Types by transport function

UNIT 5

 

Types by transport function

 

I. Слова для запоминания:

 

gathering pipeline - сборный нефтепровод; network – сеть;

purpose   - цель;

depend on – зависеть от;

nearby – близкий, соседний;

well – скважина;

treatment plant - очистная станция;

 

processing facility - установка по подготовке нефти; production platform - эксплуатационная морская платформа; transportation pipeline – транспортировочные трубопроводы; refine – очищать;

 

distribution pipeline - распределительный трубопровод, трубопроводные коммуникации;

 

feeder line – подводящая линия; downstream - переработка нефти и сбыт нефтепродуктов; terminal - конечная станция на трубопроводе; tank – резервуар;

 

storage facilities – нефте или газохранилище; consumer – потребитель; sub-sea pipeline – подводный трубопровод.

 

II. Прочитайте и переведите текст:

 

Types by transport function

 

In general, pipelines can be classified in three categories depending on purpose:

1. Gathering Pipelines - Group of smaller interconnected pipelinesforming complex networks with the purpose of bringing crude oil or natural gas from several nearby wells to a treatment plant or processing facility. In this group, pipelines are usually short- a couple of hundred meters- and with small diameters. Also sub-sea pipelines for collecting product from deep water production platforms are considered gathering systems.

2. Transportation Pipelines - Mainly long pipes with large diameters,moving products (oil, gas, refined products) between cities, countries and even continents. These transportation networks include several compressor stations in gas lines or pump stations for crude and multiproducts pipelines.

 

3. Distribution Pipelines - Composed of several interconnected pipelineswith small diameters, used to take the products to the final consumer. Feeder lines to distribute gas to homes and businesses downstream. Pipelines at terminals for distributing products to tanks and storage facilities are included in this group.