New Mexico gas plant operator automates field control

Journal Article · Mon Mar 07 04:00:00 EST 1994 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:5244875

Trosper, R L ^[1]; Stubbs, R G ^[2]; Carver, D ^[3]

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1. GPM Gas Corp., Bartlesville, OK (United States)
2. GPM Gas Corp., Odessa, TX (United States)
3. GPM Gas Corp., Houston, TX (United States)

GPM Gas Corp., Houston, a subsidiary of Phillips Petroleum Co., has implemented a field automation control system (FACS) that allows company operators remotely to monitor natural-gas operations in GPM's New Mexico region. The system has helped improve operating efficiencies and reduce staffing. Operators can now accurately monitor and control gas gathering, booster, and plant operations. The systems allows remote monitoring and measuring of gas flow rates, temperatures, and pressures from the wellhead through processing. Producers who sell gas into GPM's systems now have access to real-time production information through telephone or facsimile for each individual meter station connected to their well sites.

• OSTI ID: 5244875
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 92:10; ISSN OIGJAV; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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03 NATURAL GAS
030300 -- Natural Gas-- Drilling
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GAS METERS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METERS
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