23-12-2024 - 27-12-2024	5500 $	Vienna

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.