Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has issued the formal approval of custody transfer measurement systems for deployment within the operating regions of Waha Oil Company. The General Directorate of Inspection and Measurement of NOC issued the final approval of measurement systems for the oil tank farm at Es Sidra Oil Terminal, which operates with radar technology.
The installed automatic tank gauging system technically is approved by the American Petroleum Institute for fiscal measurement and custody transfer measurement.
Further, the final approval of gas flow measurement systems pumped from Faregh field to the Sarir power plant was granted. These approved ultrasonic flow meters operated for fiscal measurement and custody transfer purposes comply with the American Gas Association standards.
The technical accreditations were issued in accordance with the interim and final accreditation plan based on the requirements of the Libyan Measurement Code approved by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the NOC after many successful on-site tests were conducted during the past days. These tests were tasked with achieving the required accuracy in accordance with applied international standards.