GCI Training Course

Virtually all hydrocarbons are bought and sold by volume; however, variations in component content and shrinkage due to molecular variation make it impossible to measure NGLs by volume. Measuring NGLs by mass, and subsequently calculating component volumes, demands accuracy and intimate knowledge of the processes involved. Learn the basics of properly measuring liquid to help your company control loss.

Included is a brief history of flow measurement technology, various methods of liquid flow measurement currently in use, what can affect measurement accuracy and repeatability, and what to consider when selecting flow instrumentation for a particular application.

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.

• Familiarity of liquid flow and flow measurement terminology
• Understand how physical properties affect measurement
• Explore conditions that impact flow meter accuracy, repeatability, and reliability
• Know why mass measurement is used
• Know the principle liquid attributes that characterize mass and volume measurement systems
• Understand what measurement is in a mass system
• Learn what commercial balances are based upon
• How to quantify the relationship between measurement and commercial balances
• How to determine composition
• Properly address effects of solution mixing
• Types of equipment used in mass measurement
• Performance verification and meter proving
• Properly perform tank gauging
• Understand operations of small volume provers
• Material balancing, including role of densitometry, sampling, chromatographic analysis, and troubleshooting LAUF