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  1. SciWriter

    Question: Petroleum Pipeline Vent Design?

    Jeff: Splendid! Thanks for the detailed help. --Bryant
  2. SciWriter

    Question: Petroleum Pipeline Vent Design?

    Thank you very much! So only a rupture of the inner casement would result in any venting, right? I drove several pipeline routes recently; in the older reaches (like in Fallon, Nevada), there are vent pipes. In newer lengths of the line (like those in Concord, California), I saw none...
  3. SciWriter

    Question: Petroleum Pipeline Vent Design?

    I'm a science writer interested in the design of petroleum pipelines. I'm curious why older (circa 1960) buried high-pressure jet fuel pipelines have regularly spaced "shephards' crook"-like vent pipes on the surface while newer pipelines do not. Were these vents a safety...
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