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The Colonial Pipeline is the largest pipeline system for refined oil products in the U.S. [1] The pipeline – consisting of three tubes – is 5,500 miles (8,850 km) long [1] and can carry 3 million barrels of fuel per day between Texas and New York. [2] It is operated by the Colonial Pipeline Company, which is headquartered in Alpharetta ...
In some industries, it is essential for survival to have a product pipeline. It is estimated that out of every 5000 new discoveries in the industry, only one to five get approved for human use, meaning firms must constantly be looking for new drugs to extend its product pipeline and ensure it has a product on the market providing income. [8]
Crude oil production Natural oil seeps such as this in the McKittrick area of California were used by the Native Americans and later mined by settlers.. The history of the petroleum industry in the United States goes back to the early 19th century, although the indigenous peoples, like many ancient societies, have used petroleum seeps since prehistoric times; where found, these seeps signaled ...
American business history is a history of business, entrepreneurship, and corporations, together with responses by consumers, critics, and government, in the United States from colonial times to the present.
PTA/S – pipeline termination assembly/structure; PTO – permit to sperate; PTRO – test rack opening pressure (For a gas lift valve [citation needed]) PTSET – production test setter; PTTC – Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, United States; PTW – permit to work; PU – pick-up (tubing, rods, power swivel, etc.) PUD – proved ...
A typical example of a funnel chart starts with the sales leads on top, then down to the qualified leads, the hot leads and the closed deals. A business is bound to lose some number of potential deals at each step in the sales process and this is represented by the narrowing sections as you move from the top section (the widest) to the bottom section (the narrowest.)
HDPE pipeline on a mine site in Australia. A pipeline is a system of pipes for long-distance transportation of a liquid or gas, typically to a market area for consumption. The latest data from 2014 gives a total of slightly less than 2,175,000 miles (3,500,000 km) of pipeline in 120 countries around the world. [1]
The Inch pipelines comprised two systems, the Big Inch pipeline and the Little Big Inch pipeline. [22] The Big Inch was a 24-inch (610 mm) pipeline for crude oil; it ran from the East Texas Oil Field at Longview , Texas, to Norris City , Illinois , and on to Phoenixville , Pennsylvania, from where it branched into 20-inch-diameter (510 mm ...