Columbia Gulf meets information requirements

Journal Article · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · Pipeline and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:7310265

Dockal, R ^[1]; Walczak, T A ^[2]

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1. Columbia Gulf Transmission, Houston, TX (US)
2. GE Fanuc Automation, Houston, TX (US)

Faced with growing competitive pressures. Columbia Gulf Transmission is increasing the efficiency of its natural gas pipeline system with improved access to greater amounts of timely, accurate information about pipeline operations. The access is provided by an automated data acquisition system that is capable of handling huge volumes of information, providing accurate measurements and offering flexibility for future system expansion. This paper reports on the system which uses programmable controllers to gather and process compressor station data. A very small aperture terminal satellite telecommunications network then transmits the data to Columbia Gulf's Pipeline Information, Management and Control System in the company's gas control center at Houston.

• OSTI ID: 7310265
• Journal Information: Pipeline and Gas Journal; (United States), Vol. 218:10; ISSN 0032-0188
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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