MARINE FUEL OIL QUALITY AND FUEL OIL TREATMENT COURSE

• Do you or your colleagues fully understand the problems related to heavy fuel oil quality today?
• What problems are anticipated for the future?
• How often is poor quality fuel oil bunkered and what would you do in these situations?
• The MARPOL Annex VI regulations and their consequences.
• Do you know how fuel quality affects the fuel cleaning and conditioning system?
• How can you adjust the cleaning equipment for the best performance?

Just some of the questions to be answered during the next joint DNVPS course.

The course is arrangered by Det Norske Veritas Petroleum Services.

For more details about the course, please click the below link.

• DNV Petroleum Services Course On Fuel Oil Quality And Fuel Oil Treatment

  Today’s lecturers are senior DNV Petroleum Services personnel with a high level of education and many years of practical experience. The topics presented and discussed at the course are aimed at both sea-going and shore-based staff, technical as well as operational. Within all the topics of the course we practically start from “square one”, thus catering for participants having different background and different levels of experience. The course covers a vast spectrum of fuel related problems, economical as well as practical and is well suited for all personnel either to be engaged in or already engaged in the daily fuel related business. The topics are similarly useful to personnel already engaged in the selling and purchasing of fuels, i.e. fuel suppliers, traders, brokers, purchasers. Additionally, in the past, we have seen many participants from the diesel engine manufacturers, power plants and insurance companies and as such the discussions have included all parties involved in the bunker chain, i.e. the engine builder, fuel supplier, fuel testing service, fuel equipment manufacturer, the user, the ship operation and sea-going staff, power plant operators and finally, the insurance companies. Following topics will be discussed during the course; • Crude oil qualities and refining processes • Fuel oil properties and performance in diesel engines • International fuel oil standards • Fuel sample Analysis • Sampling procedures • Quality throughout the fuel handling system • Fuel oil cleaning system After the group work DNVPS will discuss the details on how to secure representative samples of the fuel purchased and we will focus on why it is so important to obtain proper evidence of the quality of the product delivered. We will also discuss the sampling position, with an emphasis of the sampling point; drawing of samples at the point of custody transfer, acceptable to both buyer and seller. Special topics are; • Health and safety • Emission and environmental aspects - Marpol Annex VI • Micro-biological problems A good part of the day is used for group work involving an actual case history. The group will be divided into two sections and the discussion will be taken from the point of view of; • The operating office • The ships staff The main points addressed are; • Should the fuel in question be used? • Deviation to other port for additional fuel? • Reduce speed? • Mix with previous fuel on board/MDO? • Use MDO? • Off-lift? • Centrifuge operation? • Suppliers attitude, likely action (i.e. arrest of ship?) • Legal action? • Payment of the bunkers? ...followed by a presentation/discussion in plenary of the group’s works. The course ends with a panel discussion between lecturers and participants.

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The investment is EURO€1350 per person. This fee includes, course material, lunch and coffee as well as the welcome dinner.

Costs for journeys and accommodation will be on the course participants themselves. Discounts are offered to two or more persons from the same organization.

Cancellation policy: A 50% refund will be issued for written cancellation received before 13^th of November 2009. A substitution may be made at any time with the written permission of the original registrant. There will be no refund for "no show".

Please register your candidate(s) for the course using the application form and through fax or e-mail it before 6^st November 2009 to:
Mr.Bjorg.J.Williams
DNV Petroleum Services,
Palace House,
3, Cathedral Street,
London SE1 9DE,
United Kingdom
E-mail: Bjorg.J.Williams@dnvps.com    Fax +44 (0)20 7716 6736

If you have questions regarding the course, please contact Bjorg.J.Williams, DNV Petroleum Services, on telephone +44 (0)20 7716 6522 or the above e-mails.