A diversified energy company with renewable fuels, petroleum refining and marketing business throughout the USA South-Midwest engaged Trindent to create and develop an industry leading hydrocarbon loss control program and reduce custody transfer losses.

62%

REDUCTION IN REFINERY MASS BALANCE LOSS

$9,500,000

ANNUALIZED SAVINGS

56%

DECREASE IN SEDIMENT & WATER VARIANCE

HOW WE MADE IT HAPPEN

Sediment & Water
  • Installed a Sediment & Water (S&W) tracking Dashboard to monitor Crude Quality and corrective actions that resulted in 56% less S&W paid at the price of Crude.
  • Achieved accurate and consistent S&W analysis and $7,800,000 in annualized savings from baseline.
  • Established S&W witnessing checklists per API and ASTM standards to ensure measurement best practices are followed by 3rd parties.
Gathered Crude Measurements
  • Installed a witnessing checklist which reduced Truck Driver’s Crude Ticket Errors by 54%.
  • Implemented an automated, integrated WellTrax tickets dashboard that reduced manual data entry efforts by 80% to ensure sustainability which resulted in $1,180,000 annualized savings.
Meter Measurements
  • Installed a standardized process to reduce variance between Bill of Lading (BOL) and actual receipt volumes which has recovered $230,000 in annualized loss.
  • Built and implemented 200+ Meter Factor Control Charts (MFCC) to monitor deviations in 106 meters, which are used to initiate maintenance, proving, and meter correction actions.

 

The Trindent team collaborated effectively with our Leadership team and key stakeholders to develop and implement best practices to improve refinery mass balance. Trindent has implemented a sustainable solution and they have set us up for success moving forward. It was a pleasure working with the Trindent team.

– Vice President, Refinery Operations