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Metering & Allocation

Single-phase - Multi-phase - Transactional - Fiscal
METER-EN-P
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Who should attend?

  • This course provides a comprehensive knowledge of metering equipment and applications in the Oil & Gas industry.
Public :
  • Operational staff of Oil & Gas field treatment plants and terminals, instrumentation specialists, petroleum architects, project engineers, reservoir engineers, well performance specialists, completion specialists, personnel from engineering companies and all professionals interested in metering methods and equipment used in the petroleum industry.

Level :Knowledge

Prerequisite :
  • Provide evidence of a professional experience of at least 1 month, related to the concerned field.

Course Content

  • DIFFERENT TYPES OF METERING - IMPORTANCE OF METERING - Duration : 0.5 Day

      • Types of metering: technical, transactional, allocation, fiscal.
      • Importance of metering accuracy.

  • DATA PROCESSING - Duration : 0.5 Day

      • Technical material balances, data reconciliation, data architecture, architecture of DCS, data recording.

  • IMPLEMENTATION OF A METERING INSTALLATION - INFLUENCE ON PROCESS - Duration : 0.5 Day

      • Friction losses, introduction of a cold spot, intrusivity, leakage risks…

  • SINGLE-PHASE METERING: OPERATING PRINCIPLE & EQUIPMENT - Duration : 1 Day

      • Fluids dynamics.
      • Different types of single-phase meters:
      • Meters based on kinetic energy (ρV²): orifice plate meters, pitot tubes, rotameters.
      • Meters based on velocity: direct meters (turbines, volumetric meters) or indirect meters (ultrasounds, electromagnetic, vortex, thermal, turbines).
      • Derived meters: use of centrifugal pump characteristic curve, use of rotation speed of a positive displacement pump…
      • Tracers: chemical, radioactive, inter-correlation.

  • TRANSACTIONAL METERING OF LIQUIDS - Duration : 0.5 Day

      • Static transactional metering or pseudo-transactional metering…
      • Metering bench; turbines, volumetric, ultrasounds.
      • Calibration of metering installations on test bench in manufacturing facilities or on site.
      • Operation of metering installations: maintenance, calibration.
      • Calculators: corrections, conversion into standard volumes.
      • Sampling, online analysis and lab analysis.

  • TRANSACTIONAL METERING OF GASES - Duration : 0.5 Day

      • Metering bench; turbines, volumetric, ultrasounds.
      • Calibration of metering installations on test bench in manufacturing facilities or on site.
      • Operation of metering installations: maintenance, calibration.
      • Calculators: corrections, conversion into standard volumes.
      • Sampling, online analysis and lab analysis.

  • MULTIPHASE METERING: OPERATING PRINCIPLE & EQUIPMENT - Duration : 1 Day

      • Advantages of multiphase metering.
      • Fluids: flow modes, composition.
      • Principle of multiphase measurement: gamma-metric measurement, volume measurement, passive noise analysis use of dielectric, of Venturi, of inter-correlation.
      • Use of optic fibers: inter-correlation, sound velocity.
      • Description of some equipment available for multiphase measurement: 3D, Roxar, Agar, Haimo, MPM, Weatherford.
      • Installation of multiphase measurement - Impact on process: fluid conditioning, intrusiveness.
      • Subsea and downhole multiphase meters.
      • Calibration at manufacturer facilities.
      • Operation and maintenance of multiphase meters.

  • ALTERNATIVES TO THE USE OF MULTIPHASE METERS - Duration : 0.5 Day

      • 4D seismic. Use of natural or introduced tracers.
      • Estimation of the contribution of each reservoir.

Learning Objectives

  • Attendees will be able to implement the following skills:
  • Review different kinds of metering and allocation methods and assess importance of accuracy,
  • Grasp technology and operating principles of single-phase metering equipment,
  • Understand standards of liquids and gases transactional metering,
  • Assess operation, maintenance and calibration techniques of metering installations,
  • Review multiphase metering advantages, technology and operating principles.

Ways & Means

  • Applications and illustrations from the industry.
  • Site visit according to possibility.

Learning assessment

  • Assessment by test at the end of the course.

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Coordinator :IFP Training instructors, with expertise in the field and trained in modern teaching methods adapted to the specific needs of learners from the professional world.

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