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    Pipeline transportation has been around for many years and is very contributory to the United States transportation system. According to Pipeline101 (2016d), the use of pipelines for oil transport has been around since the 19th century (p. 1). The first pipes only went a short distance, and delivered oil from drill holes directly to tanks or refineries (Pipeline101, 2016d, p.1). As the demand for products increased, so did the pipeline industry. During the 1860s, pipe material changed from cast

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    chemicals for homes, commercial enterprises, and transport, and subsequently assumes a key part in the Egyptian economy. It gives around 87% of Egypt 's essential vitality and records for around 35% of Egypt 's fare incomes (EIA, 2013). By the by, the amalgamation of considerable increment in local utilization of vitality, wasteful government appropriations on petroleum items, colossal spending plan deficiency, omnipresent assaults on gas pipelines and consistent political agitation, implies that

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    consisted in build a pipeline across few states. This is a tremendous riot between Native Americans and the federal government who support this work. In the meantime, this issue will briefly describe the benefits and consequences of having a crude oil pipeline on native Americans lands. At the present time, no social media had

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    Natural gas transmission pipeline network system. Introduction One of the most widely used source of energy in world is natural gas (NG) and is due to its environment friendly characteristics. The distance between the resources and the place where it is needed is usually far apart. It is more economical to transport natural gas by pipeline compared to Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for short distance. In transmission pipeline network system (TPNS), gas flow through various devices such as regulators

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    and terrestrial life. Most of NNPC’s oil spillage is largely due to pipeline corrosion. This paper will explore the feasibility of preventive maintenance on the oil pipelines which will aid in the prevention and early detection of oil leakages. The major causes of pipeline spillages are corrosion, stress, etc. Preventive maintenance practices on the oil pipelines consists of actions that will improve the conditions of the pipeline systems for optimized performance and aversion of unwanted system failure

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    What is the keystone pipeline and what does it do? The keystone pipeline is an oil pipeline that was commissioned in 2010. It runs from Alberta, Canada and then into refineries in Illinois and Texas and also to an oil pipeline center in Oklahoma. This pipeline is a critical project for the United States. The Pipeline consists of four phases. The first three phases have already been completed. The fourth phase failed to receive permits from the United States government in 2015. The project

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    Transportation and Modeling: A Literature Review Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 The impact of fracking on transportation: An overview of national, regional and safety challenges 4 2. 1 National challenges 4 2.2 Increasing safety Concerns 6 2.2.1 Pipeline safety issues 7 2.2.2 Railroad safety issues 7 2.2.3 Barge safety issues 10 2.2.4 Trucking safety issues 10 2.2.5 Safety concerns and impact on mode split 10 2.2 Regional challenges 11 3.0 Modeling fracking transportation needs: Issues and variables

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    The company Kinder Morgan was first established in February of 1997 when a group of investors led by Richard Kinder and William Morgan acquired the general partner of a small, publicly traded pipeline limited partnership (Enron Liquids Pipeline). Which is Located in Huston, KMP began with very little assets, which consisted of 175 workers and a business value which was roughly $325 million.Morgan and kinder had a goal to build a completely new type of energy company by making use of the master limited

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    occurred in September 2013. Even the prevailing thought of hazardous waste introduced to the Colorado geographical landscape does not eliminate the second and third order affects imposed on the nation’s petroleum pipeline infrastructure by way of corrosion, introducing chemicals into the pipeline arteries through small cracks that may extend beyond Colorado, an implication that cannot be ruled out. Water contamination prevention-or across the board programs-from the negative effect of hydraulic fracturing

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    Alec Benejam Sol Drescher, Ph.D ECON 2013 December 10th 2016 “Chief Obama and the Dakota Pipeline: A Case Study in Why The US Doesn’t Build more infrastructure” Alysia Finley Gordon Rule Essay #3 Recently in news outlets we’ve come to hear more about the Dakota Access Pipeline. As of December 6th, construction was halted, due to the numerous protest in the past couple of months surrounding the approval of construction. Although alternate routes are currently being studied, and construction

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