ee ee ito GUIDELINES FORTHE MEASUREMENT OF LIQUEFIED GASES ON SEAGOING SHIPS & INLANDWATERWAY BARGES eee} Exxon Chemical Europe Iric. | Basic Chemicals EuropeGas Ship Measurement Guidelines These guidelines were developed in 1998/99 for Exxon Chemical Europe Inc., Basic Chemicals Europe by Captain C. Allport of Standard Marine Services Limited and replace earlier guidance. They are based upon the report and advice from an LPG Measurement Survey conducted by Srini Sivaraman of ER&E in May/June 1997 and incorporate the earlier guidelines for Liquefied Gas Cargo Measurement and Calculation, produced in 1987 for Exxon Chemicals International by the Centre for Advanced Maritime Studies, Edinburgh. The earlier guidelines were adopted by Exxon Chemical International inc. and approved by Regional Audit in 1988. DISCLAIMER While the advice given in this guide is intended purely as guidance, it is, to the best of Exxon Chemical's knowledge, accurate and reliable as to the date indicated. No publication can possibly cover all situations that may occur in Users operation. Users are therefore responsible to make their own analysis and reach their own conclusions based on all the data and information available to them. No representation, warranty or guarantee is accepted by Standard Marine Services Limited, Exxon Chemical Limited, Exxon Chemical Europe Inc., or any person or part of Exxon Corporation or its’ affiliates, who or which has been in any way concerned with the compilation or publication of this guide, for the accuracy, reliability or completeness of any information or advice given herein or for any omission herefrom or for any consequences whatsoever resulting directly or indirectly from compliance with or adoption of guidance contained herein. Gas Measure 9/99 1 Version 01/98 Rev 4 ,Gas Ship Measurement Guidelines INDEX: Preface SECTION! — - INTRODUCTION & GENERAL PRINCIPALS Introduction Purpose Application Scope General Principals Cargo tank filing limits Safety Custody Transfer Parameters Standardisation Reconciliation Physical Loss Responsibilities SECTIONI| - MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS 2.1 Introduction 2.2 General 2.3 Measurement of Cargo Volume 2.4 Measurement Criteria 2.5 Calibration 2.8 Certificate of Cargo Tank Calibration 2.7 Capacity (Calibration) Tables 2.8 Level Gauge Calibration 2.9 Temperature Probe Calibration 2.10 Pressure Sensor/Probe Calibration 2.11. Withdrawal from Service - Out of Service Repairs. SECTION II - MEASUREMENT PROCESS 3.1 At the loading Terminal 32 Atsea 3.3. Atthe discharge Terminal 3.4 Level Measurements 3.5 Temperature Measurements 3.6 — Pressure Measurements 37 Trim & Heel(list) Measurement SECTIONIV. - CARGO CALCULATION PROCEDURES 41 General 42 Documentation 43. Calculation methodolgy 44 Units of measurement 4.5 Calculation for Similar Cargoes page page page page page 15 24 23 Gas Measure 9/99 Version 01/98 Rev 4