API MPM CH12.2 : 1981 (R1995)

12.2.0 Introduction and Purpose
12.2.1 Scope
12.2.2 Referenced Publications
12.2.3 Field of Application
12.2.4 Hierarchy of Accuracies
12.2.5 Principal Correction Factors
       12.2.5.1 Correction for the Effect of Temperature on
                Steel, C[ts]
       12.2.5.2 Correction for the Effect of Pressure on
                Steel, C[ps]
       12.2.5.3 Correction for the Effect of Temperature on a
                Liquid, C[tl]
       12.2.5.4 Correction for the Effect of Pressure on a
                Liquid, C[pl]
       12.2.5.5 Combined Correction Factor, CCF
12.2.6 Calculation of the Volume of Provers
       12.2.6.1 Purpose and Implications
       12.2.6.2 Field Standards
       12.2.6.3 Rule for Rounding - Provers
       12.2.6.4 Calculation of Base Volumes
12.2.7 Calculation of the Meter Factor
       12.2.7.1 Purpose and Implications
       12.2.7.2 Hierarchy of Accuracies
       12.2.7.3 Rule for Rounding - Meter Factors
       12.2.7.4 Calculation of the Meter Factor Using a Tank
                Prover and a Displacement Meter
       12.2.7.5 Example Calculation for a Tank Prover and
                Displacement Meter
       12.2.7.6 Calculation of the Meter Factor Using Pipe
                Provers
12.2.8 Calculation of Measurement Tickets
       12.2.8.1 Purpose and Implications
       12.2.8.2 Terms
       12.2.8.3 Rule for Rounding - Measurement Tickets
       12.2.8.4 Correction Factors
       12.2.8.5 Hierarchy of Accuracies
       12.2.8.6 Standard Procedures
       12.2.8.7 Conventions
       12.2.8.8 Example Measurement Ticket for a Low Vapor
                Pressure Liquid
APPENDIX A - CORRECTION FACTORS FOR STEEL
APPENDIX B - CORRECTIONS TO OFFSET THE EFFECTS OF
             TEMPERATURE ON METAL SHELLS
APPENDIX C - SAMPLE METER PROVING REPORT FORMS
APPENDIX D - CHAPTERS 22 AND 23 FROM NBS HANDBOOK 91
Index

Defines the various terms used in the calculation of metered petroleum quantities. Coverage includes: principal correction factors; hierarchy of accuracies; calculation of the volume of provers; calculation of the meter factor; calculation of measurement tickets. Also gives detailed tables and diagrams.