INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL of HYDROCARBON MEASUREMENT Proceedings of the SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF HYDROCARBON MEASUREMENT # 2000 UB/TIB Hannover 89 121 560 04X INDEX of PAPERS GAS MEASUREMENT BASICS OF HIGH PRESSURE MEASURING AND REGULATION STATION DESIGN (GM-1010) 3 Craig Blake, TXU Pipeline Services CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT EXPERIENCE (GM-1020) 8 David Beitel, Davis and Davis Company COMPRESSIBILITY OF NATURAL GAS (GM-1040) 15 Dr. Michael Adewumi Lomic, Inc. COPING WITH CHANGING FLOW REQUIREMENTS AT EXISTING METER STATIONS (GM-1050) 20 Debbie Rampy & James Doyle, TXU Pipeline Services DESIGN OF DISTRIBUTION METERING AND REGULATING STATIONS (GM-1060) 22 Eddie Collins, Oklahoma Natural Gas DETERMINATION OF LEAKAGE AND UNACCOUNTED FOR GAS-TRANSMISSION (GM-1070) 27 Cheryl Swonke, Tennessee Gas Pipeline EFFECTS AND CONTROL OF PULSATION IN GAS MEASUREMENT (GM-1090) 31 Royce Miller, Product & Marketing Specialist EFFECTS OF ABNORMAL CONDITIONS ON ACCURACY OF ORIFICE MEASUREMENT (GM-1100) 38 Bill Johansen, CEESI FIELD EXPERIENCES WITH GAS TURBINE METERS (GM-1110) 43 Daniel J. Rudroff, Invensys Energy Metering FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES of DIAPHRAGM DISPLACEMENT METERS (GM-1120) 46 James Thomson, Invensys Energy Metering FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF ROTARY DISPLACEMENT METERS (GM-1130) 51 Don Jones, Schlumberger FUNDAMENTALS OF GAS MEASUREMENT I (GM-1140) 54 Doug Dodds, Duke Energy FUNDAMENTALS OF GAS MEASUREMENT II (GM-1150) 59 Jerry Paul Smith, Transco Gas Pipeline FUNDAMENTALS OF GAS MEASUREMENT III (GM-1160) 63 James W. Keating, Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. FUNDAMENTALS OF GAS TURBINE METERS (GM-1170) 69 Paul Honchar, Invensys, Energy Metering II FUNDAMENTALS OF ORIFICE METER CHART RECORDERS (GM-1180) 75 Jeffrey L. Meredith, TXU Pipeline Services INSTALLATION AND OPERATION ERRORS IN GAS MEASUREMENT (GM-1190) 78 Walt Seidl, CEESI MASS METERS FOR GAS MEASUREMENT (GM-1200) 83 Tim Patton, Micro Motion, Inc., Pierre Trolin, Daniel Industries, Inc. MEASUREMENT STATION INSPECTION PROGRAM AND GUIDE (GM-1210) 87 Bob Rau, Consultant ORIFICE METER GAUGE LINE DISTORTIONS (GM-1260) 89 Ray G. Durke & Robert McKee, Southwest Research Institute ORIFICE METER OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE (GM-1270) 95 Jeff Meredith, TXU Pipeline Services OVERALL MEASUREMENT ACCURACY OF DISPLACEMENT METERS (GM-1280) 98 Robert Bennett, American Meter Company PROBLEMS UNIQUE IN OFFSHORE GAS MEASUREMENT (GM-1290) 104 Jackie Tims, Duke Energy Operating Company THE DEVELOPING ROLE OF DUAL ROTOR GAS TURBINE METERS (GM-1300) 108 Matt Forcey, Invensys Energy Metering THERMOMETRY IN MEASUREMENT (GM-1310) 114 Josha Kinney, CEESI WET GAS MEASUREMENT (GM-1320) 119 Tom Kegel, CEESI LIQUID MEASUREMENT APPLICATION OF DENSITOMETERS TO LIQUID MEASUREMENT (LM-2010) 127 Marsha Yon, Daniel Measurement & Control APPLICATION OF TURBINE METERS IN LIQUID MEASUREMENT (Panel) (LM-2020) 131 Paul J. LaNasa, CPL & Associates AUTOMATED TRUCK LOADING SYSTEM (LM-2030) 136 Steve Cox, Daniel Measurement & Control CALCULATION OF LIQUID PETROLEUM QUANTITIES BY DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT (LM-2050) 140 Peter W. Kosewicz, Hydrocarbon Measurement Consultant CALCULATION OF LIQUID PETROLEUM QUANTITIES BY STATIC METHODS (LM-2060) 146 Bob Dix, Measurement Consultant III CALIBRATION OF STORAGE TANKS (LM-2070) 152 M. J. Yeandle, Embridge Lakehead Pipeline Company CRUDE OIL GATHERING BY TRUCK - METERING VS. MANUAL GAUGING (LM-2080) 160 Tommy Baker, Meter Check; Richard Ridgeway, Koch Pipeline DESIGN, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF L.A.C.T. UNITS (LM-2090) 163 Ben Stubblefield, Meter Check DETERMINATION OF NET OIL FOR WELL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT (LM-2100) 166 Robin Dutton, Daniel Measurement & Control DISPLACEMENT METERS FOR LIQUID MEASUREMENT (LM-2110) 170 Gary Barnes, Daniel-Brooks Petroleum Operations EFFECTS OF FLOW CONDITIONING ON LIQUID MEASUREMENT (LM-2120) 176 Don Lungberg, Vortab Company EFFECTS OF PETROLEUM PROPERTIES ON PIPELINE MEASUREMENT (LM-2130) 183 Doug Arrick, ARCO Pipeline Company, Inc. EVAPORATION LOSS MEASUREMENT FROM STORAGE TANKS (LM-2150) 186 Warren Parr, Plantation Pipeline FUNDAMENTALS OF LIQUID MEASUREMENT I (LM-2160) 192 W. G. Poynter, Ph. D„ Petroleum Measuremtns Analyst FUNDAMENTALS OF LIQUID MEASUREMENT II (LM-2170) 198 Peter W. Kosewicz, Hydrocarbon Measurement Consultant FUNDAMENTALS OF LIQUID TURBINE METERS (LM-2190) 205 Angela Floyd, Daniel Measurement & Control GAUGING, TESTING AND RUNNING OF LEASE TANKS (LM-2200) 209 David Shurtz, Equilon Pipeline Company LLC INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF DENSITOMETERS (LM-2205) 213 Jim Woods, Linco Electromatic Measurement LEAK DETECTION ON PETROLEUM PIPELINES (LM-2210) 216 John Luopa, Colt Engineering LIQUID MEASUREMENT STATION DESIGN (LM-2230) 223 Pete Jakubenas, FMC Smith Meter MARINE CRUDE OIL TERMINAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS (LM-2240) 230 Jerry Upton, Equilon Pipeline Company LLC MASS MEASUREMENT OF NATURAL GAS LIQUID MIXTURES (Panel) (LM-2250) 234 Fred VanOrsdol, Williams Energy IV MASS METERS FOR LIQUID MEASUREMENT (LM-2260) 242 Marsha Yon, Daniel Measurement & Control MEASUREMENT ACCURACY AND SOURCES OF ERROR IN TANK GAUGING (LM-2270) 246 Stewart Ash, BP Amoco Pipeline Company MEASUREMENT LOSSES BY SHRINKAGE (LM-2280) 251 J. H. (Harry) James, Gibson Petroleum Company Limited MEASUREMENT METHODS FOR LIQUID STORAGE TANKS (LM-2290) 257 Lonnie Galyean, ARCO Pipeline Company MEASUREMENT LARGE OF LIQUID VOLUMES BY TURBINE METERS (LM-2300) 262 Harold Osborne, LOOP MEASUREMENT OF PETROLEUM ON BOARD MARINE VESSELS (LM-2310) 266 Robert W. Goldstraw, Saybolt Inc NEW IDEAS IN LIQUID MEASUREMENT (LM-2320) , 273 Galen Cotton, Caldon Instruments ORIFICE METERS FOR LIQUID MEASUREMENT (LM-2330) 276 Zaki Husain, Texaco, Inc PYCNOMETER INSTALLATION, OPERATION, AND CALIBRATION (LM-2340) 281 Stan Canfield, Dynegy Midstream Services RESOLVING LIQUID MEASUREMENT DIFFERENCES (LM-2350) 285 Stewart Ash, BP Amaco Pipeline Company STATISTICAL CONTROL OF METER FACTORS- A SIMPLIFIED APPROACH (LM-2360) 289 R.G. Dodson, Shell Chemical Company THE DEVELOPMENT ROLE OF HELICAL TRUBINE METERS (LM-2370) 294 Chris Laird, FMC Smith Meter TROUBLESHOOTING LIQUID PIPELINE LOSSES AND GAINS (LM-2380) 299 Joe Trice, Exxon/Mobil TRUCK LOADING RACK BLENDING (LM-2390) 302 Hasit Patel, Emerson Performance ULTRASONIC FLOW METERS FOR LIQUID MEASUREMENT (LM-2400) 308 Galen Cotton, Caldon Instruments VISCOSITY & ITS APPLICATION IN LIQUID HYDROCARBON MEASUREMENT (LM-2410) 314 Gary Rothrock, Solartron, Inc. v ELECTRONIC MEASURING AND RELATED EQUIPMENT ADVANCED APPLICATION OF FLOW COMPUTERS & TELEMETERING SYSTEMS (EM-3010) 323 Stephanie Law, Fisher Rosemount APPLICATION OF FLOW COMPUTERS FOR GAS MEASUREMENT & CONTROL (EM-3020) 326 Dave Shollenbarger, Fisher Rosemount APPLICATIONS OF PORTABLE COMPUTERS AND SOFTWARE (EM-3030) 332 Barry Tate, ABB Totalflow AUTOMATIC METER READINGS (EM-3040) 336 Dean Lightfoot, American Meter Company BASIC APPLICATIONS OF TELEMETERING SYSTEMS (EM-3050) 340 Michael Massey, Bristol Babcock BASIC ELECTRONICS FOR FIELD TECHNICIAN (EM-3060) 344 Greg M. Phillips, ABB Totalflow COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR GAS MEASUREMENT DATA (EM-3080) 350 Tom Cleveland, Enogex Inc. COMMUNICATION TO MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT AT A GAS DISTRIBUTION LOCATION (EM-3090) 353 Chris Spriggs, Oklahoma Naturql Gas ECONIMICS OF ELECTRONIC GAS MEASUREMENT (EM-3110) 357 Sami Halilah, Dynamic Fluid Measurement; Eric Estrada, Dynegy EFFECTS OF CATHODIC PROTECTION & INDUCED SIGNALS ON LIQUID PIPELINE MEASUREMENT (EM-3120) 359 James R. Coats, Measurement Dynamics IMPLEMENTATION OF A SCADA SYSTEM (EM-3130) 364 Kurt Kufeld, Amazon.com ON-LINE COMPUTERS FOR CUSTODY TRANSFER (EM-3140) 369 Allen Chandler, TXU Pipeline Services REAL-TIME ELECTRONIC GAS MEASUREMENT (EM-3150) 373 Rick Heuer, Daniel Measurement & Control TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS (EM-3160 376 Roland Rollins, ABB Totalflow TRANSIENT LIGHTNING PROTECTION FOR ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENT DEVICES (EM-3180) 385 Patrick McCurdy, Phoenix Contact, Inc. VI CALIBRATION, PROVING AND TESTING CALIBRATION OF LIQUID PROVERS (CT-4020) 393 Daniel M. Comstock, SGS Controls Services, Inc. COMPUTERS FOR LIQUID METER PROVING in CUSTODY TRANSFER (CT-4030) 400 John Naber, Daniel Measurement & Control COMPUTERS FOR LIQUID METER PROVING in CUSTODY TRANSFER (CT-4030) 405 Kenneth Elliott, Omni Flow Computers DESIGN, CALIBRATION & OPERATION OF FIELD STANDARD TEST MEASURES (CT-4040) 411 Daniel M. Comstock, SGS Control Services, Inc. EFFECTIVE USE OF DEADWEIGHT TESTERS (CT-4050) 418 Myles McDonough, EG&G Chandler Engineering Company GUIDE TO TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEMS WITH LIQUID METERS &. PROVER (CT-4060) 422 Jerry Upton, Equilon Pipeline Company, Inc. LACT UNIT PROVING - THE ROLE OF THE WITNESS (CT-4080) 427 Del J. Major, Equilon Pipeline Company, LLC LIQUID FLOW PROVERS (Conventional) (CT-4090) 430 Drew Weaver, Daniel Industries, Inc. LIQUID METER PROVING TECHNIQUES (CT-4095) 439 Del Major, Equilon Pipeline Company, LLC OPERATION, AND PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVER DETECTOR SWITCHES (CT-4100) 442 Bill Young, Meter Engineers, Inc. OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH SMALL VOLUME PROVERS (CT-4110) 445 George L. Lewis, Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Company PROVING CORIOLIS FLOWMETERS (CT-4130) 452 Mark K. Vandiver, Meter Check THEORY & APPLICATION OF PULSE INTERPOLATION TO PROVER SYSTEMS (CT-4140) 457 Brad Lurie, Daniel Measurement & Control VERIFICATION/CERTIFICATION OF DEVICES USED IN LIQUID MEASUREMENT (CT-4150) 462 Anne Brackett, W. L. Walker Company, Inc. WITNESSING ORIFICE METER CALIBRATION AND FIELD TESTING (CT-4160) 466 Olen Douglass, Kaiser-Francis Oil Company VII