PIPELINE


Meaning of PIPELINE in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a gas pipeline

The Chinese and Russian governments are cooperating in gas pipeline projects.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

natural

Cities are full of gas stations, motor vehicles, natural gas pipelines , and the like.

new

Gas exports through the new trans-Siberian export pipeline from Urengoy have helped in the past and will help in the future.

The plan envisions a 20-year program of everything from drilling and production to new pipelines and gas-processing facilities.

■ NOUN

development

Reserves are large enough to support transboundary pipeline development , but huge investment would be required, potentially many billions of dollars.

What is the main reason for local companies' preference for cooperation or partnership with those major companies in the pipeline development ?

Who is the driving force in the pipeline development ?

Despite these differences, it is encouraging to see that both countries are positive about cooperation in this pipeline development .

gas

Many problems lie ahead for the development of gas pipelines , but the prospects are increasingly positive.

Cities are full of gas stations, motor vehicles, natural gas pipelines , and the like.

Without those proposals, I am sure that the gas pipeline would never even have got out of the locker.

What should be the first region to be developed for the long-distance gas pipeline ?

To fill the gap, imports from the Siberian gas pipeline are envisaged.

But the war is also about the building of a gas pipeline .

oil

The line meanders along this stretch: oil pipelines are crossed and the meanders are for sound engineering reasons.

Gas and oil pipelines have staunched many creeks and rivers, swamping prime pastures and crop lands.

Soviet agreements with the Shah included credits for arms purchases and the construction of an oil pipeline .

Police suspect that foreign companies have paid guerrillas protection money to prevent them from blowing up remote oil pipelines and fields.

project

If it wins needed approvals, the company said it expects the pipeline project to begin operation in 1997.

system

The project includes a 130-mile pipeline system and a gas plant in Larose, La.

■ VERB

build

But the war is also about the building of a gas pipeline .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

sth is in the works/pipeline

A high-school program is in the works .

A Sprint spokeswoman declined comment, but company sources confirmed the plan is in the works .

Another, even larger project is in the works just north of Puerto Pe asco.

But Sassa said no time change is in the works .

Hence the suspicion that a compromise is in the works .

Legislation is in the works to encourage states to improve planning and prevention.

The suit is meant to head off a legal attack against it by Apple which Quorum believes is in the works .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But even with the superstores, the retail pipeline typically maintains at least 70 days of inventory, analysts say.

Gas and oil pipelines have staunched many creeks and rivers, swamping prime pastures and crop lands.

Number one, I have seen the vehicles in the pipeline , and I really like what I see.

Reserves are large enough to support transboundary pipeline development, but huge investment would be required, potentially many billions of dollars.

The blast wave from the explosion ruptures storage tanks and gas pipelines and overturns and ignites vehicles.

The East-West pipeline is nearly half welded and laid.

There is no sense in doing this, however, unless there is an order in the pipeline .

Transportation by pipeline and handling are simple, and local storage is not required.

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