Oil and Gas Processing Flow Measurement

Accurate flow measurement is essential to today's oil & gas operations. This course aims to provide training to facility operators, technicians and engineers, which, once delivered, "keep on working".

 

Participants are encouraged to raise queries both during and at any time after attending the seminar. Participants are also encouraged to bring with them any issues that they may have to the course.

 

  • Understand the Legal and Commercial Metering Requirements
  • Appreciate design criteria and the importance of accuracy
  • Understand measurement concepts and types of error
  • Understand the basic concepts, principle of operation and equipment used for Gas metering, liquid metering, proving, and sampling
  • Understand the basic concepts, principle of operation, and hardware used for typical flow computers, Prover Control Micro-computers, and Supervisory Systems.
  • Understand the typical operations, control functions, and record-keeping requirements
  • Evaluate the results of Turbine Meter Calibration and determine the validity by use of Control Chart

 

  • Engineers and Technicians of all disciplines
  • Instrumentation Personnel
  • Procurement and Quality Control Personnel
  • Inspection and Maintenance Engineers

 

  • Analog to Digital Conversion
  • Power Supplies

 

  • Cross-Correlation
  • Tracer Methods
  • Weighing Methods
  • Lasers

 

  • Coriolis Flowmeters
  • Angular Momentum Devices
  • Thermal Meters
  • Applications
  • Advantages and Disadvantages

 

  • Doppler Type
  • Time-of -Flight Type
  • Clamp-on Type
  • Applications
  • Advantages and Disadvantages

 

  • Principle of Operation
  • AC and Pulsed DC Types
  • Applications
  • Advantages and Disadvantages

 

  • Principle of Operation
  • Vortex Shedders
  • Advantages and Disadvantages

 

  • Turbine Flowmeters
  • Miscellaneous Designs
  • Advantages and Disadvantages

 

  • Basic Principles
  • Liquid Meters
  • Designs for Gases
  • Advantages and Disadvantages
  • Applications

 

  • Simple Theory
  • Orifice Meters
  • Venturi Meters
  • Flow Nozzles
  • Low Loss Devices
  • Variable Orifice Meters
  • Variable Area Meters
  • Pitot Tubes and Pitot Static Tubes
  • Target Flowmeters

 

  • Introduction
  • Basic Principles of Pipe Flow
  • Mathematical Developments

  • Typical Gas Pipeline System
  • Role of Operator
  • Overview of Typical Gas Sales
  • Contracts

 

  • Hardware and Software
  • Operator Interface
  • System Security
  • Communications

 

  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Display Formats
  • Alarm Handling and Interpretations
  • Response to Input Failures

 

  • Introduction to Gas Chromatography
  • Gas Conditioning System
  • Gas Chromatograph
  • Chromatograph Controller
  • Calibration and Maintenance

 

  • The Gas Sampling and Conditioning System
  • Relative Density Analyser
  • Moisture Analyser

 

  • Pressure Measurement
  • Temperature Measurement
  • Density Measurement

 

  • Flow Measurement Uncertainty,
  • Rangeability and Calibration
  • Calculating Uncertainty
  • Traceability

 

  • The Flowmeter
  • Meter Tubes and Other Fittings
  • Removals/Replacement Procedure

 

  • Introduction to Fiscal Metering
  • Pipework and Valving
  • Flow Measurement
  • Secondary Instrumentation

 

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