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Oil & gas pipelines in nontechnical language / Thomas O. Miesner and William L. Leffler

Author
Miesner, Thomas O.
Additional Titles
Oil and gas pipelines in nontechnical language
Published
Tulsa, Okla. : PennWell Corp., [2006]
Copyright Date
©2006
Physical Description
xviii, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators
Leffler, William L.

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Contents
HOW PIPELINES DIFFER: Crude oil pipelines -- Refined products pipelines -- Natural gas pipelines -- Pipeline customers -- THE FIRST LEG: Creating nostalgia -- Enter competition -- Oily beginnings -- Gaseous progress -- Endeavor and technology -- Disturbed interests -- The Russians -- Separate ways -- Expansion -- The great offshore -- Diversity -- Shifting sands -- HOW PIPELINES WORK: The physics of fluid flow -- Municipal water systems -- Friction losses, pipe lengths, and flow rates -- Hydraulic properties of hydrocarbon fluids -- Hydraulics -- Basic flow principles and equations -- OIL PIPELINE OPERATIONS: Crude oil lines-a brief review -- Refined products lines-a brief review -- Field operations to central control room -- Central control room operations -- The control room -- Operator training -- NATURAL GAS PIPELINE OPERATIONS: Natural gas lines-a brief review -- From field operations to central control room operations -- Central control rooms -- Operator training -- PETROCHEMICAL AND LPG PIPELINE OPERATIONS: Definitions -- Product characteristics -- Compressibility -- Leak detection -- Measurement -- Quality -- Commissioning and decommissioning -- Storage -- Hydraulics -- Addendum-supercritical fluids -- OFFSHORE PIPELINES: Line design -- Installing subsea pipeliines -- Bottom conditios -- Risers -- ROVs -- SCADA, CONTROLS, AND LEAK DETECTION: SCADA -- Design and control -- Leak detection -- and MAINTENANCE: What causes releases? -- How to prevent damage -- Finding potential problems before they become failures -- Risk and pipeline safety -- Integrity management plan -- Repairs -- Other maintenance activities -- INVESTMENT DECISIONS: Why are they built? -- Who decides to build? -- How is the decision made? -- Ownership changes -- Master limited partnerships -- Determining the purchase and sales price -- MAJOR COMPONENTS AND HOW THEY WORK: Pipe -- Coatings -- Fittings and flanges -- Valves -- Actuators -- Pumps and compressors -- Prime movers -- Variable speed devices -- Meters -- Provers -- Other components -- ENGINEERING AND DESIGN: Safety considerations -- Route selection -- Line size, wall thickness, and looping -- Systems curves -- Fittings, flanges, and valves -- Wall thickness and grade of pipe -- Looping -- Pump, compressor, and prime mover selection -- Flow and pressure control -- Number of stations -- Station location -- Storage -- Station design and layout -- Additional design considerations -- CONSTRUCTION: Permitting -- Contracting and procurement -- ROW and land acquisition -- Inspection -- Staking the line -- Pipeline construction spreads -- Preparing the ROW -- Stringing -- Welding -- Weld inspection -- Trenching -- Lowering in -- Backfilling -- Bends, crossings, and tie-ins -- Quality control -- Cleaning and sizing -- Hydrostatic testing -- Commissioning -- Station construction -- Cleanup and restoration -- Handoff for operations -- Documentation -- SATISFYING STAKEHOLDERS: Stakeholders -- Balancing needs and wants.
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ISBN
159370058X (hardcover)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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