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## [Save The Date to Attend The "Measuring the Difficult to Measure Symposium"](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/measuring_the_difficult_to_measure_symposium-0)

 Posted by [Margaret Bletsch](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/author/margaret-bletsch)

 Feb 25, 2019, 2:44:06 PM

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 **"Measure the Difficult to Measure"**

**2019 Innovative Process Diagnostics Symposium**

**May 21, 2019 in Deer Park, Texas, USA - 8:00 am - 3:30 pm**

**May 23, 2019 in Gonzales, Louisiana, USA - 8:00 am - 3:30 pm**

**Reserve your space today.**

 

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Tracerco is happy to announce that we have rescheduled our symposium "Measuring the Difficult to Measure" to be held in Deer Park, Texas and Gonzales, Louisiana**.** These new dates allow both our refining and petrochemical customers the ability to schedule their time to attend the symposium. **Read more to learn about the topics of discussion.**

[Read More](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/measuring_the_difficult_to_measure_symposium-0)

 Topics: [solids buildup](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/solids-buildup), [exchangers](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/exchangers), [gamma scanning distillation columns](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gamma-scanning-distillation-columns), [pipeline blockage](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/pipeline-blockage), [flare gas meter](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flare-gas-meter), [Flow Study](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flow-study), [fccu studies](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fccu-studies), [flare flow measurement](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flare-flow-measurement), [fugitive flare flow](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fugitive-flare-flow), [verify flow meters](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/verify-flow-meters), [flare flowrate data](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flare-flowrate-data), [flow rate calculations](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flow-rate-calculations), [Process Diagnostics Technology](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/process-diagnostics-technology), [tray fouling](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tray-fouling), [gamma scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gamma-scan), [fcc services](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fcc-services), [level detection devices](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/level-detection-devices), [packing mal-distribution](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packing-mal-distribution), [liquid distribution](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/liquid-distribution), [quantitative analysis pack beds](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/quantitative-analysis-pack-beds), [PackView Analysis](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packview-analysis), [packed bed towers](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-bed-towers), [packed bed scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-bed-scan), [monitor wash bed coking](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/monitor-wash-bed-coking), [tomography scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tomography-scan), [off spec product](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/off-spec-product), [online leak detection](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/online-leak-detection), [chemical leak test](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/chemical-leak-test), [feed/effluent heat exchangers](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/feed-effluent-heat-exchangers), [exchanger bundle leak testing](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/exchanger-bundle-leak-testing), [Tracer Study](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tracer-study), [packed bed performance analytics](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-bed-performance-analytics), [Damage to vessel internals](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/damage-to-vessel-internals), [trayed tower](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/trayed-tower), [mass transfer diagnostics](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/mass-transfer-diagnostics)

## [Think of us as more than your tower scan provider](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/your_tracer_and_specialty_application_provider)

 Posted by [Margaret Bletsch](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/author/margaret-bletsch)

 Sep 20, 2018, 9:52:39 PM

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You may recognize Tracerco as the world leader in providing a wide range of scanning applications, but we would like to provide you some insight as to how we are the industry leader in tracer studies, heat exchanger leak testing, flowrate measurements, gas meter proving, monitoring for pipe blockage and FCC studies.

If you are looking to isolate mystery flare flows, detect heat exchanger leaks, optimize your desalter or to detect blockages within your piping system, Tracerco has the technology that can provide you with all the information you need.

If you would like to schedule an onsite presentation to learn more about our Process Diagnostic technologies or receive case studies on how our tracer and specialty scan technologies are able to help minimize unit downtime and optimize processes, please [**click here**](https://info.tracerco.com/register-for-tracerco-process-diagnostics-workshop-0) to submit your request.

[Read More](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/your_tracer_and_specialty_application_provider)

 Topics: [leaking exchangers](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/leaking-exchangers), [Liquid maldistribution](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/liquid-maldistribution), [optimising plant production](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/optimising-plant-production), [Suspected maldistribution in packed beds](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/suspected-maldistribution-in-packed-beds), [Flow Study](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flow-study), [fcc diagnostics](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fcc-diagnostics), [flare system tracers](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flare-system-tracers), [flare flow](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flare-flow), [excessive flare flow](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/excessive-flare-flow), [fcc troubleshooting](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fcc-troubleshooting), [fcc unit process](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fcc-unit-process), [fluid catalytic cracking unit](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fluid-catalytic-cracking-unit), [fugitive flare flow](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fugitive-flare-flow), [verify flow meters](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/verify-flow-meters), [flare lines](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flare-lines), [gas meter proving techniques](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gas-meter-proving-techniques), [fcc services](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fcc-services), [coke drum](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/coke-drum), [coker optimization](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/coker-optimization), [delayed coke drum](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/delayed-coke-drum), [liquid distribution](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/liquid-distribution), [tomography scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tomography-scan), [off spec product](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/off-spec-product), [online leak detection](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/online-leak-detection), [chemical leak test](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/chemical-leak-test), [feed/effluent heat exchangers](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/feed-effluent-heat-exchangers), [exchanger bundle leak testing](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/exchanger-bundle-leak-testing), [Tracer Study](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tracer-study), [density of liquid](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/density-of-liquid)

## [Advantages of PreTurnaround and Baseline Scans](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/preturnaround-and-baseline-scans)

 Posted by [Margaret Bletsch](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/author/margaret-bletsch)

 Jul 12, 2018, 10:25:22 PM

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**Are you planning a scheduled turnaround and want to know the advantages of scanning before  and after your planned turnaround?**

A Tru-Scan™ or Tru-Grid™ Scan will assist in defining and developing a turnaround critical path project scope at an early stage ensuring that your turnaround meets your goals. The most common use of gamma scans is to give process engineers and operations an online tool that results in understanding how a column is performing.  This data can be used in advance of a turnaround to identify tray or packing damage and other process problems without having to shut down the column for internal inspections. These results will fully prepare turnaround planners with the knowledge they need for critical path decisions that must be made prior to a shutdown. At other times the results from a Tru-Scan™ or Tru-Grid™ Scan can either justify an unscheduled shutdown or identify options that will enable a plant to continue operating until the next scheduled shutdown.   

***Read more on how Tracerco scanning technologies can help to develop a plan for your turnaround planning.***

[Read More](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/preturnaround-and-baseline-scans)

 Topics: [Gamma Scanning](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gamma-scanning), [Liquid maldistribution](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/liquid-maldistribution), [packed column](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-column), [Packed Beds](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-beds), [Tru-Grid Scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tru-grid-scan), [Suspected maldistribution in packed beds](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/suspected-maldistribution-in-packed-beds), [turnaround schedules](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/turnaround-schedules), [turnarounds](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/turnarounds), [turnaround planning](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/turnaround-planning), [tray fouling](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tray-fouling), [gamma scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gamma-scan), [liquid distribution](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/liquid-distribution), [quantitative analysis pack beds](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/quantitative-analysis-pack-beds), [PackView Analysis](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packview-analysis), [packed bed towers](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-bed-towers), [packed bed scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-bed-scan), [packed bed performance analytics](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-bed-performance-analytics), [density of liquid](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/density-of-liquid), [fouling](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fouling), [critical path](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/critical-path)

## [Remove any doubt about fouling issues found in trayed and packed towers.](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/fouling-in-trayed-and-packed-beds)

 Posted by [Margaret Bletsch](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/author/margaret-bletsch)

 Jun 4, 2018, 5:37:55 PM

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**Diagnose and take control of fouling issues.![Fouling\_towers\_web](https://blog.tracerco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/US_Eshot_Images/PD%20Twitter%20LinkedIn%20Images/Fouling_towers_web.jpg?width=97&name=Fouling_towers_web.jpg)**

In some processes a common problem that towers experience over a period of time is fouling of trays and packing with solid deposits. Fouling can cause conditions such as liquid maldistribution in packed columns or premature entrainment/flooding in trayed columns resulting in a loss of efficiency and an increase in operating pressure drop. Fouling may result from foreign material entering a column or from polymerization or decomposition occurring inside the column. The fouling may start under normal conditions or begin to build due to abnormal operating conditions.

***Read more on how Tracerco scanning technologies can help to develop a plan to implement a routine maintenance programme for assets with fouling issues.***

[Read More](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/fouling-in-trayed-and-packed-beds)

 Topics: [Gamma Scanning](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gamma-scanning), [Liquid maldistribution](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/liquid-maldistribution), [packed column](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-column), [Packed Beds](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-beds), [Tru-Grid Scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tru-grid-scan), [Suspected maldistribution in packed beds](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/suspected-maldistribution-in-packed-beds), [tray fouling](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tray-fouling), [gamma scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gamma-scan), [liquid distribution](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/liquid-distribution), [quantitative analysis pack beds](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/quantitative-analysis-pack-beds), [PackView Analysis](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packview-analysis), [packed bed towers](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-bed-towers), [packed bed scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-bed-scan), [packed bed performance analytics](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-bed-performance-analytics), [density of liquid](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/density-of-liquid), [fouling](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fouling)

## [Packed bed performance analytics](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/packed-bed-performance)

 Posted by [Margaret Bletsch](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/author/margaret-bletsch)

 Apr 25, 2018, 8:44:15 PM

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**Advanced analytics introduce a numerical and easily understood approach to tower gamma scanning**

Refinery and chemical plant operations depend heavily on distillation and separation towers. Tower gamma scanning is well established in the process industries as a qualitative tool to help troubleshoot towers. Advances in data analysis have lead to a quantitative approach in expressing gamma scan data in numerical terms easily understood by process and operations engineers. 

In a recent Tracerco article published by Petroleum Quarterly Technology (PTQ) magazine you will be able to read three example case studies of packed towers that will answer questions concerning the state of liquid distribution through the packed bed and illustrate how Tracerco's PackView™ analysis was developed to consistently analyse Tru-Grid™ Scan data to reach a conclusive result.

[**CLICK HERE**](http://eptq.com/digitalPTQ/2018-ptq-q2/html5/index.html?&locale=ENG&pn=71)To read the full article (Page 69) published in the Q2 2018 Petroleum Quarterly Technology (PTQ) issue.

[Read More](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/packed-bed-performance)

 Topics: [Gamma Scanning](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gamma-scanning), [Liquid maldistribution](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/liquid-maldistribution), [packed column](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-column), [Packed Beds](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-beds), [Tru-Grid Scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tru-grid-scan), [Suspected maldistribution in packed beds](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/suspected-maldistribution-in-packed-beds), [gamma scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gamma-scan), [liquid distribution](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/liquid-distribution), [quantitative analysis pack beds](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/quantitative-analysis-pack-beds), [PackView Analysis](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packview-analysis), [packed bed towers](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-bed-towers), [packed bed scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-bed-scan), [packed bed performance analytics](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-bed-performance-analytics), [density of liquid](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/density-of-liquid)

## [Crude Vacuum Tower Wash Bed Optimization](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/wash_bed_optimization-1)

 Posted by [Margaret Bletsch](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/author/margaret-bletsch)

 Jun 6, 2017, 5:58:02 PM

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The crude unit of today’s modern refinery is where it all starts.  Good, clean fractionation from the crude atmospheric and crude vacuum towers greatly impacts the operation of downstream units.

The wash bed in the Crude vacuum tower is one of those so-called evil necessities.  When it operates well, it does not seem to garner much attention but, when things go wrong challenges can occur.  The wash bed of the Crude vacuum tower is prone to coking/fouling due to the low liquid rates along with high vapour rates and high temperatures.  Generally, the wetting rate at the top of the wash bed is minimised to prevent high-value product loss, but lower wetting rates lead directly to coke formation in the bed.  The operating condition or the rate and severity of coking in the Crude vacuum tower wash bed is also one of the key variables determining the cycle time or run length between turnarounds.  So, the typical refiner works to balance the economics of product Heavy Vacuum Gas Oil (HVGO) recovery versus unscheduled or premature downtime to replace a coked bed. 

Marathon Petroleum Company LP’s (MPC) approach for operation of the vacuum tower wash bed is based on a novel approach.  MPC regards the packing in the wash bed as a consumable item.  The goal – fully consume the useful life of the packing by the end of the operating cycle to maximise operating profit, by maximising HVGO yield.  MPC uses Tracerco’s ThruVision™ technology to routinely monitor the wash bed density to help manage the wash bed useful life during the operating cycle.  The ThruVision™ technology provides a detailed density map at a specific vertical elevation that can pinpoint specific areas of liquid maldistribution or solids/liquid build-up. 

This case study shows the learning process over short operating cycles and an example of the operating stratagem to manage the operating life of the vacuum column wash bed over a multi-year operating cycle.

[**CLICK HERE**](https://blog.tracerco.com/hubfs/US_Eshot_Images/US%20PDF%20Literature/Tracerco_Managing%20Wash%20BedsLR.pdf)To download the full article that was published in the April 2017 issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering.

[Read More](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/wash_bed_optimization-1)

 Topics: [Gamma Scanning](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gamma-scanning), [Tru-Grid Scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tru-grid-scan), [ThruVision scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/thruvision-scan), [gamma scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gamma-scan), [liquid distribution](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/liquid-distribution), [quantitative analysis pack beds](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/quantitative-analysis-pack-beds), [PackView Analysis](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packview-analysis), [monitor wash bed coking](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/monitor-wash-bed-coking), [tomography scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tomography-scan)

## [Are you looking for a way to detect fouled or damaged packing before entering a tower?](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/packview-technology-0)

 Posted by [Margaret Bletsch](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/author/margaret-bletsch)

 Apr 13, 2017, 4:20:42 PM

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**Tru-Grid™ Scans reveal vital process information that helps solve operating problems.**

  

A Tru-Grid™ Scan of packed towers is a reliable and widely used field measurement used for evaluating the hydraulic performance in packed beds, including the results from plugging / fouling or damage. When experiencing problems there are two important questions you would like answered:

 

1\. Where is the fouling / plugging or damage?  

2\. What is the extent of the hydraulic problem due to fouling or damage to the packing?

Gamma scanning has proven to be an essential measurement tool to supplement operating history data analysis. Process engineers and operations personnel need to know what is happening inside their process equipment so they can take corrective action. A Tru-Grid™ Scan provides a density profile of the internal process to diagnose hydraulic operating conditions such as damage to internals, flooding, liquid levels on trays and distributors, and liquid distribution through packed beds.

Performing Tru-Grid™ Scans before a scheduled shutdown can help capture real-time data to optimize your turnaround and reduce cost over-runs. Scan results will prepare those planning the turnaround activities with the knowledge needed for critical path decisions. Scans performed five to six weeks prior to a scheduled shutdown usually provides enough time to order new equipment without expediting charges and to schedule the required manpower. 

In this latest blog, Tracerco, part of Johnson Matthey Plc**[,](http://www.matthey.com/)** discusses how an unexpected pressure surge affected the performance of an acid solvent recovery column.

[Read More](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/packview-technology-0)

 Topics: [Gamma Scanning](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gamma-scanning), [Tru-Grid Scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tru-grid-scan), [gamma scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gamma-scan), [packing mal-distribution](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packing-mal-distribution), [liquid distribution](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/liquid-distribution), [quantitative analysis pack beds](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/quantitative-analysis-pack-beds), [PackView Analysis](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packview-analysis), [packed bed towers](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-bed-towers), [packed bed scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-bed-scan)

## [Learn more about PackView™ technology at AIChE 2017.](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/packview-technology)

 Posted by [Margaret Bletsch](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/author/margaret-bletsch)

 Mar 20, 2017, 8:32:00 PM

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Tracerco will be highlighting our latest technology and improved analysis, PackView™ for packed towers, at this year's AIChE 2017 Spring Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.

**Topical 8 - Session: Kister Distillation Symposium 2017:**

**Distillation Troubleshooting and Controls: Lessons Learned** 

  

**Tracerco Presentation Details:**

**"Packed Bed Performance Analytics Based on Gamma Scans"**

**Wednesday March 29, 2017 8:05 am** 

**Room 302 AB, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center** 

Mark your schedule to sit in on the paper "Packed Bed Performance Analytics Based on Gamma Scans" presented by Lowell Pless - Business Development Manager - Distillation Applications for Johnson Matthey - Tracerco. The presentation will provide actual case studies illustrating how this advanced analysis provides a new method of extracting quantitative information from gamma scan data to diagnose and characterize operation of distillation and separation towers. Read more about the the presentation in the following abstract that will provide an overview of what will be presented.

[Read More](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/packview-technology)

 Topics: [Gamma Scanning](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gamma-scanning), [Tru-Grid Scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tru-grid-scan), [gamma scan](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gamma-scan), [packing mal-distribution](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packing-mal-distribution), [liquid distribution](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/liquid-distribution), [quantitative analysis pack beds](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/quantitative-analysis-pack-beds), [PackView Analysis](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packview-analysis)

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- [chemical tracers (16)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/chemical-tracers)
- [pipeline inspection (16)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/pipeline-inspection)
- [Discovery (15)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/discovery)
- [Tru-Scan (15)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tru-scan)
- [gamma scan (15)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gamma-scan)
- [pipeline integrity (15)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/pipeline-integrity)
- [Process Diagnostics (14)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/process-diagnostics)
- [Subsea Technology (14)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/subsea-technology)
- [tracers (14)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tracers)
- [subsea flowlines (13)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/subsea-flowlines)
- [Asset Integrity (10)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/asset-integrity)
- [subsea pipelines (10)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/subsea-pipelines)
- [Explorer (9)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/explorer)
- [Subsea Inspection (9)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/subsea-inspection)
- [Subsea Integrity (9)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/subsea-integrity)
- [Tru-Grid Scan (8)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tru-grid-scan)
- [liquid distribution (8)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/liquid-distribution)
- [nucleonic instrumentation (8)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/nucleonic-instrumentation)
- [Awards (7)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/awards)
- [PackView Analysis (7)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packview-analysis)
- [fluid inflow (7)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fluid-inflow)
- [optimising plant processing (7)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/optimising-plant-processing)
- [packed bed towers (7)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-bed-towers)
- [pipeline blockage (7)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/pipeline-blockage)
- [pipeline life extension (7)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/pipeline-life-extension)
- [quantitative analysis pack beds (7)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/quantitative-analysis-pack-beds)
- [reservoir analysis (7)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/reservoir-analysis)
- [unconventional wells (7)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/unconventional-wells)
- [CT scanner (6)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/ct-scanner)
- [Distillation Column Performance (6)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/distillation-column-performance)
- [Liquid maldistribution (6)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/liquid-maldistribution)
- [Separator (6)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/separator)
- [Subsea flexibles (6)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/subsea-flexibles)
- [Suspected maldistribution in packed beds (6)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/suspected-maldistribution-in-packed-beds)
- [delayed coke drum (6)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/delayed-coke-drum)
- [desalter optimization (6)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/desalter-optimization)
- [excessive flare flow (6)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/excessive-flare-flow)
- [flare system tracers (6)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flare-system-tracers)
- [fracking (6)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fracking)
- [interwell (6)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/interwell)
- [neutron backscatter (6)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/neutron-backscatter)
- [packed column (6)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-column)
- [pipe in pipe (6)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/pipe-in-pipe)
- [pipeline extension (6)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/pipeline-extension)
- [tracer technology (6)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tracer-technology)
- [CT scanning (5)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/ct-scanning)
- [Process Diagnostics Technology (5)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/process-diagnostics-technology)
- [Tracer Study (5)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tracer-study)
- [Tracerco Profiler (5)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tracerco-profiler)
- [Tracerco innovations (5)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tracerco-innovations)
- [coke drum (5)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/coke-drum)
- [coke drum cycle (5)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/coke-drum-cycle)
- [coke drum optimization (5)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/coke-drum-optimization)
- [distillation column maintenance (5)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/distillation-column-maintenance)
- [gamma scanning distillation columns (5)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gamma-scanning-distillation-columns)
- [inflow measurement (5)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/inflow-measurement)
- [packed bed performance analytics (5)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-bed-performance-analytics)
- [packed bed scan (5)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-bed-scan)
- [pipe bundles (5)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/pipe-bundles)
- [plant processing (5)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/plant-processing)
- [process diagnostics technologies (5)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/process-diagnostics-technologies)
- [radiation monitor (5)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/radiation-monitor)
- [smart tracers (5)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/smart-tracers)
- [tray fouling (5)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tray-fouling)
- [water inflow (5)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/water-inflow)
- [NORM (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/norm)
- [NORM Management (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/norm-management)
- [Subsea Technologies (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/subsea-technologies)
- [chemical leak test (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/chemical-leak-test)
- [chemical tracer technology (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/chemical-tracer-technology)
- [coker units (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/coker-units)
- [density of liquid (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/density-of-liquid)
- [fcc diagnostics (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fcc-diagnostics)
- [fcc troubleshooting (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fcc-troubleshooting)
- [fcc unit process (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fcc-unit-process)
- [fccu studies (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fccu-studies)
- [feed/effluent heat exchangers (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/feed-effluent-heat-exchangers)
- [fluid catalytic cracking unit (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fluid-catalytic-cracking-unit)
- [fugitive flare flow (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fugitive-flare-flow)
- [gulf of mexico (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gulf-of-mexico)
- [hydrocarbon separation train (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/hydrocarbon-separation-train)
- [increased separator efficiencies (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/increased-separator-efficiencies)
- [instrumentation (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/instrumentation)
- [instrumentation control (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/instrumentation-control)
- [multiphase separation (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/multiphase-separation)
- [north sea (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/north-sea)
- [nucleonic instrument (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/nucleonic-instrument)
- [oil inflow (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/oil-inflow)
- [online leak detection (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/online-leak-detection)
- [process control (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/process-control)
- [radiation (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/radiation)
- [scanning technology (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/scanning-technology)
- [separator performance (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/separator-performance)
- [tower gamma scan (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tower-gamma-scan)
- [tower scan (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tower-scan)
- [tower scanning (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tower-scanning)
- [tracerco diagnostics (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tracerco-diagnostics)
- [trayed tower (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/trayed-tower)
- [unconventional oil and gas (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/unconventional-oil-and-gas)
- [water production (4)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/water-production)
- [Column Performance (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/column-performance)
- [Decommissioning (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/decommissioning)
- [Downstream (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/downstream)
- [Flow Study (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flow-study)
- [Flowlines (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flowlines)
- [FrothView (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/frothview)
- [NORM Detection (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/norm-detection)
- [Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/naturally-occurring-radioactive-material)
- [Packed Beds (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-beds)
- [Radiation Protection (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/radiation-protection)
- [Radiation Protection Adviser (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/radiation-protection-adviser)
- [Tracerco technologies (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tracerco-technologies)
- [Tray Damage (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tray-damage)
- [adulterated fuel (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/adulterated-fuel)
- [brand authentication (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/brand-authentication)
- [brand protection (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/brand-protection)
- [brand security (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/brand-security)
- [catalyst bed wash (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/catalyst-bed-wash)
- [consumer protection (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/consumer-protection)
- [controlled release (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/controlled-release)
- [counterfeit detection (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/counterfeit-detection)
- [desalting (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/desalting)
- [distillation column (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/distillation-column)
- [distillation column scan (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/distillation-column-scan)
- [distillation column scanning (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/distillation-column-scanning)
- [distillation tower scanning (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/distillation-tower-scanning)
- [enhanced interface control (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/enhanced-interface-control)
- [exchanger bundle leak testing (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/exchanger-bundle-leak-testing)
- [fcc cracking (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fcc-cracking)
- [fcc services (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fcc-services)
- [fcc unit (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fcc-unit)
- [fiscal tax recovery (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fiscal-tax-recovery)
- [flare flow (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flare-flow)
- [flare gas flow measurement (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flare-gas-flow-measurement)
- [flare gas flow meter (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flare-gas-flow-meter)
- [flare study (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flare-study)
- [fluid catalytic cracking diagnostics (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fluid-catalytic-cracking-diagnostics)
- [fluid catalytic cracking services (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fluid-catalytic-cracking-services)
- [frac wells (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/frac-wells)
- [gamma ray inspection (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gamma-ray-inspection)
- [gas processing (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gas-processing)
- [increase production rates (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/increase-production-rates)
- [inflow (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/inflow)
- [injected water (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/injected-water)
- [leak detection (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/leak-detection)
- [leak tests (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/leak-tests)
- [manage turnaround costs (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/manage-turnaround-costs)
- [mature offshore field (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/mature-offshore-field)
- [monitor wash bed coking (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/monitor-wash-bed-coking)
- [nucleonic technology (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/nucleonic-technology)
- [off spec product (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/off-spec-product)
- [oil & gas (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/oil-gas)
- [oil processing (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/oil-processing)
- [optimising oil and gas production (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/optimising-oil-and-gas-production)
- [optimising plant production (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/optimising-plant-production)
- [packed column performance (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packed-column-performance)
- [packing mal-distribution (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/packing-mal-distribution)
- [ped (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/ped)
- [personal electronic dosimeter (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/personal-electronic-dosimeter)
- [process condition monitoring (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/process-condition-monitoring)
- [process systems (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/process-systems)
- [product quality (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/product-quality)
- [profiler (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/profiler)
- [radiation detection (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/radiation-detection)
- [radiation safety (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/radiation-safety)
- [revenue protection (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/revenue-protection)
- [separator study (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/separator-study)
- [technology enabling cost savings (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/technology-enabling-cost-savings)
- [tomography scan (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tomography-scan)
- [trayed columns (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/trayed-columns)
- [turnaround critical path project (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/turnaround-critical-path-project)
- [verify flow meters (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/verify-flow-meters)
- [water breakthrough (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/water-breakthrough)
- [waterflood (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/waterflood)
- [waterflood injection (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/waterflood-injection)
- [well development (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/well-development)
- [wellbore (3)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/wellbore)
- [Catalytic cracking (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/catalytic-cracking)
- [Damage to vessel internals (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/damage-to-vessel-internals)
- [Depropanizer scan tray damage (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/depropanizer-scan-tray-damage)
- [DrumVision (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/drumvision)
- [Engineering (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/engineering)
- [Events (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/events)
- [Flooded Memeber Inspection (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flooded-memeber-inspection)
- [Flow distribution (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flow-distribution)
- [High temperature plant processing (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/high-temperature-plant-processing)
- [Houston events (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/houston-events)
- [INWED22 (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/inwed22)
- [Imagine the Future (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/imagine-the-future)
- [International Women in Engineering Day (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/international-women-in-engineering-day)
- [Inventors and Innovators (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/inventors-and-innovators)
- [Level+ (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/level)
- [Maths (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/maths)
- [PhaseFinder (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/phasefinder)
- [Radiation Waste Adviser (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/radiation-waste-adviser)
- [SAGD (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/sagd)
- [SRU Unit (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/sru-unit)
- [STEM (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/stem)
- [Science (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/science)
- [Subsea (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/subsea)
- [Sulphur Recovery Unit (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/sulphur-recovery-unit)
- [TENORM (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tenorm)
- [Technology (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/technology)
- [ThruVision scan (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/thruvision-scan)
- [Tray Capacity (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/tray-capacity)
- [Upstream (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/upstream)
- [Women in STEM (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/women-in-stem)
- [Women in engineering (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/women-in-engineering)
- [annular liquid distribution (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/annular-liquid-distribution)
- [area monitoring (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/area-monitoring)
- [authentication (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/authentication)
- [baseline scan (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/baseline-scan)
- [brand protection technology (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/brand-protection-technology)
- [coke (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/coke)
- [coke drum level measurement (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/coke-drum-level-measurement)
- [coke drum monitoring (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/coke-drum-monitoring)
- [coke drum process monitoring (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/coke-drum-process-monitoring)
- [coke formation monitoring (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/coke-formation-monitoring)
- [coke level measurement (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/coke-level-measurement)
- [coker optimization (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/coker-optimization)
- [column troubleshooting (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/column-troubleshooting)
- [counterfeiting (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/counterfeiting)
- [cracking unit (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/cracking-unit)
- [delayed coker (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/delayed-coker)
- [delayed coker level measurement (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/delayed-coker-level-measurement)
- [delayed coking (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/delayed-coking)
- [desalter (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/desalter)
- [dose rate (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/dose-rate)
- [dosimeter (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/dosimeter)
- [drilling (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/drilling)
- [employees (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/employees)
- [exchanger (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/exchanger)
- [fcc (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fcc)
- [fcc process (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fcc-process)
- [fcc riser (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fcc-riser)
- [fcc units (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fcc-units)
- [fccu process (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fccu-process)
- [fccu unit refinery (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fccu-unit-refinery)
- [fixed monitoring (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fixed-monitoring)
- [flare flow measurement (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flare-flow-measurement)
- [flare flow meter (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flare-flow-meter)
- [flare flowrate data (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flare-flowrate-data)
- [flare gas meter (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flare-gas-meter)
- [flare gas meters (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flare-gas-meters)
- [flare lines (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flare-lines)
- [flare measurement (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flare-measurement)
- [flooded trays (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flooded-trays)
- [flow profiling (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flow-profiling)
- [flow rate calculations (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flow-rate-calculations)
- [flowrate (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/flowrate)
- [foam and coke interface (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/foam-and-coke-interface)
- [fouling (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fouling)
- [fouling deposits (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fouling-deposits)
- [fuel fraud (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/fuel-fraud)
- [gas flow meter proving (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gas-flow-meter-proving)
- [gas meter proving techniques (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/gas-meter-proving-techniques)
- [grout monitoring (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/grout-monitoring)
- [how coke level is measured (2)](https://blog.tracerco.com/marketing/topic/how-coke-level-is-measured)
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