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Description |
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Substances transported in pipelines ![]() |
Group: pipelines |
Used on these elements |
Documented values: 7 |
Useful combination |
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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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oil | Crude oil, as pumped out of the ground |
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fuel | Refined petroleum products. Most of those pipelines are switched between multiple substances, like gasoline, diesel, heating oil or others. |
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gas | Natural gas |
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water | Fresh water, additionally see drinking_water=* |
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rainwater | Water from rainfall, in a separate system from sewage. |
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sewage | Sewage, including water in combined sewage systems. |
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hot_water | Hot water |
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lpg | Liquefied petroleum gas, a propane/butane mixture |
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lng | Liquefied natural gas, cooled and not pressurized |
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hydrogen | Hydrogen - Mainly used as a chemical feedstock |
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ethane | Ethane - Natural gas liquid, ethylene feedstock |
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butane | Butane |
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propane | Propane - used as chemical feedstock and for heating |
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propylene | Propylene |
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ethylene | Ethylene |
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nitrogen | Nitrogen |
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benzene | Benzene |
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ngl | Natural gas liquid purity products |
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y-grade | Mixed NGLs, output of natural gas processing plants which has to be fractionated into NGL purity products (such as ethane, butane, propane etc) |
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carbon_dioxide | Carbon dioxide - Often injected into oilfields for increased production |
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carbon_monoxide | Carbon monoxide |
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cyclohexane | Cyclohexane |
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isobutane | Isobutane |
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isobutylene | Isobutylene |
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butadiene | Butadiene |
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naphtha | Naphtha |
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methanol | Methanol |
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acetone | Acetone |
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chemicals | A generic tag that can be used if the specific chemical in the pipeline is not known. |
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slurry | Fluid mixture of a pulverized solid with a liquid, for easy transport |
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