Shipboard Petroleum Surveys: A Guide to Good Practice Book

This illustrated guide explains how good shipboard survey practice can significantly reduce the risk of shortage and contamination claims arising from loading or discharging crude oil and petroleum products. It recommends a range of quantitative and qualitative monitoring and recording techniques which should enable potential loss or contamination problems to be identified at an early stage and remedied cost effectively. The guide is designed to be used with standard industry guidelines including the API Manual of Petroleum Measurement and the IP Petroleum Measurement Manual. Advice is given on how to avoid errors when calibrating vessels. Recommendations for shipboard operating and logging procedures are also provided. The confusing terminology and acronyms associated with shipping oil cargoes are explained and the pitfalls of using the ASTM/IP Petroleum Measurement Tables identified.Read More