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OIL TERMINAL OPERATIONS

COURSE OVERVIEW & LEARNING OUTCOMES

This terminal operations training is a one week immersion of participants in the theory, management and operations of  oil and gas terminals for storage and export.  Partcipants are tuned to best practices that ensures a safe and efficient management of one of the critical downsteam operations in the O&G value chain.

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This course includes the proper planning and scheduling techniques in storage & transfer systems, safety  practices and procedures in terminal operations including oil spill contingency and emergency response plans.

 

TARGET PARTICIPANTS

  • Terminal Managers, Supervisors and Superintendents

  • Oil and Gas Refinery or Product Storage Facility Personnel

  • Oil and Gas Field Operations Personnel and Engineers

  • Facility Managers 

  • Process Engineers, Project Managers, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Instrumentation / Control Engineers

  • HSSE Personnel

  • Transfer and Fiscalization Supervisors

  • Oil and Gas Cargo Officials

EXAMPLE MODULES

  • Crude Oil and Stored Product Properties

  • Physical, Chemical & Hazardous Properties of Stored Products

  • How Physical & Chemical Properties Influences Choice of Storage

  • Tank Types & Requirements for Stored Products

  • Tank Farms: Differences and Purposes

  • Product (Crude and Refined) Storage

  • Overview: LNG, LPG, CNG Storage

  • Roof Types: Fixed, Dome & Cone

  • Floating Roof, Internal / External

  • Suction Levels Fixed / Floating

  • Estimation and Measurement of Tank Emissions and Losses

  • Safety and Risk

  • Fire-fighting & protection

  • Tank Farm Operations and Planning

  • Transfer Systems

  • The Ship/Shore Safety Checklist

  • Terminal Inventory Control & Inter Tank Transfers

  • Disposal of tanks washings, slops & dirty ballast

  • Bunkering

  • Communications & emergency response plans

  • Tank Gauging and Metering, Meter Proving, Stock Loss & Pipeline Transfer Loss

  • Sampling and Quality Control – ISO 17025

  • Centrifugal pumps: Operations and Troubleshooting

  • Piping systems

  • Flow and pressure matching

  • Comingled Stock & Un-pumpable

  • Changing Tanks' Service

  • Tank Calibration / Recalibration

  • Overview of Electrical Systems

  • Instrumentation, Flow and Level Measurement

  • Overview- Instrumentation and Control

  • Level Alarms / Independent Level Alarms

  • Spill and Overfill Control

  • Control of Pump and Piping Systems

  • Product Blending and Product Failures

  • Operations of Ballast and Cargo Handling Systems

  • Inert Gas System

  • Crude Oil Washing (COW)

  • Safe Loading and Unloading Cargoes

  • Prevention of Marine Pollution

  • International Regulations & Requirements for Oil & Gas Marine Terminals

  • Major Accidents Prevention: The Seveso III Directive

  • Required notifications in the event of a release -ISGOTT

  • Release Detection, Response, Reporting and Investigation

  • Tank Inspection and Cleaning

  • Gas Freeing and Confined Entry

  • API 653 Tank Inspection

  • Tank Failure Causes and Prevention

  • Settling

  • Corrosion

DURATION

5 Days

LOCATIONS:

Dubai, Houston, London

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