One of the largest independent refiners and marketers of petroleum products in the US engaged Trindent to improve their Hydrocarbon Loss Control performance, improve the mass balance accuracy, and improve crude oil inventory levels.
How we Made it Happen™
Sediment and Water Sampling and Testing
- Improved sediment and water reporting accuracy by 85%.
- Identified discrepancies in sediment and water measurement at crude rail receipts and implemented alternative measurement and ticketing process.
- Designed and implemented sediment and water discrepancy reconciliation process between crude railcar loading and receiving locations.
Management and System Tools
- Implemented meter factor control charts to monitor custody transfer meter performance and quickly identify meter measurement errors.
- Developed training materials for ongoing site level personnel training, including digitized visual materials for company-wide computer-based trainings.
- Installed meter measurement and tank gauging variance dashboards to monitor hydrocarbon loss control performance.
- Developed and installed a tank strapping tracking tool to monitor and recalibrate inventory levels, resulting in a 10% reduction in crude days inventory on hand.
Tank Gauging and Inventory Management
- Decreased inventory variance by installing a centralized tool to track automatic to manual tank gauge variances, drive timely calibrations, and highlight critical outstanding work orders.
- Implemented meter oversight program aligned with American Petroleum Institute (API) guidelines to ensure reliable measurements by all custody transfer meters.
- Identified and corrected errors in flow measurements at crude railcar offloading facility.
- Improved meter proving compliance by 27%.
- Improved communication and data exchange with refined products pipeline operator to enable timely availability of data for meter performance analysis.
- Designed and installed meter measurement errors investigation and escalation process.
- Reduced consecutive out of tolerance tank temperatures by 76%.
“The Trindent team quickly identified additional significant areas of opportunity at our facility and were able to enhance our measurement processes early on in the engagement. Your team was instrumental in developing and enhancing local loss control expertise at our refinery and transitioned a wealth of experience and industry knowledge to our people.”