Laboratory Equipment and Analysis Performing in Oil Fields Lab
Laboratory Equipment and Analysis Performing in Oil Fields lab
OBJECTIVES
- Test and analyze samples of crude oil and petroleum products during processing stages, using laboratory apparatus, testing equipment
- Following standard test procedures to determine physical and chemical properties and ensure products meet quality control standards
- Test samples of crude and blended oils, gases, asphalts, and pressure distillates to determine characteristics, such as boiling, vapor, freeze, condensation, flash and aniline points, viscosity, specific gravity, penetration, distillation, and corrosion, using test and laboratory equipment, such as hydrometers, fractionators, distillation apparatus, and analytical scales.
- Analyze content of products to determine presence of gases, such as propane, iso butane, butane, iso pentane, and ethene
- Determine hydrocarbon composition of gasolines, blending stocks and gases, using fractional distillation equipment, gas chromatography, and mass spectrometer
- Operate fractionation column to separate crude oil into oils with different boiling points to determine their properties
- Analyze composition of products to determine quantitative presence of gum, sulfur, aromatics, olefins, water, and sediment
- Compare color of liquid product with charts to determine processing factors measurable by color
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Lab technicians
- Laboratory Supervisors
- Laboratory Engineers
- Chemists
- Laboratory Analysts
COURSE OUTLINE
- Crude oil lab equipment
- Water content
- Salt content
- Distillation
- Viscosity
- Flash point and RVP apparatus
- API hydrometer
- Centrifuge
- Crude oil glassware
- Crude oil sample collection analysis
- Preparation chemicals
- Analytical techniques
- Qualitative vs. quantitative tests and the need for accuracy and precision
- Specifications, Standard operating techniques and test methods
- Good weighing practice
- Use of laboratory glassware
- Use of chemicals and reagents
- Documentation including writing up of reports
- Laboratory instrumentation and the use thereof
- Calibration and maintenance of equipment
- Safety in the laboratory
- Standard solutions used for analysis