Imagine you are apipeline company trying to sell a new project to a shipper of oilfor a new refinery.
Pipeline Length: 266 miles (16,853,760inches)
The refinery is scheduled to take 300,000 barrels per day ofBakken Crude at typical temperatures. ​Temperature: 60degrees Fahrenheit. Flow rate = 33687.5 in3​/s.Kinematic viscosity: 3.337 centistokes or 0.0051723603in2​/s. Specific Gravity = 0.7
​Calculate Reynold's number.
​Friction Factor: 0.0275.
​Calculate Pressure Drop.
Pipeline flows entirely through class I locations except for 10miles located in a class IV location. You have the option ofbypassing the class IV location by running the pipeline anadditional 50 miles.
Pipe Diameter: 12 inches X-42 Schedule 20
​Calculate Maximum Pressure
The inlet pressure of pumping stations should not fall below400 psi.
Set distance between pumping stationsoptimally.
Calculate horsepower requirements
