by Staff Writer | Nov 19, 2015 | Control Systems, CSI, Oil and Gas, Programming
THE MYSTERY A purchaser and transporter of crude oil products contacted ACES with a challenge relating to one of their LACT stations. A LACT unit (Lease Account Custody Transfer) is the critical control system in an oil pumping station, which measures and regulates...
by Staff | Feb 18, 2011 | Control Systems, CSI, Steam Generators
THE MYSTERY An ACES Control Systems Investigator was called to the scene of an oil-heating steam generator platform, in a processing plant for natural gas liquids (NGLs). The CSI had been called for routine biennial emissions testing, but he noticed the trend lines...