The LACT Unit: Unattended Crude Custody Transfer Every Producer Should Have

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At a glance. When crude changes hands at a lease or production facility, the producer and purchaser both need an accurate, auditable measurement. The Tech Inc. LACT Unit pumps the oil, removes air and debris, checks water content, diverts off-spec oil, meters the good oil and takes a representative sample, without an operator. For crude producers, it is one of the best investments they can make.

What happens inside a LACT unit

A charge pump feeds the unit at a steady pressure.
A strainer-air eliminator removes debris and air.
A BS&W monitor checks water content; off-spec oil is diverted automatically.
The custody meter measures the good oil.
An automatic sampler fills a receiver in proportion to flow.
A flow computer records every transfer; prover connections allow field proving.

Configurations

Version	Use
Standard LACT	Single run, one skid
Twin-run LACT	Higher flow or redundancy
LACT with prover	Compact or ball prover on the same skid

Why it is one of the best things to happen to crude producers

Unattended transfer. Measures, samples and diverts on its own.
Accurate quantity. Air and debris removed before the meter.
Off-spec protection. Water cut checked and bad oil diverted automatically.
One skid. Pump, conditioning, meter, sampler and controls built and tested together, designed to API MPMS Chapter 6.1.

Tech Inc. builds the strainer-air eliminator, sampler and receiver on the skid itself.