Here, Ian Loudon, International Sales and Marketing Manager at Omniflex, discusses the importance of meter proving. He shares an example of a recent meter proving project the company delivered for Kalibra OGC Services to use at various facilities in Angola and Nigeria.
A meter prover is used to calibrate and verify the accuracy of flow meters, which measure the volume or mass of fluids, typically hydrocarbons, passing through a pipeline. Because even small measurement errors can lead to substantial financial losses, especially in the oil and gas sector, regularly proving meters is an important QA step.
Meter provers establish a traceable standard against which a flow meter’s performance can be judged. They are used to confirm that a meter’s readings fall within acceptable tolerance of a known reference volume, ensuring the reliability of custody transfer and fiscal metering systems.
Read the full article in DPA's November 2025 issue