Gas chromatographs analyze the composition of hydrocarbon mixtures in process and natural gas applications. For online natural gas chromatography, the samples must be reliably conditioned to produce a single-phase vapor. In this 5:42 YouTube video, How to Select a...
In oil & gas production, lost and unaccounted for (LUAF) production is: …the difference of the physical inputs and the physical outputs of the pipeline system… A "LOSS" occurs whenever the physical inputs are greater than outputs of the pipeline system. Flow...
It's encouraging to see the comeback in shale oil & gas production here in the U.S. Oil & gas producers have made great strides in lowering the costs of drilling, hydraulic fracturing & completion and ongoing well pad production. A recent CPI Financial...
In oil and gas production well pads and offshore platforms, separators perform the work of breaking out the oil, gas and water into separate component streams. Test separators have historically taken flows from individual wells, known as well tests, to determine the...
This month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new rules for minimizing and reducing emissions on well pads. This is the first push to reduce emissions from methane – particularly targeting the oil and gas industry. These new standards also built upon...
Successfully and economically getting oil and gas from the reservoir to the point of sale is known as flow assurance. Wikipedia defines it as: …extremely diverse, encompassing many discrete and specialized subjects and bridging across the full gamut of engineering...
Offshore developments continue to get deeper and hotter, challenging the pressure ratings on surface equipment from the drilling rig floor to the production facilities. High injection pressures can be particularly hard on the pumps and flow control used in chemical...
Take a moment and ask yourself: How much does my company spend every year on chemicals? For most, chemical injection is a sunk cost of production–it's a cost that's hard to tackle because few of us are chemists. Both the dosage of chemical and the amount spent on...
The negative effects of measurement uncertainty have always been acknowledged, but recent increases in governmental regulation and tighter specifications makes it even more essential to find solutions that improve precision. Downgrading or reblending after the fact...
In processing operations, liquid separators collect sand in a lower chamber, filtering out sediment from the oil or gas. Typically, sand accumulates slowly over time, and is eventually emptied from the bottom chamber. But problems can arise if excessive sand clogs the...
You need a flowmeter that works wherever oil & gas operations happen. Micro Motion meters are built to provide measurement you can trust, in all conditions. Extreme conditions are a fact of life in oil & gas. In this brief Ask the Experts video, we describe...
Accurate measurement remains one of the major challenges in gas allocation, as traditional technology falls short in supplying low maintenance, reliable measurement. Micro Motion F-Series meters are designed specifically as the solution to this too common issue. This...
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