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Oil & Gas · Custody / Fiscal Metering

MeteringO&G-5

Advanced custody flow metering for fluids. Native digital measurement, no flow computer, structural cyber security.

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Fiscal data path
Native digital measurement at the meter, numeric-only data on the Ethernet-APL system bus, a redundant fiscal data recorder, a protected boundary towards remote supervision.

100%

numeric fiscal data — no analogue signals

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analogue chains to calibrate

2×

fiscal data recorder — redundant pair

±µs

one synchronized time base (NTP)

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Innovative in concept

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Fiscal data recorder — no flow computer

Maximum fiscal rigor: the fiscal datum is recorded, not computed from analogue chains.

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Data exclusively in numeric format

No analogue signals — and no analogue chains to calibrate.

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System bus on Ethernet-APL communication

Two-wire digital communication down to the field instruments.

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Integrity of data and timestamp

Every fiscal value carries a guaranteed origin and time base.

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Field instruments with native digital measurement

E.g. ultrasonic flow meters: clock counting of transit time, no analogue conversion.

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Total cyber security

Hardware, software and procedures — including field I/O.

System properties — Best:

RangeabilityAccuracyReliabilityAvailability

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Innovative in technology

  • Architecture5 techniques — integrated open PAC/SCADA systems
  • Designed for MID — Measuring Instruments Directive — compliance
  • Validation & simulation: virtual analysers, virtual instruments
  • Equipment diagnosis, predictive and prognostic maintenance
  • Remote assistance and remote maintenance
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Performance over time

Maintaining high performance during time

Diagnostics and prognostics keep the station at specification, year after year.

Incontrovertible fiscal data integrity

Numeric-only data, guaranteed timestamp, protected path end to end.

Fiscal data audit extended over years

Historian archive: the complete fiscal history, ready for audit.

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Contracts & warranty

Remote management, diagnostics and predictive maintenance make full-responsibility contract formulas possible: performance warranties with prices, penalties or royalties assessed on operating results — operational continuity and accuracy of measurement.

A distinctive commitment: the contract is priced on what the system actually delivers.

Performance warrantiesPrices · penalties · royalties on resultsEnabled by remote management
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Anatomy of the system

Four levels — field instruments, elaboration, communication, remote system — with redundancy where the fiscal data lives.

Anatomy of the system

Reading the schematic

2a / 2b
Fiscal data recorder, redundant pair: numeric-only fiscal data, integrity of value and timestamp.
3a / 3b
Compact (3a) and conventional (3b) prover for in-line proving of the metering streams.
USM
Ultrasonic flow meters with native digital measurement: transit time counted by clock.
AN
Gas and liquid analysers on stream — plus virtual analysers for validation and simulation.
NTP
One synchronized time base for every time-stamped digital signal in the station.
HIST
Historian: fiscal audit archive extended over years.

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Architecture, fiscal data path, MID design choices, contract formulas — walked through on your case.

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