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Yes it is a main concern becaucse of many reasons the most important are
It may effect the pipeline effeciency
If this pipeline is ment for distribution it may fail the regulators installed for maintaing low pressure in the system and it may effect the gas supply to individual customer...
Dear Razi
you need following parameter to design a city gate station
maximumm hourly gas load
max. inlet pressure
min. outlet pressur
sp. gravity og gas
flowing temperatures
company policy i mean for regulator selection ie fail to open or fail to close
from the pressure cut you may calculate...