Tank Battery Monitoring Software
A tank battery is where oil, water, and gas separate and stage before sale - and where overflows, theft, and missed run tickets cost real money. Watching them by driving pumper rounds leaves hours-long blind spots. Cloud SCADA closes that gap: every tank level, on one dashboard, with alarms that reach a phone in seconds.
Tank battery monitoring software reads level, pressure, and flow from every tank and separator at a battery and streams it to a cloud dashboard, with alerts for high level, overflow risk, and abnormal drawdown - so you catch problems before they become spills or lost volume.
What to Monitor at a Tank Battery
The core measurements are tank levels (oil and water), separator pressure, and flow. From those you get the things that matter operationally: how full each tank is (and when it needs a haul), whether a tank is climbing toward overflow, and whether an unexpected drop suggests a leak or theft. Level is typically read by a gauge or transmitter into an RTU or PLC, which Merobix reads over Modbus or DNP3.
Catching Overflows and Theft in Time
The value of monitoring is speed. A high-level alarm delivered by SMS within the minute gives an operator time to divert or dispatch before a tank overflows and triggers a spill report and cleanup. An unexpected level drop outside a scheduled haul flags possible theft or a leak immediately, rather than at the next round. Merobix delivers those alarms on every plan, with escalation so the right person is reached day or night.
What You Get With Merobix
- Alarms that reach a person. SMS and email typically within a minute of a value crossing a threshold, with on-call escalation - included on every plan.
- Cellular edge, no server room. A gateway reads your devices and connects outbound to the cloud - no fixed IP, no VPN, no on-premise SCADA server.
- A built-in historian. Every reading is retained for trends, production reporting, and compliance records, queryable from any browser.
- One team for the whole stack. The same Texas team runs your SCADA and, if needed, programs your PLCs and builds your control panels.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does tank battery monitoring work?
A level gauge or transmitter on each tank feeds an RTU or PLC, which a cloud SCADA platform reads over cellular. Levels, pressures, and flow appear on a dashboard, and alarms fire on high level, overflow risk, or abnormal drawdown. Merobix reads Modbus and DNP3 tank devices this way.
Can I get an alert before a tank overflows?
Yes. A high-level threshold triggers an SMS and email alarm, with escalation, giving time to divert flow or dispatch before an overflow and spill report. This is included on every Merobix plan.
Does tank monitoring detect theft?
It can flag it. An unexpected level drop outside a scheduled haul is alarmed immediately, so possible theft or a leak is caught in seconds rather than at the next pumper round.
Do I need a server for tank battery monitoring?
No. A cellular gateway reads the tank devices and connects outbound to the cloud - no fixed IP, VPN, or on-premise server. Merobix is a managed cloud platform, live in days.
Sources and verification
This page references the protocol specifications published by the organizations below. Editions, product capabilities, and documentation change over time - confirm current requirements and specifications directly with the source.
- Modbus Application Protocol Specification - Modbus Organization
- Overview of DNP3 (IEEE Std 1815) - DNP Users Group
Merobix is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by these organizations; their names are used only to identify the standards and products discussed.
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