Metering Business Unit

Metering & Analysis

While Analysis deals with the Quality of a fluid,

Metering deals with Quantity for Fiscal
(Custody) or Non Fiscal purposes.

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 Metering in SOCRATE
• Fiscal Gas UFM’s
• Fiscal Liquid UFM’s and Turbines
• Flare Gas meters
• Flow Computer
• Supervisory Systems
• Leak Detection Systems
• Meter Provers
• Multiphase meters
• Density / Viscosity meters
• WaterCut meters

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 Examples of Applications (GAS)
• Process Metering: N2, O2, H2, CO2, NH3/Cryogenic (-194°C)
• Custody Transfer: when billing is involved
• Fiscal Metering: when taxes are involved
• Flare Gas Metering: gas from different plant to flare
• Natural Gas: production, transportation, distribution
• LNG Metering: after re-gasification
• Allocation Metering: offshore and onshore
• Gas Storage: underground (bidirectional)
• Turbogas: power generation Plant

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 ENERGY measuring system SOCRATE Base
Configuration EMS
Computer A
Server Server

Flow computer SPIRIT

Monitor 19”

Keyboard Mouse

All fiscal data

GC Yamatake
TCP/IP

Flow rate to DCS

FlowComputer 1B FlowComputer 2B FlowComputer 3B

HDM interface PC - SW
Xprinter
Press.T.
C

Temp.T. C

SAMPLING Hard copy

T

FlowComputer 3A FlowComputer 2A FlowComputer 1A

SYSTEM Fiscal Report

NMI Certified

Stream- 10D/3D/5D
Printer

Metering System
Frequency MID certified
Modbus/Ethernet Contatore Ultrasuoni CALDON
Analog 4-20 ma
Hart protocol
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 Fiscal or Custody Metering System
Quantity

Sulfur Quality
Flow
Meter
WDP EMS Flow
Supervisory Computer
System
HDP

Temp Press
CV
Other
Density Measures

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 Natural Gas: Complete Metering System

• KROHNE ( has CTE Protocol )

• EMERSON DANIEL ( Not M.I.D. approval )
• ELSTER ( Not CTE )
• FIORENTINI
• FIMIGAS

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 Greenstream: Gas Metering Station
Flow measurement - PIPING

N° 3 meter runs DN 20” ANSI 600 – Std. ISO 5167 – Straight pipe 50xDN

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Greenstream: Gas Metering Station

Analyzers Shelter

LIBYA GAS TRASMISSION

SYSTEM
Sicily Receiving Terminal – Gela
Engineering & construction
made by Socrate
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 Greenstream: Control Room
FLOW-COMPUTERS CABINET SUPERVISORY COMPUTER SYSTEM

Work station: n° 2 P.C. Tower, (2,6 GHz Pentium 4 – 80 Gb

disk) CONFIGURATION master & slave; with n° 1 alarm
printer; n°1 laserjet printer “fiscal report”

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 Greenstream: System Overview
Fiscal Report
Alarm
Master Slave

Flow. comp. A e B linea 3

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 Examples of Applications (Liquid)
• Fiscal metering
• Custody transfer
• FPSO to Tankers
• Tankers to / from Terminals
• Refineries inlets and outlets
• Pipeline metering stations
• Tank farms
• Interface detection / Allocation

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 Metering Systems Activity
Design, manufacturing and
commissioning of oil & gas
metering & measurement
systems
– skid-mounted
– c/w or w/o proving facility
– c/w or w/o control panels

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 Case History N 6
Client DANIEL/GAVAZZI

Project POWER STATION

Location EL FEEL LYBIA

Year Completed 2008

Scope of Work DESIGN, PROCUREMENT, FABRICATION, WORKSHOP TESTING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SITE
ACTIVITIES.
Description LIQUID HYDROCARBON AND NATURAL GAS METERING SYSTEM

Metering system designed for :

• Liquid Hydrocarbon – maximum flow of 22 mc/h
at the design pressure of 12 Barg.
• Natural Gas – 25950 mc/h at design pressure 26
Barg
System are equipped with:
• Liquid Hydrocarbon n°2 PD meter 3” 150# each
one designed for 100% of the
maximum flow
• Natural Gas with n°2 orifice meter 6” 300# each
one designed for 100% of the
maximum flow
System is delivered complete with its own
common control panel.
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 Case History N 7
Client PETROFAC/HPC
Project JIHAR STAGE III

Location SYRIA

Year 2009

Scope of Work DESIGN, SUPPLY, PROCUREMENT, FABRICATION, WORKSHOP TESTING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SITE
ACTIVITIES, ERECTION AND START-UP

Description GAS & CONDENSATE METERING SYSTEMS

N° 2 Metering systems composed of:

Liquid application: N°2 meter lines with 3” 300#
UFM Meter device connected to dedicated flow
computer and equipped with PD Meter as Master.
Gas application: N°2 meter lines with 12” 600#
Orifice Meter device connected in Z configuration
and to dedicated flow computer.
Both systems are provided with facilities to
interface with Flow computer DCS (Diagnostic
Control System)

SYSTEMS CERTIFIED BY NMI

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 Case History N 5
Client MAIRE / SOECO ENG.
Project VLORE POWER STATION

Location ALBANIA

Year Completed 2009

Scope of Work DESIGN, PROCUREMENT, FABRICATION, WORKSHOP TESTING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SITE
ACTIVITIES.
Description DIESEL OIL METERING SYSTEMS

Diesel oil metering designed for a maximum

flow of 1500 mc/h at the design pressure of
35 Barg.
System is equipped with n°3 Helical blade
turbine each one designed for 50% of the
maximum and are connected in series in
order to test each with each other.
System is delivered complete with its own its
own control panel and supervisory control
system for data acquisition and invoice
reporting.

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 LPG Fiscal Metering
Installation and calibration on field with meter prover on truck

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 Leak Detection System - Architecture
Metering skid Metering skid
“A” entry “B” exit
PIPELINE
Field instruments Field instruments

Press. Bar Master Computer Press. Bar

Temp. °C Computer A Computer
Temp.B°C
Server Server Alarm Printer
Monitor 19” Monitor 19”
Dens. Kg/m3 Dens. Kg/m3
Flow m3/h Slow m3/h

Keyboard Mouse Keyboard Mouse

P

Flow computer TCP/IP Flow computer S

PLC-A PLC-B

CH2A
Work stationFlowComputer
FlowComputer 1B
operator 2B FlowComputer 3B CH2B

4-20 Analogue Signals

CETHERNET via F.O. Acquisition and management Data CH3A

PLC I/O CH3

CH1A C
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CH1B
 Leak Detection System – Main Design Data
DN -Pipeline Lenght Thickness Temp. Pres. max Flow-rate
m mm C bar m3/h
8” LPG 11.569 9.52mm 35 23 120*
12” Refined prod. 11.037 9.52mm 38 18 400*
12” Heavy black prod. 11.037 9.52mm 70 23 350
16” Refined prod. 11.037 9.52mm 38 18 600
20”Crude Oil 11.569 9.52mm 60 25 1200

The system is according to

standards API 1130 API
1149 API 1155 “guidelines
for leak detection”

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Leak Detection System

Ultrasonic Meters
North & south Refinery

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 Caldon LEFM 380Ci Custody Transfer GUSM
• Uncertainty: ±0.1% uncertainty relative to calibration facility,
• OIML R137 Class 0.5 Device (5D, No flow conditioning)

• Operational Benefits
– Unique Non-Wetted isolated transducers, (Inconel pressure retaining housing),
designed with health and safety in mind
– Transducers capsules can be inspected or replaced under line conditions; no high pressure extractor tools required.
Designed for optimum safety whilst avoiding unnecessary depressurization and emissions. Virtually eliminates
transducer failures.
– Transducers not susceptible to explosive de-compression during plant emergency shut down
– Full Bore meter, no reduction at all Typical Carbon Steel meter Caldon 380Ci – proprietary
after 6-12 months in coating, anti-corrosive &
– On application upstream lengths can be shortened to 5D service, Corrosion and no-stick – applied to meter
– LCD Display with resettable and non-resettable Totals contamination can alter I.D & transducers faces
calibration.
– Tolerant to corrosive compounds such as H2S
– No exposed transducer cabling for optimum protection
– Special Coating prevents deposits thus increase long term stability (Resists corrosion, prevents contamination)

• Installation Benefits
– 8-Path Dual plane design for swirl immunity
– Proven Gaussian Chordal Integration employed in LEFM since early development by Westinghouse in the1960’s
– Can be used without deploying a flow conditioner thus saving on compression/ energy costs
– Eliminates maintenance associated with flow conditioner fouling

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Caldon LEFM 380Ci Custody Transfer GUSM

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Caldon LEFM 380Ci Custody Transfer GUSM

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 MID/ OIML R137 Class 0.5 Device
5D Upstream, No Flow Conditioning

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 M&T DFX-MM Ultrasonic Flowmeter
Bi-directional custody transfer measurement
Easy installation requirements –
7 D Upstream, 3 D downstream

• M.I.D. / GOST Approval

• Size: 4’’ to 24’’ (liquids)
• 32-beams
• Maximum Pressure: class #150 to #900
• Working Temp: -55 / +120 °C
• Outputs: 2 frequency (as a turbine)
• Communication / health diagnostic :
secure ethernet for remote PC control
• Ranging/Accuracy: 10:1 minimum / ±0.15
% or +/-0.1% with ±0.02 % repeatability
• unequalled spatial scanning and ultra-fast
scanning rate
• Provable with standard prover loops

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PTB Certification

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Differences

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 Helical Turbine Flow meter
Pipeline System for Transport & Distribution

• Custody transfer
• Fiscal measurement
• M.I.D. / GOST Approval
• Multi-Product pipeline

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 Helical Turbine Flow meter - HTM

• Sizes: 3" to 20"

• Rating: ANSI 150/300/600
• Viscosity: 0.2 to 120 cSt
• Accuracy: 0.15 %
• Rangeability: up to 15:1
• Removable cartridge
• Extremely low total cost of
ownership
• Extremely high stability of
performances

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PTB Certification

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 FLOW COMPUTER I/O

ANALOG INPUTS ANALOG OUTPUTS

DIGITAL IN. /STATUS DIGITAL OUT. /STATUS

PULSE INPUTS PULSE OUTPUTS

HART INPUTS

FREQUENCY INPUTS
REMOTE READING
SERIAL PORTS
SERIAL PORTS
ETHERNET PORT
TCP/IP
POWER Calculations:
SUPPLY
Volume, Mass, Energy
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 F.C. Spirit
• Gas and Liquid metering M.I.D. Approved
• Processor 400MHz with Math co-processor and FPGA
• RAM 50MB/FRAM 32MB/MMC 512MB
• Only SINGLE STREAM each with:
– Analog inputs: 4 can be used as HART chanel 4-20mA and 2 as PRT-
4wire
– 16 Digital I/O: user configurable as alarm/status/frequency/pulse/…)
– 2 Serial Ports: RS232 or RS485
– 2 Ethernet Ports: TCP/IP
– 4 Analog Outputs: 4-20mA
– 1 Display: 4 to 8 lines for data and/or parameters
• Installation:
– Rear panel single stream
– Front panel touch screen
– Rack mounted
• PC interface via Flow-Xpress
• Complete of CTE special protocol for remote reading
Required by national gas autorithy/Transports/Shippers

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 F.C. Omni
• Gas and Liquid metering M.I.D. approved
• Processor 16MHz with Math co-processor
• SRAM 512 KB /EPROM 1MB
• It can be SINGLE or MULTI STREAMS
• Complete modularity
– Up to 16 analog inputs: ( 4 can be used as PRT 4 wire)
– Up to 24 digital I/O: user configurable as
alarm/status/frequency/pulse/…)
– Up to 6 Serial Ports: RS232 or RS485
– Up to 2 Ethernet Ports: TCP/IP
– Up to 12 analog Outputs: 4-20mA + Keyboard
– 1 Display: 4 lines for data and/or parameters
• Installation:
– Front panel
– Std panel with separate back & extended cable
– Rack mounted - 3 piece Assy
• PC interface via Flow-Xpress
• MARKET leader for tens of years

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 OMNI and SPIRIT

SOCRATE uses these two Flow Computer depending

on countries and requirements:
• OMNI is very well Known and appreciated FC
• SPIRIT is very modern and easy to use
• OMNI is required specially on Middle East + USA & South
America
• SPIRIT is normally used on Italy & Europe + Asia ( exclusive
supplier x Petronas in Malaysia )
• Both support conventional & compact proving

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 GAS & LIQUID Density
The density of a substance is its mass per
unit volume.
Different “kind” of gas density are of interest:
• Line density at operating conditions
• Base density at reference conditions
• Relative density (Specific gravity) is the ratio
of the density of a substance compared to
the density of a reference substance (
normally air / water ) at same conditions

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 Line Density (at operating conditions)
Thermo Sarasota ID 900 /PD900 /FD 900 Density Meters
Used to convert volume in mass or viceversa
• Principle of measurement: vibrating element
• Characteristic measured: Line Density in different installation
( ID=insertion; PD= Pocket ; PD= By-pass )
• Analysis time: continuous
• Ranges: 0 lb./ ft.3 to 15.6 lb./ ft.3 in. (0kg/m3 to 250kg/m3)
• Compliance: CE mark / NACE / ATEX S.I. /
• Process Gas
– Temperature: -328°F to +392°F (-200°C to +200°C)
• Ambient Limits: -4°F to +140°F (-20°C to +60°C)
• Repeatability : ±0.01% span
• Environmental Rating: IP65 (NEMA 4X)

Line density can be converted in SG or Base density with P,T,Z

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 Relative Density (Specific Gravity)
Thermo Model Sarasota SG 901

• Integral sample conditioning

• Hazardous area (S.I. only)
• Rugged construction for harsh environments
• No on-site calibration required
• Principle of measurement: vibrating element
• Characteristic measured: Relative density (Specific Gravity)
• Analysis time: continuous
• Ranges: 0-2 SG
• Environmental Rating: IP65 (NEMA 4X)
• Ambient Limits: -20°C to +55°C (-4°F to ++131°F)
• Repeatability : +0.02% span
• S.G. can be converted in Line density or Base density with P, T, Z

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 Twin Tube Liquid Density Meter Range

Twin vibrating tube design gives:

• Improved sensitivity
• Improved repeatability
• Improved accuracy
• Compact and light design
• Good process noise immunity

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 FD960 (Fiscal) Liquid Density

• High accuracy (0.1 kg/m³)

• NiSpan C & SS wetted parts
• -50 to +180°C process temperature
• 100 bar operating pressure
• Wide density range (0 - 2,100 kg/m³)
• EExd & EExi options (IIC)
• Internal 100 Ohm PRT

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 Multiphase meters
Measurement performance

Technology Topside Subsea Operational experience

Configuration & Maintenance

Process
Control

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Multiphase Topside

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Multiphase Subsea

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WaterCut – BS&W

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WaterCut On-line

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WaterCut – By-pass

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