Gas storage ledger system
AssigneeAbu Dhabi National Oil Company
InventorThierry LUCIDARME
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Abstract
A gas storage ledger system comprises a gas smart meter, capable of measuring on-site a quantity of gas to be stored in an underground reservoir and of providing gas quantity data corresponding to the quantity of gas measured; and a calculation means, coupled to the gas smart meter, capable of receiving the gas quantity data provided by the smart meter and of automatically attaching the gas quantity data to the gas ledger in an authenticated immutable manner. Further, a method for maintaining a gas storage leger is claimed.
Claims18
Gas-A gas storage ledger system, comprising:
- a. a gas smart meter, capable to measure on-site a quantity of gas to be stored in an underground reservoir and to provide gas quantity data corresponding to the quantity of gas measured;
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- b. a calculation means, coupled to the gas smart meter, capable to receive the gas quantity data provided by the smart meter and to automatically attach the gas quantity data to a gas ledger in an authenticated immutable manner.
A method for maintaining a gas storage ledger, the method comprising the following steps:
- a. measuring on-site by means of gas smart meter a quantity (Q) of gas to be stored in an underground reservoir;
- b. providing by means of the gas smart meter gas quantity data corresponding to the quantity (Q) of gas measured;
- C. receiving the gas quantity data provided by the gas smart meter by means of a calculation means coupled to the gas smart meter;
- d. automatically attaching the gas quantity data by the calculation means to a gas ledger in an authenticated immutable manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.