scholarly journals Economic and Strategic Expectations of Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Project

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osman Nuri Aras ◽  
Elchin Suleymanov ◽  
Fakhri Hasanov
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Pipeline ◽  
Gas Field ◽  
Oil Pipeline ◽  
Natural Gas Pipeline ◽  
Pipeline Project

The Republic of Azerbaijan is one of the oil and gas rich countries of the former Soviet Union. After the second stage of the Shah Deniz gas field, natural gas extraction and exportation became one of the key elements of Azerbaijan’s oil and gas strategy. Diversification of the oil and gas transportation has a great importance in Azerbaijan’s energy security policy and in this regard, TANAP is an important project after Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. TANAP is a proposed natural gas pipeline project to transport Azerbaijani natural gas through Turkey to Europe in two directions. The project was firstly announced on 17 November 2011 at the Third Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum in Istanbul. It was launched in 2014 and will be expected to finish in 2018. TANAP will cost seven billion USD and will have the capacity of 23 billion cubic meters by 2023 and 31 billion cubic meters by 2026. This paper analyzes expected strategic and economic outcomes of TANAP.

Horizontal Directional Drilling Application in a Wide River Crossing in the Amazon Rain Forest

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robson Santana Nóbrega Alves ◽  
Byron Gonçalves de Souza Filho
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Pipeline ◽  
Amazon Forest ◽  
Directional Drilling ◽  
Horizontal Directional Drilling ◽  
Existing Structures ◽  
Natural Gas Pipeline ◽  
Single Well

Horizontal Directional Drilling, as known as HDD, is a method of construction that requires few trenches or no continuous trenches, used for making crossings under rivers, roads and existing structures. In the oil and gas industry, it is most commonly used in offshore and onshore well drilling activities to better explore the reservoir from a single well. It is also very much used when laying pipelines, where no other feasible option is possible. This technology was widely applied in the Urucu-Manaus natural-gas pipeline construction by Petrobras, and Transpetro has been responsible for the operation and maintenance of this pipeline since November 2009, flowing Natural Gas from the heart of the Amazon forest mainly to the growing market of thermoelectric plants. Due to its extension in the forest, the crossing of numerous wide navigable rivers and other natural obstacles was unavoidable, and no other construction methods were more suitable than the HDD technology. This work shows the application of this method in the 1777m long crossing of the Solimões River during the construction of this 662km Natural Gas pipeline. It also shows the challenges faced due to the logistical adversities in the rainforest, as well as the operations by Transpetro.

Myanmar-China Oil and Gas Pipeline Project

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhifeng Yu ◽  
Xuejun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Demand ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Gas Pipeline ◽  
Route Optimization ◽  
Suspension Bridges ◽  
Geological Condition ◽  
Mountain Areas ◽  
Oil Pipeline ◽  
Pipeline Project

To meet the increasing energy demand, oil and gas pipelines from Myanmar to China have been planned since 2003. After 10 years’ hard work, Myanmar-China Oil and Gas Pipeline Project had been completed by the end of 2013. The project comprises one gas pipeline and one oil pipeline. The gas pipeline with a diameter of 1016 mm and a total length of 1727 km runs through great mountain areas in the southwest of China. The oil pipeline with a diameter of 813 mm and the first phase length of 606 km is laid parallel to the gas pipeline. The challenges of this project are long distant parallel large pipelines, undulant topography with high different elevation, complicated geological condition, vulnerable ecology, etc. This paper presents some design and construction issues concerned in the project, including the route selection in mountain areas, type of crossings and its design, type of ground movements and its design, special construction methods in these areas, etc. New technologies such as GIS-based route optimization, strain-based design, longspan suspension bridges, tunnels through mountains, multiple pipelines laid in narrow or steep areas and monitoring system for seismic and fault movement had been applied to conquer the challenges.

The Oil and Gas National Master Stations of Transpetro: Design and Implementation

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Mackie ◽  
Paulo de Tarso Arruda Correia ◽  
Alberto Mitsuya Shinzato ◽  
Julio Cesar Barreto Venancio
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Implementation Strategy ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Pipeline ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Natural Gas Pipeline ◽  
Scada Systems ◽  
Oil And Natural Gas ◽  
Master Station

This paper presents the design and implementation of Transpetro’s national master station project for oil and natural gas. The national master stations allow the centralized operation of Transpetro’s entire liquid and natural gas pipeline grid from their new headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The implementation strategy includes transferring operations of the existing regional master stations — four for oil and two for gas — to the national master. Two of the regional masters are maintained as backups for the oil and gas national master stations, respectively. The project foresees the total deactivation of the existing regional master stations as their operations are migrated to the national master. The national master stations complement Transpetro’s integrated oil and gas SCADA systems.

Internal Corrosion Monitoring System Selection for Cross Country Natural Gas Pipeline: A Case Study of SHPPL

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandeep Vyas
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
Gas Pipeline ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Corrosion Monitoring ◽  
Compressor Station ◽  
Internal Corrosion ◽  
Monitoring Techniques ◽  
Natural Gas Pipeline ◽  
Pipeline Project

Reliance Gas Pipelines Limited (RGPL) is currently implementing a gas pipeline project from Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh to Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh for evacuation of gas produced from Coal Bed Methane (CBM) blocks owned by Reliance Industries Ltd. This pipeline will be hooked up with GAIL’s HVJ Pipeline at Phulpur. Over all Pipeline system includes 312 km (approx.) long trunk line, and associated facilities such as Compressor Station at Shahdol, Intermediate Pigging facilities, Metering & Regulating facilities at Phulpur and 12 No. Mainline valve stations. Gas produced from CBM blocks will be dehydrated within Gas Gathering Station facilities of CBM Project located upstream of pipeline Compressor station at Shahdol. Gas received at pipeline battery limit is dry and non-corrosive gas in nature, Internal corrosion is not expected in normal course of operation, however internal corrosion of the natural gas pipeline can occur when the pipe wall is exposed to moisture and other contaminants either under process upset conditions or under particular operating conditions. Even though internal corrosion is not expected during normal course of operations, to take care of any eventuality, it is proposed to implement Internal Corrosion Monitoring (ICMS) system in this project. ICMS will provide an efficient and reliable means of continuous monitoring internal corrosion. Internal Corrosion Monitoring (ICMS) system is used as a part of overall integrity management framework; to achieve two objectives viz., verify the corrosive behaviour of gas and to verify the efficacy of applied preventive actions. Philosophy involved in evaluating a suitable CM technique would include : • Applicable corrosion damage mechanisms, anticipated corrosion rates and probable locations. • Suitable CM technique and location based on process condition, system corrosivity, water content, pigging facilities, available corrosion allowance, design life, maintenance etc., • Measurement frequency. Some of the Corrosion Monitoring techniques used for pipeline and of relevance are: • Weight-loss Corrosion Coupons (CC), • Electrical Resistance probes (ER), • Linear Polarization Resistance Probe (LPR) • Ultrasonic Thickness Measurement (UT) • Sampling Points (SP) This paper discusses the merits / demerits of these corrosion monitoring techniques, considerations for selecting a specific technique for the Shahdol – Phulpur Gas Pipeline Project and highlights the implementation of the internal corrosion monitoring system.

Study on the Heating Process and Properties of X80 Induction Heated Bending Pipe

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Chi ◽  
Yinglai Liu ◽  
Lingkang Ji ◽  
Peng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Gas Pipeline ◽  
Heating Process ◽  
Welding Seam ◽  
Natural Gas Pipeline ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Quenching Process ◽  
Pipeline Project ◽  
Pipe Bending ◽  
Multiple Step

Induction heated bending pipe is an important connecting piece widely used in natural gas pipeline. As the persistent development of natural gas pipeline project, the X80 induction heated bending pipe needed to be developed and studied. The local induction quenching process and the wholly induction quenching process were adopted to develop the Φ1219mm×22mm X80 bending pipe in this paper. The effects of different technologies on the bending pipe property were studied. Based on the pipe-bending machine that can not apply the continuous wholly induction quenching process, a multiple-step wholly induction quenching process was proposed and realized. The study results show that for the X80 bending pipe manufactured via the local induction quenching process, the strength of straight part is higher than the bend part. The toughness of welding seam and heat-affected zone at straight part is lower. The match of property between the straight part and the bend part is not perfect. The continuous wholly induction quenching process improve effectively the toughness of bending pipe, reduce the strength and yield ratio to a certain extent, so the match of property between the straight part and the bend part is reasonable. The multiple-step wholly induction quenching process can also improve the property of the straight part in bending pipe. The property of intermediate zone by double quenching has no clear changes. This kind of process is suitable for the pipe-bending machine that can not provide continuous wholly induction quenching process.

scholarly journals Geohazard assessment lifecycle for a natural gas pipeline project

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 012050
Author(s):  
D Lekkakis ◽  
M D Boone ◽  
E Strassburger ◽  
Z Li ◽  
W P Duffy
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Gas Pipeline ◽  
Natural Gas Pipeline ◽  
Pipeline Project ◽  
Geohazard Assessment
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