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Substances transported in pipelines 
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| Group: Pipelines |
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Status: approved
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This tag is used to describe the substance transported in pipelines or processed in related facilities.
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| substance | water | Water, additionally see drinking_water=* |
| rainwater | Water from rainfall et. al., not polluted | |
| sewage | Sewage | |
| hot_water | Hot water | |
| gas | Natural gas | |
| cng | Compressed natural gas | |
| lng | Liquefied natural gas, cooled and not pressurized | |
| lpg | Liquefied petroleum gas, named Autogas or Campinggas, a propane/butane mixture | |
| oil | Crude oil, as pumped out of the ground | |
| fuel | Refined petroleum products. Most of those pipelines are switched between multiple substances, like gasoline, diesel, heating oil or others. | |
| multiphase | Combination of gas, oil and water; usually in pipelines running from the wellhead to the processing facility | |
| hydrogen | Hydrogen | |
| butane | Butane | |
| propane | Propane | |
| methane | Methane | |
| propylene | Propylene | |
| ethylene | Ethylene | |
| ammonia | Ammonia | |
| kerosene | Kerosene | |
| hydrocarbons | Hydrocarbons, a generic tag that can be used if the exact substance in the pipeline is not known | |
| chemicals | A generic tag that can be used if the specific chemical in the pipeline is not known. | |
| Consider using power=cable or communication=line. | ||
| Heat is not a substance but a kind of energy and requires a medium to be transferred/stored. Consider using hot_water, steam. See heat distribution network pipelines. | ||
| slurry | Fluid mixture of a pulverized solid with a liquid, for easy transport |
If the medium of a pipeline you are tagging is not listed here, please choose a meaningful value at your own discretion.
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