Free ASTM Membership
Attend this course and receive a FREE 1-year membership to ASTM International and Committee D02 on Petroleum Products and Lubricants. (Applies to new members only and may not be used to renew existing memberships)
Attention: Professional Engineers
If your state has a continuing education requirement for license renewal, ASTM training courses and ASTM membership can help you meet that requirement.
Course Outline
Day 1
* The Complexities of Crude Oil Composition
* Sampling Protocol
* Sampling Containers and Sample Integrity
* Inspection Analyses (Cursory Assay)
* Comprehensive Analyses (Full Assay
* ASTM Crude Oil Interlaboratory Crosscheck Program (Properties, Test Methods Order, Reporting Requirements)
Day 2
Tour of a Petroleum Testing Laboratory or Marine Terminal
* Other Important Crude Oil Propertie
* The Basics of Crude Oil Processing Evaluation
* Future Needs in Crude Oil Characterization
* Challenges Presented to the Analyst by Heavier, Higher Sulfur Feedstocks and
* Opportunity Crude Oils
* Future analytical Test Method Requirements.
Refunds will be made for cancellations received before the first day of class.
Who Should Attend
* Laboratory technicians and chemists responsible for the analysis of crude oil samples for quantity and quality purposes
* Laboratory technicians and chemists responsible for the analysis of crude oil samples for quantity and quality purposes
* Refinery personnel responsible for evaluating crude oil to determine their processing characteristics
* Operating (field) personnel responsible for collecting samples will also benefit from a better understanding of how test results are directly dependent on proper sample collection and handling
* Traders and buyers involved in sale, purchase, or exchanges of crude oil.Note: A minimum of two years of college with emphasis on chemistry or environmental science is highly recommended but not required. Laboratory work experience is acceptable in lieu of college training. For operating personnel, it will be helpful if you have completed at least one course in petroleum measurement offered by continuing education services such as PETEX and have some field experience.
About the Instructors
Harry Giles is principal consultant with PetroStorTech LLC. Prior to this, he was with the U. S. Department of Energy for 30+ years, where he managed the crude oil quality programs for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. He has authored or co-authored a number of articles on crude oil analysis and characterization. Harry has been actively involved in the work of ASTM International Committee D.02 on Petroleum Products and Lubricants for more than 20 years. He is Executive Director of the Crude Oil Quality Association, and a member of API's Committee on Measurement Quality, and IASH, the International Association for Stability, Handling, and Use of Liquid Fuels. Harry is also a technical advisor to ASTM for their Crude Oil Interlaboratory Crosscheck Program (ILCP).
Clifford Mills recently retired from ConocoPhillips and is now a laboratory consultant specializing in crude analysis. Clifford has been involved with ASTM methods development for nearly 25 years. He is presently chairman of ASTM Subcommittee on Properties of Fuels, Petroleum Coke and Carbon Products, and previously chaired the Subcommittee on LP-Gases. Clifford has co-authored multiple ASTM methods of analysis. Along with Harry Giles, he serves as the technical advisor to ASTM for the Crude Oil ILCP. He is a member of the Crude Oil Quality Assoication, and recently presented a paper on crude contaminants and analysis requirements. Clifford is also a member of the API Testing Methodologies Work Group.