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Pipeline

Meaning in oil, gas & mining, with examples

/ˈpaɪplaɪn/nounCore term

In oil, gas & mining, pipeline means: A long line of connected pipes, often buried or laid on the seabed, used to carry oil, gas, water or slurry over long distances.

In Turkish: boru hattı

How it is used

Pipelines are designed, laid, tested, commissioned and operated. Engineers talk about diameter in inches, operating pressure, capacity and right of way (the strip of land the line uses). Pipeline operators monitor flow and pressure from a control centre.

Example sentences

  1. The pipeline carries gas from the coast to a compressor station 300 kilometres inland.

  2. A leak was detected on the crude oil pipeline near the river crossing.

Common collocations

  • gas pipeline
  • oil pipeline
  • lay a pipeline
  • pipeline capacity
  • pipeline route
  • compressor stationA facility along a gas pipeline that uses compressors to raise the pressure of the gas so that it keeps flowing over long distances.
  • pigA device pushed through a pipeline by the flow to clean it, separate products or inspect the pipe wall from inside. Smart pigs carry sensors that find corrosion and cracks.
  • throughputThe amount of material that passes through a pipeline, plant or terminal in a given period, such as barrels per day or tonnes per hour.
  • midstreamDescribing the middle part of the oil and gas business, which moves and stores oil and gas between the field and the refinery or market through pipelines, tankers, terminals and tanks.
  • storage tankA large container, usually a round steel tank, used to hold crude oil, fuels, water or chemicals at a terminal, refinery or production site.

This word in other fields

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