Automatic metering and sampling station

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY METERING AND SAMPLING THE PRODUCTION FLUID IN THE FLOW LINES OF A PLURALITY OF WELLS, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING AN ELECTRICALLY-ACTUATED VALVE IN EACH OF SAID FLOW LINES, A BY-PASS LINE LEADING FROM EACH VALVE, A MANIFOLD CONNECTING SAID BY-PASS LINES, A FLOWMETER IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID MANIFOLD, ELECTRICALLY-ACTUATED SAMPLING MEANS FOR REMOVING A COMPOSITE SAMPLE FROM THE FLUID PASSING THROUGH SAID MANIFOLD, A PLURALITY OF RECORDERS ADAPTED TO BE INDIVIDUALLY ACTUATED BY SAID FLOWMETER IN RESPONSE TO FLUID FLOW THERETHROUGH, SAID RECORDERS BEING EQUAL IN NUMBER TO THE NUMBER OF WELLS BEING METERED, AND ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT MEANS INCLUDING SWITCH MEANS ACTUATED BY SAID FLOW METER FOR SUCCESSIVELY ACTUATING ONE OF SAID VALVES TOGETHER WITH ONE OF SAID RECORDERS AND SECOND SWITCH MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID SAMPLING MEANS AS EQUAL INCREMENTS OF FLUID PASS THROUGH SAID FLOWMETER.