Oil & Gas Pipelines in Nontechnical Language

by Thomas O. Miesner, William L. Leffler

Oil & Gas Pipelines in Nontechnical Language examines the processes, techniques, equipment, and facilities used to transport liquids such as refined products, crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids through cross-country pipelines.

Topics include the importance of the pipeline infrastructure; planning, designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining pipelines; regulatory requirements; and the challenges for the future. Special emphasis is included on control and leak detection systems as well as emerging technologies and systems to ensure safe and environmentally sound operation. Thorough but easy to read, this text is useful for anyone who wants to learn about pipelines, from petroleum industry newcomers and students to personnel in related arenas such as legal, accounting, financial, government, and others.

Features and benefits:
Concise overviews of the various pipeline functions and operations;
Individual coverage of oil, natural gas, and chemical pipeline operations and their differences;
Descriptive photos, charts, and tables for easy comprehension.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Engineering, Science, Business

357 pages, Hardcover

First published October 10, 2005

Reviews

[Carson Dick]

Good book, geology parts are just boring to me.

[Joe Frankie]

Well-organized work and easy to understand. It breaks up the subject in digestible pieces and can be read from front to back or in the areas you seeking to understand. Thomas Miesner does good work in this and other works he co-authors for the Pennwell series. I use this book as one, among a suite of others, to help new people and former military come up the curve fast in the oil and gas vertical.

[Chris Maguire]

You can tell this was written by a couple guys who know this industry well and not a committee of stuffed shirts. There's a little humor thrown in here and there, the details don't get too heavy and the book gives a good look at many aspects of pipelines from safety to operation and from construction to politics.

[Scott]

Great big picture introduction to midstream O&G. It is easy to read, has a lot of relevant pictures and illustrations for support, and let's you become more familiar with the terms/jargon used daily in midstream.

[Dewey Norton]

Comprehensive, written clearly

[Hồ Quang]

marked it as to-read

[Yoga Subramanian]

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