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Title: High Capacity Liquid Measurement Systems
Author: Paul J. Lanasa
Source: 1975 International School of Hydrocarbon Measurement
Year Published: 1975
Abstract: Most of us are at least somewhat familiar with the size of battleships and a i r c r a f t carriers which are in the 100,000 DWT size. Perhaps you remember when the 115,000 DWT ice breaker-tanker Manhattan made i t s historic t r i p to Prudhoe Bay by way of the Northwest Passage. It didnt load much North Slope o i l on that t r i p back to the United States, but we think of the Manhattan and of the war ships as big vessels. Now, about every four to six weeks, certain oil loading terminals in the Middle East are v i s i t ed by either the London Galactic or the Tokyo Galactic: tankers in the 477,000 DWT class. These 3.5 m i l l i on barrel supertankers (proper name c l a s s i f i c a t i on being ery Large Crude Carriers-VLCC) must be loaded in as short a time as possible to make t h e i r use economical. They dont have much of a payout while tied up to a loading berth. This, then, is the incentive to use high capacity metering systems in this particular area of the world. Major pipeline systems here in the United States have been using large meter systems for some years now in both crude o i l and finished product services. Plantation Pipeline, Colonial Pipeline and Explorer Pipeline systems are examples of big product lines which use meters for measurement. Capline, Ozark, and Ranch crude systems use meters in many terminals.

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