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Course Description
Storage Tank Operation, calibration & Hydrocarbon measurements is a course designed to offer the participants an insight of how tank farm storage tanks are constructed, operated, inspected and maintained. This course is designed to provide participants with a complete overview of the oil movement; measure and proving in modern refineries; process plants; oil/gas fields and marine terminals.
This advanced technical course delivers a deep and practical understanding of storage tank calibration, level measurement, and hydrocarbon inventory measurement techniques implemented in modern oil & gas and petroleum storage operations. Participants will gain both the theoretical foundations and hands-on applications of calibration and measurement systems critical for accurate stock-holding, custody transfer, fiscal metering, and regulatory compliance.
Through a combination of structured lectures, real-world case studies, practical exercises, and measurement system troubleshooting scenarios, delegates will exit the course with improved operational competence, measurement confidence, and minimized measurement uncertainty.
Delegates will enhance the knowledge on Storage operations, Design of Storage Tanks, Design Considerations of Tanks and Manifolds, Tanks Heaters and Mixers, Tank Operations, Loading and Unloading Operations, and Handling of Slops.
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Why This Course Matters?
Accurate measurement of hydrocarbon inventories and flows underpins financial integrity, contractual accuracy, safety, and regulatory compliance in petroleum operations. Miscalibration or improper proving practices can lead to significant financial loss, contractual disputes, safety exposure, and audit non-conformance.
The course equips participants to:
- Understand measurement uncertainty drivers and how to control them
- Execute and validate tank calibration tables and dip charts
- Select, configure, and maintain level and volume instrumentation
- Apply industry standards and best practices for hydrocarbon quantity determination
Training Objective
Upon the successful completion of this seminar, participants will have a good knowledge of:
- Grasp the relevant types of storage tanks and their associated terminology & Assess storage tank performance
- Learn about tank safety issues, tank standards and codes
- Study failure mechanisms including corrosion
- Explain measurement fundamentals: Understand the physics of fluid level, volume, mass, density, and how these relate to hydrocarbon inventory.
- Develop and validate tank calibration tables: Learn structured procedures for generating calibration charts using classical methods and automated systems.
- Perform level instrument proving & validation: Apply methods to verify radar, differential pressure, float, and other level transducers used in custody transfer.
- Integrate temperature & density correction: Use API and international correction factors for volume and mass calculations under varying operating conditions.
- Apply tank gauging best practices: Conduct manual and automated tank gauging with repeatable accuracy.
- Assess measurement uncertainty: Identify sources of error and techniques to quantify and reduce uncertainty.
- Comply with industry standards: Apply APIMPMS and ISO 7507 guidelines for hydrocarbon measurement and calibration.
- Implement data reconciliation: Integrate measurement data into reconciliation systems to support production reporting and fiscal allocation.
Target Audience
Storage Tank Operation, calibration & Hydrocarbon measurements training course is designed for:
- Technical personnel involved in working of safe handling, storage and transportation of hazardous substance.
- Supervisors and Engineers, both operations and designing systems for safe handling, storage and transportation of hazardous substances.
- Tank farm operations, custody transfer, and inventory control
- Measurement & calibration engineers
- Instrumentation & control technicians
- Well testing & production measurement specialists
- Quality assurance and compliance personnel
Training Methods
Storage Tank Operation, calibration & Hydrocarbon measurements training course will be conducted in a facilitative style with a combination of lecture and practical exercises in the use of techniques, case studies and a high level of lively debate and sharing of ideas. Delegates will be encouraged to introduce problems of their own for discussion and analysis. Copies of all lecture materials, case studies and workbooks will be provided.
Pre & Post course assessments will be used to measure the effectiveness of this training.
Daily Agenda
Day 1 – Overview of Storage tanks Types & Operations
- Warm up workshop – Storage tank Management of change; how it work?
- Well Engineered is well maintained.
- Storage tanks engineering barriers.
- Photos & comments Work shop.
- Identify the typical standard used in the course.
- Storage tanks selection criteria
- Flash Point
- Vapor Pressure
- Storage tanks Types
- Fixed Roof Tank
- Internal Floating Roof Tanks
- External Floating Roof Tanks
- Pressurized Storage Tanks
· Case Study Filling Blind (Video)
Day 2 - Storage tanks Types & classification
- Fixed Roof Tanks – Components
- Comparison between dome roof & cone roof.
- Pros & cons if fixed roof tanks.
- Pressure vacuum relief valve operations & design.
- Work Shop: Practice Fixed roof tank P&ID
- Floating roof tanks (Single deck & double deck)
- Tank Rim and Seal & Tank Vents & Vacuum breakers
- Tank Drainage and water Separation
- Tank Components, fittings and Equipment
- Tank Roofs, Fixed, Floating, Roof Supports etc.
- Support & maintenance legs
- Fire Protection & Level montioring.
- Case Study : Deep Water Horizon
Day 3 –Measuring & Transportation of crude & Petroleum products
- Storage tanks manual gauging.
- Storage tanks automatic gauging.
- Tanks meter Proving.
- Storage tanks calibration as per API MPMS.
- Classification of Hazardous Substance
- Pumping capacity & operations.
- Handling of Hazardous Substances
- Storages in Bulk
- Storage of Chemicals in Drums / Other Containers
- Hazardous Storage (Crude Oil and Petroleum Products)
· Case Study: Simulation scenario (Leak detection)
Day 4 Fundamentals of Hydrocarbon Measurement
- Definitions: volume, mass, density, API gravity
- Measurement drivers & regulatory context
- Introduction to custody transfer vs. operational measurement
- Storage tanks Calibration principles, reference methods
o Laser scanning Calibration
o Optical Devices calibration
o strapping, volumetric Calibration
o API MPMS chapter 2 Calibration requirements
- Statistical validation of calibration tables
Day 5 – Storage Tanks Design & Process Safety
- Design Criteria for tank shell, bottom plate & annular plates.
- Filling Considerations
- Storage tanks calculation & sizing
- Techniques to minimize measurement drift
- Storage tank capacity sizing & calculations.
- Tank Nominal capacity, safe operating height & design capacity.
- Tank Shell thickness calculation
- Dinking & spacing calculations.
- Digital Measurement & Future Trends
- Review.
Accreditation
BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.
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