How Equalized Tanks Work
Shared gauges: When a gauge is entered for one tank in the group, the same gauge is automatically applied to all other tanks in that group. This can be done with Oil Tanks and Water Tanks.
Tickets: Tickets entered for a tank within an equalized group are applied to all tanks in that group and share the same ticket number.
Measurements: Users can create measurements as usual, following the same procedures as non-equalized tanks.
TinyPumper compatibility: The system supports equalized groups of two or more tanks.
Transfers: Transfers can also be duplicated with a reference to the original transfer. However, the destination tank cannot belong to the same equalized group.
Why? Because once tanks are equalized, they share production automatically, which eliminates the need to create a transfer.
For example, if you have two oil tanks that are equalized and you record a transfer from one tank to the other, the number of barrels being transferred will still appear in the origin tank. Again, this is because equalized tanks share production by design. It can only be done for a tank that does not belong to the equalized group.
Setting Up an Equalized Tank
To set up equalized tanks:
Go to the Settings of an existing oil or water tank (or create a new tank).
Look for the Equalized options.
Select Create New Equalized Tank Group from the drop-down menu.
Enter a name for the group.
For other existing oil tanks, go to Equalized, select the group name you created, and click Save.
All selected tanks will now belong to the same Equalized Tank group.
See image below for reference:
Practical Example
If Oil Tank 1, Oil Tank 2, and Oil Tank 3 are in the same Equalized Group, any measurement entered for Oil Tank 1 will automatically appear in Oil Tank 2 and Oil Tank 3. See the image below: