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  2. List of pipeline accidents in the United States (1950–1969)

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    October 5 – A ditching machine used in laying a water main hit an 8-inch natural gas pipeline in Sarasota, Florida. Nine people were injured in the ensuing explosion and fire. [82] October 26 – A 16-inch gas transmission pipeline near Checotah, Oklahoma exploded while it was being worked on, to repair a leak. Three of the repair crew died ...

  3. Lead service line - Wikipedia

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    Research has found that even with a full lead service line replacement, lead exposure can still exist in the home, particularly when the water source is rich in manganese and iron causing scale build-up in the home's pipes. The scale may have absorbed lead from prior to the replacement; when the scale crumbles after the replacement, lead can be ...

  4. Blowout (well drilling) - Wikipedia

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    Returning mud "cut" by (i.e., contaminated by) gas, oil or water; Connection gases, high background gas units, and high bottoms-up gas units detected in the mudlogging unit. [22] The primary means of detecting a kick while drilling is a relative change in the circulation rate back up to the surface into the mud pits.

  5. List of pipeline accidents - Wikipedia

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    2010: Dalian Pipeline disaster – The explosion of two petroleum pipelines and subsequent fire in the port of Dalian, in northern China's Liaoning province on Saturday, on July 17, 2010, caused fatalities, damages and an ecological disaster, releasing 11,000 barrels of oil into the Yellow Sea, and covering up, according to different sources, from 50 to 430 km 2 of sea and coast lines.

  6. Nord Stream pipelines sabotage - Wikipedia

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    [48] [49] Nord Stream 2 consists of two parallel lines and the leak happened in line A inside the Danish economic zone. [50] Citing danger to shipping, Danish Maritime Authority closed the sea for all vessels in a 5-nautical-mile (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) zone around the leak site, and advised planes to stay at least 1,000 m (3,300 ft) above it. [49] [51]

  7. Water hammer - Wikipedia

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    Expansion joints on a steam line that have been destroyed by steam hammer. Steam hammer can occur in steam systems when some of the steam condenses into water in a horizontal section of the piping. The steam forcing the liquid water along the pipe forms a "slug" which impacts a valve of pipe fitting, creating a loud hammering noise and high ...

  8. Site plan - Wikipedia

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    Sites plan typically show buildings, roads, sidewalks and paths/trails, parking, drainage facilities, sanitary sewer lines, water lines, lighting, and landscaping and garden elements. [ 1 ] Such a plan of a site is a "graphic representation of the arrangement of buildings, parking, drives, landscaping and any other structure that is part of a ...

  9. Piping and instrumentation diagram - Wikipedia

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    Piping and instrumentation diagram of pump with storage tank. Symbols according to EN ISO 10628 and EN 62424. A more complex example of a P&ID. A piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) is defined as follows: A diagram which shows the interconnection of process equipment and the instrumentation used to control the process.