MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 12: CALCULATION OF PETROLEUM QUANTITIES - SECTION 2: CALCULATION OF PETROLEUM QUANTITIES USING DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT METHODS AND VOLUMETRIC CORRECTION FACTORS - PART 1: INTRODUCTION
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1.1 Purpose
1.2 Scope
1.3 Organization of Standard
1.3.1 Part 1 - Introduction
1.3.2 Part 2 - Measurement Tickets
1.3.3 Part 3 - Proving Reports
1.3.4 Part 4 - Calculation of Base Prover Volumes by
Waterdraw Method
1.3.5 Part 5 - Calculation of Base Prover Volumes by
Master Meter Method
1.4 Referenced Publications
1.5 Field of Application
1.5.1 Applicable Liquids
1.5.2 Base Conditions
1.6 Uncertainty
1.6.1 General
1.6.2 Hierarchy of Accuracies
1.7 Precision, Rounding, and Discrimination Levels
1.7.1 Rounding of Numbers
1.7.2 Discrimination Levels
1.8 Definitions, Symbols, and Abbreviations
1.8.1 Definitions
1.8.2 Symbols and Abbreviations
1.9 Liquid Density
1.10 Derivation of Liquid Base Volume Equations
1.10.1 Determination of Indicated Volume
1.10.2 Determination of Gross Standard Volume
1.10.3 Determination of Net Standard Volume
1.10.4 Determination of S&W Volume
1.11 Principal Correction Factors
1.11.1 Liquid Density Correction Factors
1.11.2 Prover and Field Measure Steel Correction Factors
1.11.3 Meter Factors and Composite Meter Factors (MFs, CMFs)
1.11.4 Meter Accuracy Factor (MA)
1.11.5 K-Factors and Composite K-Factors (KFs, CKFs)
1.11.6 Combined Correction Factors (CCF, CCF[p], CCF[m])
1.11.7 Correction for Sediment and Water (CSW)
APPENDIX A - CORRECTION FACTORS FOR STEEL
APPENDIX B - LIQUID DENSITY CORRELATION
Describes standardized calculation methods for the quantification of liquids and the determination of base prover volumes under defined conditions, regardless of the point of origin or destination or the units of measure required by governmental customs or statute.
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | American Petroleum Institute |
| ProductNote | Reconfirmed 2009 |
