PRE 105
Metering and Measurement Systems
Metering and Measurement Systems
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Code | Date | Location | price (€)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRE 105 | 11-15 May 2026 | Online | 2000 |
| PRE 105 | 13-17 Dec 2026 | Doha | 2700 |
* Prices are subject to VAT and local terms. Ph.D. students, groups (≥ 3 persons) and early bird registrants (8 weeks in advance) are entitled to a DISCOUNT!
COURSE OVERVIEW
In the oil and gas industry, measurement is not just an operational activity, it is a commercial and legal one. Every barrel of crude oil transferred between parties, every MMscf of gas delivered to a pipeline, every product that crosses a terminal boundary is accounted for through a metering system. When that system is accurate, calibrated, and functioning as designed, transactions proceed. When it is not, the consequences range from production allocation disputes between JV partners to multimillion dollar cargo claims between buyers and sellers.
This course addresses metering and measurement from the perspective of the engineer and operator who manages these systems operationally. Covers the fundamentals of hydrocarbon measurement and the main flow measurement technologies used in OandG applications, operational management of metering stations, prover systems, calibration, measurement uncertainty, sampling, and the specific challenges of gas metering for allocation and fiscal purposes.
COURSE OUTLINE
5 days
Day 1: Measurement Fundamentals and Flow Measurement Technologies
o Fiscal Metering, Custody Transfer and Allocation.
o DP and Turbine Meters.
o Ultrasonic and Coriolis Meters.
o Multi-Phase Metering.
o Exercises:
• Exercise 01: Identify the November's measurement agreement that determines who pays when a measurement dispute cannot be resolved.
• Exercise 02: Determine whether an anomalous path reading on the fiscal ultrasonic meter is a meter fault, a flow condition, or an installation problem.
• Exercise 03: Calculate the effect of a transmitter drift on the fiscal gas volume.
Metering Station November Anchor Scenario: All case studies and exercises draw from a fiscal metering station at the custody transfer boundary between an offshore production facility and a gas transmission system, used progressively across all three days.
Day 2: Metering Station Operations and Fiscal Management
o Fiscal Metering, Custody Transfer and Allocation.
o DP and Turbine Meters.
o Ultrasonic and Coriolis Meters.
o Multi-Phase Metering.
o Exercises:
• Exercise 01: Identify the November's measurement agreement that determines who pays when a measurement dispute cannot be resolved.
• Exercise 02: Determine whether an anomalous path reading on the fiscal ultrasonic meter is a meter fault, a flow condition, or an installation problem.
• Exercise 03: Calculate the effect of a transmitter drift on the fiscal gas volume.
Metering Station November Anchor Scenario: All case studies and exercises draw from a fiscal metering station at the custody transfer boundary between an offshore production facility and a gas transmission system, used progressively across all three days.
Day 3: Practical Workshop
Morning Session: Work through audit findings in isolation and understand each problem completely before they interact.
Afternoon Session: Develop the integrated audit response when all three findings interact simultaneously against a fiscal period closing deadline.
Individual Quiz Assessment: 20 questions. Minimum passing score: 60%.
INSTRUCTOR
Petro Teach Instructor
The Instructor is a Petroleum Engineer, holds M.Sc in Mechanical Engineering, and is Specialist Natural Gas Engineering. He has over 20 years of hands-on O&G industry experience spanning gas processing, crude treatment, production operations, and technical training across onshore and offshore environments in Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.
His operational background includes five years as OJT Instructor at production facilities in the Middle East, AGRU Package Leader roles, and extensive experience as Process Engineer across upstream and downstream O&G facilities.
Since 2015 he has been a Senior Lecturer on IFP Training’s international instructor roster, delivering advanced gas processing, thermodynamics, field processing, and operations training to engineers and operators across three continents.
FAQ
DESIGNED FOR
o Metering Engineers and Measurement Engineers responsible for fiscal and allocation metering systems
o Operations Engineers and Field Operators working with custody transfer metering stations
o Petroleum Engineers and Production Technologists who use metering data for allocation and reporting
o Commercial and Contracts professionals who need technical grounding in measurement principles for dispute resolution
o Pipeline Operations Engineers with fiscal metering responsibilities
Recommended experience: Minimum 2 years in an OandG production, processing, or pipeline environment. Basic familiarity with process instrumentation is assumed.
COURSE LEVEL
Intermediate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
o Describe the operating principles of the main flow measurement technologies used in OandG.
o Explain how meter proving is performed, what it verifies, and how the meter factor is applied in fiscal calculations
o Describe measurement uncertainty and explain how it is calculated, reported, and contractually managed
o Explain how gas metering for allocation and fiscal purposes differs from liquid metering and describe the main sources of gas measurement error
o Apply integrated measurement management thinking to diagnose and resolve simultaneous metering anomalies under a fiscal period closing deadline
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