DELIVERED AT AS UNIFORM OF FLOW RATE AS IS PRACTICAL.
4.4
ALL MEA DELIVERIES AT EQUITABLE FACILITIES SHALL COMPLY WITH
EQUITABLE'S SAFETY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
ARTICLE 5
MEASUREMENT
5.1
TRUCK MEASUREMENT.
UNTIL THE REPLACEMENT EQUITABLE PIPELINE HAS
BEEN CONSTRUCTED, INSTALLED AND MADE OPERATIONAL, QUANTITIES OF PLANT PRODUCTS
AND NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS DELIVERED INTO TRUCKS AT THE ** WILL BE DETERMINED BY
WEIGHING EACH TRUCK, USING STATE CERTIFIED SCALES, BOTH FULL AND AFTER THE PLANT
PRODUCTS AND NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS HAVE BEEN UNLOADED AND CALCULATING THE WEIGHT
OF THE PLANT PRODUCTS AND NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS DELIVERED.
A SAMPLE OF THE PLANT
PRODUCTS AND NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS WILL BE TAKEN AND ANALYZED, USING MEANS AND
METHODS GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE IN THE GAS INDUSTRY, TO DETERMINE THE COMPONENT
COMPOSITION AND SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF THE DELIVERED PLANT PRODUCTS AND NATURAL GAS
LIQUIDS.
THE MEASURED WEIGHT AND COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS WILL BE APPLIED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE ASTM-IP PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT TABLES, AMERICAN EDITION, ASTM
DESIGNATION D 1250, TABLE NO. 24, TO DETERMINE THE VOLUME OF PLANT PRODUCTS AND
NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS DELIVERED BY COMPONENT, CORRECTED TO 60°F.
5.2
PIPELINE INTERCONNECT MEASUREMENT.
EQUITABLE SHALL DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCT A LIQUID HYDROCARBON METERING FACILITY CONTAINING METERS FOR BOTH
CUSTODY TRANSFER MEASUREMENT AND FOR CHECK MEASUREMENT MEETING THE
SPECIFICATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT AND REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO MEA.
THE LIQUID HYDROCARBONS SHALL BE MEASURED IN POUNDS (LBM) BY CORIOLIS METERS
MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE TO EQUITABLE AND MEA.
TWO METERS SHALL BE INSTALLED IN
SERIES (METER A AND METER B).
METER A SHALL BE THE FIRST METER IN THE LINE OF
FLOW AND SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS THE "CHECK METER".
METER B SHALL BE THE SECOND
METER IN THE LINE OF FLOW AND SHALL BE THE "ACCOUNTING METER".
IF ADDITIONAL
METER RUNS ARE REQUIRED, THEY SHALL BE CONFIGURED IN THE SAME MANNER.
THE
FACILITY WILL BE CONSTRUCTED WITH PROVER LOOPS AND SUFFICIENT ACCESS FOR EITHER
TRUCK MOUNTED OR TRAILER MOUNTED PROVERS SO THAT THE CUSTODY AND CHECK METERS
CAN BE PROVED ON SITE WITH BALL PROVERS (IF AGREED UPON BY THE PARTIES HEREIN).
The liquid stream shall be analyzed with a gas chromatograph mutually acceptable
to Equitable and MEA.
The gas chromatograph shall be housed in a temperature
controlled building.
The natural gas liquid will be vaporized to a gas state
prior to analysis by the chromatograph.
The analysis results shall be used to
calculate the hydrocarbon liquids physical properties.
The calibration gas
shall be certified by the supplier, and shall be stored and used in a
temperature-controlled environment so that condensation of any component does
not occur.
5.3
BTU CALCULATION.
THE QUANTITY OF BTUS IN THE LIQUID HYDROCARBON
STREAM SHALL BE CALCULATED BY USING THE ACCUMULATED MASS OF THE HYDROCARBON
LIQUID STREAM FROM THE ACCOUNTING METER AND THE WEIGHT PERCENT OF EACH LIQUID
HYDROCARBON COMPONENT DETERMINED BY CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS.
MORE
SPECIFICALLY, THE CALCULATION STEPS ARE:
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(A)
CALCULATE THE WEIGHT FRACTION OF EACH
COMPONENT BY MULTIPLYING THE MOLE FRACTION OF EACH COMPONENT (FROM
CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS) BY ITS MOLECULAR WEIGHT (FROM