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    Metering involves measuring the flow of natural gas and oil through pipelines using special metering stations without disrupting flow. Custody transfer metering refers to measuring oil and gas transactions between operators. Storage collects products in tanks before distribution, and different tank designs are used depending on needs. Oil is exported via pipelines, rail, trucks or tankers depending on the location. Pipelines are commonly used and are inspected using pigging to clean and inspect the interior without stopping flow.

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    Metering involves measuring the flow of natural gas and oil through pipelines using special metering stations without disrupting flow. Custody transfer metering refers to measuring oil and gas transactions between operators. Storage collects products in tanks before distribution, and different tank designs are used depending on needs. Oil is exported via pipelines, rail, trucks or tankers depending on the location. Pipelines are commonly used and are inspected using pigging to clean and inspect the interior without stopping flow.

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    Metering involves measuring the flow of natural gas and oil through pipelines using special metering stations without disrupting flow. Custody transfer metering refers to measuring oil and gas transactions between operators. Storage collects products in tanks before distribution, and different tank designs are used depending on needs. Oil is exported via pipelines, rail, trucks or tankers depending on the location. Pipelines are commonly used and are inspected using pigging to clean and inspect the interior without stopping flow.

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    METERING

    STORAGE AND
    EXPORT
    Metering
    Metering
    • Process in which the natural gas and oil
    are managed and monitored.

    • Special Metering Station are used to


    measures natural gas and oil as it flows
    through the pipeline without impending
    it’s movement
    What is Custody Transfer Metering?

    • Custody Transfer in the oil and gas industry refers to the

    transactions involving transporting physical substance

    from one operator to another. This includes the

    transferring of raw and refined petroleum between tanks

    and tankers; tankers and ships and other transactions.

    During custody transfer, accuracy is of great importance

    to both the company delivering the material and the

    eventual recipient, when transferring a material.


    Storage

    • Storage is a means of collecting products before

    being distributed downstream to refineries and

    retailers. Downstream operations might also use

    storage tanks to collect oil for further processing

    and marketing.
    Different Types of Storage

    Subsea Storage
    Storage Tanks
    • There are various tank designs depending on

    the needs and usage - fixed roof and floating

    roof. open top and closed top, flat bottom,

    cone bottom, slope bottom and dish bottom

    and single walled and double walled.


    Export

    • Oil is often produced in remote locations away

    from where it will be

    consumed; therefore, transportation networks

    have been built to transport the crude

    oil to refineries where it is processed and to

    ship the refined products to where they will

    be consumed .
    Oil is normally transported by one of four options:

    • Pipeline – the most commonly used form of oil

    transportation is through oil pipelines.

    Pipelines are typically used to move crude

    oil from the wellhead to gathering and

    processing facilities and from there

    to refineries and tanker loading facilities.


    • Rail – Oil shipment by train has become

    a growing phenomenon as

    new oil reserves are identified across

    the globe.
    • Truck – while the most limited oil

    transportation method in terms

    of storage capacity, trucks have the

    greatest flexibility in potential

    destinations
    • Ship/Oil Tanker – where oil transport over land is

    not suitable, oil can be transported by ship. A

    typical 30,000-barrel tank barge can carry the

    equivalent of 45 rail tank cars at about one-third

    the cost. Compared to a pipeline, barges are

    cheaper by 20-35%, depending on the route.


    PIPELINES

    • To ensure the efficient and safe

    operations of the pipelines, operators

    routinely inspect their pipelines for

    corrosion and defects through the

    process of pigging
    What is Pigging?

    • Pigging in the context of pipelines refers to

    the practice of using devices known as

    "pigs" to perform various maintenance

    operations. This is done without stopping

    the flow of the product in the pipeline.


    What is Pigging?

    • These operations include but are not limited to cleaning and

    inspecting the pipeline. This is accomplished by inserting the

    pig into a "pig launcher" (or "launching station") — an

    oversized section in the pipeline, reducing to the normal

    diameter. The launching station is then closed and the

    pressure-driven flow of the product in the pipeline is used to

    push the pig along down the pipe until it reaches the receiving

    trap — the "pig catcher" (or "receiving station").


    Oil Tanker / Ships
    • Loading on tanker involves loading
    systems that includes:

    Jetty
    Single Buoy Mooring

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