What are the advantages and disadvantages of pipeline transportation? Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) Project (2024)

Advantages of pipeline transportation

(1) Large volume of transportation.

An oil pipeline can continuously complete the delivery task. According to the size of its pipe diameter, its annual transportation volume can reach millions of tons to tens of millions of tons, or even more than 100 million tons.

(2) Occupy less land.

Transportation pipelines are usually buried underground and occupy very little land. The permanent land occupation of transportation pipelines is only 3% of that of roads and about 10% of that of railways

(3) The pipeline transportation construction period is short and the cost is low.

Compared with the construction period of the railway with the same capacity, the construction period of the pipeline transportation system is generally shorter by more than 1/3

(4) Pipeline transportation is safe, reliable and continuous.

Because oil and gas are flammable, explosive, volatile, and easy to leak, pipeline transportation is safe and can greatly reduce volatilization loss. At the same time, air, water and soil pollution caused by leakage can also be greatly reduced

(5) Pipeline transportation consumes less energy, has low cost, and has good benefits.

Pipeline transportation is a continuous project, and there is no no-load travel in the transportation system, so the transportation efficiency of the system is high. Taking oil transportation as an example, the ratio of transportation costs among pipeline transportation, waterway transportation and railway transportation is 1:1:1.7.

Disadvantages of pipeline transportation

(1) poor flexibility

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(2) Strong special type

(3) A strong franchise

(4) Large fixed investments

In June 2022, the energy ministers of Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria revived a decades-old project to develop a gas pipeline that would traverse the Sahara Desert. Named the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP), the envisioned project would connect Nigeria's expansive Warri hydrocarbon fields to Algeria's Hassi R'Mel feeder hub on the Mediterranean coast. Up to a trillion cubic feet of natural gas annually will pass through 2,565 miles of pipeline, with Algeria's segment comprising 1,435 miles, more than half the total project length. This megaproject will offer substantial business opportunities in design and construction, and it will demand the contributions of various specialized suppliers.

Prospects for Nansteel Manufacturing Co., Ltd suppliers include: gas oil casing tube, pipeline sections, pipe layers and processes, x-ray welding, pumps, fittings, valves, flanges, gaskets, pipeline integrity testing and inspection, advanced high-corrosion solutions, and flow measurement and maintenance technology. We are still providing a full range of multi-production and services to the end-user and intermediaries of this project.