Tank Farm Operations and Performance
COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Objectives:

The tank farm’s mission is to perform its daily operations while maintaining a safe storage terminal. Attendance of this five-day seminar will ensure the delegates of being able to:

  • Have in-depth knowledge of operations & management of oil and oil product terminals
  • Apply proper planning and scheduling techniques in storage & transfer systems
  • Command the various planning and transfer requirements for terminals
  • Develop good terminal management skills
  • Apply safe practices and procedures during the various operations in terminals including oil spill contingency and emergency response plans
  • Learn techniques on blending recipes for on specification products
  • Perform calculations for emissions discharges and dispersion

 

Course Outline:

Day 1 – Crude Oil and Product Properties

Introduction and Overview

Evaluation of delegates’ present skills and knowledge

* Stored product properties

* Crude oil

* Light petroleum products

* Liquefied petroleum Gases

* Gasoline

* Jet Fuel

* Heavy petroleum products

* Diesel

* Light Fuel oil

* Heavy Fuel Oil

* Bitumen

* Chemicals

Safety and Risk

* Firefighting & protection

* Ignition sources – Electrostatic charge

* Fire detection and firefighting systems

* The Ship/Shore Safety Checklist

* Risk assessments and management

* Oil Spills

* Secondary Containment, Bund walls

 

Day 2 – Tank Types, Construction & Requirements for Stored Products

Tank farms differences and purpose

* Crude Storage

* Refined product storage

* Gas storage

* Chemical Storage

Tank design & engineering considerations

* Introduction to API codes & standards

* Roof Types

* Fixed Dome & Cone

* Floating Roof

* Pressurized tanks

* Suction levels fixed and floating

* Un pumpables

* Tank Emissions

* Breathing Losses

* Manipulation Losses

* Measurement and estimation of losses

* Emission reduction technologies

* Vapor recovery units

* Absorption and Scrubbing

* Water drainage systems network and procedures

* Process water treatment

 

Day 3 – Tank Terminal Operations

* Transfer Systems

* Centrifugal pumps types and operation

* Piping systems

* Maximum Flow and pressure

* Ship-shore Transfers

* Loading and unloading Processes

* Ship Loading and discharge process

* Pipeline transfers

* Truck loading

* The of Bill of Lading

* Sampling and quality control – ISO 17025

* Stock loss

* Spill and overfill control

* Level alarms/ independent level alarms

* Tank gauging and metering

* Instrumentation

* Spill and overfill control

* Level alarms/ independent level alarms

 

Day 4 – Terminal Management

* Planning and scheduling

* Terminal inventory

* Unpumpables & pipeline content ownership

* Inventory Control

* Custody transfer and administration

* Transfer Procedures

* Inter Tank transfers

* Changing service tanks

* Pipeline transfer loss

* Pipeline thermal relief

* Storage & transfer

* Tank calibration/ recalibration

* Berthing support

* Cargo transfer support

* Emergency response

* Vessel departure support

 

Day 5 – International Regulations & Requirements for Oil & Gas Marine Terminals

* Physical, chemical & hazardous properties of contained fluids

* ISGOTT – Required notifications in the event of a release

* Record keeping and reporting

* Release detection, response, reporting and investigation

Tank Maintenance & Inspection

* API 653 Tank Inspection

* Tank failure causes and prevention

* Settling

* Corrosion inspection

* Bunkering

* Product Commingling

* Product Blending

* Product failures

* Blending exercise

* Tank cleaning

* Bunkering

* Product Commingling

* Product Blending

* Product failures

* Blending exercise

 

Who Should Attend?

This course is intended for inspectors and engineers involved with storage tank design, maintenance and inspection, process engineers, maintenance engineers/planners, tank farm managers, oil storage and export managers, section heads and shift supervisors, superintendents, supervisors, foremen, senior operators and plant operators and technicians.

 

Course Certificate:

 

International Center for Training & Development (ICTD) will award an internationally recognized certificate(s) for each delegate on completion of training.

 

Course Methodology:

A variety of methodologies will be used during the course that includes:

  • (30%) Based on Case Studies
  • (30%) Techniques 
  • (30%) Role Play
  • (10%) Concepts
  • Pre-test and Post-test
  • Variety of Learning Methods
  • Lectures
  • Case Studies and Self Questionaires
  • Group Work
  • Discussion
  • Presentation

 

Course Fees:

 

To be advised as per the course location. This rate includes participant’s manual, and-Outs, buffet lunch, coffee/tea on arrival, morning & afternoon of each day.

 

Course Timings:

 

Daily Course Timings:

    08:00 - 08:20       Morning Coffee / Tea

    08:20 - 10:00       First Session

    10:00 - 10:20       Coffee / Tea / Snacks

    10:20 - 12:20       Second Session

    12:20 - 13:30       Lunch Break & Prayer Break

    13:30 - 15:00       Last Session

 
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