What is Micro Tunneling? Micro Tunneling (M/T) is a process that uses a remotely controlled Micro Tunnel Boring Machine (MTBM) combined with the pipe jacking technique to directly install product...
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Christmas Tree and Wellhead: Function, Components, Difference, Design Codes (With PDF)
What is a Christmas Tree? In petroleum and natural gas extraction, a Christmas tree, or "tree", is an assembly of a multi-valved structure consisting of valves, spools, and fittings used to...
Damaging effects of Low-Velocity Flow In Piping And Pipelines (With PDF)
Is Low-Velocity Flow Bad? Many of you are aware that high velocities in piping and pipelines lead to many operational and maintenance issues like piping vibration, noise, pipe material erosion,...
Offshore pipelines are the center stage of the subsea transportation system. Any offshore oil and gas projects constitute a long length of offshore pipelines. These are also known as sub-sea...
What is Hot Tapping? Hot Tap or Hot Tapping is a proprietary method for adding a branch connection to a “hot” or operating line. The hot Tapping process allows a connection into a...
Factors Affecting Line Sizing of Piping or Pipeline Systems (With PDF)
Line sizing by the Process engineers is one of the most important and critical activities for any project. Line size is determined with proper sizing calculations considering various parameters....
