Thursday, June 14, 2018

Putting A Puzzle Together With Pipeline Stringing

By Peter Ellis


For more than ninety nine percent of its existence, human society existed as hunter gatherers. Early humans formed tribes and these tribes were nomadic, moving from place to place in search of food and other resources. Eventually though, society evolved as it is wont to do and then people settled down. They did so near sources of fresh, potable water, because the crops they were growing and the livestock they were raising needed water, as did their actual bodies. Eventually, these settlements became so expansive that the not all the people living in them could readily access the water. As such, infrastructure to transport water had to be put in place, in order to assure that all people had access to the resources they needed. Eventually, society had to resort to pipeline stringing.

Pipelines are composed of individual segments. These segments have to be fitted together as needed in order to be elongated. This is the essence of stringing pipelines.

Transporting liquid resources can be a tricky endeavor. A major shake can cause some of it to spill, which equals lost revenue. But a pipe is sealed tight, minimizing the chances of spillage, and a pipeline can be built on land in order to make that transportation quick, since the delivery system will not have to wait in traffic.

Such a project is not going to come cheap. The materials alone are going to cost millions. Of course, it should be noted that the entities that initiate such projects are usually corporate in nature and as such will be able to shoulder the costs. On some occasions, projects such as these are initiated by government agencies, which are better able to shoulder costs than any corporation.

There is a lot of equipment involved. Specialized flatbed trucks will have to be used in order to transport segments from Point A to Point B. Heavy machinery will be needed to dig trenches to put the segments into if they are not elevated off the ground. If a segment is to be elevated, a crane may become necessary. As always, there will also need to be actual human bodies to work on the project, as they are the ones who will operate the machines.

No one wants a shoddy product. As such, any firm that is hired to do the actual building should have a glowing reputation. Anything less should be unacceptable.

Any large scale construction project is going to have an environmental impact. Pipes that transport oil are especially prone to this. One crack anywhere in the system can lead to an ecological disaster, which means bad optics for the companies involved.

But other than ecological impacts, piping can also have other controversies. Because the segments need to go through land, sometimes it can go through land that is culturally significant to one group of people. This can lead to protests which delay construction and even sabotage on the part of activists.

People have grown accustomed to certain things. The infrastructure that meets these needs does not appear out of thin air. It must be constructed first.




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