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<blockquote data-quote="eyexer" data-source="post: 122893" data-attributes="member: 315">gonna take a long time to clean that one up.&nbsp; may not happen completely.&nbsp; it's another pipeline without leak detection.&nbsp; farmer found it himself.&nbsp; they honestly have no idea how much oil.&nbsp; how the hell do you miss a million gallons of oil?&nbsp; pumpers record daily production and daily pipeline volumes that leave the well site.&nbsp; But the problem is the oil in these pipelines can come from numerous companies.&nbsp; there appears to be no central data base for what has left the sites and what makes it to the mid stream facility.&nbsp; and nothing will change until we overhaul the industrial commission and remove politics from it.&nbsp; we can't have the promoter of the industry doing the policing and the fining.&nbsp; the whole thing is upside down.&nbsp;&nbsp; The LACT units (oil transfer pumps) don't belong to the oil companies.&nbsp; They are a third party mid stream company that is responsible for the oil as soon as it leaves the tank battery berm in their pipeline.&nbsp; The company we use on a lot of our sites has control of the whole ball of wax from Houston.&nbsp; It works most of the time.&nbsp; They can see how many barrels shipped each day and can see how many barrels got to the mid stream facility.&nbsp; They aren't all like this however.&nbsp; That should be mandatory.&nbsp; And they should have to verify everyday that it matches.&nbsp; The same should happen for salt water.&nbsp; This is a major weakness in the industry up here.&nbsp; I can't imagine it's this way in Texas.&nbsp; Or most states for that matter.&nbsp; With today's technology they should be able to track every gallon at all times.&nbsp; If you have fifty LACT units moving oil, all fifty can have a flow meter on them.&nbsp; The receiving facility would have one also and constantly comparing total flows from the LACT's with incoming flow at the midstream facility.&nbsp; No reason this can't happen like yesterday.&nbsp; You could even break it down and have flow meters in different sectors so that you don't have to shut down the whole system if a leak is detected.&nbsp; Just isolate the sector the assumed/potential leak is in and continue to move the other areas.&nbsp; On the drilling end of things they have about eliminated the directional drilling people on the rig sites.&nbsp; A lot of them are just monitored via satellite in Houston or wherever and if they get off course they call the driller and tell him what to do.&nbsp; Major cost savings.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eyexer, post: 122893, member: 315"] gonna take a long time to clean that one up. may not happen completely. it's another pipeline without leak detection. farmer found it himself. they honestly have no idea how much oil. how the hell do you miss a million gallons of oil? pumpers record daily production and daily pipeline volumes that leave the well site. But the problem is the oil in these pipelines can come from numerous companies. there appears to be no central data base for what has left the sites and what makes it to the mid stream facility. and nothing will change until we overhaul the industrial commission and remove politics from it. we can't have the promoter of the industry doing the policing and the fining. the whole thing is upside down. The LACT units (oil transfer pumps) don't belong to the oil companies. They are a third party mid stream company that is responsible for the oil as soon as it leaves the tank battery berm in their pipeline. The company we use on a lot of our sites has control of the whole ball of wax from Houston. It works most of the time. They can see how many barrels shipped each day and can see how many barrels got to the mid stream facility. They aren't all like this however. That should be mandatory. And they should have to verify everyday that it matches. The same should happen for salt water. This is a major weakness in the industry up here. I can't imagine it's this way in Texas. Or most states for that matter. With today's technology they should be able to track every gallon at all times. If you have fifty LACT units moving oil, all fifty can have a flow meter on them. The receiving facility would have one also and constantly comparing total flows from the LACT's with incoming flow at the midstream facility. No reason this can't happen like yesterday. You could even break it down and have flow meters in different sectors so that you don't have to shut down the whole system if a leak is detected. Just isolate the sector the assumed/potential leak is in and continue to move the other areas. On the drilling end of things they have about eliminated the directional drilling people on the rig sites. A lot of them are just monitored via satellite in Houston or wherever and if they get off course they call the driller and tell him what to do. Major cost savings. [/QUOTE]

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