INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL of HYDROCARBON MEASUREMENT

Proceedings
of the

SEVENTY-SIXTH
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF HYDROCARBON MEASUREMENT

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2001
UB/TIB Hannover
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INDEX of PAPERS
GAS MEASUREMENT

BASICS OF HIGH PRESSURE MEASURING AND REGULATION STATION

DESIGN

(Class 1010)

E.D. "Rusty" Woomer, Jr., Tennessee Gas Pipeline

CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT EXPERIENCE David Beitel, Davis and Davis

(Class 1020)

Company

COPING WITH CHANGING FLOW REQUIREMENTS AT EXISTING METER STATIONS (Class 1050)
James

15

Doyle, TXU Pipeline Services (Class 1060)

17

DESIGN OF DISTRIBUTION METERING AND REGULATING STATIONS Eddie Collins, Oklahoma Natural Gas

EFFECTS AND CONTROL OF PULSATION IN GAS MEASUREMENT (Class 1090) Royce Miller, Product & Marketing Specialist
EFFECTS OF ABNORMAL CONDITIONS ON ACCURACY OF ORIFICE MEASUREMENT Thomas B. Morrow, Engineering Consultant FIELD EXPERIENCES WITH GAS TURBINE METERS Daniel J. Rudroff, Invensys Energy Metering

22

(Class 1100)

29

(Class 1110)

35

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES of DIAPHRAGM DISPLACEMENT METERS (Class 1120) Robert Bennett, American Meter Company FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF ROTARY DISPLACEMENT METERS (Class 1130) Ron L. Strong, Dresser, Inc. FUNDAMENTALS OF GAS MEASUREMENT I (Class 1140) Doug Dodds, Duke Energy FUNDAMENTALS OF GAS MEASUREMENT II (Class 1150) Jerry Paul Smith, Transco Gas Pipeline FUNDAMENTALS OF GAS MEASUREMENT III (Class 1160) James W. Keating, Duke Energy FUNDAMENTALS OF GAS TURBINE METERS (Class 1170) Robert Bennett, American Meter Company
FUNDAMENTALS OF ORIFICE METER CHART RECORDERS
David E.

38

43

47

52

56

62

Pulley, Metron Gas Measurement

(Class 1180)

68

INSTALLATION AND OPERATION ERRORS IN GAS MEASUREMENT Walt Seidl, CEESI

(Class 1190)

71

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MASS METERS FOR GAS MEASUREMENT Tim Patton, Micro Motion, lnc
,

(Class 1200) Pierre Trolin, Daniel Industries, Inc.

76

MEASUREMENT STATION INSPECTION PROGRAM AND GUIDE (Class 1210) Bob Rau, Consultant
MULTI-PATH ULTRASONIC FLOWMETERS FOR GAS MEASURMENT Jim Bowen, Instromet, lnc ON SITE PROVING OF GAS TURBINE METERS

80

(Class 1220)

86

(Class 1240)

93

Daniel J Rudroff, Invensys Metering Systems ORIFICE FITTINGS AND METER TUBES (Class 1250) Rod Dent, Parkhne Arrow ORIFICE METER GAUGE LINE DISTORTIONS (Class 1260) Ray G. Durke & Robert McKee, Southwest Research Institute
ORIFICE METER OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Jeff 98

101

(Class 1270)
(Class 1280)

106

Meredith,

TXU

Pipeline

Services 109

OVERALL MEASUREMENT ACCURACY OF DISPLACEMENT METERS Robert Bennett, American Meter THERMOMETRY IN MEASUREMENT Josha Kinney, CEESI WET GAS MEASUREMENT Tom

Company (Class 1310)

115

(Class 1320)

121

Kegel,

CEESI

LIQUID MEASUREMENT

APPLICATION OF DENSITOMETERS TO LIQUID MEASUREMENT (Class 2010) Mike Pntchard, Thermo Measurement, Ltd. APPLICATION OF TURBINE METERS IN LIQUID MEASUREMENT (Panel) Paul J. LaNasa, CPL & Associates AUTOMATED TRUCK LOADING SYSTEM (Class 2030)
Dale A.

129

(Class2020)

136

141

Bohman,

FMC Measurement Solutions

CALCULATION OF LIQUID PETROLEUM QUANTITIES BY DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT (Class 2050) Peter W. Kosewicz, Hydrocarbon Measurement Consultant CALCULATION OF LIQUID PETROLEUM QUANTITIES BY STATIC METHODS (Class 2060) Bob Dix, Measurement Consultant
CALIBRATION OF STORAGE TANKS

145

151

(Class 2070) M J Yeandle, Lakehead Pipeline Company

157

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CRUDE OIL GATHERING BY TRUCK Charles R.

METERING VS. MANUAL GAUGING (Class 2080)

165

Myers, FMC Measurement Solutions (Class 2110)

168

DISPLACEMENT METERS FOR LIQUID MEASUREMENT James Henderson, FMC Measurement Solutions

EFFECTS OF FLOW CONDITIONING ON LIQUID MEASUREMENT (Class 2120)

Don

175

Lungberg,

Vortab

Company
(Class 2140)
182

ETHYLENE MEASUREMENT James E.

Gallagher, Savant Measurement Corp.

186

FUNDAMENTALS OF LIQUID MEASUREMENT I

(Class 2160) W. G. Poynter, Ph. D., Petroleum Measuremtns Analyst

FUNDAMENTALS OF LIQUID MEASUREMENT II Bob Dix, Dix Services

(Class 2170) 2180)

193

FUNDAMENTALS OF LIQUID MEASUREMENT III (Class

Peter W. Kosewicz,

200

Hydrocarbon

Measurement Consultants

FUNDAMENTALS OF LIQUID TURBINE METERS

(Class 2190)

206

Raymond J. Kalivoda, FMC Measurement Solutions GAUGING, TESTING AND RUNNING OF LEASE TANKS (Class 2200) David Shurtz, Equilon Pipeline Company, LLC
LIQUID MEASUREMENT FIELD SURVEYS (Class 2205) Wesley G. Poynter, Measurement Consultant
LEAK DETECTION ON PETROLEUM PIPELINES 213

217

(Class 2210)

222

Wesley

G. Poynter, Measurement Consultant

MASS MEASUREMENT OF NATURAL GAS LIQUID MIXTURES Fred VanOrsdol, Williams

(Panel) (Class 2250)

226

Energy
234

MASS METERS FOR LIQUID MEASUREMENT (Class 2260) Simon Garner, Schlumberger Measurement Division MEASUREMENT ACCURACY AND SOURCES OF ERROR IN TANK GAUGING (Class 2270) Stewart Ash, BP Amoco Pipeline Company
MEASUREMENT METHODS FOR LIQUID STORAGE TANKS Jim

239

(Class 2290)

244

Gardner, ABB Automation, Inc.

249

MEASUREMENT OF LARGE LIQUID VOLUMES BY TURBINE METERS (Class 2300)

Harold Osborne, LOOP

MEASUREMENT OF PETROLEUM ON BOARD MARINE VESSELS (Class 2310) Robert W. Goldstraw, Saybolt lnc
NEW IDEAS IN LIQUID MEASUREMENT

253

(Class 2320)

260

Galen Cotton, Caldon Instruments

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ULTRASONIC FLOWMETERS FOR LIQUID MEASUREMENT Galen Cotton, Caldon Instruments

(Class 2325)

264

ORIFICE METERS FOR LIQUID MEASUREMENT (Class 2330) James E. Gallagher, Savant Measurement Corp.
PYCNOMETER Stan

270

INSTALLATION, OPERATION, AND CALIBRATION (Class 2340) Canfield, Dynegy Midstream Services

278

RESOLVING LIQUID MEASUREMENT DIFFERENCES (Class 2350) Herbert H. Garland, Marathon Ashland Pipeline, LLC STATISTICAL CONTROL OF METER FACTORS- A SIMPLIFIED APPROACH (Class 2360)

282

284

Wesley G. Poynter, Measurement Consultant

THE DEVELOPMENT ROLE OF HELICAL TURBINE METERS

(Class 2370)

290

Kyle M. Barry, Faure Herman Meter, Inc.

TROUBLESHOOTING LIQUID PIPELINE LOSSES AND GAINS (Class 2380) 295

Wesley G. Poynter, Measurement Consultant

VISCOSITY & IT'S APPLICATION IN LIQUID HYDROCARBON MEASUREMENT (Class 2410) Gary Rothrock, Solartron, Inc. OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH CUSTODY TRANSFER LIQUID ULTRASONIC METERS (Class 2420) Warren A. Parr, Jr. 301

308

ELECTRONIC MEASURING AND RELATED EQUIPMENT

APPLICATION OF FLOW COMPUTERS FOR GAS MEASUREMENT & CONTROL

(Class 3020)

313

Larry Quick, Thermo Flow Automation APPLICATIONS OF PORTABLE COMPUTERS AND SOFTWARE (Class 3030) Howard M. Sheets, ABB Automation, Inc.
BASIC ELECTRONICS FOR FIELD TECHNICIAN Dale 319

(Class 3060)

324

Gary,

ABB

Automation, Inc.
328

BASIC SCADA SYSTEMS Rick Kroeker,

(Class 3070) Enogex, Inc.

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR GAS MEASUREMENT DATA (Class 3080)

Tom

332

Cleveland, Enogex

Inc.

COMMUNICATION
LOCATION

TO MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT AT A GAS DISTRIBUTION

(Class 3090) Chris Spriggs, Oklahoma Natural Gas

335

COMPUTER APPLICATION IN LIQUID MEASUREMENT (Class 3100) Peter P. Jakubenas, FMC Measurement Solution
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339

ECONIMICS OF ELECTRONIC GAS MEASUREMENT Tom Cleveland,

(Class 3110)

345

Enogex, Inc.

EFFECTS OFCATHODIC PROTECTION & INDUCED SIGNALS ON LIQUID PIPELINE MEASUREMENT James R.

(Class 3120) Coats, Measurement Dynamics (Class 3130)

348

IMPLEMENTATION OF A SCADA SYSTEM Roland Rollins, ABB Automation, Inc.

353

ON-LINE COMPUTERS FOR CUSTODY TRANSFER Allen Chandler, TXU

(Class 3140)

357

Pipeline

Services 360

REAL-TIME ELECTRONIC GAS MEASUREMENT (Class 3150)

Randy R. Page, Fisher Rosemount

TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS (Class 3160)
Eric
363

Wickberg, Rosemount, Inc.

TESTING, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF ELECTRONIC FLOW COMPUTERS (Class 3170) Jeff Goetzman, Reliant Energy-Entex
THEORY OF ULTRASONIC FLOW MEASUREMENT-GASES AND LIQUIDS

370

(Class 3175)

374

Herb Estrada, Caldon, Inc.

TRANSIENT LIGHTNING PROTECTION FOR ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENT DEVICES

(Class 3180)
Patrick

382

McCurdy,

Phoenix Contact, Inc.

CALIBRATION. PROVING AND TESTING

CALIBRATION OF LIQUID PROVERS William R.

(Class 4020) Young Jr., Meter Engineers, Inc.

(Class 4030)

391

COMPUTERS FOR LIQUID METER PROVING in CUSTODY TRANSFER

396

King Poon, Thermo Flow Automation DESIGN, CALIBRATION & OPERATION OF FIELD STANDARD TEST MEASURES (Class 4040) Richard C. Jordan, Seraphin Test Measure Co.
EFFECTIVE USE OF DEADWEIGHT TESTERS (Class 4050) Myles McDonough, EG&G Chandler Engineering Company CALIBRATION OF ULTRASONIC FLOWMETERS William Johansen and Joel Clancy, CEESI
399

404

(Class4055)

408

GUIDE TO TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEMS WITH LIQUID METERS & PROVER

(Class 4060)

414

Jerry Upton, Measurement Man (Panel)

GUIDE TO TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEMS WITH LIQUID METERS & PROVER

(Class 4060)

419

George

Lewis, Ultramar Diamond Shamrock (Panel) (Class CT-4070)

425

ON-SITE GAS METER PROVING

Edgar

B. Bowles, Jr. Southwest Research Institute 432

LIQUID FLOW PROVERS (Conventional) (Class 4090) William R. Young, Meter Engineers, Inc. LIQUID METER PROVING TECHNIQUES (Class 4095)

435

Terry Houghton, Meter Check OPERATION, AND PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVER DETECTOR SWITCHES (Class 4100) Warren A. Parr, Jr., Plantation Pipeline Co.
OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH SMALL VOLUME PROVERS Patrick J.

439

(Class 4110)

444

Rowell, Sun Pipeline Co.

447

PROVING CORIOLIS FLOWMETERS (Class 4130) Mark K. Vandiver, Sunoco THEORY & APPLICATION OF PULSE INTERPOLATION TO PROVER SYSTEMS Brad Lurie, Daniel Measurement & Control VERIFICATION/CERTIFICATION OF DEVICES USED IN LIQUID MEASUREMENT

(Class 4140)

452

(Class 4150)
Anne Brackett, W. L. Walker

457

Company, Inc. (Class 4160)

461

WITNESSING ORIFICE METER CALIBRATION AND FIELD TESTING

Scott Smith, Thurmond-McGlothlin, Inc.

ENERGY. QUALITY, AND SAMPLING

BTU ANALYSIS USING A GAS CHROMATOGRAPH

Dave

(Class 5020)

467

Anders,

Daniel Measurement & Control

BTU DETERMINATION OF NATURAL GAS USING A PORTABLE CHROMATOGRAPH

(Class 5030)
Robert Quattlebaum, Daniel Measurement & Control CHROMATOGRAPH APPLICATIONS & PROBLEMS FROM A USER'S STANDPOINT Robert L.

471

(Class 5040)

475

(Bob)

Armbruster, Mid-America
AND

Pipeline
480

CHROMATOGRAPH MAINTENANCE
Charlie

TROUBLESHOOTING (Class 5050)

Cook, Hanover Measurement Services

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CRUDE OIL SAMPLING FOR CUSTODY TRANSFER LC. Arrambide, CRUDE QUALITY

(Class 5070)

484

Equilon Pipeline

Co.

WHAT IS INVOLVED & WHY IS QUALITY IMPORTANT

(Class 5080)

487

Aaron L. Dillard, Conoco, Inc. DETERMINATION OF H2S AND TOTAL SULFUR IN NATURAL GAS

(Class 5090)

491

David

Haydt,

Galvanic

Applied

Sciences

DETERMINATION OF WATER VAPOR & HYDROCARBON DEW POINT IN GAS

(Class 5100)

497

Myles McDonough, Chandler Engineering

DEVICES FOR WATER VAPOR & HC DEW POINT MEASUREMENT

(Class 5110)

501

Borys J. Mychajliw, MEECO, Inc.

DEVICES FOR WATER VAPOR & HC DEW POINT MEASUREMENT Lawrence Drobnitch,

(Class 5110)

505

Panametrics, Inc.
509

ENERGY MEASUREMENT USING FLOW COMPUTERS & CHROMATOGRAPHY (Class 5130)

Ken

Smith, TXU Pipeline Services (Class 5150)

512

ENERGY MEASUREMENT USING ON-LINE CHROMAOGRAPHY Don W. Griffies, ABB Automation, Inc.

FIELD & LABORATORY TESTING OF Sediment & Water In Crude Oil Peter W. Kosewicz,

(Class 5160)

518

Hydrocarbon

Measurement Consultants 524

FUNDAMENTALS OF GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY (Class 5170) John Renfrow, Instromet, Inc. HEAT QUALITY CALCULATION RELATING TO WATER VAPOR IN NATURAL GAS

(Class 5190) Randy Underwood,

Garrett Lalli, YZ

527 Arkansas Western Gas Co.

LIGHT HYDROCARBON LIQUID SAMPLING

(Class 5200)

533

Systems,

Inc.

MEASUREMENT OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS

(LPG) (Class 5210)

536

Doug Arrick, Teppco Crude Pipeline

NATURAL GAS SAMPLING UNCERTAINTIES AND ECONOMICS (Class 5230)
David

539

Wofford, Corel Energy (Class 5235)

545

ON LINE WATER MEASUREMENT OF LIQUID PETROLEUM Steve Stewart, Kam Controls

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION Teresa Gustafson, Colonial

(Class 5240)

548

Pipeline Company
SAMPLING SYSTEMS

PROVING TESTS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF AUTOMATIC LIQUID

(Class 5250)
Jim Strawn, Strawn

553

Group

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SAMPLING AND CONDITIONING OF NATURAL GAS CONTAINING ENTRAINED LIQUIDS

(Class 5260)
Donald P.

557

Mayeaux,

A+

Corporation
559

SHIPBOARD SAMPLING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IN CUSTODY TRANSFER (Class 5270)

Dan

Comstock, SGS Control Services, Inc.

564

TECHNIQUES OF GAS COMPOSITE SAMPLING (Class 5280) Brad Barnes, YZ

Systems, Inc.
568

UPDATE ON GAS SAMPLING-API 14.1 RESEARCH (Class 5300) Eric Kelner, Southwest Research Institute
SAMPLE CONDITIONING AND CONTAMINANT REMOVAL FOR WATER VAPOR CONTENT DETERMINATION IN NATURAL GAS (Class 5310) Brad

575

Massey, Williams Gas Pipeline

CONTROL AND REGULATION

CAUSES AND CURES OF REGULATOR INSTABILITY William H.

(Class 6010)
Inc.

581

Earney, Fisher Controls International,

CONTROLLING SURGES IN LIQUID PIPELINES Ron

(Class 6020)

585

Kennedy, Daniel Industries,

Inc.

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF PILOT-OPERATED REGULATORS Robert Bennett, American Meter Co. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF SELF OPERATING REGULATORS Carol Branstetter, Fisher Controls

(Class 6030)

591

(Class 6050)

597

GAS SERVICE REGULATORS, INSTALLATION, SELECTION & OPERATION William L. Hobson, Fisher Controls HIGH PRESSURE REGULATORS (Class John M. Kruse

(Class 6060)

603

6070)

608

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF REGULATORS (Class 6080)

Robert Bennett, American Meter Co. OVER PRESSURE PROTECTION METHODS Bill Hobson, Fisher Control PREVENTION OF FREEZING IN MEASURING AND REGULATING STATIONS David Wofford,

613

(Class 6090)

620

(Class 6100)

625

Tejas Energy, LLC

SELECTION, SIZING, AND OPERATION OF CONTROL VALVES FOR GASES AND LIQUIDS

(Class 6110)
Carol Branstetter, Fisher Control

628

TURBULENCE AND ITS EFFECT IN MEASURING AND REGULATING STATION (Class 6120) Tracy D. Peebles, Welker Engineering
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633

ACCOUNTING. CALCULATIONS AND INDUSTRY STANDARDS

ALLOCATION MEASUREMENT (API MPMC Chapter 20.1) (Class 7010) Raymond Gray, SPL Inc.
ANSI/API 2530 ON ORIFICE METER PRIMARY ELEMENTS

641

(Class 7020)

646

Ray

Kendrick, Daniel Measurement & Control

AUDIT OF ELECTRONIC GAS MEASUREMENT Steve Baldwin, Unocal AUDITING LIQUID MEASUREMENT Linda Larson,

(Class 7030)

649

(Class 7050)

655

Equiva Services, Inc.

659

CONVERSION FROM VOLUME TO ENERGY MEASUREMENT (Class 7060)

Raddy

S. Thakral, Duke

Energy (Class 7070)

662

ELECTRONIC CHART SCANNING AND RELATED EQUIPMENT Don Smith,

Integrator Services

MEASUREMENT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS John E.

(Class 7100)

666

Davis, Intergen, North America

-

OVER VIEW OF API Jon

(COPM) MEASUREMENT ACTIVITIES (Class 7120) Noxon, American Petroleum Institute

669

REVIEW OF API/ANSI 2530 (AGA #3) (Class 7130) Ron Beaty, Premier Measurement Services THEORETICAL UNCERTAINTY OF ORIFICE FLOW MEASUREMENT (Class 7140) Zaki Husain, Texaco
API CORIOLIS STANDARD FOR MASS MEASUREMENT OF CRUDE OIL Steve

673

680

(Class 7160)

687

Whitman, Coastal Flow Measurement, Inc.

MISCELLANEOUS

DEVELOPMENT OF ORIFICE METER STANDARDS (PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE)

(Class 8030)
Zaki Husain, Texaco, Inc. DOT QUALIFICATION TRAINING FOR MEASUREMENT TECHNICIANS

693

(Class 8040)

699

Jay Shiflet, TXU Pipeline Services

EFFECTS OF FLOW CONDITIONING ON GAS MEASUREMENT Darin

(Class 8050)

702

George

and Ed

Bowles,

Southwest Research Institute

XIV

INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION USING THE PNEUMATIC DEADWEIGHT TESTER

(Class 8060) Roger Thomas, Ametek

INTERFACE DETECTION IN LIQUID PIPELINES

707

(Class 8065)

712

Christopher B. Laird, Caldon, Inc.

LPG ODORIZATION WITH AN AUDIT TRAIL
David Beitel, Davis & Davis

(Class 8070)

715

Company
722

ORIFICE METER TUBE DIMENSIONAL TOLERANCES (Class 8100) Steve Stark, Stark & Associates
MULTIPHASE FLOW MEASUREMENT John S. Lievois, Premier

(Class 8110) Instruments, Inc. (Class 8120)

728

NATURAL GAS ODOR LEVEL TESTING: INSTRUMENTS & APPLICATIONS John E. Rafferty, Commonwealth Gas PROGRAM FOR TRAINING A MEASUREMENT TECHNICIAN Allen N. Chandler, TXU

734

(Class 8140)

738

Pipeline Services (Class 8160)

743

THE EFFECTS OF ADDITIVES ON METERING IN LIQUID PIPELINES Joe Rasmussen, Colonial

Pipeline Co. (Class 8170)

747

THE ROLE OF BLM IN OIL AND GAS MEASUREMENT Sie

Ling Chiang, Bureau of Land Management

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