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Emerson Introduces Highest Flow Capacity Ever for ELITE® Coriolis Flowmeter for Liquid and Gas Custody Transfer Applications

Micro Motion® ELITE® High Capacity Coriolis offers superior measurement performance at exceptionally high flow rates

BOULDER, COLORADO (February 25, 2008) – Emerson Process Management announces the highest flow capacity Micro Motion® ELITE® Coriolis flowmeter that is ideally suited to address the demands of fiscal custody transfer applications. Combined with its unmatched measurement and reliability performance, this Micro Motion meter is the largest ELITE Coriolis ever introduced, perfect for challenging, high flow measurement.

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As the price of crude oil, natural gas, ethylene, and other hydrocarbons climb to record levels, users have a new urgency to conduct fiscal transfers with the highest possible precision and reliability. Even small measurement deviations need to be eliminated to avoid potential allocation uncertainty. Transfer systems for crude oil and hydrocarbons typically require high capacity flow solutions capable of handling large volumes of product flow in the shortest time possible. Emerson’s Micro Motion Coriolis technology is well established for applications requiring precision measurement performance and reliability with 0.10% mass and volume accuracy, and the highest turndown of any single flowmeter.

With the introduction of the Micro Motion ELITE High Capacity Coriolis meter, Emerson delivers unmatched performance and reliability to measurement applications typically requiring 8” (DIN200) or 10” (DIN250) process connections. With a maximum liquid flow capacity of 94,000 lb/min (2550 metric tons per hour), maximum gas flow capacity of 192,000 scfm of natural gas, and standard pressure ratings to 1450 psi (100 bar), this introduction dramatically expands the application range of Micro Motion ELITE meters.

The Micro Motion ELITE High Capacity Coriolis meter has been tested with crude oil and other liquid and gas hydrocarbons in accordance with American Petroleum Institute (API) and American Gas Association (AGA) procedures. In addition, the Micro Motion ELITE High Capacity Coriolis is pursuing approval based on the European Measuring Instrument Directive 2004/22/EC (MID) for gas meters (Annex MI-002) and liquids other than water (Annex MI-005) by the internationally respected Dutch metrology institute NMi.

When transferring large volumes of crude oil or other hydrocarbons in a custody transfer application, system reliability is second only to flow measurement performance in importance to users. Modern custody transfer systems consist of automated measurement solutions used to control hydrocarbon loading or unloading. In the past these systems used turbine or positive displacement (PD) flow meters to make flow measurements. Recently, however, users have recognized that eliminating rotating components within measurement systems is a best practice leading to higher reliability.

Devices like PD or turbine meters depend on rotating components as part of their basic functioning. Using no moving parts, Emerson’s Micro Motion Coriolis meter is not subject to the wear or performance drift that the rotating components of a PD or turbine experience over time. Micro Motion delivers the highest reliability, long term solution that users require for high capacity custody transfer systems.

Micro Motion Coriolis flowmeters lead the process manufacturing industry in quality, measurement performance, and reliability, and are part of Emerson's broad range of intelligent, digital field devices that power the PlantWeb® digital plant architecture. Further cost savings, increased plant availability, and enhanced safety and environmental compliance are achieved when the flowmeters are integrated into the PlantWeb digital plant architecture.

About Emerson Process Management

Emerson Process Management (www.emersonprocess.com), an Emerson business, is a leader in helping businesses automate their production, processing and distribution in the chemical, oil and gas, refining, pulp and paper, power, water and wastewater treatment, metals and mining, food and beverage, pharmaceutical and other industries. A division of Emerson, Micro Motion, (www.micromotion.com) is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, USA. Since inventing the first practical Coriolis flowmeter in 1977, Micro Motion has been the world's leading Coriolis flowmeter supplier, ranking #1 in both technology and customer support. Micro Motion technology and expertise play a key role in Emerson’s combining of superior products and technology with industry-specific engineering, consulting, project management and maintenance services. Emerson brands include PlantWeb®, Fisher®, Micro Motion®, Rosemount®, Mobrey®, Daniel®, DeltaVTM, Ovation®, and AMS® Suite.

About Emerson

Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2007 were $22.6 billion. For more information, visit www.emerson.com.

PlantWeb, Micro Motion, Fisher, Rosemount, Mobrey, Bristol, Daniel, DeltaV, Ovation, and AMS are marks owned by one of the Emerson Process Management legal entities. Other marks are property of their respective owners.

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