PIPE SYSTEMS MARKET

From the quote above it is evident that although several oil companies own the upstream network jointly they do no not have any capacity rights in their capacity of owners, neither for their own needs nor for third parties. Unlike a so-called pipe-in-pipe system , the operator on behalf of all the owners markets the entire system capacity in the network jointly. 

Eastern and Central Europe promise to be areas of opportunity for growth in natural gas pipe systems. Those countries within the influence of the Soviet Union were already connected to the enormous supply of natural gas available from Russia. However, infrastructural investment in pipe-work and high quality pipe technology was not available. Opening of markets to Western investment and technology can now offer rapid growth... 

The preponderance of contractual relationships means that the various responsibilities for the final installed quality of a pipe system can sometimes be obscured. Quality is far more easy to assure in the factory situations of polymer and pipe production than it is in the remote and constantly changing situation of site work. Responsibilities for quality can only be assigned by careful contract preparation, cascaded through all stages of the supply chain. Good practice requires the existence of appropriate specifications and standards and the testing and inspection services to implement them. Practical experience dictates that only the acceptance of formalised, strictly applied, QA procedures can ensure that quality standards survive in a cost competitive market. 

One advantage of the screw principle is immediately apparent the gas is conveyed only in one direction without reversal or a change in direction. Any condensate which may have formed can be discharged relatively easily and continuously. Moreover, all screw vacuum pumps on the market, provided they are connected on their exhaust side to a permanently installed piping system, are relatively quiet and can thus also be installed in the vicinity of workplaces which are in constant use. 

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