Awarded Orders

In Summer 2019, a final decision was taken to upgrade the facility’s nuclear reactor chilled water metering systems to the current generation of USMs. As the supplier of the previous, highly effective clamp-on ultrasonic meters, ABLE were asked to recommend and supply the new systems. As a result, ABLE has recently received a Ministry of Defence Contract to equip the test facility with 20 off single channel meters and a dual channel submersible portable unit.

AGOCO has upstream operations in eight oil fields including the Messla Oil Fields and also operates one crude oil terminal in Tobruk.

In order to be able to determine the minimum permissible flow velocity of well fluid (oil, water and natural gas mix) in 6” pipes with reliability, accuracy and repeatability, AGOCO chose ABLE’s Magnetrol Thermal Dispersion Switches. The operator required full confidence that the Model TD2 would switch at a minimum flow velocity of 0.055 m/s.

As part of a small (“spend to save”) metering project with scope for a lot more meters during AMP7, Severn were looking to looking to replace 4 off troublesome ABB Aqua Probes on 12” to 36” trunk mains across three sites – Campion Hills (Warwickshire), Burcot (Oxfordshire) and Hallgates (Leicestershire).

Following successful demonstrations and an evaluation period, Severn opted for ABLE’s Full Profile Insertion (FPI) Mag Flow Meter, as manufactured by our partner McCrometer. Aside from meeting exacting industry standards of 0.5% accuracy, its ease of installation and total cost savings were key elements in Severn selecting the FPI. Its insertion design facilitates easy, hot tap installation, which allows the meter to be installed without interrupting service, de-watering lines, cutting pipe, welding flanges, or inconveniencing customers.

At the time of writing, a further 12 sites are under consideration for the FPI upgrade.

The DOB block (Mangara) is 1,320 km2 and the Mangara field, the only area drilled by previous operators in the block, is located 107km from the Export Pipeline. All three wells drilled on the Mangara field by previous operators encountered oil with test rates ranging from 300 bbls/d to 1,600 bbls/d of light sweet crude oil.

As part of the level measurement upgrades on the Mangara Central Production Facility, Glencore contracted ABLE to recommend and supply the appropriate instrumentation to achieve greater accuracy on the Degassers and Recovered Oil Tanks. ABLE provided several Guided Wave Radar (GWR) Transmitters in chambers and, for those duties that required both a discreet visual indication and an analogue (4-20mA) output, ABLE specified Magnetrol Aurora GWR/Magnetic Level Gauge combinations.

The Bruce complex is located in blocks 9/9a, 9/8a and 9/9b. It lies 340km to the northeast of Aberdeen, Scotland in the UK Sector of the Northern North Sea.
The Bruce complex consists of three bridge-linked platforms:

• A Production Utilities Quarters Platform with quarters for crew (max. 168 persons);
• A Drilling Platform; and
• A Compression/Reception Platform which hosts reception and compression facilities.

The subsea Keith and Rhum fields are both tied back to the Bruce complex where they are transported and processed for export. Gas is exported via the Frigg pipeline to the St Fergus terminal and liquids are exported via the Forties Pipeline System.

The company is the third largest producer of Scotch whisky (10.4% market share) after Diageo (34.4%), and Pernod Ricard.[3][4] The company is registered at The Glenfiddich distillery in Dufftown.[5]

Although staying true to many of the distilling techniques of its founder, Grants foster a forward thinking and pioneering culture that recognises the need for innovative thinking and continuous improvement. To that end they decided to improve the quality and accuracy of the flow measurement of the steam used to heat the whisky stills. ABLE Instruments recommended that they upgrade the existing orifice plate meters to McCrometer’s ExactSteam V-Cones. The V-Cone flowmeter acts as its own flow conditioner by disrupting all centralised flow disturbances and enables the lowest permanent pressure loss to maximise plant efficiency.

Having changed to V-Cones, William Grant are looking forward to reduced energy costs and maintenance requirements going forward.

The ExactSteam V-Cone System’s innovative design delivers repeatable accuracy of ±0.5% of rate (easily surpassing the project’s 1% requirement) with up to a 50:1 flow range under the most difficult flow conditions. The ExactSteam acts as its own flow conditioner, fully conditioning and mixing the flow prior to measurement. Readings are always precise and reliable, even under changing flow situations.

The meters are to be installed immediately downstream of the steam boiler’s crown valve with prevailing process conditions of 7.2barg pressure and a maximum mass flow rate of 5,000kg/hr.

DENSO Manufacturing UK is the largest UK based manufacturing facility for DENSO and supplies HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) units, radiators, and ECMs (Engine Cooling Modules) to a distinguished portfolio of vehicle manufacturers (Toyota, Honda, Bentley, Jaguar Land Rover) located across the UK, Europe and internationally.

Having settled on Rheonik Coriolis Mass Flow Meters for their manufacturing plant in Germany, and wishing to duplicate the HVAC test facility in the UK, Denso contracted ABLE to supply a 0.5” meter for accurate dosing of compressor lubricant to the HVAC refrigerant systems. The Model RHE08, with its unique torsional oscillator, will deliver an accuracy of +/- 0.15% across its 1 to 50kg/min range and is ideally suited to small scale production with continuous low flow and small batch dispensing requirements.