas sampling and analysis
- Techniques for gas spot sampling
- Fundamentals of gas chromatography
- Flow computers and their applications
After the first week, the student is thoroughly grounded in the basics and is well prepared for the second week of learning. In the second week, instruction addresses linear metering (Coriolis, ultrasonic, and turbine), the complete EGM system (primary, secondary and tertiary devices), and the impact of measurement uncertainty.
The second week is focused on following industry standards and understanding how deviation can induce measurement error. Most of the topics include hands-on exercises:
- Electronic flow measurement
- Transmitters
- Ultrasonic meters
- Fundamentals of SCADA
- Pressure regulators
- Gas chromatography
- Moisture & H2S analyzers
- Odorization
- Sampling
After this course, the student will be equipped with the knowledge of how all this ties together to create an optimal environment for gas measurement efficiency and accuracy.
The fastest way to obtain certification and to save money is to take both weeks consecutively. However, for those unable to schedule both weeks together, participants can take the first week and return on a later date to take the second week.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Describe the fundamentals of gas flow measurement, including natural gas chemistry and physical behavior
- Evaluate common standard conditions of measurement in quantity and quality determination
- Recognize the laws that define the behavior of gases
- Apply the best practices of electronic flow measurement
- Properly conduct and witness a meter test
- Distinguish industry standards for custody transfer and non-custody transfer measurement
- Recognize how language in measurement contracts guides field operation procedures
- Overcome challenges in collecting representative samples
- Employ various sampling techniques
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
CURRICULUM
This certification course takes a comprehensive approach in a condensed format by combining theory, exercises, hands-on activities, and assessment (testing) delivered by professionals with extensive industry experience and subject matter expertise. By understanding how industry standards and best practices relate to processes, technology, and techniques, participants can learn the why procedures are performed in a specific manner.
- Gas measurement fundamentals
- Electronic flow measurement best practices
- Ultrasonic, turbine, Coriolis, vortex, and insertion meters
- Transmitters
- Flow computers and their applications
- Pressure regulators
- Gas chromatography
- Gas sampling techniques
- Moisture and H2S analyzers
- Odorization