national oil & gas company simplifies operations with

National oil & gas company simplifies operations with Micro Motion Coriolis meters

OIL & GAS

RESULTS•Reduceduncertaintyfordailybalancesofcrudeoilfrom

operationstotransportationareaswithaccuracyof0.05%forflowand0.0002g/cm3fordensity

•Reducedmaintenancecostswhichresultedin$500,000peryearinsparepartsandmanpowersaving

•Implementedreal-timeandremotemonitoringfromstorageandpumpingstations,tothemanager’soffice,usingWirelessHART™

APPLICATIONAmajornationaloiloperatingcompanyinMexicousespositivedisplacement(PD)metersinallthestorageandpumpingstationsthatreceivecrudeoilproduction.AdditionalmeasurementofthecrudeoilqualityisrequiredwhenutilizingPDmeters,specificallyAPIgravityandBS&W(basicsedimentandwater).Tomakethismeasurement,samplingsystemscaptureproductsamples,whicharesenttothelaboratoryforanalysis.Thedataisthenusedtoadjuststandardvolumecalculationsfortheoveralldailybalances.Thesesamplingproceduresandlaboratoryanalysesintroduceinaccuraciesanduncertaintiesinthefinalcalculationswhichaddconstantdeviationstothedailybalances.

CHALLENGEThecompanyfacedmanychallengeswiththeirstorageandtransportoperationsincluding:

•Pooraccuracyincrudeoilbalances

•HighmaintenancecostsforPDMeters

•FrequentshutdownsfrommanualsamplingtocalibratePDMeters

•Highoperationcosts

•Inabilitytoaccessreal-timedataforongoingandcriticaloperationaldecisions

Thecompanyrequiredareliable,accuratemeasurementsolutionthatcouldbeeasilyintegratedintothesystems.

SOLUTIONThecompanytestedMicroMotion®ELITE®CoriolisflowmeterstoreplacethePDmeterswhichresultedinimmediateaccuracyimprovementoftheoverallcrudeinventorybalance.

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Generalstorageandpumpingstation

OIL & GAS

Withimprovedaccuracy,lessmetertroubleshooting,andoverallimprovedmeterreliabilityandperformance,maintenanceandsparecostswerereducedby$500,000peryear.ThecompanyleveragedtheNetOilComputercapabilityfromtheCoriolismeterforin-linewatercutdeterminationandreducedtheneedformanualsamples.Thisprovidedanexcellent,real-timequalitycrudeoilmeasurementforsimplifiedoperations.

Inadditiontoreducingmetermaintenancecosts,theoperationsgroupusedSmartMeterVerificationandWirelessHART™communicationwithSmartWirelessTHUMAdaptersforremoteperformancemonitoring.ThesesimplesystemcheckseliminatedthefrequentcalibrationsrequiredbythePDmeters.Fortheannualcalibrations,thecompanywasalsoabletoperformon-site,localcalibrationusingNationalPrimaryCalibrationLab.

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PipelinecustodytransfersystemwithCoriolismetersandastationaryprover

CoriolisLACTunitsataproductiongatheringstation