TPi March 2014

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Eighth edition of pipeline rules handbook

As a reference for day-to-day pipeline operations, it provides solutions for pipeline workflow problems. With more than 45 years of pipeline industry experience, author EW McAllister added a significant amount

Elsevier, a provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has announced the publication of the eighth edition of Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook: A Manual of Quick, Accurate Solutions to Everyday Pipeline Engineering Problems.

HIGH PRESSURE FITTINGS Forged-Carbon-Alloy-Stainless Steel, Threaded and Socket Weld PRODUCTS: 90°/45° elbow, tee, union, coupling, bushing, plug, cap, insert, pipe nipple & swage nipple . . .etc. MATERIALS: -Stainless Steel: ASTM A182, F304/304L, F316/316L, F304H/F316H, F317L -Carbon Steel: ASTM A105, SF440A & A181, A350 LF2 -Alloy Steel: ASTM A182 F11, F22 PRESSURE RATINGS: 2000, 3000, 6000 & 9000 lbs APPROVAL CERTIFICATES: ISO-9001 Quality Assurance, L/R, C/R, N/K & ABS register of shipping, PED (CE)

Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook is now in its eighth edition

of new content to this edition of the Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook.

The content allows pipeline operators, managers and technicians to stay up to date with critical pipeline industry information and calculations; understand the key issues affecting the operations of onshore pipelines; understand and apply the principles of pipeline operations and equipment selection and placement; and learn best practices in the design, construction and operation of a pipeline system. For the first time, readers have access to online interactive features based on material in the handbook, including searchable and sortable data tables, a graph digitiser to plot coordinates, and a converter calculator. Elsevier also published seven additional booksonthetopicofoilandgaspipelines: Offshore Pipelines: Design, Installation, and Maintenance; Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals and Fluids Technology; Handbook of Liquefied Natural Gas; Corrosion Control in the Oil and Gas Industry; Pipeline Integrity Handbook: Risk Management and Evaluation; Fluid Dynamics of Oil Production; and Arctic Pipeline Planning: Design, Construction, and Equipment. The books are available from Elsevier and through ScienceDirect, the company’s full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from nearly 2,200 peer- reviewed journals, almost 900 serials and nearly 25,000 book titles.

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