Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook

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.

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