Setting new standards in oil and gas metering

Our experienced measurement engineers have worked extensively in metering, and understand exactly what you need your metering system to do. This in-depth knowledge, expertise and experience is the foundation for a superior metering supervisory computer system.

At Swinton Technology, we are aware that there is global commitment needed make the world a more sustainable place. So, we are stepping up to current environmental demands and making necessary changes within our business to be more eco-friendly and reduce our CO2 output. In addition, we are consciously working with energy companies who are doing the same.

Measuring emissions is an important first step to managing them. Our Emissions reporting feature has been live since January 2021 and can act as an important communications tool within companies, helping to gain senior management and board support for emissions monitoring. Not meeting agreed emission limits/exceeding agreed emissions limits can have a negative impact and result in production losses, so it makes financial sense to meet regulatory environmental efforts within your assets.

Within TruST, emissions reports are auto-generated, and you will receive all of your current reports, hourly reports, daily reports, and your CO2 monthly report.

Find out more information about Emissions Reporting here.

We offer Live Uncertainty as a standalone solution, added into existing TruST supervisory systems, or as an integrated system for brownfield supervisory upgrades or greenfield installations.

TruST's Live Uncertainty modules provide real-time uncertainty analysis for your metering instruments and systems. As well as assuring that a system is operating in compliance with the contractual requirements, having a live calculation of flow uncertainty provides the following benefits:

• Meter performance can be optimised
• Calibration intervals can be extended
• Warning alarms can be raised as soon as your uncertainty reaches chosen limit.
• Reduce exposure and cost of operation
• Mitigate the risk to profitability
• Enhances the reliability of data

Using an IEC-61131-3 configuration environment, uncertainty function blocks are configured by our engineers to suit your metering architecture. The calculation modules which have the greatest influence on the uncertainty in flow rate (such as DP on an orifice metering system) are calculated at a higher frequency than those which do not change significantly and require more significant processing, such as the sensitivity coefficients. This provides a near real-time update of uncertainty which can be displayed and integrated to provide the uncertainty for a batch or measurement period.

Take a look at our Live Uncertainty brochure here to find out more.

TruST gives you outstanding measurement accuracy in accordance with industry standards. It enables you to collate information from all of your flow computers, PLCs and CBM diagnostics into a single, central graphical user interface. 

Using our own ST103A Data Acquisition Module (a high precision I/O device), TruST can provide fiscally accurate flow measurement for oil and gas metering, removing the need for traditional flow computers. Removing this additional layer of flow computers allows you to save both capital and operational expenditure, while still retaining measurement accuracy. TruST has positively transformed industry processes and continues to deliver revenue savings for clients across the world.

TruST can be specifically tailored to meet your needs and requirements, and it is unique in its ability to integrate with a range of different flow computer systems, making it an effective choice for all oil or gas measurement installations. Our years of experience in developing metering applications mean we have the skills and know-how to integrate TruST with a wide range of different flow computer devices. Our engineers are experienced in the configuration of most flow computers, including the S600+, OMNI 6000, Flow-X, and the Ex~I SFC 3000. TruST is proven with each of these flow computers and can also be adopted alongside an even wider range of flow measurement devices using Modbus Serial, TCP/IP or OPC protocols.

TruST gives you an unparalleled range of measurement criteria and reporting options. Put simply, it puts all of the vital management information you need at your fingertips, so that you can see, at any given time, exactly how efficiently and profitably your plant is operating. Offering enhanced metering performance, TruST provides more than just a window to view your flow computer data, it provides real time monitoring and accessibility and offers ways of enhancing both measurement performance and metering system control.

Access to the TruST system is via individual login accounts, which means your metering information remains secure and only available to a select number of users. All flow measurement data received into TruST is stored securely in the TruST metering database. ST also routinely implement further security enhancements in TruST to align with customer IT and networking requirements.

TruST is a proven virtual solution for the oil and gas industry, providing measurement accuracy in accordance with ISO, API, EI and OIML standards. This in turn negates the requirement for installing traditional flow computers and reduces both capital and operational costs for our customers.