OVERVIEW
Grounded in API standards, this course provides participants with an understanding of the fundamentals of manual tank gauging, principle operations of dynamic meters, meter proving, factor calculation, asset balancing, and much more.
By attending this instructor-led course, participants can return to their jobs and immediately apply the knowledge gained. Participants will receive a certificate of completion.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Understand production allocation
- Define tank construction and gauging
- LACT
- Physical properties, including gravity and water determinations and H2S hazards and safety
- Proving
- Asset balancing
- How to maintain an auditable process
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The Fundamentals of Crude Measurement course is based on the API Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards. Participants will learn the fundamentals of:
- Manual tank gauging
- Principle operations of dynamic meters
- Meter proving
- Factor calculation
- Asset balancing
CURRICULUM
This instructor-led course will provide participants fundamental principles of crude oil measurement grounded in industry standards, best practices, and safety procedures.
- Production allocation
- Construction and gauging of tanks
- LACT units
- LACT controllers, PLCs, and ticketing
- Physical properties
- Proving
- Asset balancing
- Maintaining an auditable process
Course Length: 2.5 business days
Course Pricing: $1,500