Pipeline transport
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Pipelines transport gases and liquids in common practice, and have been used to transport solid capsules through pneumatic tubes. Gas and liquid commodities transported through pipelines include:
Accidents
Pipelines conveying flammable or explosive material such as natural gas or oil pose special safety concerns.
- June 4, 1989 - sparks from two passing trains detonated gas leaking from an LPG pipeline near Ufa, Russia. Up to 645 people were reported killed.
- October 17, 1998 - at Jesse in the Niger Delta in Nigeria, a petroleum pipeline exploded killing about 1200 villagers, some of whom were scavenging gasoline - the worst of several similar incidents in this country.
- June 10, 1999 - a pipeline in a Bellingham, Washington park leaked gasoline, vapor from leak exploded and killed 2 children
- July 30, 2004 - a major natural gas pipeline exploded in Ghislenghien, Belgium near Ath (thirty kilometres southwest of Brussels), killing at least 23 people and leaving 122 wounded, some critically. (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=HXJX3BKM0LDU0CRBAE0CFFA?type=worldNews&storyID=5832363) (CNN) (http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/30/belgium.gas.blast/index.html)
List of Pipelines
- Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline (BTC)
- Operation Pluto - World's first undersea oil pipeline (1942)
- Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline (TAP)
- Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS)
- Trans-Israel pipeline
See also
Pipeline transport has become a metaphor for "pipelines", a term used in computer science, electrical engineering, and manufacturing.