Pipeline

Meter Balance Valve and Meter Back Pressure Valve

In transporting crude oil and pipeline petroleum products to refineries, storage tanks, and other delivery points, metering of the fluid is essential for determining flow rate, volume, and ultimately, cost. In situations where the flow in the input line may vary significantly, multiple meter runs are required in order to maintain flow rates within the optimum accuracy range of each flowmeter.

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Pump Station Pressure Control

A major midstream pipeline company is undertaking several projects to expand its capacity to meet the energy transportation needs of North America. One of the projects – a pipeline hundreds of miles long – will result in an increase in flow to more than 1,000,000 barrels of crude oil per day from the original design capacity of 400,000 barrels per day. The project will involve modification and upgrading of the existing pump stations, as well as the addition of a number of new pump stations.

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Midstream Liquid Pipeline

The liquid pipeline industry has some of the most diverse actuation needs due to the wide range of hydrocarbon products, flow rates, pipeline sizes and pipeline distances. These pipelines transport hydrocarbons such as crude oil, refined products, and NGL’s to or from refineries and chemical plants where they undergo distillation and other production processes. Pipe diameters of crude oil trunk, gathering and refined product lines vary in size.

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