Flow meter calibration and safety valve testing – DNV labs Bishop Auckland

Flow meter calibration, safety valve testing and equipment certification at DNV Research and Testing, Bishop Auckland

Flow meter calibration

Environmental and cost concerns are driving the need to reduce uncertainty in flow measurement and control by performing flow meter calibration, instrument calibration and safety valve testing.

As one of the world's largest high-pressure natural gas flow facilities, DNV Research and Testing Bishop Auckland has a global reputation for technical expertise, quality, and flexibility of service – essential for world-class flow meter calibration and safety valve testing.

With available pressures up to 60 bar, and flow rates up to 30 million SCMD, extensive pipework arrangements can be accommodated in the 90m long test area and full-size components such as flow meters, regulators, valves and filters can be calibrated and tested with realistic operating conditions and pipe geometry.

Flow meter and safety valve testing, and other services:

Flow meter and instrument calibration
Unique down hole well safety valve testing rig
Single pass particle erosion testing flow rig
UKAS accredited laboratory 0555
Pressure calibration for transducers, differential transmitters, and gauges
Meter evaluation and development
Metering compliance to ISO5167
Full scale equipment testing, verification and qualification
Product development partnerships
Consultancy and training
Equipment removal and installation.

Bishop Auckland Research and Testing UKAS accreditation schedule

Custom-designed testing program supports optimization of installation weather windows for offshore wind farms

DNV testing helps quantify the effect of wave induced displacements on the performance of jacket-pile grouted connections during the installation

Testing enables life extension of mooring lines

Our laboratories are assisting operators to use securely moored oil and gas assets well beyond original design life.

Choosing the best materials to avoid environmentally assisted cracking

Expert advice before the design stage draws on testing and modelling to help specify the right materials for oil and gas equipment.

Three ways to overcome materials challenges in sour service fields

Improving asset reliability when faced with complex materials and integrity challenges in sour service field developments.

Preventing external corrosion failures

External corrosion is a threat to most equipment in every process facility and deserves closer analysis and prediction than it currently receives.

What causes materials failure in oil & gas and maritime equipment?

Systematic and thorough analysis is required to say with confidence what kind of failure is involved and what led to it

Tubes and piping are the most failure-prone components

In a study of 1,000+ cases in oil & gas and maritime, research by DNV’s laboratories also identify fatigue and corrosion to be the most common modes of component failure.

Meeting the NORM challenges in gas networks

Mixing gases from varying sources in gas networks can raise levels of natural radioactivity in dust and sludge found in pipeline systems, but complete risk-management solutions exist.

3D printed parts could benefit oil & gas, offshore and maritime supply chains

Trust is key to unlocking additive manufacturing’s potential for your business. We look at the top benefits of, and barriers to, this technology, and how DNV can help your sector to use it to become safer, more efficient and more sustainable.

Flow meter calibration and safety valve testing – DNV labs Bishop Auckland