Saturday, July 26, 2014

METERING STATIONS

E V E R Y   5 - 20  M I L E S 
SOURCE: Interstate Natural Gas Association of America [INGAA]
"Pipeline companies install VALVES along a gas pipeline system 

to provide a means of controlling flow.

The valves may be spaced as close together as 
EVERY FIVE MILES or as far apart as TWENTY MILES 
according to standards established by applicable safety codes.  

The valves normally are open, but when a section of pipeline requires maintenance, operational engineers close the valves to isolate that section of the pipeline.  
Once isolated, the maintenance crew can vent the gas from that section of the pipeline and proceed with its work.


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