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Title: The Gas Industry Measurement Plan
Author: Paul A. Hoglund
Source: American Gas Association 1985
Year Published: 1985
Abstract: Any discussion of a Long Range Measurement Plan lor the natural gas industry must include some comment on the need for such a plan, I he premise upon which the plan is based, and the background of the plans development. Without all three, the plan itself is meaningless. For it to be implemented on an industry level, our industry must agree that the need exists and that such a plan has value both in the immediate time frame and in terms of future operation. The need here relates to changes that have taken place in the market over the last ten years. What was applicable in the 60s is questioned in the 80s. Yet from a measurement standpoint, our technology is more in keeping with the 30s. Today we deal with a measurement technology that is fifty years old. A technology that produces results that are 0.5 percent. To place this in engineering terms -we have a techology that will produce results to three significant figures. Common practice, however, marries computer techniques to our calculation, and we regularly produce Billings to nine or more significant figures. We fail to recognize that a 1,000 bill is really 5 and a 1,000,000 bill is 5,000. This technology lag is nothing new. On the other hand, it was only with the major escalation in the price of natural gas and other related hydrocarbons that occurred in the late 70s that our industry really displayed an interest in the precision or accuracy of our volume measurement. Actions were initiated to address these concerns. Any advance in technology requires two things -time and money. We dont really have enough of either one. On the other hand, what we are committing is beginning to produce results. Over the past several years, our industry has committed millions of dollars in research in this basic technology area. Specific programs have been adopted and funded by the American Gas Association, the American Petroleum Institute, the Gas Research Institute, vendors, the National Engineering Laboratory of Great Britain, Gasunie in Holland, Ruhr Gas in Germany, Gaz de France, and probably several others I hat dont immediately come to mind. This work has been done in cooperation with the National Bureau of Standards at both the Boulder and Gaithersburg facilities, the University of Oklahoma, Texas A&M, the Colorado Engineering Experiment Station, Inc., Southwest Research, and Gulf Research.

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