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What used to be talked about only among a few natural gas industry insiders is now talked about loudly in wider energy circles under the rubric of “smart grid, smarter pipeline network,” and more recently, “smart energy” topics. With safety, reliability and market drivers all coming into play, the natural gas highway is readying itself for some increased electronic scrubbing and manipulation.

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Contrasting Welding Techniques Used On Pipelines And Refinery Piping: Uphill Versus Downhill

When one looks on a huge oil and gas installation like a refinery spread across many acres and representing millions of dollars on equipment and infrastructure investment, one does not see the raw crude oil injected into the refinery for the refining process. This is because the crude oil is transported through an underground pipeline. The pump station which pumps oil into the pipeline is also located far away from the refinery.

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Shah Deniz Consortium Evaluates Transportation Options For Azeri Gas

The Shah Deniz consortium is considering the expansion of gas transport infrastructure to deliver Azeri gas from Stage-2 of the Shah Deniz project to Western Europe.

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Texas Court Makes Proving Common-Carrier Status More Difficult

On Aug. 26, 2011, the Supreme Court of Texas issued its opinion in Texas Rice Land Partners Ltd. v. Denbury Green Pipeline-Texas LLC (No. 09-0901), which provides landowners yet another avenue by which to frustrate and delay common carriers’ acquisition of pipeline easements. Simply put, this decision makes life a little more difficult for companies trying to exercise the power of eminent domain.

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How Alliance Pipeline Is Taking Advantage Of Opportunities While Dealing With Changing Market Dynamics

Shortly after Alliance Pipeline celebrated its 10th anniversary, company President and CEO, Murray Birch, and Bob Blattler, Manager, Supply Development, took time to respond to P&GJ’s questions regarding the company’s recent milestone, safety strategy, training methods, near-term challenges and a move toward becoming a multi-service pipeline.

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2012 Worldwide Pipeline Construction Report

P&GJ’s worldwide survey figures indicate that 118,623 miles of pipelines are planned and under construction. Of these, 88,976 represent projects in the planning and design phase; 29,647 miles reflect pipelines in various stages of construction.

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Mastering Construction Challenges In The Sahara Desert

The challenges and complexities of building oil and gas infrastructure in a remote and inhospitable part of the Sahara Desert are adding to the stores of knowledge possessed by ABB engineers and technicians.

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China's Demand For Oil Will Equal U.S Demand By 2040

Despite aggressive demand-management policies announced in recent years, China’s oil use could easily reach levels comparable to today’s U.S. levels by 2040, according to a new energy study by the Baker Institute.

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Shale Gas Supports More Than 600,000 American Jobs, Study Says

The natural gas "shale gale" that has dramatically transformed the outlook for U.S. energy supplies is also having profound economic impacts - creating jobs, reducing consumer costs of natural gas and electricity, stimulating economic growth and bolstering federal, state and local tax revenue, according to a new IHS Global Insight study.

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Oil Pipeline Bypassing Turkish Straits Would Not Significantly Reduce Safety Shipping Risks

An oil pipeline bypassing Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait would have little impact on shipping safety on the waterway because crude oil shipments constitute a small and declining percentage of total traffic, according to a new IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS CERA) report.

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