Northwest Pipeline Corporation
First Revised Volume No. 1-A
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Effective Date: 11/25/1990, Docket: GT91- 5-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 407 Original Sheet No. 407 : Effective
GENERAL TRANSPORTATION TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(Continued)
4. MEASUREMENT OF GAS (Continued)
4.3 Meters or Measurement Equipment. For purposes of this section,
Meters or Measurement Equipment shall mean the primary measurement
element (i.e., orifice plate, turbine meter, etc.), and recording
instruments. Gas delivered to Transporter at the Receipt Points shall be
measured by measurement equipment installed, operated and maintained at
such Receipt Points by the party(ies) identified on Exhibit "A" to the
Transportation Agreement. Gas delivered by Transporter at the Delivery
Points shall be measured by measurement equipment installed, operated and
maintained at such Delivery Points by the party(ies) identified on
Exhibit "B" to the Transportation Agreement. Where orifice meters are
used they shall be installed and operated in accordance with the
specifications prescribed in ANSI/API 2530 as supplemented and modified
from time to time, applied in a practical and appropriate manner. Where
positive displacement meters, turbine meters, or other measuring devices
are used, they shall be installed and operated in accordance with
recommendations of the American Gas Association, where available. The
respective meter, meter readings and meter charts shall be accessible at
all reasonable times to inspection and examination by the non-operating
party. Calibration and adjustment of meters and changing of charts shall
be done only by the party owning and operating the measurement
facilities, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties.
4.4 Temperature and Specific Gravity. The following measurement
factors shall be given due consideration.
(a) The temperature of the natural gas flowing through each meter
shall be an assumed temperature arrived at by agreement or the
actual measured temperature.
(b) The specific gravity of the gas shall be determined by the
party operating the meter by calculation, adjusted for any
difference between the specific gravity in the ideal state and in
the real state in accordance with published procedures accepted by
the American Gas Association.
4.5 Notice of Equipment Tests. Unless otherwise agreed to by the
parties, the party operating the measurement facilities shall give notice
to the other party of the time and location of all tests of gas delivered
hereunder or of any equipment used in measuring or determining the nature
or quality of such gas, in order that such other party may conveniently
have its representative present. Should the non-operating party