COURSE OVERVIEW:

This comprehensive course, focusing on the management of measuring the quality and quantity of condensate and crude oil, provides a practical understanding of how these critical hydrocarbons are measured, monitored, and managed from field facilities through storage and export. Participants will learn how condensate and crude oil quality and quantity are measured, how measurement systems are designed and operated, and how data are used for operations, allocation, and custody transfer. The course covers basic principles, metering technologies, tank gauging, sampling, laboratory analysis, and loss control, with emphasis on practical issues, common errors, and best practices. Participants will engage in practical exercises and case studies to apply the concepts learned in real world scenarios.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

After completion of this course, the participants will be able to:

1. Explain the role of condensate and crude oil measurement in operations, allocation, custody transfer, and loss control.
2. Describe key physical and quality properties of condensate and crude oil that must be measured, such as density, API gravity, viscosity, water content, and basic sediment and water.
3. Understand basic concepts of quantity measurement, including volume, mass, standard conditions, and key units used in oil measurement.
4. Identify and describe common flow metering technologies used for condensate and crude oil, including their principles, strengths, and limitations.
5. Explain the fundamentals of tank gauging and static measurement techniques for inventory determination.
6. Understand how representative samples of condensate and crude oil are obtained and how sampling quality affects analysis results.
7. Describe typical laboratory analyses used to determine condensate and crude oil quality and interpret basic analysis reports.
8. Recognize common sources of measurement error, bias, and uncertainty in quantity and quality measurements and outline practical ways to reduce them.
9. Apply fundamental techniques and best practices for managing and validating measurement data for operational and commercial use.
10. Use case studies and examples to develop practical strategies for effective measurement management in their own facilities.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

-Engineers

-Operational staff

-Production and Operations Engineers

-Metering, Allocation, and Measurement Engineers and Technicians

-Laboratory and Quality Control personnel

-Supervisors and Technical Staff involved in storage, export, and custody transfer operations

TRAINING COURSE METHODOLOGY:

A highly interactive combination of lectures and discussion sessions, as well as case studies, will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information, knowledge, and experience transfer. The course will be intensive but practical and highly interactive. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions and motivating everybody to find the right answers. The attendants will also be encouraged to raise more of their questions and to share in developing the right answers using their analysis and experience. There will also be some indoor experiential activities to enhance learning. Course material through PowerPoint equipped with necessary animation, learning videos, and general discussions will be provided.

The course participants shall be evaluated before, during, and at the end of the course.

COURSE CERTIFICATE:

National Consultant Centre for Training LLC (NCC) will issue an Attendance Certificate to all participants completing a minimum of 80% of the total attendance time requirement.