Highest (largest elevation difference) Pipeline
Highest (largest elevation difference) Pipeline
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4,901m (16,079ft) above sea level, puts the Peru LNG Pipeline in the Guinness World Records for highest pipeline, but what's the record for largest elevation difference in a liquid hydrocarbon pipeline?
I've worked on three that were pretty high, but nowhere near that 16,079 ft mark.
BTC went to 2,830m (9,285ft) elevation two times.
Gizan to Abha Product Pipeline, Saudi Arabia. Also went to the same elevation 2,830m
Caño Limón Pipeline, Colombia approximately 3,000m (9,842ft).
I know of one that is higher. Oleoducto Crudo Pesado "OCP", in Ecuador where it hits 4,100m (13,451ft)
They all start, or terminate at sea level.
I've worked on three that were pretty high, but nowhere near that 16,079 ft mark.
BTC went to 2,830m (9,285ft) elevation two times.
Gizan to Abha Product Pipeline, Saudi Arabia. Also went to the same elevation 2,830m
Caño Limón Pipeline, Colombia approximately 3,000m (9,842ft).
I know of one that is higher. Oleoducto Crudo Pesado "OCP", in Ecuador where it hits 4,100m (13,451ft)
They all start, or terminate at sea level.






RE: Highest (largest elevation difference) Pipeline
Dejan IVANOVIC
Process Engineer, MSChE
RE: Highest (largest elevation difference) Pipeline
RE: Highest (largest elevation difference) Pipeline
I'll bet the diesels didn't work so well up there. Turbocharged?
RE: Highest (largest elevation difference) Pipeline
RE: Highest (largest elevation difference) Pipeline
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei, Italian Physicist
RE: Highest (largest elevation difference) Pipeline
I used to work in the LNG plant itself so I did not have a chance to get familiar with the configuration of the upstream segments. The farthest point I had visited upstream was the pipeline metering station located in the sand dunes of Pampa Melchorita, few kilometers away from the plant. Photo of the area is attached to this post (without pipeline).
You are probably correct with regards to O2 issues with turbomachinery. I was in a group of tourist visiting Cusco (elevation 11,200ft) and Lake Titicaca (elevation 12,550ft) during my off-rotation period, where some of us had problems with breathing. The traditional way to get your blood moving faster and transferring more O2 is to chew Coca leaves, which are being sold legally in every shop or market store. I suspect, however, that a different recipe works with the machinery.
Dejan IVANOVIC
Process Engineer, MSChE
RE: Highest (largest elevation difference) Pipeline
Passing through US Customs must be a very pleasant experience after a business trip like that.
Have to be careful about answering the question, "Did you get high at all while you were there?"
RE: Highest (largest elevation difference) Pipeline
"I had to get high to go high".
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RE: Highest (largest elevation difference) Pipeline
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei, Italian Physicist