The daily supply of petroleum products undertakes specific procedures through specified pipelines to ultimately arrive at end user’s fuel tanks. To ensure these procedures run as smooth as possible specific organizations are involved to streamline this process. The refined products such as diesel and petrol, the specific organization like TRANSNET is responsible for the underground pipeline transportation.
Various challenges are evident when undertaking such a process and we will unpack the relationship between TRANSNET, the pipeline and the multipurpose pipeline network.
The relationship between TRANSNET and Pipeline
TRANSNET plays a vital role in the transportation of products and services in the South African marketplace. As a custodian of ports, rails, and pipelines.
The Transnet pipeline was established in 1965. The purpose of this infrastructure was to support the fuel and gas industries. Transnet pipelines transports around 16 billion litres of liquid fuels such as diesel and leaded & unleaded petrol.
These networks connect to five provinces in South Africa, KwaZulu Natal regarded as the leading distributor nationwide. The main reason is that this province is known for the most intakes that occur in Durban. The pipeline then link to North West, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, and Free State. The pressure in these pipelines is monitored at the intake station in Durban and this is done every hour of every day.
MNPPC (Multipurpose product pipeline)
Multi-Product Pipelines are used to transport different hydrocarbon liquid products such as Diesel and Petrol in a single pipeline. The design of product pipelines in South Africa are engineered according to the American code of practice ASME B31 and specifically tailored to transport about 2.54 million Litres of diesel and petrol per hour.
The use multipurpose product pipelines is the most cost effective and reliable options for the transportation of these specialized fuel products. It has been identified as a safer way to transport petroleum goods compared to road and rail transportation. Product pipelines run underground across five provinces in South Africa and are estimated to be 3 800 km, buried at about 2 Meters below ground level.
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