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Title: Onsite Proving Of Gas Meters
Author: Daniel J. Rudroff
Source: 2004 Appalachian Gas Measurement Short Course
Year Published: 2004
Abstract: With the increased use of Natural Gas as a fuel, higher natural gas prices, and the new federal regulations, buyers and sellers of natural gas are seriously looking at ways to improve their natural gas measurement and reduce the unaccounted for natural gas. An error in measurement of only one tenth of one percent (0.1%) on 100 million standard cubic feet per day of Natural Gas selling at 5.50/MCF will cause an over or under billing of 200,750.00 in one year. This will easily pay for a proving system. The energy (Btu) in one barrel of oil is equivalent to approximately 5,600 cubic feet of natural gas. At 5.50 per thousand cubic feet, the natural gas equivalent of one barrel of oil costs 30.80 or more than the cost of an average barrel of oil. In the petroleum industry no custody transfer liquid measurement system would be used without a method to prove the meter. The prover would be part of the measurement system or there would be connections provided on the measurement skid to connect a portable prover.

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