“Avoiding and Minimising Claims”
 
CMT with SGS are pleased to announce “Sampling & Determinability” as the first in the series of the Petroleum Quality Briefings for participants within the Oil and Gas Industry.
 
• An overview of the issues as they stand today
- What standards exist
- What can be done above and beyond that which is contained in the standards
- Where standards are weak, obsolete or absent
 
• A review of the applicability of core standards, methodologies and terminology
 
• A list of “common misconceptions”
- About the standards
- About exceptions, special cases and non-routine method adaptation
- About the practical use of methods.
 
• Standards examined will be those from ISO, ASTM, API, EI/IP and similar bodies
 
• On sampling
- Underlying principles and a few statistics
- Standard methods – list and overview
- Where “ special” samples are always required
- Sample handling
- Sample marking
- How long do samples last
 
• On determinability
- What are determinability, Reproducibility and repeatability
- How can the three numbers: D,  R and r be used (and how they cannot be used!)
- D, R and r and specifications – limits and common sense
- When is a test critical and when isn’t it critical
- Disputes, D, R and r
 
COURSE TIMINGS
Registration : 9:30 am
Course Starts : 10:00 am
Lunch : 12:45 – 13:15 pm
Course Ends : 15:30 - 16:00 pm
This Compact 5 hours briefings are designed to meet traders’ and operations’ tight market schedule
 
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
A Certificate of Completion will be awarded upon successful completion of each course. This serves as evidence of your personal and professional commitment to you career.