Key:substance
| substance |
| Description |
|---|
| Substances transported in pipelines |
| Group: Pipelines |
| Used on these elements |
| Documented values: 7 |
| Useful combination |
| See also |
| Status: approved |
| Tools for this tag |
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This tag is used to describe the substance transported in pipelines or processed in related facilities.
Common values
| Value | Description | Tag usage |
|---|---|---|
| oil | Crude oil, as pumped out of the ground | |
| fuel | Refined petroleum products. Most of those pipelines are switched between multiple substances, like gasoline, diesel, heating oil or others. | |
| gas | Natural gas | |
| water | Water, additionally see drinking_water=* | |
| rainwater | Water from rainfall et. al., not polluted. | |
| sewage | Sewage | |
| hot_water | Hot water | |
| lpg | Liquefied petroleum gas, a propane/butane mixture | |
| LNG | Liquefied natural gas, cooled and not pressurized | |
| hydrogen | Hydrogen - Mainly used as a natural gas replacement and chemical feedstock | |
| ethane | Eutane | |
| butane | Butane | |
| propane | Propane | |
| propylene | Propylene | |
| ethylene | Ethylene | |
| nitrogen | Nitrogen | |
| benzene | Benzene | |
| ngl | Natural gas liquid(s) | |
| y-grade | NGL-subclass, has to be fractionated | |
| carbon_dioxide | Carbon dioxide | |
| carbon_monoxide | Carbon monoxide | |
| cyclohexane | Cyclohexane | |
| isobutane | Isobutane | |
| isobutylene | Isobutylene | |
| butadiene | Butadiene | |
| naphtha | Naphtha | |
| methanol | Methanol | |
| acetone | Acetone | |
| chemicals | A generic tag that can be used if the specific chemical in the pipeline is not known. | |
| slurry | Fluid mixture of a pulverized solid with a liquid, for easy transport |
If the medium of a pipeline you are tagging is not listed here, please choose a meaningful value at your own discretion.
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