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Title: Application Of Electronic Computers To The Calculation Of Gas Measurement Factors
Author: S. W. Mapel
Source: 1965 Southwestern Gas Measurement Short Course (Now called ISHM)
Year Published: 1965
Abstract: The oil and gas industry has used data processing equipment for many years. The early machines were well suited to the performance of a large number of arithmetical operations, provided that the data used were homogeneous in nature and the calculations simple enough not to strain the limited capacities of the machines. With the passage of time new machines were made available that were able to process data faster and perform more complex calculations. A certain specialization of function made its appearance, with data processing machines designed for accounting work and its large quantity of information and relatively simple mathematics, and computers designed for technical work requiring more complex calculations but with little input or output. Calculation of the gas measurement factors requires the capabilities of both kinds of machines. A gas processor will gather gas measured through a great many meters. The number of measurement factors and information needed to calculate them greatly exceeds the capacity of early data processing equipment and the cards on which input and output were recorded. The increasing capacity of computers, and especially the introduction of magnetic tape as a recording medium, have overcome the difficulties of developing mechanical procedures of calculating measurement factors.

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