Benoit Rentals offers fully compliant B149-3 Burner Management Systems to accompany our oilfield tanks. These units are utilized as a heating source for liquid that is stored and processed with our tanks. Units are delivered to site with the tanks. They are then installed, approved and fully inspected and permitted in a timely manner.
Our standard units are set up with the following:
- Complete, all-in-one housing
- Integral housing and flame cell
- Burner, mixer, and nozzle
- Norriseal low level
- Profire 2100 with external coil
- Thermocouple and Thermowell
- Heatrace and preheater
- BTU range from 250,000 to 750,000
- Gas manifold with 1″ solenoids and pressure switches
- Electrical fittings and wire to connect all supplied components as well as 12 volt power source
- Gas fittings and piping to connect existing gas to housing up to ten feet away
New and used purchase pricing and rental options are available.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How does Benoit Rentals ensure compliance with CSA B149-3 standards and provincial gas safety permitting?
Operating fuel-fired heating appliances on Alberta and Saskatchewan energy sites requires strict compliance with the CSA B149-3 code for field approval of industrial gas-fired equipment. Benoit Rentals handles this process from start to finish. Our qualified technicians ensure every burner assembly, flame safeguard control, and fuel train is inspected, properly documented, and permitted according to provincial safety authority standards (such as TSASK or ABSA/Alberta Municipal Affairs). This certified compliance ensures your lease passes regulatory safety audits without costly operational delays or shutdown orders.
Why is the Norriseal low-level shut-off critical, and how does it prevent catastrophic fire-tube burnout?
Dry-firing a tank’s internal fire tube is one of the most hazardous events on an oilfield lease, often leading to ruptured fire tubes, tank explosions, and structural fires. To eliminate this risk, our BMS packages integrate a rugged Norriseal mechanical low-level switch directly into the safety shutdown loop. If fluid levels in your emulsion or water tank drop below the safe coverage height of the fire tube, the switch instantly cuts power to the fuel solenoids, shutting down the burner automatically before equipment damage or catastrophic failures can occur.
What automation and remote monitoring features does the Profire 2100 controller offer for unstaffed leases?
The Profire 2100 controller serves as the intelligent brain of our burner management packages, engineered specifically for dependable, unattended operation in remote environments. It delivers automated spark ignition, continuous flame ionization monitoring, precise digital temperature setpoints, and detailed fault diagnostics. Furthermore, the controller features external modbus and dry-contact communication outputs, allowing your SCADA system or field operators to monitor fire-tube status, vessel temperatures, and alarm history remotely without dispatching a technician to the lease in the middle of the night.
What fuel gas supply specifications are required to run these BMS units on sweet casing gas or propane?
Our BMS burner assemblies are engineered with flexible fuel trains that operate reliably on either processed lease fuel gas (sweet casing gas) or auxiliary propane supplies. The fuel manifold incorporates 1-inch automated safety shut-off solenoids, high-accuracy pressure switches, and inline filtration. If you are utilizing sweet casing gas directly from the separator, we verify that inlet line pressure is properly regulated and free of heavy liquid hydrocarbons, ensuring stable burner nozzle pressure and clean combustion across the full 250,000 to 750,000 BTU range.
How do the integral flame cell and housing maintain explosion-proof safety in hazardous lease zones?
Because oilfield storage tanks frequently vent volatile hydrocarbon vapors, preventing ignition source migration into hazardous areas is essential. Benoit Rentals builds its BMS units with an integral flame cell, heavy-duty housing, and certified explosion-proof electrical fittings designed to comply with Class 1, Division 1 and Division 2 location requirements. The flame arrestor cell quenches potential flame propagation backward into the surrounding atmosphere, ensuring safe, continuous heating right at the tank base even during active fluid hauling or thief-hatch venting operations.
How do integrated heat tracing and fuel preheaters prevent regulator freeze-offs during sub-zero winters?
Western Canadian winters routinely bring severe sub-zero temperatures that cause pressure regulators to freeze up and create dangerous hydrocarbon hydrates in fuel lines. To prevent unexpected winter shutdowns, our BMS packages include integrated electric heat trace and heavy-duty fuel preheaters. These heating elements warm incoming fuel gas prior to pressure reduction and maintain manifold temperatures above the hydrate formation point, ensuring steady pilot gas flow, consistent burner ignition, and zero thermal freeze-offs during sustained minus-40-degree cold snaps.
How do I determine whether my tank configuration requires 250,000 BTU or up to 750,000 BTU of heating capacity?
Selecting the right heat duty depends on total fluid storage capacity, tank insulation values, fluid viscosity, and ambient winter exposure. Our burner systems provide adjustable firing rates ranging from 250,000 to 750,000 BTU/hr, matching tanks from 400bbl up to 1000bbl. A smaller 250,000 BTU setting is often sufficient for maintaining pumpable temperatures in insulated fresh water tanks, whereas heavy crude emulsions, high water-cut batteries, or uninsulated tanks require higher firing outputs to prevent bottom-settling wax dropout and emulsion separation.
What site preparation, clearance, and fuel tie-ins are needed before the BMS arrives on lease?
When you rent a BMS package with your storage tank, our field team coordinates a turnkey delivery and tie-in process. Our packages come complete with pre-wired 12-volt power connections, thermowell and thermocouple assemblies, and all structural mounting brackets. We supply gas fittings and piping to connect your fuel source to the burner housing up to ten feet away. Your lease operator simply needs to provide a leveled pad, access to the fuel supply, and secondary containment clearance for our crew to complete final tie-ins.
How does the burner management system handle sudden flameouts caused by severe prairie wind gusts?
Strong prairie wind gusts can occasionally extinguish a burner flame, creating a hazard if raw fuel gas continues to flow into the hot fire tube. The Profire 2100 prevents this through an automated, fail-safe reignition sequence. The controller immediately isolates the main gas solenoids upon loss of flame signal, initiates a timed post-purge cycle to evacuate any residual combustion gases safely, and attempts controlled spark relighting. If the flame does not establish within safe parameters, the system triggers a hard lockout, preventing dangerous explosive gas accumulation.
When should an operator rent a BMS package alongside a tank versus purchasing a new or used unit?
Choosing whether to rent or buy a Burner Management System depends on your asset life cycle and capital allocation goals. For short-term well testing, seasonal winter heating, or scheduled refinery turnarounds, renting a paired tank and BMS unit converts major capital expenditures into predictable operating costs while eliminating long-term maintenance and storage liabilities. For long-term production batteries, purchasing new or reconditioned B149-3 packages from Benoit Rentals delivers a fully certified, high-reliability heating asset with dedicated warranty and parts support.