Course objectives

• To improve the understanding of standard test methods – for oil & gas.
• Safety practices in lab and loss prevention.

Course outline

• Historical overview.
• Stages of quality achievement.

• Inspection.
• Q.C.
• Total quality management.
• Different approaches to quality
• Differences between TQM and ISo 9000.

• The process of establishing a Q.C. function.
• Essential testing procedures for crude oil.
• Standard test method for water & sediment in crude oil by centrifuge method.
• Standard test method for sulfur (general bomb method).
• Apparatus for REID vapor pressure tests & procedure.
• Standard viscosity – temperature charts for liquid products.
• Spectroscopic methods of analysis.
• Optical spectroscopic instruments.
• Gas – liquid chromatography.
• Quality tools and problem solving.
• Lab safety and loss prevention.
  • Specific gravity tests.
  • Performing a specific gravity test.
  • Titrations.
  • Performing the titration.
  • Performing an auto-feed titration.
• Gas Chromatographs.
  • Standardizing a gas chromatograph.
  • Performing a gas chromatograph test.

 Who Can Benefit?

• Chemist.
• Chemical engineer.
• Petroleum engineer.
• Lab. Technicians.