API MPMS Chapter 5 Section 6 for Proving Coriolis Meters an Overview
Steve Baldwin
Abstract:
Coriolis flow meters have been used for last ten years for Custody Transfer of Liquid Hydrocarbons in the Upstream, Midstream and Downstream oil and gas segments for single-phase flow measurement for White Oils, Black Oils and NGL Liquids. These applications in past were done with variety of methods adopted for verification of these meters performance in the field or laboratory. In Oct 2002 API published the first edition of the Standard that provides significant recommendations for the usage of this technology for Custody Transfer of Crude Oil and finished liquid hydrocarbon. This document has been added and listed as Chapter 5 Section 6 of the API MPMS document. This paper will present an overview of the recommendations from this chapter for the application of Coriolis flow meters for Custody Transfer with interpretation of the In-situ Proving Requirements.
