Introduction
The majority of hydrocarbons found naturally occur in crude oil, where decomposed organic matter provides an abundance of carbon and hydrogen, which, when bonded, can catenate to form seemingly limitless chains.
This course details the gas chromatography separation of saturated and unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon compounds, low-boiling aromatic hydrocarbon compounds, gasoline and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon compounds
The course will identify how to get to the core of these issues using a thorough analysis of the circumstances contributing to the Measurement Of Hydrocarbons. Participants will learn to apply several practical, systematic methods for reducing hydrocarbon loss in refineries and petrochemical plants.
Course Objectives
Measurement Of Hydrocarbons: Best Practices training course:
- Teaches theory, installation, operation, and proving practices of mass measurement of light hydrocarbon fluids, including mixes and spec grade natural gas liquids.
- Provides instruction in meter proving and calculation of meter factors for meters in high vapor pressure service (e.g., Propane or mixed NGLs).
- Provides instruction and simulation/demonstration of densitometer proving by pycnometer and overview of pycnometer calibration.
- Demonstrates proper procedures, emphasizes safe practices and provides instruction in calculating volumes of liquids at base conditions of single-grade light hydrocarbons from measured NGL mixes. Emphasis is placed upon proper procedures and safe practices.
Who Should Attend?
Measurement Of Hydrocarbons: Best Practices training course is ideal for:
- Professionals, Technologists, Supervisory personnel, Senior Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers engaged in the refinery operation and oil production/exploration activities, who have a considerable experience and who are required to understand and discuss issues related to their processes.
- Process and Process Control Engineering, Technologists, Supervisory personnel, Senior Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers.
- Geologists and Reservoir Engineering: Supervisors, Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers.
- Oil Account Management: Supervisors, Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers.
- Operational Planning, Refinery Scheduling Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers.
- Corrosion and Inspection Engineering: Supervisors, Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers.
- Oil and Gas Operation (Upstream/Downstream): Filed/Control Room Operators, Supervisors, Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers.
- Mechanical, Rotating and Maintenance Planning: Supervisors, Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers.
- Health, Safety and Environment (HSE): Supervisors, Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers.
- Instrument Maintenance: Supervisors, Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers.
- Project Management: Supervisors, Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers.
- Commercial, Financial and Insurance Management: Controllers, Senior Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers engaged in the refinery operation and oil production/exploration activities.
- Business, sales, technical, and scientific personnel with limited or no broad refinery operating and oil production/exploration experience, along with technical sales personnel.
- Those involved in selling equipment or supplies to the refinery operations and oil production/ exploration industry.
- Those involved with economic evaluations of refinery operations and oil production/ exploration will benefit from this training course.
- Those involved in marketing, selling refined, final export products will benefit from this training course.
Course Outlines
Flow Measurement
- Fundamentals of flow measurement (Static and Dynamic measurement).
- Coriolis flow meter, theory of operation, and troubleshooting.
Calibration and Proving
- Proving and Calibration Principle.
- Flowmeter and secondary measurement proving.
- Meter prover and performance issues.
- Calibration of meter provers.
- Calibration Report calculations (Meter factor, repeatability uncertainty)
LACT Unit
- Overview of LACT/ACT installations.
- Metering System Component overview and functionality.
- Valves in Liquid metering system.
- Temperature and Pressure instrumentation in the metering system.
Flow Computer
- Stream Flow computer (Introduction, Webserver, PC Setup, Display editor, Report Editor).
- Supervisory Computer.
API MPMS
- API MPMS Ch11.1 (Volume correction factors)
- API MPMS Ch12 Calculation of Petroleum Quantities.