STE 403
Storage, Terminals, and Transportation
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Code | Date | Location | price (€)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STE 403 | 7-9 Sep 2026 | Online | 2000 |
| STE 403 | 2-4 Nov 2026 | Prague | 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
Between the production facility and the refinery or end user, every hydrocarbon molecule passes through a storage and terminal system. That system is where production becomes a commodity, where volumes are measured for commercial purposes, where products are blended to specification, where tankers are loaded under time pressure, and where the quality of custody transfer determines whether millions of dollars change hands correctly.
This course addresses storage, terminals, and transportation from the operational perspective of the engineer and operator who manages these systems daily. Covering liquid hydrocarbon storage, operating principles, gauging and inventory management, product quality management, custody transfer, pipeline batch scheduling, product transportation economics and the fire and environmental safety requirements that govern tank farm operations.
The course draws on content from Natural Gas Storage, Terminal Operations, FPSO/FSO Technology and industry standards for liquid hydrocarbon and gas storage operations.
COURSE OUTLINE
5 days
Day 1: Storage Systems
o Tank Types, Operations and Safety
o Liquid Hydrocarbon Storage.
o Tank Gauging and Automatic Tank Gauging Systems.
o Custody Transfer Measurement.
o Tank Safety: Fire Scenarios, Containment and Environmental Controls.
o Exercises:
• Exercise 01: Determine whether a tank designed for crude can safely receive refined product during a pipeline outage.
• Exercise 02: Identify the source of a volume discrepancy between shore figures and vessel figures.
• Exercise 03: Diagnose what caused the partial floating roof to sink after heavy rainfall and execute the emergency response before the hydrocarbon vapor finds an ignition source.
Terminal Lima Anchor Scenario: All case studies and exercises draw from an integrated crude oil and products export terminal receiving pipeline deliveries and loading tankers, used progressively across all three days.
Day 2: Terminal Operations
o Marine Terminal Operations: Loading, Offloading and the Ship-Shore Interface.
o Product Quality Management and Cargo Readiness.
o Receiving Pipeline Products: Batches, Interfaces and Transmix Management.
o SIMOPS at Marine Terminals: Managing Concurrent Vessel Operations Safely.
o Exercises:
• Exercise 04: Determine whether loading can safely resume after an ESD triggered by a vapor detector during a VLCC loading.
• Exercise 05: Determine whether blending is a viable option when Tank's crude tests above BSandW specification before tanker arrival.
• Exercise 06: Determine what to do with a batch that arrived partially displaced into a segment before it contaminates the designated receiving tank.
Day 3: Practical Workshop
Morning Session: Diagnose three simultaneous terminal problems in isolation, a quality issue threatening cargo readiness, a measurement dispute during active loading, and a pipeline batch disruption against a fixed tidal departure window.
Afternoon Session: Develop the integrated go/no-go loading decision for Terminal Lima when all three challenges are occurring simultaneously and defend it to the Operations Manager before the departure window closes.
Individual Quiz Assessment: 20 questions. Minimum passing score: 60%.
INSTRUCTOR
Instructor Profile
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 Terminal Operations Engineers and Facilities Engineers at liquid hydrocarbon export terminals
o Field Operators and Control Room Operators in tank farm and terminal environments
o Marine Operations personnel involved in tanker loading and ship shore interface management
o Pipeline Operations Engineers with batch scheduling and product delivery responsibilities
o Commercial and custody transfer professionals who need technical grounding in terminal operations
Recommended experience: Minimum 2 years in an OandG production, processing, or pipeline environment.
COURSE LEVEL
o Intermediate to Advance
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
o Explain the operating principles and typical failure modes of the main categories of static equipment: pressure vessels, columns, heat exchangers, and piping systems
o Identify the function and operational behavior of valves and safety relief devices, including PSVs and rupture discs
o Recognize the early warning signs of heat exchanger fouling and explain its impact on process performance and energy consumption
o Explain the operating principles of centrifugal and positive displacement pumps, including cavitation, NPSH, and mechanical seal behavior
o Describe the operating logic of centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, including surge, anti-surge systems, and common failure indicators
o Explain the operating principles of gas and steam turbines and identify the main parameters used to monitor their performance
o Diagnose common equipment problems using process data, equipment trends, and operational observations
o Apply a systematic equipment failure diagnosis approach in realistic plant scenarios
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