Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook: A Manual of Quick, Accurate Solutions to Everyday Pipeline Engineering Problems

by M.J. Kaiser, E.W. McAllister

Overview

Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook: A Manual of Quick, Accurate Solutions to Everyday Pipeline Engineering Problems, Ninth Edition, the latest release in the series, serves as the "go-to" source for all pipeline engineering answers. Updated with new data, graphs and chapters devoted to economics and the environment, this new edition delivers on new topics, including emissions, decommissioning, cost curves, and more while still maintaining the quick answer standard display of content and data that engineers have utilized throughout their careers. Glossaries are added per chapter for better learning tactics, along with additional storage tank and LNG fundamentals.

This book continues to be the high-quality, classic reference to help pipeline engineers solve their day-to-day problems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128227886
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	11/06/2022
Edition description:	9th ed.
Pages:	1220
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.88(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mark Kaiser is Marathon Professor and Director of the Research and Development Division at the Center for Energy Studies at Louisiana State University. His areas of expertise include cost estimation, decommissioning, fiscal systems, offshore infrastructure and service industries, refining, and regulatory modeling.

E.W. McAllister has more than 50 years of experience in the pipeline industry as an engineer, administrator, and project manager. He has worked for Chevron Pipe Line Company and Gulf Pipe Line Company, and now runs his own engineering services consulting firm in Houston, TX, USA.

Table of Contents

1. General Information
2. Construction
3. Pipe Design
4. Electrical Design
5. Hydrostatic Testing
6. Pipeline Drying
7. Control Valves
8. Corrosion/Coatings
9. Gas-General
10. Gas-Compression
11. Gas-Hydraulics
12. Liquids-General
13. Liquids-Hydraulics
14. Pumps
15. Measurement
16. Instrumentation
17. Inspection, Maintenance, and Risk Evaluation
18. Tanks
19. Economics
20. Costs
21. Safety and Environment

What People are Saying About This

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Helps readers quickly gain answers on costs and environmental factors in pipeline engineering

Editorial Reviews

"A must-have reference work for the pipeline professional, its durable, handy paperback format is perfect for on the job, in the office, or on the road." —IPLOCA Newsletter 2002

"Now it its sixth edition, Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook has been and continues to be the standard resource for any professional in the pipeline industry. A practical and convenient reference, it provides quick solutions to everyday pipeline problems that the pipeline engineer, contractor, or designer faces. Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook assembles hundreds of shortcuts for pipeline construction, design, and engineering. Workable "how-to" methods, handy formulas, correlations, and curves all come together in this one convenient volume." —Ocean News and Technology, April 2005

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