Crude Oil Storage, Management, Handling, Measurement & Loss
OVERVIEW
Description
Crude oil movement, management, handling and tank farms together with the storage facilities are very important tasks. The oil product specifications and properties as well as the handling techniques are of major priorities to be studied.
Objective
To train the participants on the following
- Tank farms
- Crude oil management
- Handling
- Tank gauging
- Oil spills
- Safety procedures with tanks
- Storage facilities and main concerns
- Trouble shooting techniques
Who should Attend
Petroleum engineers – Pigging engineers – Qualified petroleum technicians
COURSE OUTLINE
- Introduction to oil plant tanks
- Crude oil storage
- Tank classification
- Tank distribution
- Accessories
- Knowledge on oil production and recovery
- Crude oil management
- Tank farm specifications
- Oil terminals and tank farms
- Crude oil handling
- Methods of gauging tanks
- Gauge devices
- Oil products specifications
- Tank mixing
- Oil Spills and loss
- Emergency of oil spills
- Cleaning of crude oil tanks
- Precautions during cleaning
- Cleaning of leaded gasoline tanks
- Safety procedures
- Pigging procedures
- Pigging operations in crude oil pipelines
- Quality assurance and control, contingency.