Automatic Tank Battery Operation with Skid Mounted P.D. Meters and Components

Cities Service has three automatic tank batteries, all of which use positive displacement meters. All of these batteries are unattended and automatic in operation. Oil is produced, monitored, treated and run to the pipeline without manual intervention. Although positive displacement meters are the heart of these units, there are other components just as necessary and important to automatic custody transfer (ACT) of oil to the pipeline. This paper will discuss the ACT Units as developed by Cities Service with special emphasis on the components used to accomplish the necessary functions of automatic battery operation.