noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a gas pipeline
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The Chinese and Russian governments are cooperating in gas pipeline projects.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
natural
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Cities are full of gas stations, motor vehicles, natural gas pipelines , and the like.
new
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Gas exports through the new trans-Siberian export pipeline from Urengoy have helped in the past and will help in the future.
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The plan envisions a 20-year program of everything from drilling and production to new pipelines and gas-processing facilities.
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development
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Reserves are large enough to support transboundary pipeline development , but huge investment would be required, potentially many billions of dollars.
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What is the main reason for local companies' preference for cooperation or partnership with those major companies in the pipeline development ?
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Who is the driving force in the pipeline development ?
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Despite these differences, it is encouraging to see that both countries are positive about cooperation in this pipeline development .
gas
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Many problems lie ahead for the development of gas pipelines , but the prospects are increasingly positive.
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Cities are full of gas stations, motor vehicles, natural gas pipelines , and the like.
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Without those proposals, I am sure that the gas pipeline would never even have got out of the locker.
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What should be the first region to be developed for the long-distance gas pipeline ?
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To fill the gap, imports from the Siberian gas pipeline are envisaged.
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But the war is also about the building of a gas pipeline .
oil
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The line meanders along this stretch: oil pipelines are crossed and the meanders are for sound engineering reasons.
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Gas and oil pipelines have staunched many creeks and rivers, swamping prime pastures and crop lands.
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Soviet agreements with the Shah included credits for arms purchases and the construction of an oil pipeline .
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Police suspect that foreign companies have paid guerrillas protection money to prevent them from blowing up remote oil pipelines and fields.
project
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If it wins needed approvals, the company said it expects the pipeline project to begin operation in 1997.
system
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The project includes a 130-mile pipeline system and a gas plant in Larose, La.
■ VERB
build
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But the war is also about the building of a gas pipeline .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sth is in the works/pipeline
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A high-school program is in the works .
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A Sprint spokeswoman declined comment, but company sources confirmed the plan is in the works .
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Another, even larger project is in the works just north of Puerto Pe asco.
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But Sassa said no time change is in the works .
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Hence the suspicion that a compromise is in the works .
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Legislation is in the works to encourage states to improve planning and prevention.
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The suit is meant to head off a legal attack against it by Apple which Quorum believes is in the works .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But even with the superstores, the retail pipeline typically maintains at least 70 days of inventory, analysts say.
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Gas and oil pipelines have staunched many creeks and rivers, swamping prime pastures and crop lands.
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Number one, I have seen the vehicles in the pipeline , and I really like what I see.
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Reserves are large enough to support transboundary pipeline development, but huge investment would be required, potentially many billions of dollars.
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The blast wave from the explosion ruptures storage tanks and gas pipelines and overturns and ignites vehicles.
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The East-West pipeline is nearly half welded and laid.
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There is no sense in doing this, however, unless there is an order in the pipeline .
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Transportation by pipeline and handling are simple, and local storage is not required.