Oil Movement Storage and Troubleshooting

Oil Movement Storage and Troubleshooting

OBJECTIVES

• A complete and up-to-date overview of the oil movements & storage operations in modern refineries.
• Clear understanding of troubleshooting methodology and techniques
• Expose to advanced techniques and best practices in movements & storage operations.=
• Understands associated hazards in movements & storage operations and method of control
• Understands Oil Spill Contingency plans
• Understands valve/ pipeline operation for custody transfer and reduce Shore/ Ship Discrepancy
• Understands some accounting basics as per API Standards, with the importance of Temperature and Sampling Quality.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

All the technical staff who are involved in oil movement & storage in refiniries , fields , terminals .

COURSE OUTLINE

Oil Terminal & Tank Farm

• Crude Oil receiving/storage
• Tank Farm Duty
• Settling time& Water draining
• Tank Mixing & Tank-Tank Transfer
• Product Specifications & Blending
• Example of Overall Monthly Refinery Balance
• Calculations for crude oil received 

Crude Oil Storage

• Types of Storage Tanks
• Maintenance of Storage Tanks
• Tank Maintenance
• Hazardous Conditions and Safety Procedures
• Tank cleaning and desludging
• Permit to work system

Land Tank Measurements

• Types of Errors
• Fundamentals of Land Tanks Calibrations
• Manual Level Gauging of Land Tanks
• Automatic Level Gauging of Land Tanks
• Free Water Measurements in Land Tanks
• Temperature Measurements in Land Tanks
• Manual Sampling of Land Tanks
• Automatic Sampling of Land Tanks
• Advanced Techniques in Automatic Land Tanks
• Measurements (Ultra Sonic& Radar Systems)

Introduction to Metering and Meter Proving

• Static Measurement – Land Tanks
• Dynamic Measurement
• Introduction to Meter Proving
• Meter Factor& K Factor
• Correction to meter reading
• Prover tank correction
• Pressure and temperature corrections
• Master meters
• Factors affecting the choice of meter proving equipment
• Displacement Meter Hardware
• Mechanical Automatic Temperature Compensation (ATC)
• Advanced Flow Measurements Techniques “Video
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Significance of Common Errors in Land Tank Measurements

•  Pipeline Control
• Terminology/ Calculation Routines
• Laboratory Tests Relevant to Quantity Determination
• Fundamentals of Ship-Board Measurements
• Ship Shore Comparison
• Oil Spill and Contingency Plan