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Title: Loss Surveillance In Tanker Operations
Author: Andy H. Millspaugh
Source: 1981 International School of Hydrocarbon Measurement
Year Published: 1981
Abstract: Loading: Net ship versus gross shore 0 to +0.5% Intransit: Ullages at loading and 0.3% discharge Discharge: Net ship versus gross 0.5% shore Since the Inception of tanker operations for transporting crude oils the petroleum industry has tended to accept substantial losses as merely a cost of doing business. A loss of 0.5% was long referred to as an industry standard. It has even been stated that this loss level implies efficiency in tanker operations. This efficiency on a typical Persian Gulf loading will cost the importing company 400,000 in unexplained oil loss on just one voyage. In todays business environment obviously this performance level is no longer efficient and it has never been an industry standard. With imported crude oils costing 40 per barrel or more, the reduction of oil losses has become a high priority item in all aspects of our business, but especially so in bulk shipments, particularly tanker operations.

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