GIS Based, Heuristic Approach for Pipeline Route Corridor Selection

Schwarz, Ludwig; Robl, Klaus; Wakolbinger, Walter; Mühling, Harry; Zaradkiewicz, Pawel

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-09060-3_48

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“…Therefore, the broad goal of this research is to assess factors that influence the many parcel-scale decisions that in aggregate shape the path of gathering pipelines across the landscape. Along with the system-level factors, such as well pad and processing facility location, influences on the route of pipeline location include geology and topography, waterways including wetlands, habitat for threatened and endangered species, and existing and planned infrastructure (Henderson 2012;Leuttinger and Clark 2005;Schmid and Company 2012;Schwartz et al 2015).…”

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Factors Influencing the Location of Gathering Pipelines in Utica and Marcellus Shale Gas Development

Donnelly¹

2018

JGES

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The extraction of natural gas from shale plays, such as the Marcellus and Utica in the Eastern United States, is forecast to continue to grow in the coming decades. Infrastructure in these areas must be located in rural but populated areas that are naturally forested and are predominantly in private ownership. Land change from gathering pipelines is greater in extent than the combined land-change impact of other development-related features and persists for long time periods. The route of these pipelines must be negotiated on a householdby-household basis across the landscape and is not well understood. This research uses GIS to quantitatively assess the role of ownership patterns, topography, roads, and existing land cover in the location of gathering pipelines in two study areas in Ohio and Pennsylvania using GIS and spatial analysis methods. Results show that the pattern of land ownership has a strong influence on gathering pipeline location in both the Ohio and Pennsylvania study areas with pipelines frequently located near parcel boundaries. Roads, topography, and existing land cover have identifiable but weaker influence on the location of gathering pipelines. These results are important for future efforts at modeling and mitigating land change impacts from shale gas development.

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Factors Influencing the Location of Gathering Pipelines in Utica and Marcellus Shale Gas Development

Donnelly¹

2018

JGES

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A unified MILP model for topological structure of production well gathering pipeline network

Zhang

Wang

et al. 2017

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

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Optimal Route Selection of Offshore Pipelines Subjected to Submarine Landslides

Makrakis¹,

Psarropoulos²,

Chatzidakis³

et al. 2022

TOCIEJ

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Background: Offshore lifelines (i.e., pipelines and cables) are usually vulnerable to seabed deformations induced by earthquake-triggered geohazards, such as submarine landslides, soil liquefaction, and tectonic faulting. Since the complete avoidance of all areas characterized by offshore geohazards is not always techno-economically feasible, optimal lifeline route selection is deemed necessary for the safety and serviceability of every such infrastructure, in order to minimize the risk of severe environmental and economic consequences. Objective: The current study presents a decision-support tool for the design of offshore high-pressure gas pipelines, capable of performing: (a) the assessment of submarine landslides along a possible pipeline route (i.e., impact force and landslide width), (b) the assessment of their potential impact on the pipeline (i.e., pipeline strains), and (c) the optimal pipeline route selection. Method: The advanced capabilities of GIS in lifeline optimal route selection are successfully combined with efficient (semi-)analytical models that realistically assess the response of offshore pipelines when subjected to axial or oblique loading conditions due to a submarine landslide. Results: The efficiency of the smart tool is presented through a case study of an offshore pipeline that is crossing potentially unstable slopes -under static and seismic conditions- in Adriatic Sea. Five alternative routings are proposed based on the adopted design criteria when crossing the seismically unstable slopes and zones characterized by steep inclination. Conclusions: Provided that sufficient and reliable data are available, the developed decision-support tool can be efficiently used for deriving the potentially optimal route of an offshore pipeline.

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GIS Based, Heuristic Approach for Pipeline Route Corridor Selection

Cited by 4 publications

References 2 publications

Factors Influencing the Location of Gathering Pipelines in Utica and Marcellus Shale Gas Development

Factors Influencing the Location of Gathering Pipelines in Utica and Marcellus Shale Gas Development

A unified MILP model for topological structure of production well gathering pipeline network

Optimal Route Selection of Offshore Pipelines Subjected to Submarine Landslides

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