Oil and Gas Processing Flow Measurement Training Course

Course Category : Oil & Gas Management

A professional technical programme focused on flow measurement in oil and gas processing facilities, addressing legal, commercial, and operational accuracy through industry best practices
Duration: 5 Days
Level: Intermediate to Advanced.

Starts On

19 - October - 2026

Ends On

23 - October - 2026

Location

Portugal - Lisbon

Language

English

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Targeted Audience

  • Engineers and technicians across all disciplines
  • Instrumentation and control personnel
  • Inspection and maintenance engineers
  • Quality control and procurement staff
  • Professionals involved in oil and gas metering and certification programmes

Targeted Skills

  • Understanding legal and commercial metering requirements
  • Analysing measurement accuracy and uncertainty
  • Selecting appropriate flow measurement technologies
  • Managing calibration and proving systems
  • Integrating metering systems with custody transfer and flow computing

Expected Outcomes

  • Interpret commercial metering requirements in oil and gas processing systems
  • Evaluate flow measurement accuracy and uncertainty sources
  • Differentiate between flowmeter technologies and applications
  • Apply calibration and proving principles
  • Link metering systems with custody transfer and compliance requirements

Training Topics Index

  • Gas gathering and processing systems
  • Operator responsibilities in metering systems
  • Commercial versus operational metering
  • Sales contracts and measurement implications
  • Custody transfer fundamentals

  • Principles of fluid and gas flow
  • Differential pressure flowmeters
  • Displacement and inferential meters
  • Mass and advanced flow measurement devices
  • Pressure, temperature, and density instrumentation

  • Accuracy, repeatability, and rangeability
  • Measurement uncertainty concepts
  • Traceability and reference standards
  • Uncertainty calculation methods
  • Design and installation impact on accuracy

  • Calibration and proving principles
  • Direct and indirect proving systems
  • Gas sampling and conditioning systems
  • Gas chromatographs and quality analysers
  • Calibration reporting and meter factors

  • Flow computers and data management
  • System security, alarms, and communications
  • Custody transfer system design
  • LACT units and metering skids
  • API MPMS requirements and applications