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January 12, 2001

  • AUTHOR: Keith B. Fry

TRAINING OFFICE MEASUREMENT PERSONNEL An effective training program makes a significant impact on the bottom line of an organization. Volumes are relative to every purchase and sale of gas. Therefore, accurate volume measurements play either a direct or indirect role in the profitability of all the organizations in our industry. An effective training program is one of the best…

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January 12, 2001

  • AUTHOR: Tom Cleveland

OVERALL MEASUREMENT ACCURACY The measurement of hydrocarbon fluids, with an overall measurement accuracy that is acceptable to all involved parties, is a goal most gas measurement organizations strive to meet. The achievement of overall measurement accuracy can be visualized by using an image of a steel chain. One side of the chain is fastened to the true quantity…

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January 12, 2001

  • AUTHOR: Gary P. Menzel

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN CHART PROCESSING In recent years, chart recorders have started to give way to electronic gas meters at many locations. However, chart recorders are still being used at many sites and will continue to be used for the foreseeable future. The advances in computer processing that made electronic meters economical can also be used to enhance the reliability…

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January 12, 2001

  • AUTHOR: David Pulley

FROM PEN TIP TO VOLUME STATEMENT Accurate and reliable gas measurement depends on a combination of efforts from two groups of people. First, we have the field personnel. They have the responsibility of seeing that a readable chart is produced and that all information pertinent to volume calculation is supplied to our next group, which is the office personnel. This group…

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January 12, 2001

  • AUTHOR: Leo J. Buckon

TRACEABILITY OF TEST INSTRUMENTS Is a measurement being made good and is it as good as the measurement that was made yesterday, a week ago, or a year ago? The question of what is good measurement is asked all the time. This paper reviews what constitutes a good measurement. In addition it discusses the means that have been established…

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January 12, 2001

  • AUTHOR: Paul G. Honchar

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF GAS TURBINE METERS Throughout the world, gas measurement utilizes two basic principles to measure gas volumes, positive displacement and inferential meters. Positive displacement meters comprise the large majority of measurement devices in use while inferential meters are used primarily for large volume measurement and thus fewer applications

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January 12, 2001

  • AUTHOR: Jesus Ramos

QUESTIONS TO ASK TO UNDERSTAND THE OPERATOR QUALIFICATION PROGRAM After a decade of deliberation between government and the pipeline industry, the action of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking requiring qualification for individuals performing covered tasks on a pipeline facility is a reality. The synergistic efforts of the members of the Regulation Negotiation Committee resulted in the authoring of an acceptable proposed rule, Qualification of…

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January 12, 2001

  • AUTHOR: Gerry Browne

SCADA AND TELEMETRY IN GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS A common requirement for gas transmission pipeline systems is to provide a pipeline control system to remotely monitor and operate the pipeline from a central location. This paper presents an overview of the main components of a pipeline control system: 1. Field Instruments, Analyzers and Actuators 2. Controllers 3. Telecommunications 4. SCADA systems 5. Advanced…

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January 12, 2001

  • AUTHOR: Wayne T. Lake

PROBLEMS UNIQUE TO OFFSHORE MEASUREMENT As the worldwide demand for oil and gas forces offshore exploration into waters off the continental shelves into depths of over a mile deep, capital expense spending (CapEx) and production operation expense (OpEx) budgets are slashed and the Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) requirements as well as some companies’ goals for a ‘greener image’ raises…

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