Crossroads Pipeline Company
First Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 11/01/2001, Docket: RP02- 14-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 247 Original Sheet No. 247 : Effective
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(Continued)
26.9 Measuring Equipment.
(a) Unless otherwise agreed to in writing, Transporter will operate, maintain, and install
measuring stations and equipment by which the volumes of natural gas or quantities of energy delivered by
Transporter are determined.
(b) Unless otherwise agreed to in writing, or unless gas is being received from an interstate
pipeline company which has an approved FERC Gas Tariff governing measurement of gas it delivers, Transporter
will install, operate and maintain measuring stations and equipment by which the volumes of natural gas or
quantities of energy received by Transporter are determined.
(c) Where measuring stations and associated equipment are installed by Shipper, they shall be
designed and installed in accordance with all engineering and other standards and practices as specified by
Transporter, and Transporter shall have the right to be present and inspect the installation of all such
measuring stations and equipment to insure compliance with such standards and practices. Shipper and
Transporter shall agree in writing to reasonable standards and practices by which such measuring stations
and associated equipment shall be operated by Shipper as required to insure the continuous accuracy thereof.
(d) Shipper and Transporter shall have the right to be present at the time of any installation,
reading, cleaning, change of charts, repair, inspection, test, calibration, or adjustment made in connection
with Transporter's or Shipper's measuring stations or equipment used to measure gas received by Transporter
for Shipper or delivered by Transporter to Shipper.
(e) The Records from measuring equipment shall remain the property of the operator of such
equipment, but upon request the operator will submit to the other party its Records, together with
calculations therefrom, for inspection, subject to return within 30 days after receipt thereof.
(f) Orifice meters shall be installed and operated, and gas quantities computed, in accordance
with AGA Report No. 3, American National Standards Institute ANSI/API 2530, "Orifice Metering of Natural
Gas", revised Second Edition, 1985, applied in a practical and appropriate manner, except that the
supercompressibility factor shall be calculated in accordance with Section 26.8 above.
(g) Turbine meters shall be installed and operated, and gas quantities computed, in accordance
with AGA Transmission Measurement Committee Report No. 7, "Measurement of Gas by Turbine Meters", 1985
Edition, applied in a practical and appropriate manner, except that the supercompressibility factor shall be
calculated in accordance with Section 26.8 above.
(h) Diaphragm meters shall be installed and operated, and gas quantities computed, in accordance
with ANSI B109.1 or B109.2, "Diaphragm Type Gas Displacement Meters", 1986, applied in a practical and
appropriate manner, except that the supercompressibility factor shall be calculated in accordance with
Section 26.8 above.
(i) Rotary meters shall be installed and operated, and gas quantities computed, in accordance
with ANSI B109.3, "Rotary Type Gas Displacement Meters", 1986, applied in a practical and appropriate
manner, except that the supercompressibility factor shall be calculated in accordance with Section 26.8
above.