scholarly journals Optimal economic operation of liquid petroleum products pipeline systems

AIChE Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Khlebnikova ◽  
Kaarthik Sundar ◽  
Anatoly Zlotnik ◽  
Russell Bent ◽  
Mary Ewers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Petroleum Products ◽  
Economic Operation ◽  
Pipeline Systems ◽  
Products Pipeline

scholarly journals Social Impacts of Land Acquisition for Oil and Gas Development in Uganda

Land ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Ogwang ◽  
Frank Vanclay
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Petroleum Products ◽  
Social Impacts ◽  
Land Acquisition ◽  
Oil And Gas Development ◽  
Oil Pipeline ◽  
Products Pipeline

Uganda’s oil and gas sector has transitioned from the exploration phase to the development phase in preparation for oil production (the operations phase). The extraction, processing, and distribution of oil require a great deal of infrastructure, which demands considerable acquisition of land from communities surrounding project sites. Here, we examine the social impacts of project land acquisition associated with oil production in the Albertine Graben region of Uganda. We specifically consider five major oil related projects that have or will displace people, and we discuss the consequences of this actual or future displacement on the lives and livelihoods of local people. The projects are: Tilenga; Kingfisher; the East African Crude Oil Pipeline; the Kabaale Industrial Park; and the Hoima–Kampala Petroleum Products Pipeline. Our findings reveal both positive and negative outcomes for local communities. People with qualifications have benefited or will benefit from the job opportunities arising from the projects and from the much-needed infrastructure (i.e., roads, health centres, airport) that has been or will be built. However, many people have been displaced, causing food insecurity, the disintegration of social and cultural cohesion, and reduced access to social services. The influx of immigrants has increased tensions because of increasing competition for jobs. Crime and social issues such as prostitution have also increased and are expected to increase.

Field Inspection Module for Hydrotechnical Hazards

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Leir ◽  
Michael Reed ◽  
Eugene Yaremko
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Petroleum Products ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Monitoring Site ◽  
Hazard Management ◽  
Field Inspection ◽  
Database Application ◽  
Products Pipeline

Terasen Pipelines (Terasen) owns and operates an 1146 km low vapour pressure petroleum products pipeline between Edmonton, Alberta and Burnaby, British Columbia. Its right-of-way passes through some of the most geotechnically, hydrotechnically, and environmentally challenging terrain in Western Canada. This paper describes the latest advancement of a natural hazards and risk management database application that has supported a 6-year hazard management program to quantitatively assess and prioritize the geotechnical and hydrotechnical risk along the pipeline. This database was first reported at IPC 2002 in a paper entitled “Natural hazard database application — A tool for pipeline decision makers” [1]. This second paper describes the advancements since then, including the addition of the Hydrotechnical Field Inspection Module (FIM), an add-on tool that allows field inspection observations to adjust hazard and vulnerability. This paper discusses the challenges in building a methodology that is practical enough for field maintenance personnel to use yet sufficiently comprehensive to accurately describe improving or worsening hydrotechnical hazard conditions. Functionality to enter hazard inspection data, review inspection results in the office, and authorize changes to the hydrotechnical hazard probabilities are described in the paper and demonstrated in the conference presentation. The relationship between revised hazard, vulnerability, risk, and response thresholds (such as inspection frequency, monitoring, site surveys, or mitigation) are demonstrated using a river crossing with a dynamic hazard history. As in previous years, this paper is targeted to pipeline managers who are seeking a systematic hazard and risk management approach for their natural hazards.

Overpressure Protections in Liquid Pipeline Hydraulic Design

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan X. L. Zhou ◽  
David Yu ◽  
Victor Cabrejo
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Petroleum Products ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Pipeline System ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Pipeline Systems ◽  
Pipeline Design

Continuous economic development demands safe and efficient means of transporting large quantities of crude oil and other hydrocarbon products over vast extensions of land. Such transportation provides critical links between organizations and companies, permitting goods to flow between their facilities. Operation safety is paramount in transporting petroleum products in the pipeline industry. Safety can affect the performance and economics of pipeline system. Pipeline design codes also evolve as new technologies become available and management principles and practices improve. While effective operation safety requires well-trained operators, adequate operational procedures and compliance with regulatory requirements, the best way to ensure process safety is to implement safety systems during the design stage of pipeline system. Pressure controls and overpressure protection measures are important components of a modern pipeline system. This system is intended to provide reliable control and prevent catastrophic failure of the transport system due to overpressure conditions that can occur under abnormal operating conditions. This paper discusses common pressure surge events, options of overpressure protection strategies in pipeline design and ideas on transient hydraulic analyses for pipeline systems. Different overpressure protection techniques considered herein are based on pressure relief, pressure control systems, equipment operation characteristics, and integrated system wide approach outlining complete pressure control and overpressure protection architecture for pipeline systems. Although the analyses presented in this paper are applicable across a broad range of operating conditions and different pipeline system designs, it is not possible to cover all situations and different pipeline systems have their own unique solutions. As such, sound engineering judgment and engineering principles should always be applied in any engineering design.

Control of Internal Corrosion of Petroleum Products Pipelines With Oil Soluble Inhibitors★

CORROSION ◽  
1959 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 74-82
Author(s):  
M. R. BARUSCH ◽  
L G. HASKELL ◽  
R. L PIEHL
Keyword(s):  
Corrosion Inhibitor ◽  
Corrosion Inhibitors ◽  
Petroleum Products ◽  
Pipeline System ◽  
Initial Operation ◽  
Internal Corrosion ◽  
Degree Of Protection ◽  
The Past ◽  
Water Cloud ◽  
Products Pipeline

Abstract This article summarizes the corrosion inhibitor program of a products pipeline system since its initial operation eight years ago. Initially alkaline sodium nitrite solutions were utilized for corrosion protection. This material was an effective corrosion inhibitor, but its use resulted in the production of large quantities of rust and scale, and in addition contributed to water cloud problems. Use of an oil soluble corrosion inhibitor minimized these problems and resulted in improved protection of the pipeline. During the past three years an average internal corrosion rate of only 0.025 mil per year was observed, in spite of the fact that prolonged periods occurred when no inhibited product contacted sections of the pipe. A mechanism explaining the behavior of oil soluble corrosion inhibitors in a pipeline is presented. This theory accounts for the outstanding effectiveness of such materials and explains why they protect the metal during the prolonged periods when uninhibited stocks are present. The use of more than one oil soluble corrosion inhibitor in products transported through a pipeline causes mixtures of inhibitor molecules to be adsorbed on the surface of the pipe. One inhibitor in contact with the pipe tends to displace another inhibitor previously adsorbed on the surface. This results in some interchange of the corrosion inhibitors in the products transported. The degree of protection realized from the use of several corrosion inhibitors in a pipeline system is discussed. 5.8.2

Natural Hazard Database Application: A Tool for Pipeline Decision Makers

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Leir ◽  
Michael Reed
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Hazard Assessment ◽  
Petroleum Products ◽  
Database Application ◽  
Multi Temporal ◽  
Pipe Line ◽  
Products Pipeline ◽  
The Right ◽  
Future Work

Trans Mountain Pipe Line Company Ltd. (TMPL) owns and operates an 1146 km NPS 24 low vapor pressure petroleum products pipeline between Edmonton, Alberta and Burnaby, British Columbia. In 1998 TMPL retained BGC Engineering Inc. (BGC) to start a three-phase geotechnical and hydrotechnical hazard assessment of the right of way (ROW) from Hinton, Alberta to Kamloops, British Columbia. As part of this work GroundControl was asked to develop an electronic database with which to capture the information generated by BGC during the hazard assessment work. This paper describes the development and evolution of the database application that accompanied the study to quantitatively assess and prioritize the geotechnical and hydrotechnical hazard potential along the pipeline. This paper describes how the database provides TMPL employees across British Columbia and Alberta access to the current results of the hazard assessment plus supporting information such as multi-temporal images and internal and 3rd party reports about the pipeline. The purpose of the database and the unique architecture and functionality that accommodates ongoing monitoring and inspections of slopes and stream crossings is provided. Database security, access, and information sharing unique to TMPL are also described. Benefits and costs of the application plus technical and business challenges overcome by TMPL, BGC, and GroundControl are discussed. Recommendations from TMPL and GroundControl for similar information management initiatives are provided and future work is described. This paper is targeted to pipeline managers who are looking for economical, practical, and innovative information management solutions for managing their natural hazards.

Analyses of the Process Control and Technical Scheme of Urumchi—Lanzhou Multi-Products Pipeline

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Gong ◽  
Qiang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Process Control ◽  
Temperature Drop ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Economic Operation ◽  
Handling Methods ◽  
Products Pipeline ◽  
Pipeline Safety ◽  
Optimal Control Methods ◽  
Product Pipeline ◽  
Methods Of Control

The Urumchi—Lanzhou multi-product Pipeline (China western multi-product pipeline, CWPP) is characterized by long distance, multi-delivery points, severe undulating terrain and high-required running conditions. According to technical characteristics and automation level of the stations, the various running states are analyzed, and the process control principles and accident handling methods are also identified. Based on the terrain and sequencing of the transportation process, the pipeline shutdown principles and methods are determined. Calculation methods of the shutdown pressure are proposed considering the temperature drop caused by shutdown. The dynamic optimal control methods of control valves at pressure-reducing stations are also presented considering that multi-product pipeline through the different points with a large drop height can be analyzed by lots of different control modes. Based on the analyses of operating parameters, it indicates that the application of control principles and methods offers guarantee for the pipeline safety and economic operation.

Hydrostatic Pressure Testing Program for a Liquid Petroleum Products Pipeline

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert V. Hadden ◽  
Kevin J. De Leenheer
Keyword(s):  
Water Treatment ◽  
Petroleum Products ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Pipeline System ◽  
Sewer System ◽  
Testing Program ◽  
Water Transportation ◽  
Pipe Line ◽  
Integrity Management ◽  
Products Pipeline

As part of its Integrity Management Program, Trans Mountain Pipe Line hydrostatically tests sections of its pipeline system with water transported to test sites through the pipeline. After completion of the testing, the water continues through the pipeline to a water treatment facility where it is treated and discharged to the municipal sewer system. Hydrostatic testing of an operating pipeline, although simple in concept, is a major undertaking. This paper will outline the technical aspects of Trans Mountain’s hydrostatic testing program including: test water transportation, environmental constraints, coordination of test activities and water treatment.

scholarly journals Logistics aspects of pipeline transport in the supply of petroleum products

2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-122
Author(s):  
Wessel Pienaar
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Petroleum Products ◽  
Rail Transport ◽  
Pipeline Transport ◽  
Bulk Mode ◽  
Mode Of Transport ◽  
Products Pipeline

The commercial transportation of crude oil and petroleum products by pipeline is receiving increased attention in South Africa. Transnet Pipeline Transport has recently obtained permission from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to construct and operate a new petroleum products pipeline of 60 cm diameter from Durban to Gauteng. At an operating speed of 10 km/h the proposed 60 cm Transnet pipeline would be able to deliver 3,54 million litres of petroleum product per hour. This is equivalent to 89 deliveries per hour using road tank vehicles with an average carrying capacity of 40 000 litres of fuel per vehicle. This pipeline throughput is also equivalent to two trains departing per hour, each consisting of 42 petroleum tank wagons with an average carrying capacity of 42 500 litres of fuel per wagon. Considering that such road trucks and rail wagons return empty to the upstream refineries in Durban, it is clear that there is no tenable long-term alternative to pipeline transport:pipeline transport is substantially cheaper than road and rail transport;pipeline transport is much safer than rail and especially road transport; andpipeline transport frees up alternative road and rail transport capacity.Pipeline transport is a non-containerised bulk mode of transport for the carriage of suitable liquids (for example, petroleum commodities, which include crude oil, refined fuel products and liquid petro-chemicals), gas, slurrified coal and certain water-suspended ores and minerals. InSouth Africa, petroleum products account for the majority of commercial pipeline traffic, followed by crude oil and natural gas. There are three basic types of petroleum pipeline transport systems:Gathering pipeline systemsCrude oil trunk pipeline systemsRefined products pipeline systems Collectively, these systems provide a continuous link between extraction, processing, distribution, and wholesalers’ depots in areas of consumption. The following activities are involved in the flow of goods between place of origin and place of consumption or application:Demand forecasting, Facility site selection, Procurement,Materials handling, Packaging, Warehouse management, Inventory management,Order processing, Logistics communications, Transport, Reverse logistics. Because cost is incurred without adding value each time goods are handled (activity 4) at a terminal or storage facility, a primary logistics objective is to eliminate handling wherever possible. With the carriage of crude oil and petroleum products by pipeline this objective is fully met. Commodity intake, haulage, and discharge are combined in one process, usually a remote-controlled operation. Pipeline transport is a non-containerised bulk mode of transport thereby obviating the need for packaging (activity 5) and returning empty containers. Pipelines provide a direct and long-term link between these origins and destinations. If necessary a continuous service can be provided with no need for a return trip or a reverse pumping process (activity 11).The elimination of handling, packaging and reverse logistics activities contribute substantially to the high measure of economies of scale that pipeline transport enjoys. The article provides adscription of each of the eleven logistics activities in the context of pipeline transport. Effective logistics service is a prerequisite to help ensure that customers receive the required products at the desired quality and quantity, where and when needed. The most pertinent determinants of logistics service performance aresuitability, accessibility, goods security, transit time, reliability and flexibility. The article offers a discussion of the extent to which pipeline transport conforms to each of these measures of effectiveness.

Methodological Complex of the Pipeline Transport System Stability Research

2021 ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
A. V. Yelkin ◽  
◽  
V. V. Sereda ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Petroleum Products ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Pipeline Transport ◽  
Pipeline Systems ◽  
Operation Stability ◽  
Definition Of

The circumstances causing increased interest in the study of pipeline systems operation stability for providing troops (forces) with fuel are given. The definition of the conditions for the operation stability is given, the conditions for its manifestation at various levels are considered. The sequence of the formation of the scientific foundations of the operation stability of pipeline systems at a methodological level is given. The essence of the methodology for studying the operation stability of various pipeline systems of petroleum products supply is argued.

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