This describes the measurement system support service provided by KELTON offering a cost effective service utilising innovative metering support expertise developed over many years. This together with operational experience gained within the fields of engineering, third-party auditing, supervision, project management, field operations & support, training, measurement reporting systems design and production on hydrocarbon measurement facilities for all types of fiscal, custody transfer and allocation measurement applications both in the UK and overseas is invaluable for customers.
KELTON fully understand the need for continuing the search for better ways to produce operational cost efficiencies and believe that this can be achieved while at the same time improving system performance and reducing mis-measurement risk exposure. This could be undertaken by ‘smarter working’ through the extensive use of the KELTON Fiscal Metering Management software (KELTON MeterManger) to automate many of the current routine metering system operational and management tasks.
In support of the above, find below in greater detail the services provided by KELTON on a regular basis to customers.
The primary objective of this service is to provide customers with an insight to a more efficient way of operating metering systems that will provide accurate data with minimum intervention.
Test equipment can be supplied and maintained by KELTON such that all required equipment used in the maintenance of the fiscal and custody transfer standard metering systems is covered by the use of equipment traceable to either International or National Standards.
A comprehensive spares list for each site will be produced based on a risk based approach and maintained by KELTON. Each item would be clearly identified and given a unique part number such that they can be allocated and located efficiently.
Technical discussions to resolve problems will initially be between personnel on-site and the KELTON metering specialist.
The periodic calibration results for each critical item of equipment on the metering systems will be evaluated at regular intervals with a view to reducing the required maintenance and hence the overall associated cost of the system.
If an error occurs in the fiscal/custody transfer metering system or the daily reporting the KELTON metering specialist will compile a report in accordance with the mis-measurement reporting procedure detailing the nature of the fault, the remedial action taken and the corrected production figures for that given period.
A fiscal/custody transfer standard metering log book will be maintained on each site for each of the following, where applicable. This could be either paper or the KELTON electronic log book system, for each meter stream, common equipment and prover equipment and will be maintained in accordance with the relevant procedures.