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5 Days·Classroom
Flow Measurement & Custody Transfer Metering Training Course
Builds skills to select, prove and verify fiscal oil and gas meters, quantify measurement uncertainty and resolve allocation and metering disputes.
MID · Midstream Operations, Pipelines, Storage & LNGAll Levels#2980ClassroomEnglish , Arabic
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Sectors:Oil & GasCategories:Midstream Operations, Pipelines, Storage & LNG
Course Overview
The Flow Measurement & Custody Transfer Metering Training Course gives engineers and technicians a thorough, practical command of fiscal metering for crude oil, refined products and natural gas. Wherever hydrocarbons change ownership, are taxed or are shared between partners, the meter reading becomes a financial figure, and a small systematic error on a large export or pipeline system can shift substantial revenue between buyer, seller and government every year. The course covers the full metering chain: measurement principles, base conditions and fluid properties; turbine, positive displacement, Coriolis and multipath ultrasonic meters for liquids; orifice, ultrasonic and Coriolis meters for gas; flow conditioning and installation effects; sampling, density, water content and gas composition; and the flow computer calculations that convert raw pulses and differential pressure into net standard volume, mass and energy. Participants work with the principles of internationally recognized references such as ISO 5167, the API Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards (MPMS) and AGA Report No. 9. The program then concentrates on how metering confidence is earned and defended: proving with pipe, compact and master meter provers, meter factor control, verification of secondary instruments, condition-based monitoring through meter diagnostics, uncertainty budgets, production allocation, mismeasurement correction and the handling of measurement disputes. Delivered through worked calculations, metering system schematics, flow computer report reviews, proving exercises and case studies of real mismeasurement events, the course prepares participants to operate, verify and audit custody transfer and allocation systems with confidence. Process instrumentation in general and terminal loading operations are left to other courses; the focus here stays on metering technology and measurement integrity.
Learning Objectives
- Explain the difference between custody transfer, fiscal allocation and operational metering and the accuracy each one demands throughout the course.
- Apply base conditions, fluid property data and correction factors to convert measured flow into net standard volume, mass and energy.
- Evaluate turbine, positive displacement, Coriolis and multipath ultrasonic meters for crude oil and refined product service.
- Assess orifice, ultrasonic and Coriolis gas metering, including the role of flow conditioning and installation effects.
- Specify sampling, density, water content and gas composition measurements that support accurate quantity and quality determination.
- Interpret flow computer configuration, calculations, alarms, audit trails and quantity reports.
- Plan and evaluate meter proving with pipe, compact and master meter provers against repeatability criteria.
- Establish meter factor control, verification intervals and secondary instrument calibration programs.
- Use meter diagnostics to detect fouling, deposits, flow profile distortion and other developing faults.
- Build measurement uncertainty budgets for liquid and gas metering systems.
- Apply production allocation methods and correct mismeasurement in a transparent, auditable way.
- Develop a structured approach to metering audits, loss investigations and dispute resolution by the end of Day 5.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for metering engineers, instrumentation and control engineers, measurement technicians, calibration and proving technicians, process and production engineers, pipeline and terminal engineers, and flow computer and SCADA specialists who design, operate, maintain or verify fiscal and allocation metering systems and the laboratories, samplers and analyzers that support them.
It is equally relevant to professionals in national oil companies, upstream operators, gas processing plants, refineries, export terminals, pipeline companies, petroleum ministries and regulators, gas transmission and distribution companies, independent inspection and surveying companies, and engineering contractors that build and commission metering stations.
Those who benefit most are hydrocarbon accountants, measurement supervisors, joint venture representatives and auditors who must interpret metering data, approve corrections and defend quantities in commercial negotiations and disputes.
Learning Outcomes
- By the end of this Flow Measurement & Custody Transfer Metering Training Course, participants will be able to:
- Distinguish custody transfer, allocation and operational metering requirements and their contractual consequences.
- Convert measured flow into net standard volume, mass and energy correctly.
- Select suitable liquid and gas meter technologies for each fiscal and allocation duty.
- Identify installation, flow profile and fluid quality problems that bias meter readings.
- Verify sampling, density, water content and gas composition measurements.
- Check flow computer calculations, configuration changes, alarms and quantity reports.
- Conduct and evaluate meter proving and accept or reject meter factors.
- Maintain risk-based calibration and verification programs for secondary instruments.
- Interpret meter diagnostics to detect faults early and plan condition-based maintenance.
- Prepare uncertainty budgets for liquid and gas metering stations.
- Apply fair, auditable allocation and mismeasurement correction methods.
- Lead metering audits and support the fair, documented resolution of measurement disputes.
Course Outline
Course Outline:
Fiscal Metering Principles and System Architecture
- Custody transfer, allocation and operational metering and their accuracy needs
- Contracts, regulations and measurement agreements defining metering obligations
- Volume, mass and energy measurement and the choice of base conditions
- Fluid properties: density, viscosity, compressibility and vapor pressure
- Accuracy, repeatability, linearity, turndown and traceability to national standards
- Metering station layout: strainers, meter runs, provers, samplers, densitometers and flow computers
- ISO 5167, API MPMS and AGA reports as measurement references
- Practical application: Reviewing a metering station schematic and listing its measurement elements
Liquid Metering Technologies and Quantity Calculation
- Turbine meters: K-factor, linearity and viscosity sensitivity
- Positive displacement meters: slippage, wear and suitability for viscous crude
- Coriolis meters: mass and density measurement, zero stability and pressure effects
- Multipath ultrasonic liquid meters: path configurations, profile effects and diagnostics
- Temperature and pressure correction of liquid volumes to standard conditions
- Automatic sampling and sediment and water determination
- Gross, net standard and net oil volume calculation
- Practical application: Calculating a crude oil batch quantity from meter and sample data
Gas Metering, Flow Conditioning and Energy Determination
- Orifice metering to ISO 5167: plates, fittings, beta ratio and discharge coefficient
- Differential pressure transmitter selection, ranging and stacking
- Multipath ultrasonic gas meters: path design, speed of sound checks and diagnostics
- Coriolis meters in gas service and their limitations
- Flow conditioners, straight lengths, swirl and asymmetric profiles
- Gas compressibility, online gas chromatographs, calorific value and energy calculation
- Liquids, contamination and pulsation effects on gas meters
- Practical application: Checking a gas meter run against installation requirements
Proving, Verification and Condition-Based Monitoring
- Proving methods: bidirectional, unidirectional and compact provers, master meters and tanks
- Prover base volume determination and periodic recalibration
- Proving runs, pulse interpolation, repeatability criteria and meter factor calculation
- Meter factor control charts and action limits for deviation
- Calibrating temperature, pressure, density and differential pressure instruments
- Flow computer verification, configuration control and audit trail review
- Condition-based monitoring using ultrasonic and Coriolis meter diagnostics
- Practical application: Analyzing proving records and accepting or rejecting a meter factor
Uncertainty, Allocation and Measurement Dispute Management
- Measurement uncertainty using the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM)
- Uncertainty budgets for liquid and gas metering stations
- Allocation principles for commingled production, shared pipelines and gas plants
- Proportional, by-difference and uncertainty-based allocation methods
- Line pack, loss and gain analysis and balance reconciliation
- Mismeasurement detection, correction calculations and retrospective adjustments
- Metering audits, documentation, witness testing and dispute resolution
- Final workshop: Investigating a metering imbalance, quantifying the error and preparing a correction report for the parties
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Paris · 1 – 5 Feb 2027 · Classroom
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