McCrometer precision V-Cone steam-injection flow meter

The McCrometer precision V-Cone steam-injection flow meter supports enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technologies that produce heavy oil from demanding environments, such as shallow oil sands deposits and other challenging formations.

Featuring differential pressure (dP) technology, the self-conditioning flow meter provides flow measurement accuracy and repeatability over a broad flow range regardless of fluid dynamics. Accuracy is ±0.5% with repeatability of ±0.1% over a wide turndown. The flow meter is claimed to reduce permanent pressure loss by 75% compared to a traditional orifice plate. In addition, steam flooding requires multiple meters to monitor the process that must operate over the life of the field with low maintenance requirements to make the operation cost-effective. The meter’s centrally located cone interacts with the steam, reshaping the velocity profile to provide a stable signal that increases measurement accuracy.

The flow meter with built-in flow conditioning also reduces the upstream/downstream straight pipe run required by orifice plates and venturi tubes by up to 70%. This significant reduction in pipe requirements adds up to materials and installation labour cost savings.