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Parameters Oil Pipeline Gas pipeline

1 Power source Requires Centrifugal pump- Requires Gas compressor for
either series or parallel pressuring & transportation.
arrangement for pressurising
to facilitate transportation
through pipeline.
2. Flow More – Less - It does not require low
requirements In the process of transportation quantity. However ,
transportation, Oil exchanges the flow velocity is not very high
heat through the pipe wall and and generally recommended below
surrounding soil and 10m/sec.
approaches the soil temp.
Hence, to avoid pipe failure
caused by slow flow rate or
excessive temp. drop, the min.
flow transportation capacity of
high pour point of product in
the pipeline is generally set.
3. Compressibility Liquid has Poor compressibility Gases have High compressibility.
and therefore stock of crude The avg. press. on the pipeline is
oil does not change with higher and hence pipeline
pressure . accommodate more volume with
the increase in pressure.
4. Pressure drop Pressure drop is St. line as the Pressure drop is slow to fast. The
rate of pressure drop in pressure drop and conveying
pipeline is uniform which is distance are parabolic .
proportional to the distance
between the pipelines .