Training partnership targets oil and gas industry

An Able Instruments and Controls product story

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Mar 25, 2008

Able Instruments and Controls and CEESI provide a specialist service for technical training, flow meter calibration and consultancy

Able Instruments and Controls is collaborating with Colorado Engineering Experiment Station (CEESI) to offer calibration, specialist training, consultation, product development and research services.

CEESI began operation in 1951 as the Engineering Experiment Station for the University of Colorado to research, develop and test small rockets for the Naval Ordinance Test Station at China Lake, California.

In the 1950s, when turbine-type meters came into use by the military, the station became the sole location for testing these meters.

Eventually, the university's interest waned and in 1966, with the assistance of Professor Tom Arnberg, the nonprofit organisation separated from the university and moved to the present site, a surplus Atlas missile site near Nunn, Colorado.

In 1986, the current Vice President and CEO purchased the facility and since then has operated as an independent commercial calibration facility.

CEESI has assisted in the development of several meter types including turbine flow meters and V-CONE testing with wet gas.

Performance evaluation of electronic flow measurement systems under simulated field conditions has been conducted for several companies and CEESI has participated in the development of international orifice meter standards.

Applied research includes control valve noise investigations, flow conditioner performance, super critical CO2 research and oil effect studies on orifice measurement.

CEESI participates in measurement comparison programs with other US calibration labs as well as labs in Japan, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Norway, Australia, Russia, China and the Netherlands.

CEESI also participates in flow measurement standards committees organised by ASME, AGA, API and GRI.

Able Instruments is a global supplier of process instrumentation and control solutions.

Able offers a flexible approach to solving measurement applications across most engineering sectors, with a particular focus on the oil and gas market.

Single and multiphase flow metering is one of Able's specialties and Managing Director, Mike Shortall said: "Our partnership with CEESI enables us to offer our customers a specialist service for technical training, flow meter calibration and consultancy".

"The combined technical knowledge and experience of Able and CEESI will offer a valuable resource for all those involved with process flow metering and product development".

Able will be hosting a range of technical training courses offered by CEESI at their facility in Dyce, Aberdeen.

Curses will include Fundamentals of Flow Metering, Fundamentals of Natural Gas Measurement, Wet Gas Metering and Measurement Uncertainty.

Full course listings, schedules and availability will be posted on Able's website.

Able also offers the CEESI technical document library online.