This course will familiarize process, instrumentation and custody transfer engineers with the procedures and practices involved in the choice of flowmetering systems and their associated supporting equipment. It will address these points in relation to both single- and multi-phase flows and will give guidance on the optimum commercially available flowmeters through a detailed comparison of their relative merits. Flowmeter calibration is crucial to these topics. The course also covers the related issues of level and tank measurement as well as lease automatic custody transfer and truck custody transfer, leak detection, loss control and monitor and control production losses.

1. Liquid & Gas Flowmetering
& Custody Measurement
Your Expert Course Leader
Dr. John L Sproston
John Sproston (UK) B. Sc., M.Eng., Ph D is a Senior Mechanical & Instrumentation Engineer with over 45
years of industrial experience in Process Control & Instrumentation, Liquid & Gas Flowmetering, Heat
Exchanger Engineering, Pumps, Compressors, Turbines and Control Valve Technology. He is currently a
Senior Independent Consultant to various petrochemical industries in the UK, USA, Oman, Kuwait and KSA wherein he provides
consultancy services on both the application and operational constraints of process equipment in the oil & gas industries.
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Course Description
This course will familiarize process, instrumentation and custody transfer engineers with the procedures and practices involved in the
choice of flowmetering systems and their associated supporting equipment. It will address these points in relation to both single- and
multi-phase flows and will give guidance on the optimum commercially available flowmeters through a detailed comparison of their
relative merits. Flowmeter calibration is crucial to these topics.
The course also covers the related issues of level and tank measurement as well as lease automatic custody transfer and truck custody
transfer, leak detection, loss control and monitor and control production losses.
Course objectives
Upon the successful completion of this course, each participant will be able to:
 Apply an in-depth knowledge to the topics of liquid and gas flowmetering and custody measurement as well as to the fluid
mechanics of pipe flows
 Assess flow measurement uncertainty in terms of the actual flowrate
 Distinguish between the different flowmeter types including delta p, displacement, rotary-inferential, fluid oscillatory,
electromagnetic, ultrasonic and Coriolis mass flowmeters and to determine the optimum choice for a given application
 Define and classify the various regimes of multiphase flow measurement and to understand the relative attributes of the main
industrial multiphase flowmeters in the determination of flowrate and quality
 Make a considered judgement of the choice of fluid level measurement devices
 Implement OIML Recommendation R117 including its requirements and operation
 Understand the various types of flow calibration, metering system and provers including static and dynamic measurement,
meter proving, prover loop and custody transfer
 Carry out tank measurement and tank calibration methods and to calculate net sellable quantities
 Explain in detail the different types, methods and techniques used in lease automatic custody transfer and truck custody transfer
 Discuss pipeline considerations made in the metering of liquid products
 Employ systematic techniques in leak detection, loss control, monitor and control production losses
 Apply the various API standards applicable to custody measurement
Who will benefit from attending this course?
This course provides an overview of all significant aspects and considerations of liquid and gas flowmetering and custody measurement
for instrumentation, inspection, control, custody, metering and process engineers and other technical staff. Further, piping engineers,
pipelines engineers, mechanical engineers, operations engineers, maintenance engineers, plant/field supervisors and foremen and loss
control coordinators will also benefit from this course.
About your Expert Course Director:
Dr. John Sproston (UK) B. Sc., M.Eng., Ph D is a Senior Mechanical & Instrumentation Engineer with over 45
years of industrial experience in Process Control & Instrumentation, Liquid & Gas Flowmetering, Heat Exchanger
Engineering, Pumps, Compressors, Turbines and Control Valve Technology.
He is currently a Senior Independent Consultant to various petrochemical industries in the UK, USA, Oman,
Kuwait and KSA wherein he provides consultancy services on both the application and operational constraints of
process equipment in the oil & gas industries.
During his early career, Dr. Sproston held key positions in Rolls Royce (UK) where he was involved in the design of turbine blading for jet
engines, subject to pre-specified distributions of pressure. During this period and since, he has also been closely involved in various aspects
of Turbomachinery, Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics where he has become a recognized authority in these areas.
Later, he joined the academic staff of University of Liverpool in UK as a Professor in Mechanical Engineering Courses. A substantial part of
his work has been concerned with detailed aspects of Flowmetering both of single & multiphase flows. He has supervised doctoral research
students in this area in collaboration with various European flowmeter manufacturers.
He joined Haward Technology Middle East in 2002 and was later appointed as European Manager ( a post which has since lapsed ) and has
delivered over 150 training courses in Flowmeasurement (single- and multi-phase), Control, Heat Exchangers, Pumps, Turbines,
Compressors, Valve and Valve Selection as well as other topics throughout the UK, USA, Oman and Kuwait. During the last two years he has
delivered Courses with other Training Companies operating in the Far and Middle East. He has published about 150 papers in various
Engineering Journals and International Conferences and has contributed to Textbooks on the topics listed above.

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3 DAY COURSE OUTLINE
Flowmetering Overview
 Introduction to Pipeline Flowmetering
with Highlighted Problem Areas
 Flow Measurement Accuracy
 Flow Measurement Uncertainty
 Repeatability and Reproducibility
 Basic Statistics (Average and Standard
Deviation)
 Calibration Graphs
 Flow Conditioners & Operational Issues
Fluid Mechanics of Pipe Flows
 Laminar Flows and Turbulent Flows
 Pipe Velocity Distributions
 Worked Examples
 Pipe Fitting Losses
Flowmeter Types
 Orifice Meters
 Critical Flow Element
 Venturi Meters
 Flow Nozzles
 Variable Area Meters
 Pitot Tubes and Pitot Static Tubes
 Target Flowmeters
 Helical Gear Meter
 Nutating Disc Meter
 Piston Meter
 Turbine Flowmeters
 Vortex Shedding Meters
 Electromagnetic Meters
 Ultrasonic Flowmeters
 Coriolis Mass Meters
 Cross Correlation Methods
 Tracer Methods
 Weighing Methods
 Velocity Profile Integration Techniques
Multiphase Flow Measurement
 Description of Multiphase Flows
 Definitions of Various Associated Terms
 Flow Pattern Classification
 Flow Regimes
 Multiphase Measurement Problems
 Multiphase Meter Classification
 Response of Single-Phase Flowmeters in
Multiphase Flows
 Wet Gas Flow Measurement
 Application of Two Flowmeters for
Multiphase Flows
 Comparison of various industrial
multiphase flowmeters available
Level Measurement
 Buoyancy Tape Systems
 Hydrostatic Pressure
 Ultrasonic Measurement
 Radar Measurement
 Vibration Switches
 Electrical Measurement
 Installation Considerations
 Impact on the Control Loop
 Radar Level Measurement
OIML Recommendation R117
 Introduction
 Scope
 General Requirements
 Field of Operation
 Accuracy Classes
 API MPMS Chapter 5.8
Flow Calibration
 Trends in Calibration
 Types of Calibration Test Rigs
 In Situ Calibration
 Methods of Tank Calibration
 Tank Gauging System
 Tank Measurement Methods
 Calculations of Quantities
Metering System & Provers
 Main Types
 Maintenance
 Problems
 Automatic Sampling
 Prover Calibration Methods:
Calculations and Uncertainties
 Prover Calibration Methods:
Practical Exercises
 Meter Proving
 Prover Loop
 Prover Loop Calibration
 Field Calibration by Water Draw
 Meter and Prover
Troubleshooting/ Overall
Measurement Uncertainty
Lease Automatic Custody Transfer
 Introduction
 System Requirements
 Operation
 Equipment
Truck Custody Transfer
 Introduction
 Truck Types
 Typical Equipment
 Performance
 New Developments
Pipeline Meter Considerations
 Introduction
 Flow in a Pipeline
 Pipeline Installation Considerations
 DP Transmitters
 Multi-Port Averaging Pitot
Leak Detection Systems
 Introduction
 API 1130
 A Theoretical or Practical
Approach
 Real Time Transient Model
 Practical Example
 Results and Conclusions
Loss Control Systems
 Introduction
 Custody Transfer Sampling
 Case Studies
 Examples of Delivery
Malpractice
Monitoring and Controlling Production
Losses
 Introduction
 Types of Leaks
 Meter Proving
 Conclusions
API Standards
 Introduction
 API Gravity
 Classification of Grades
 Temperature Measurement
 Measuring the Suspended S & W
Content
 Calculating Net Volume
 Conclusions
Sessions commence at 9am on all days, with
short intervals at 10.30am and 3.30pm
respectively with light refreshment.
Lunch will be provided at 12:30pm for 1 hour.
Sessions will end at 5pm on all days.

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