AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
ENGINEERING DESIGN
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1. Introduction
The design of measurement systems, metering units (CMFs), and automation systems is a key area of Pro meter’s activity and its strategic partner SIA Olimps.
Our goal is to deliver measurable results — from idea to implementation — based on solid legal and technical justification.
We are ready to engage from the earliest stages, including concept, budget estimate, or bidding documentation.
Projects cover oil and gas terminals, tank farms, ports, and enterprises in the logistics and energy sectors.
SIA Olimps, as a leading engineering firm, has completed over 1000 projects in various industries.
Our team includes experts who participate in regulatory standard development and national working groups (e.g., GOST 8.595).
What we design and implement:
– Oil and petroleum product measurement systems
– CMF units (mass flowmeters, prover blocks, and accessories)
– Automated data acquisition, metrological SCADA systems
– Project documentation and legal substantiation
– Compliance with international and national standards: GOST, OIML, ISO
Why it matters:
A modern project is a complete package of documents.
It defines the scope of work and responsibilities of all parties, covering equipment specifications, calculation methods, and calibration procedures.
The outcome depends on:
– Accuracy of measurements and custody transfer compliance
– Regulatory and standard conformity
– Protection of client interests and risk mitigation
This page offers a general overview of our experience, documentation, and services.
If you are looking for a reliable measurement partner — you’ve come to the right place.
Standardization and Modularity — the Key to Efficiency
Over the years, we have implemented many projects based on typical modular solutions. This approach has proven its effectiveness in both industrial sites and complex infrastructure — from airport fuel farms to custody transfer systems on main pipelines (e.g. Transneft, BTS).
Ready-made modules, including filtration, metering, and control (often with Preset controllers), are manufactured at the factory, tested, and delivered fully assembled to the site — whether for tank truck loading, pipelines, or rail racks.
This approach allows to:
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minimize installation time,
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reduce startup and commissioning risks,
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improve repeatability and quality of implementation.
Important: our task is to propose proven engineering solutions and adapt them to operational conditions — not the other way around. This is the only way to ensure a balance between engineering rationale and technical requirements.
2. Why Choose Us
✅ 1. Experience — Proven and Reliable
Pro meter is a team of specialists working in the field of oil and gas measurement since the 1980s.
We have designed metering systems for export routes, international terminals, and strategic facilities.
Our expertise is confirmed by dozens of completed projects across Russia, Latvia, Belarus, EU countries, and with both governmental and transnational clients.
✅ 2. Engineering and Metrology — Inseparable
We don’t just design pipelines and cabinets — we design measurement accuracy.
Each sensor placement and controller setup is supported by analysis of metrological parameters, uncertainty assessment, and calculations aligned with standards:
OIML R 117, ISO 5167, GOST 8.595.
Our designs meet the requirements of inspections, audits, and arbitrations.
✅ 3. Partnership with SIA Olimps.
SIA Olimps. is one of the strongest engineering firms in the Baltics in the field of measurements.
With over 1000 completed projects, their engineering school and team bring experience from both the industrial and aerospace sectors.
Projects follow a full cycle — from concept to deliverables — including BIM modeling and implementation support.
✅ 4. Tangible Technical Achievements
– Unique algorithms for density-based viscosity correction (approved by VNIIR);
– Elimination of hardware redundancy in CMF systems;
– Emergency scenarios with safe valve configuration (NO/NC);
– Compact modular units requiring no constant operator presence.
3. Project Team Profile
👷♂️ Pro meter — Project and Expertise Center
We coordinate technical solutions, requirements, and project goals.
We provide metrological support, ensure legal and technical compliance, and facilitate innovation.
We are also responsible for client interaction and compliance with applicable standards.
🏗 SIA Olimps. — Engineering and Design Company
Develops design drawings, schemes, BIM models, and explanatory notes.
Handles coordination with regulatory and environmental oversight bodies.
Owns proprietary design methodology and has completed over 1000 engineering projects.
📏 Metrology and Decision Validation
Our team performs:
– Uncertainty assessment and error evaluation;
– Modeling in Excel and SCADA systems;
– Development of calibration schematics;
– Preparation of methods, test instructions, and protocols.
🔬 Scientific and Technical Expertise
If required, we involve:
– VNIIR and VNIIMS experts (for design validation);
– National laboratories (LATAR, Met);
– Developers of instruments and algorithms (for integration and data verification).
📊 Flexible Model for Each Project
Each project is tailored — by scope, region, standards, and budget.
We combine our in-house team, resources, and expert network to ensure the highest level of accuracy, efficiency, and legal robustness.
4. Project Implementation Stages
📌 We follow a structured project implementation model, where each stage is finalized with legally binding documentation.
🔹 Pre-Project Preparation
– Analysis of the Customer’s technical and commercial tasks
– Clarification of goals, scale, and timeline
– Selection of equipment and base solutions
– Development of a roadmap, preliminary calculations, and technical solutions
– Preparation of instructions, descriptions, and algorithms
– Pre-project metrological analysis
🔹 Factory Project (Metering System Project)
– Design of drawings, diagrams, BIM models, and calculation justifications
– Development of calibration schematics and test protocols
– Documentation for CMF-based metering units — as a complete system
🔹 Regional Adaptation (Measurement Station Project)
– Site-specific project adaptation
– Consideration of climate, regulation, and operational conditions
– Translation of documentation into customer languages
– Coordination with national standards and regulatory authorities
– Documentation for installation and commissioning
🔹 Implementation and On-Site Supervision
– Construction supervision and technical oversight
– Adjustments and optimizations, if required
– Participation in testing and metrological inspection
– Support for acceptance into industrial operation
🔹 Handover and Finalization
– Preparation of final documentation
– Participation in audits and commission reviews
– Support during arbitration or inspection phases
– Final delivery and closing documentation
📎 All these stages are formally documented and may be included in the contract or used as annexes.
5. Legal Validity of Project Documentation
📌 For most Clients, it is not only the technical solution that matters, but also its legal enforceability.
Each of our projects — both factory and regional — is accompanied by formal documentation that satisfies contracting authorities and international partners.
📄 The Project Is Part of the Contract
Each stage (factory or regional project) is included in supply, construction, or modernization contracts.
Our documentation covers:
– Equipment specifications
– Measurement methodology
– Legal justifications
– Data processing algorithms
This documentation becomes part of the tender, contract, and technical acceptance.
✏ Changes — Only via Amendments
Any changes to the CMF system, logic, software, or structure must be recorded via signed amendments to the project.
We recommend that project documentation be included in the Customer’s contract to legally fix such changes — preventing future disputes.
🛡 Risk Mitigation and Legal Protection
At this stage, the project acts as:
– A regulatory and legal shield for the Client;
– A base for registration in national systems;
– A reference for auditing, litigation, and arbitrage.
We help avoid scenarios that often result in legal disputes (e.g. undocumented changes, obsolete methods, or informal recalculations).
✅ What the Client Receives:
– Instructions, diagrams, and metrological justifications;
– Documentation in local languages (Russian, Latvian, English);
– Certified calculations based on national and international standards;
– Calibration protocols and metrological validation;
– Arbitration support (if needed).
🟦 A project by SIA Olimps. with Pro meter — it’s not just an engineering solution, it’s a legal shield for your business.
6. Implemented Project Examples
We don’t just claim experience — we rely on a portfolio of real-world projects, each of which shaped the industry.
Below are selected key projects where Pro meter and SIA Olimps. acted as designers and technical leaders.
📌 Project No703 — Ventspils Crude Oil Terminal (1987–2000)
One of the earliest modern metering units for crude oil export.
– Based on Rotogauge 300, upgraded with CoreMass – Daniel 2020
– Development of a unique viscosity correction algorithm (approved by VNIIR)
– Project reviewed by the director of VNIIR and head of the European Metrology Labs (GOST committee)
📌 CMF Unit “Ventspils: Diesel Oil” — Innovations in Provers
– Replacement of three mechanical provers with one high-accuracy solution
– Integration of pressure/density correction based on real data
– Emergency scenario implementation and safe valve configuration — eliminating redundant hardware and ecological risks
📌 CMF Unit “Skrudaliena” (2000s) — Programmed Dry Test
An international metering unit for ultra-light fuel export from Latvia
– First CMF metering unit at a pipeline terminal
– Full design, modeling, and commissioning for export contracts
– Documentation supported in four languages
📌 Compact Measurement System for Mobile Tankers (in development)
– Designed for mobile fuel transfer operations (aviation, tankers)
– Compact skid with flow computer, energy-efficient sensors, and TPR compensators
– Commissioning without complex calibration equipment
– Modular design for rapid assembly
– Ready for field testing and production
7. Innovations and Patents
For each project — we don’t just solve standard tasks, we strive to bring something fundamentally new.
This approach allows us to reduce uncertainty, improve accuracy, and often change industry practices.
Examples of Our Technological Solutions
Compact-prover with virtual detectors
Challenge:
Verification of meters in the field without return loop or pipe segment.
Solution:
– Unique volume-to-density conversion based on calibrated container
– Measurement uncertainty ≤ 0.15% at 4–25 m³/h
– Compatible with diesel fuel, gasoline, and kerosene
– Includes SCADA logic and uncertainty modeling
Multistage Prover for Laboratory Calibration (ENGVC)
Challenge:
High-accuracy calibration across full flow range
Solution:
– 3-stage prover design
– Accuracy validated by national metrology authority
– Designed for direct volume standard method
TPR Compensator Block
Challenge:
Compensate for line expansion and thermal deformation
Solution:
– Compact modular design based on GOST and ISO 5024
– Includes alignment tools and testing kit
Verification Algorithms in SCADA (With Forensics)
Challenge:
Fix violations and manipulations during field calibration
Solution:
– SCADA module with diagnostics and traceability
– Certified by LATAR and included in arbitration cases
Solutions in Patent Application Phase
– Compact unit for mobile tankers
– Intelligent mass balance calibration algorithms
– Embedded viscosity correction
Innovation is not optional — it’s the basis of our engineering philosophy.
Many of these solutions are part of contracts or filed in national registries.
8. Formats of Cooperation
📌 Designing CMF units and automation systems is not just technical — it’s a dialogue.
We offer a structured and flexible model of cooperation. Each format ensures transparency and deliverables.
🤝 Cooperation Formats
Classic “Turnkey”
– We design the full project according to Customer tasks
– Deliverables include drawings, specs, software, legal support
– Often used in international tenders and strategic facilitiesJoint Design
– Tasks are shared between us and Customer team
– We integrate existing systems, adjust solutions for specific constraints
– Suitable for upgrades and legal validation of legacy projectsSupervisory Support
– We act as an external reviewer and legal controller
– Ideal for validating third-party solutions and preparing arbitration packagesAdaptation of Typical Solutions
– We adapt our library of typical blocks and diagrams to your project
– Reduces timeline and cost while preserving legal value
📋 What the Client Receives at Each Stage
| Stage | What’s Included | Format |
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| 1. Analysis | Concept and technical goals, commercial justification | PDF report / Zoom / Table |
| 2. Budgeting | Preliminary BOM and estimates | Presentation |
| 3. Factory Project | Full set of drawings, specs, documents | DWG + Word/PDF |
| 4. Regional Adaptation | As-built documentation, layouts, local integration | Multilingual report |
| 5. Implementation | Supervision notes, instructions, acts | On-site or remote |
📡 How We Work With Clients
– Assigning a dedicated engineering manager
– Online platform (SharePoint, Zoom, Chat)
– Weekly calls and status updates (in the Client’s time zone)
– Deliverables stored in structured, secure cloud folders
– Full confidentiality with optional NDA
🛡 Embedded Legal Protection
– All documents are auditable
– Designed for presentation in arbitration or regulatory review
– Based on national and international law
– Each stage can be fixed in contract annexes
⚖ If there’s a dispute or inspection — the project becomes your legal foundation.
9. Support, Training, and Aftercare
🔧 Our work doesn’t end with design. We provide full support — from commissioning and verification to modernization, training, and legal protection.
🛠 Technical Support
– Startup supervision and first launch under load
– Adjustment of logic and measurement modes
– Equipment replacement or upgrade
– Integration into SCADA/ERP systems
– Creation of updated documentation after changes
📏 Metrological Support
– Development and approval of calibration methods
– Assistance with accreditation and conformity declarations
– Participation in official verifications and audits
– Coordination with national bodies (Latvia, EU, CIS)
– Calibration procedures and uncertainty reports
👨🏫 Customer Personnel Training
Onsite or online — in Russian, English, Latvian.
Training covers:
– Operation of CMF units — including legal and technical specifics
– Calibration procedures and data handling
– SCADA tools and uncertainty modeling
📍 Training available:
– At your site
– In our office (Riga, Ogre, Latvia)
– Online via Zoom
🧩 Adaptation and Modifications
– Software and hardware reconfiguration under new conditions
– Support for upgrades or structural changes
– New diagrams, calibration data, SCADA logic
🤝 Contract-Based Aftercare
– Technical inspections, audits, emergency support
– Periodic documentation updates
– Coordination of warranty and post-warranty service
– Scheduled support contracts up to full lifecycle coverage
🟦 We take care of the system after delivery — and ensure it remains compliant and functional.
10. Contact and Start of Cooperation
📌 We value time and trust of our Clients.
That’s why we offer a fast and transparent start — with no bureaucracy or delays.
✅ How to Start Cooperation
– Submit a request via email — in free form, in any language
– We’ll get back to you within 1–2 working days
– We’ll clarify your goals and assign a responsible contact person
– You’ll receive a project roadmap, scope, and legal structure
📬 Contact Channels
– Email: [insert address]
– Phone / WhatsApp / Telegram: [insert number or link]
– LinkedIn: [insert profile or name]
📌 We are available during business hours.
Response time: typically within 1 business day.
📎 Additional Info
– NDA — upon request
– Flexible terms of cooperation
– We work under direct contracts or through EPC contractors
– Available for long-term technical partnership
🟦 Pro meter & SIA Olimps — a proven team in the field of industrial measurement and automation.
If you want a reliable system — we know how to design it.