1. technology and computing

Introduction
In the field of hydrocarbon flow measurement, where measurements made have a high economic and
environmental impact, it is important to stay ahead of developments in technology, regulation and
practice.
Hence, Kuwait Flow Measurement Technology for Oil & Gas Conference will be organized during the
period 16 – 18 November 2014 as the premier event for measurement technology related to the oil
and gas industry focusing on the practical application of measurement technology.
The Conference is an ideal environment for dialogue with business professionals and a great
opportunity to make new business connections. At the Conference you will find key personnel from
regulators, operators, manufacturers, research institutions and engineering companies, creating a
unique opportunity to get updated on state of the art technology within oil and gas measurement.
Technical Committee
Chairman of
Technical
Committee
Mr. Rashed AL Marri
Snr Loss Control Engineer
KOC
Members
Mr. Raga Hanna Nassar Flow SpecialistKOC
Mr. Vineet ThakerProcess SpecialistKOC
Mr. Louis ThiagarajTPL Specialist IKOC
Mr. Chandra Sekhar TPL Snr. SpecialistKOC
Mr. Vineet SinghalSnr Gas EngineerKOC
Mr. Bala ElamaranProcess Automation LeaderEquate
Mr. Arif Mustafa
GM - Northern Region
Emerson
Venue
HILTON KUWAIT RESORT
www.kuwait.hilton.com
Panel Discussion
Panelists
Mr. Hamed Awadh Al-Mutairi Mr. Mohammad Al-Otaibe
Manager Operations East,
Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
Mr. Mohammad Al-Zoubi
Mr. Dave Tredinnick
Manager, Gas Operations
President of Emerson Process
Management MEA
Manager Support Services West Kuwait,
Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
Who Should Attend?
hOperations / Process, Metering and Instrumentation Engineers
hHydrocarbon Accountants
hFlow-meter Vendors
hFlow-meter Skid Packagers / Integrators
hFlow-meter Calibration / Testing Service Providers
hProduction and Reservoir Engineers
hProduct Suppliers & Consumers
hGovernment Regulators
hResearchers
Conference Topics
hAllocation & Custody Transfer Metering
hOil Metering (including heavy & viscous oils)
hGas Measurement (including wet gas measurement)
hMultiphase Metering & Sub-surface Measurement
hFlare Gas Measurement
hLiquefied Natural Gas and Liquefied Petroleum gas
hMeasurement Uncertainty & Errors
hMetering Calibration, Auditing & Validation
hSampling & Analysis
hMetering Codes, Recommended Practices & Standards
hFlow Computation & Calculations
hProduction Accounting & Regulatory Compliance
hMeasurement Systems & New Technology
dAY 1 - 16 November 2014
Conference Agenda
16 November 2014
07:00 – 08:30
Opening Session
Registration
Opening Session
Mr. Hasan Bunain
Deputy CEO, West Kuwait Assets, Kuwait Oil Company ( KOC )
Welcome note by conference chairman
08:30 – 09:15
Mr. Hashim Hashim
Chief Executive Officer of Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
Mr. David Beckmann
Senior Vice President, Marketing (retired) – Emerson
Keynote Speaker
Panel Discussion
 Mr. Rashed Al-Marri (Moderator)
09:15 – 10:00
10:00 -10:30
16 November 2014,
Snr. Engineer Loss Control, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
 Mr. Hamed Awadh Al-Mutairi
Manager Operations East, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
 Mr. Mohammad Al-Otaibe
Manager Support Services West Kuwait, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
 Mr. Mohammad Al-Zoubi
Manager, Gas Operations, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
 Mr. Dave Tredinnick
President of Emerson Process Management MEA
Networking Break
Session 1
Mr. P. Muralidharan
10:30 – 10:50
Swinton Technology UK Ltd.
Orifice Meter Diagnostics – ConocoPhillips Field Tests
Mr. Mark Hay
10:50 – 11:10
Operations Manager - software and products, KELTON Engineering
Comparison between using look up tables vs. Algorithms for crude oil volume correction factor(VCF) determination
Mr. Henry Gomes
11:10 – 11:30
SGS Kuwait WLL
Liquid Ultra-sonic Flow Meter Commissioning, and Troubleshooting of Unstable Flow Measurements
Mr. Alastair Mclachlan
11:30 – 11:50
Cameron Caldon Ultrasonic
Ultrasonic Metering for Heavy oil applications
11:50 – 12:30
16 November 2014,
Break
Session 2
Mr. Santosh Narayanan
12:30 – 12:50
Emerson Process Management
Improving Custody transfer of Hydrocarbons liquids by using Coriolis meters
Mr. A Kenbar
12:50 – 13:10
Technical consultant- Flow and Thermal Engineering, NEL
Performance of Coriolis Meters in multiphase flow
Mr. Yousif A. Al-Jumah,
13:10 – 13:30
Engineering Consultant, Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)
Study on Impact of Flow Fluctuation on Measurement Accuracy in Truck Loading
Mr. Herman Hofstede
13:30 – 13:50
Sales Director – Krohne Oil & Gas
On Site & in Situ Proving of Liquid Ultrasonic Flow Meters
Mr. Divin Madakkara
13:50 – 14:10
Kuwait Oil Company
Custody Metering Control Systems
Mr. Hans-Peter Smid
14:10 – 14:30
Elster –Instomet M.E
The Use of Micro GC’s Natural Gas Analysis
14:30 – 15:30
Lunch & End of Day 1
Conference Agenda
17 November 2014,
dAY 2 - 17 November 2014
Session 3
Mr. Jan G. Drenthen
08:30 – 08:50
Director KROHNE Custody Transfer Products
Diagnostics and the impact of fouling and corrosion on the ultrasonic flow measurement in gas
Prof. Tariq A. Aldowaisan
08:50 – 09:10
Vice Dean, Planning & Career Development, Kuwait University
Approaches to the estimation of Measurement Uncertainty
Mr. Wolter Last
09:10 – 09:30
President / CEO, Hint
Why does the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical Industry invest millions of Dollars in Process Analyzer measurements and how can we increase the trust level?
Mr. Mark Godfrey
09:30 – 09:50
OMNI Flow Computers
The Specification and Deployment of Project Specific Software Controlled Measurement Devices - What Are this Risks?
Mr. Abdul Nasser Al-Qallaf
09:50 – 10:10
Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
Gas & Liquid Flow Measurement in KOC Assets - A case study
Mr. Kanagasabai Rathina Sabapathi
10:10 – 10:30
Specialist, Sr.-TPL, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)
Reconciliation of material balance using component balance for a Gas Processing complex
10:30 – 10:50
17 November 2014,
Break
Session 4
Mr. Dawood M.H. Fatani
10:50 – 11:10
Saudi Aramco
On-line Analyser Enhancement in the Gas Plant
Mr. Erwin Doorenspleet
11:10 – 11:30
Global Business Development Manager, Oil & Gas Industry, Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG
Coriolis & Vortex technology: Roadmap towards flow measurement improvements
Mr. Claus Weihermueller
11:30 – 11:50
FLEXIM GmbH
Technology advances of non-invasive ultrasonic flow measurement for gases and liquids
Mr. C.M.Koppe
11:50 – 12:10
Managing Director Sierra Instruments Europe
Flare gas metering
Mr. Chris Mills
12:10 – 12:30
NEL
Coriolis and Ultrasonic Flow meter for oil measurement
12:30 – 12:50
17 November 2014,
Break
Session 5
Mr. Vineet Singhal
12:50 – 13:10
Senior Gas Engineer, Gas Operations Group – Kuwait Oil Company (KOC )
Flare-Gas Flow-Metering – Challenges & Recourses
Mr. Jon Moreau
13:10 – 13:30
Jiskkot-Cameron
Custody Transfer Sampling
Mr. Steve Stewart
13:30 – 13:50
Flow Management Devices
FMD Meter Proving Technology for LNG,LPG and large volume Crude pipeline Applications
Mr. Rashed Al Marri
13:50 – 14:10
Kuwait Oil Company ( KOC )
Obtaining Optimum Accuracy Using Master Meter Method For Prover Calibration
Mr. Chandramohan M C
14:10 – 14:30
Emerson Process management
Innovative Coriolis Metering Solutions Optimize Well Production Management
14:30 – 15:30
Lunch & End of Day 2
Conference Agenda
18 November 2014,
dAY 3 - 18 November 2014
Session 6
Mr. Peter Espina
08:30 – 08:50
Global Commercial Leader - Multiphase Flow, GE Measurement & Control
GE Safire Multiphase Program
Mr. Stanley Ford
08:50 – 09:10
Sales Director, Alderley FZE
Custody-Transfer Metering Skid Integration - Key Considerations & Challenges
Mr. Ahmad Mahdy
09:10 – 09:30
Badr Petroleum Company
Metering Calibration, Auditing & Validation
Mr. P.K. Suresh
09:30 – 09:50
FCRI, Palakkad
Calibration Of Mass Flow Meters Using Static Gravimetric Method And An Analysis Of Mass Flow Meter Performance
Mr. A. Kenbar
09:50 – 10:10
NEL
Performance of a vertically Installed Venturi Tube in Wet-Gas Conditions
Mr. Ben Leach
10:10 – 10:30
Swinton Technology UK Ltd
Flow Computers & Control Systems – Interface or Integrate
Mr. Mishaal Alanzi
10:30 – 10:50
Gas Engineer, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
KOC’s Effort Towards Better Fiscal Metering
10:50 – 11:10
Break
Mr. Emmanuel de Montillet
11:10 – 11:30
Sales & Marketing Manager, ROTA YOKOGAWA
Net Oil Computing with water cut & gas void fraction by ROTAMASS Coriolis Mass Flow meter.
Mr. Gerard Bottino
11:30 – 11:50
Flow Product Specialist, GE Measurement & Control
GE Flare Meters: Addressing Measuring Challenges in High and Low Flow Conditions as well as with limited available straight runs
TBC
11:50 – 12:10
Honeywell
Best Practices for Meter Proving
12:10 – 13:15
Lunch Break
WORKSHOP ( A )
Custody Transfer Best Practice
Mr. David Fisher , Emerson
WORKSHOP ( B )
13:15 – 16:00
Advancements in Flow Computer Technology
Mr. Gurwinder Kambooz, Global Product Manager – Flow Computers & Software Systems
Flow Meter Selection.
Mr. Herman Hofstede, Sales Director – Krohne Oil & Gas
Installation effects on Ultrasonic gas flow meters.
Mr. Jan G. Drenthen, Director KROHNE Custody Transfer Products
dAY 3 - 18 November 2014
Conference Agenda
Workshop (A)
Workshop (b)
Custody Transfer Best Practice
Workshop Leader
Mr. David Fisher
Custody Transfer is the
transfer of responsibility
from one party to the next.
In terms of oil and gas
this does not necessarily
constitute a transfer of
ownership as the product
could be transferred into
multi user pipeline with the
production and product out
still being the property of
the original owner.
Emerson
For Custody Transfer Flow
Measurement there are
a variety of installation technology types, this paper
therefore addresses the subject in a general nature,
however each installation will probably have very similar
system and equipment requirements.
Advancements in Flow Computer Technology
Advanced network integration for
metering systems – the benefits it brings
to a system with the ability of remote
access, and reducing cost with enhanced
diagnostics and the convergences of a
supervisory system in a single source for
complete monitoring and overview.
Workshop Leader
Mr. Gurwinder Kambooz
Global Product Manager -
Flow Computers & Software
Systems
Flow M eter Selection.
What is applicable to ALL installations and for all
the people involved in Custody Transfer metering
and allocation, is the attitude to be adopted to the
measurement. Metering and hydrocarbon allocation is
at the heart of the financial transactions and involving
enormous sums of money. They deserve appropriate
respect and an understanding as to why we place so
much importance to them.
The procedure of applying best practices in Custody
Transfer is also identified where the actual measurement
uncertainty is under the current operational practices.
Further there will be a realisation that maintenance cost
can be reduced by applying a best practice approach
and that low equipment availabilities (<98%) means
needlessly losing too much valuable production capacity.
With the Healthcare Check recommendations and gains
in availability the result will be reduced maintenance
costs and increased productivity providing Enhanced
Integrity, Reliability & Sustainability of the measurement
systems.
Consider: “Continuing to do what has always been
done will not provide the desired outcomes and could
actually have adverse consequences. Most problems are
in the process, not the person and every process can be
improved – forever!”
Conclusion: “As THE BEST PERFORMERS keep getting
better, THE LOWEST PERFORMERS will fall further behind.”
Workshop Topics
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Why Measure
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Financial Risk
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Best Practice
•
Solutions
•
Lifecycle Care
•
Advisors & Consultants
Live demonstration with a SUMMIT 8800
flow computer connected to a wireless
router for a real-time experience.
Workshop Leader
New flow measurement technologies are
replacing traditional mechanical flow
meters.
How do these compare? Which inherent
problems do they solve? What are the
selection criteria and when does it make
meteorological, fiscal, and economic
sense to convert ?
Plain facts to improve your decisionmaking.
Mr. Herman Hofstede
Sales Director – Krohne Oil & Gas
Installation effects on Ultrasonic gas flow meters.
Workshop Leader
Mr. Jan G. Drenthen
Director KROHNE
Custody Transfer
Products
In the laboratory, Gas Ultrasonic Flow Meter certainly after multipoint linearization the end result
are almost ideal straight lines with errors close to
the repeatability of the lab. However, for the user,
the key issue is not how good his meter is at the
lab, but what the accuracy is after installation in the
field, and then, how he can be sure that the meter’s
performance is not deteriorating over time. This has
been recognized by the ISO 17089 standard and also
– to a lesser extent - by AGA Report No. 9.
In order to ensure that the quality of the calibration
curve is transferable to the field, in the ISO 17089 type
testing is introduced. There real world circumstances
are simulated by series of perturbations tests and
the meter has to prove that it can deal with these.
The Workshop addresses these items, discusses the
flow profile distortions that may occur in real world
pipe configurations and presents an analysis on the
performance as a function of the path configuration.
Registration Form
Registration Fees: KD 500
Conference admittance includes: Conference education and training, all general sessions and content
sessions, coffee breaks, and lunch for the three days ( two days conference + one day workshop) . All
attendees will receive a certificate of attendance.
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lunches, refreshments and detailed conference materials.
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