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By delivering everything from basic safety courses to highlevel crisis management. Although pipeline and rail are generally used to transport oil and gas long distances, truck transportation is commonly used to move smaller quantities of oil and gas over shorter distances. Herein some basic facts about natural gas composition and measurement. Broken up into two logical parts, the book begins with coverage on pipelines, including essential topics, such as.
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