ABLE Instruments & Controls
Oil and Gas Measurement / Control Solutions
Cutbush Park,
Danehill, Lower Earley,
Reading,
RG6 4UT Berkshire,
United Kingdom
Able supply a wide range of specialised measurement instrumentation to the oil and gas industry. Our products include radar level gauges, float level switches, integrated metering systems and several types of flow meter.
Our application knowledge and proven track record of solving the most difficult applications has enabled us to develop our measurement solutions that accurately meet the requirements of almost any process application.
RF ADMITTANCE (RFA) LEVEL MEASUREMENT
Suitable for level measurement of liquids, granulars, slurries and interface in most process environments. High / low level alarm and continuous level measurement solutions are available.
Typical applications:
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- Storage / holding vessels, bulk storage tanks, flare knock out drums
- Separators
- Liquefied gases
- Overfill prevention
RADAR LEVEL GAUGES
Non-contact radar and guided microwave radar transmitters (or TDR transmitters) are available for level control and tank gauging. Non-contact radar offers an easy to use level technique, ideal for tank and vessel measurements with almost any liquid and many solids.
Typical applications:
- Storage / holding vessels, bulk storage tanks, flare knock out drums
- Separator vessels, processing vessels, reactors, blenders, scrubbers and mixers
Guided radar transmitters are suitable for level indication of most liquids or solids and also interface on some applications.
FLOAT LEVEL SWITCHES
Our unique float level switch modular design (switch, flange and float) provides a solution for many high or low level applications. Renowned for reliability, our float level switches can be mounted either horizontally or vertically depending on application.
MAGNETIC LEVEL INDICATORS / GAUGES
Our magnetic level indicators and gauges provide a clear, high clarity indication of gauge liquid levels. A float containing a magnet rises and falls with the liquid. As the float moves, this information is transferred to the indication rail mounted on the outside of the tube. Various outputs are available for both point and continuous level control.
NUCLEONIC LEVEL DETECTORS
In nucleonic continuous level measurement, a narrow fan of radiation is directed through the vessel to a detector mounted on the opposite side for high accuracy measurement.
CARGO TRANSFER METERING (CTM)
Our integrated metering system is designed to provide fully verified flow data and fluid property information when moving bulk quantities of hydrocarbons during production and offloading process.
The system is ideally suited to the Floating Production, Storage and Offload (FPSO) unit, as well as the FSU, semi-sub or fixed production platform. A true alternative to conventionally used turbine style devices with prover loop systems.
ULTRASONIC CLAMP-ON FLOW METERS
Our dedicated and portable range of ultrasonic Wide-Beam™ clamp-on flow meters provides accurate, non-intrusive mass and volumetric flow metering for use on clean and dirty liquids with pipe OD ranging from 6mm to 10m. Single, dual and four channel versions are available.
Typical applications:
- Chemical injection, water injection
- Produced water applications
- Temperature and oil / water separator vessels
CORIOLIS MASS FLOW METERS
Able’s Coriolis flow meters are capable of withstanding vibration, high pressure, abrasion and corrosive media. Our range includes the world’s largest mass flow meter.
The omega tube has a torsional movement, allowing increased tube wall thickness, eliminating the need for a secondary containment associated with other element designs.
Typical applications:
- Drilling mud
- Chemical injection
- Gas measurement
- Custody transfer duty
- Heavy fuel oil / bunker
Other flow meter solutions include turbine flow meters and variable area flow meters (rotameters).
Our range of pressure instrumentation includes pressure and differential pressure switches, gauges and transmitters. Our products offer reliable measurement performance for critical applications. Thermowells are also available.
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ABLE Instruments & Controls was founded to fill the void created by the rigid supply nature of instrumentation manufacturers and the lack of engineering and support capability exhibited by traditional representative organisations.
Flowmeters
Understanding the accuracy of a given flowmeter is an important field but it can also be misleading, as different specifications are used to explain how accurately a flowmeter actually measures.
Bonga Deep-water Project, Niger Delta, Nigeria
Bonga is the first deepwater project for the Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO) and for Nigeria.
Agbami Oilfield
The $3.5bn Agbami oilfield project is one of Nigeria's largest deepwater developments.
Kashagan Offshore Oil Field
Discovered in July 2000, Kashagan was described as the largest field found in the past 30 years, the largest outside of the Middle East, with a projected output close to that of the Ghawar field in Saudi Arabia.
Ekofisk II
The original Ekofisk area development consisted of eight oil and gas fields, namely Cod, Ekofisk, West Ekofisk, Tor, Albuskjell, Eldfisk, Edda and Embla.
Stybarrow Oil Field, Australia
Discovered in February 2003, the Stybarrow oil field is located in licence block number WA-32-L in the Exmouth sub-basin
Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli Oilfield
The Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field lies 120km off the coast of Azerbaijan in 120m of water and contains 5.4 billion barrels of recoverable oil.
Buzzard Field
The Buzzard field is located in the Outer Moray Firth, central North Sea, 100km north-east of Aberdeen, UK, and 55km from the coast at Peterhead.
Clair Field, Shetlands
When it was discovered in 1977, the Clair field was the largest discovered but undeveloped hydrocarbon resource on the U
Goldeneye Gas Platform
Goldeneye is located 100km northeast of St Fergus. It was discovered in October 1996 with the drilling of well 14/29a-3
Magnus EOR
Magnus - the UK's most northerly oilfield - was discovered in 1974 by the semi-submersible drilling rig Sedco 703. It li
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ABLE Instruments & Controls is pleased to announce that Canty has received ATEX and IECEx certification for its latest range of fibre optic and process lighting solutions.
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Rheonik Unveils New Generation of Omega Tube Coriolis Meters
UK-based measurement instrumentation specialist ABLE is pleased to announce the release of Rheonik’s next-generation L Series Coriolis Flow Meter Sensors.
One Series 1X Product of the Year
ABLE Instruments & Controls are pleased to announce that United Electric's One Series 1X electronic pressure and temperature transmitter-switch has been officially named the product of the year in the process control category by Poland's Control Engineering magazine.
ISO 5167-5 for Cone Meters Released
ISO have now released a standard for cone meters, Measurement of fluid flow by means of pressure - Part 5: Cone meters. The major advantage of this standard to the industry is that it harmonises how cone meters are to be used and will help negate false claims made by certain manufacturers.
New M12-Magnetic Switch Series for the Process Industries
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Safety First – Double Isolation for Flare Gas Meters
The unmanned Neptune Platform lies in the North Sea Southern Sector off the Yorkshire coast of England. Throughout the operational life of the platform, flare stack metering has been achieved using a Fluenta ultrasonic flare gas meter, providing reliable, accurate measurement across the extreme velocity ranges and operational conditions associated with flare gas metering.
Valve Position Technology Without Limits
Many offshore oil and gas operators are seeking an alternative to limit switches for the control of surface Xmas tree valves, due chiefly to issues with reliability and functionality; limit switch technology can only provide valve status information in terms of fully opened or closed with no facility for continuous feedback as to actual valve position.
ABLE Launches New Website
Leading manufacturer and supplier of process instrumentation and control solutions ABLE Instruments & Controls has launched a new website with improved functionality, design, and navigation.
Putting the ABLE into Portable ATEX-Approved Flow Metering
Portable flowmeters need to be installed and removed without breaking the integrity of the pipe.
Entrained Solids / Gas Prove No Match for ABLE SlugMaster
ABLE has successfully installed their SlugMaster® system to solve a challenging produced water application onboard the Talisman Clyde Platform.
Up To 24-Hour Power For Able’s Hazardous Area Portable Flow Meter
Able's hazardous area clamp-on ultrasonic portable flow meter accurately measures liquid flow rates while providing the added performance, safety, economy and convenience of a non-intrusive design. Utilising a new battery pack design, this new high-precision transit time ultrasonic flo
The Source and Risks Of Mercury in the Offshore Industry
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Drexelbrook Analyzer Succesfully Tested
ABLE Instruments & Controls Ltd is pleased to report a successful acceptance testing phase for measuring coke tar moisture at Corus Steel Plant in Scunthorpe, using their Drexelbrook CM6 on-line water in oil analyser. The analyser was trialled to replace the current method using a K
Hands-On Training Course in Aberdeen Receives Top Marks
ABLE Instruments & Controls Limited has successfully delivered the first training course at their purpose built process-training centre in Dyce, Aberdeen. The fully booked course offered delegates an "Introduction to Coriolis Mass Flow Meters" with a large proportion of hands-on pr
Able Instruments & Controls Limited
Cutbush Park
Danehill, Lower Earley
Reading
RG6 4UT
Berkshire
United Kingdom