Billing and Custody Transfer of Natural Gas with RMG Gas Turbine Meters

Natural gas is a key energy source for Malaysia’s manufacturing sector, supporting end consumers in industries such as food & beverage, chemical processing, metal fabrication, rubber manufacturing, machinery, etc. For these industrial end users, accurate natural gas measurement is not only essential for process efficiency, but also for fair billing, custody transfer, energy cost transparency and informed decisions making.

• Accurate billing metering ensures fair invoicing, transparent reconciliation of utility bills, better budgeting and energy cost forecasting. Billing meters are typically installed at main gas intake points, utility transfer skids and central boiler house inlets.
• Custody transfer occurs when ownership of natural gas changes, such as between site utilities and production facilities or different operating units within large manufacturing plants. It provides traceable and auditable measurement data, high repeatability for long-term consumption tracking and clear accountability between supplier and end user
• Natural gas volume varies with operating pressure and temperature. For billing and custody transfer, industrial end consumers are charged based on standardized volume (Nm³ or Sm³) rather than actual flowing volume. Integrated volume corrector and built-in temperature and pressure sensors provides convenience in assembly, as no additional installation work for external sensors is required.

Applications For End-Consumer Industries

Gas meters are used typically to measure natural consumption for:

• Boilers or steam generation
• Drying and thermal process
• Cogeneration system (Combined Heat and Power/CHP)
• Metalworking heat treatment (eg. annealing and tempering)
• Verifying gas utility bills
• Internal custody transfer between process units
• Tracking of usage of batch or shift

Developed and produced in Germany, RMG gas meters are are DVGW, OIML and MID approved and recognized as one of the leading providers of gas measurement technology worldwide. With 120+ years of experience, RMG gas meters they have been the first choice when it comes to gas flow and volume measurement for their partners.

(Picture credit: RMG Messtechnik GmbH)