Hydrocarbon management

Hydrocarbon management

At various stages during the extraction, transportation, refining, storage and distribution of petroleum and its products, there are requirements to measure its quantity and quality for allocation, custody transfer and fiscal purposes, as well as for stock control and loss prevention. To enable the oil industry and regulators to carry out such measurements in a standardised manner, the EI develops and issues guidance documents that reflect current industry good practice.

Online training for hydrocarbon management

The EI also runs an online training series focused on introducing some of the key elements of hydrocarbon management. Find out more and sign up here.

  • HM 0. Hydrocarbon management terms and definitions
  • HM 1. Part I: Calculation of Static Petroleum Quantities - Upright Cylindrical Tanks and Marine Vessels
  • HM 2. Tank calibration. Section 1: Strapping, internal diameter and internal offset methods for the calibration of vertical cylindrical tanks
  • HM 3. Tank calibration. Section 7: Calibration of underground tanks at service stations
  • HM 4. Manual level measurement for hydrocarbon liquids
  • HM 7. General guidance on test methods for density, water and sediment determination
  • HM 8. Density, sediment and water. Section 2: Continuous density measurement
  • HM 9. Meters. Section 3: Guidance notes for the installation of turbine meters on loading gantries
  • HM 10. Meter Proving. Section 1: Field guide to proving meters with a pipe prover
  • HM 11. Recommended UK operational practice for proving gantry meters (Formerly PMM Part X, S2)
  • HM 12. Meter Proving. Section 3: Code of practice for the design, installation and calibration of pipe provers
  • HM 13. Meter Proving. Section 4: Recommended UK practice for testing, operating & maintaining road tanker metering systems
  • HM 14. Meter Proving. Section 5: Recommended UK operational practice for proving gantry meters fitted with electronic heads
  • HM 15. Meter Proving. Section 7: Calibration of reference meters used for gantry meter proving. Sub-section 7.1: calibration using a small volume prover
  • HM 16. Meter Proving. Section 7: Calibration of reference meters used for gantry meter proving. Sub-section 7.2: volumetric and gravimetric tank methods.
  • HM 17. Part X: Meter Proving. Section 8: Calibration of additive injection systems for road loading gantries
  • HM 18. Meter Proving. Section 10: Recommended UK operational practice for proving turbine meters in loading gantries
  • HM 19. Meter proving. Section 11. Guidelines for field tests and verification of temperature measuring equipment on loading gantries (for non-artificially heated products)
  • HM 20. Proving of aviation fuelling positive displacement meters
  • HM 21. Calculation procedures for static and dynamic measurement of light hydrocarbon liquids (LNG, LPG, ethylene, propylene and butadienes)
  • HM 23. Fidelity and security of measurement data transmission systems. Section 1: Electric and/or electronic pulsed data cabled transmission for fluid metering systems
  • HM 24. Fidelity and security of measurement data. Section 3: Electrical and/or electronic data capture systems for flow metering
  • HM 25. Guidelines for assessment of uncertainty in the oil and gas industry (previously Statistics for static and dynamic measurement)
  • HM 27. A guide to gas metering systems
  • HM 28. Procedures for crude oil cargo inspections
  • HM 29. Procedures for petroleum product cargo inspections
  • HM 30. Procedures for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cargo inspections
  • HM 31. Guide to hydrocarbon management in petroleum refinery operations
  • HM 32. Guide to product hydrocarbon management at petroleum product marketing and distribution terminals (Formerly PMM Part XVIII)
  • HM 33 ASTM-IP-API Petroleum measurement tables for light hydrocarbon liquids
  • HM 34. List of data required for a comprehensive evaluation of a liquid flowmeter (formerly PMP No. 1)
  • HM 38. User guidelines for standard temperature accounting
  • HM 39. A guide to recommended measurement practice for compliance with the requirements of HMRC Notice 179
  • HM 40. Guidelines for the crude oil washing of ships’ tanks and the heating of crude oil being transported by sea
  • HM 41. The performance of turbine meters in loading gantries - A review of proving and test data (formerly PMP No. 9). Supplement to HM 18.
  • HM 43. Temperature corrections in tank calibration and gauging
  • HM 44. Guidelines for the development of uncertainty estimates for pipe prover calibrations (formerly PMP No. 12)
  • HM 45. Statistical control of volumetric metering systems using meter control charts - simplified method (formerly PMP No. 14)
  • HM 46. Guidance notes on the application and performance of small volume provers
  • HM 47. Recommended operational practice for proving LPG meters (Formerly PMM Part X, S13 )
  • HM 48. Meter proving - code of practice for the proving of loading gantry meters
  • HM 49/API Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 17, Marine Measurement Section 9, Vessel Experience Factor (VEF)
  • HM 50. Guidelines for the cleaning of tanks and lines for marine tank vessels carrying petroleum and refined products
  • HM 51/API Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 17.12, Procedures for bulk liquid chemical cargo inspections
  • HM 52/API MPMS Chapter 17.11 Measurement and sampling of cargoes on board tank vessels using closed and restricted equipment
  • HM 53. Guidelines for the management of measurement of emissions streams associated with trading and discharges in offshore UKCS
  • HM 54. Guidelines for the management of measurement for the UK upstream oil and gas industry
  • HM 55/API MPMS Chapter 17.10.2 Measurement of cargoes on board marine gas carriers liquefied petroleum and chemical gases
  • HM 56/API MPMS Technical Report 2570 Continuous on-line measurement of water content in petroleum (crude oil and condensate)
  • HM 58. Guidelines for determination of flare quantities from upstream oil and gas facilities
  • HM 60. Guidelines for the auditing of measurement systems for oil and gas streams
  • HM 62. Guidelines for cargo inspection order management
  • HM 63. Independent inspection company auditing - pre-audit and self assessment information
  • HM 64. Guidelines for voyage analysis and reconciliation of cargo quantities
  • HM 65/API MPMS Chapter 19.5: Atmospheric hydrocarbon emissions from marine vessel transfer operations
  • HM 66. Guidelines for the blending of liquid hydrocarbon cargoes on board tank vessels
  • HM 67. Guidelines for the introduction of chemical additives and dyes to petroleum cargoes on board ship
  • HM 68. Procedures for bulk liquid fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) and blended biodiesel cargo inspections
  • HM 69. Procedures for determining H2S concentration in cargo tank head spaces
  • HM 75. A guide to uncertainty of measurement in the oil and gas industry
  • HM 80. Model general terms and conditions for free on board (FOB) sale and purchase of crude oil
  • HM 81. Model general terms and conditions for cost, insurance and freight (CIF) and cost and freight (CFR) sale and purchase of crude oil
  • HM 82. Model general terms and conditions for free on board (FOB) sale and purchase of petroleum products
  • HM 83. Model general terms and conditions for cost, insurance and freight (CIF), cost and freight (CFR) and delivery at place (DAP) sale and purchase of petroleum products
  • HM 92. Model sampling plans for crude oil and liquid hydrocarbon products
  • HM 95. Guidelines for marine petroleum cargo superintendents
  • HM 96. Guidelines for the allocation of fluid streams in oil and gas production
  • Research Project. Evaluation of the performance of meters in loading gantries. Phase 1 Gas oil tests
  • Research Project. Evaluation of the performance of meters in loading gantries. Phase 2 Tests on products other than gas oil
  • HM 26: A guide to liquid metering systems