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Specifies the substance transported in pipelines or processed in related facilities. 
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| Group: pipelines |
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| Documented values: 7 |
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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.
Common values
| Value | Description | Tag usage |
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chemicals
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A generic tag that can be used if the specific chemical in the pipeline is not known. | |
Water | ||
water
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Fresh water, additionally see drinking_water=*
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rainwater
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Water from rainfall, in a separate system from sewage. | |
sewage
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Sewage, including water in combined sewage systems. | |
hot_water
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Hot water | |
steam
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Steam | |
brine
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Water with high salinity | |
slurry
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Fluid mixture of a pulverized solid with a liquid, for easy transport | |
Petrochemicals | ||
gas
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Natural gas | |
oil
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Crude oil, as pumped out of the ground | |
fuel
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Refined petroleum products. Most of those pipelines are switched between multiple substances, like gasoline, diesel, heating oil or others. | |
lpg
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Liquefied petroleum gas, a propane/butane mixture | |
lng
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Liquefied natural gas, cooled and not pressurized | |
ngl
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Natural gas liquid purity products | |
y-grade
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Mixed NGLs, output of natural gas processing plants which has to be fractionated into NGL purity products (such as ethane, butane, propane etc) | |
acrylonitrile
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Acrylonitrile | |
acetone
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Acetone, also known as dimethyl ketone | |
ammonia
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Ammonia | |
benzene
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Benzene | |
butadiene
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Butadiene | |
butane
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Butane | |
butene
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Butene, also known as butylene | |
carbon_dioxide
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Carbon dioxide - Often injected into oilfields for increased production | |
carbon_monoxide
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Carbon monoxide | |
chlorine
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Chlorine | |
cumene
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Cumene | |
cyclohexane
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Cyclohexane | |
decene
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Decene | |
ethane
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Ethane - Natural gas liquid, ethylene feedstock | |
ethylbenzene
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Ethylbenzene | |
ethylene
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Ethylene, also known as ethene | |
hexane
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Hexane | |
hexene
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Hexene | |
hydrogen
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Hydrogen - Mainly used as a chemical feedstock | |
isobutane
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Isobutane, also known as methylpropane | |
isobutylene
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Isobutylene | |
isopentane
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Isopentane, also known as methylbutane | |
isoprene
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Isoprene | |
methane
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Methane, in a purer form than natural gas | |
methanol
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Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol | |
naphtha
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Naphtha | |
nitrogen
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Nitrogen | |
octene
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Octene | |
oxygen
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Oxygen | |
pentane
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Pentane | |
polypropylene
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Polypropylene | |
propane
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Propane - used as chemical feedstock and for heating | |
propylene
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Propylene, also known as propene | |
toluene
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Toluene, also known as toluol | |
xylene
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Xylene | |
If the medium of a pipeline you are tagging is not listed here, please choose a meaningful value at your own discretion.