Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Agency 25 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Chapter 150 - VIRGINIA GAS AND OIL REGULATION
Part I - Standards of General Applicability
Article 5 - Technical Standards
Section 4VAC25-150-400 - Measurement of gas and oil
Universal Citation: 4 VA Admin Code 4VAC25-150-400
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. Natural gas.
1. Each producer shall measure
all gas produced from each well, or as prescribed by the director, using a
method permitting the computation of volumes, in Mcf. This requirement may be
met by use of the standards in:
a. "Orifice
Metering of Natural Gas," ANSI/API 2530, American Gas Association,
1978;
b. "AGA Gas Measurement
Manual, Part 2: Displacement Measurement," American Gas Association, 1977;
or
c. "AGA Gas Measurement Manual,
Part 3: Gas Turbine Metering," American Gas Association, 1989.
2. The director may require use of
meters at designated places to obtain accurate records of the production of
gas.
B. Oil. Each permitted oil operation shall use sufficient tanks or meters to measure the volume of oil produced. In no case shall meters be the sole means of measuring oil, unless such metering is conducted in accordance with a method approved by the director such as the API Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards, 1981, Chapter 6.1, LACT Systems. A permittee may request a variance from the director to use a gauge tank to check the readings of meters.
Statutory Authority
§§ 45.1-161.3 and 45.1-361.27 of the Code of Virginia.
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