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Natural gas explained Natural gas pipelines Basics +Menu The U.S. natural gas pipeline network is a highly integrated network that moves natural gas throughout the continental United States. The pipeline network has about 3 million miles of mainline and other pipelines that link natural gas production areas and storage facilities with consumers. In 2021, this natural gas transportation network delivered about 27.6 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas to about 77.7 million consumers. What makes up this transportation network? Transporting natural gas from production areas to consumers involves a series of steps that are generally carried out in the following order: Gathering systems, primarily made up of small-diameter, low-pressure pipelines, move raw natural gas from the wellhead to a natural gas processing plant or to an interconnection with a larger mainline pipeline. Natural gas processing plants separate hydrocarbon gas liquids, nonhydrocarbon gases, and water from the natural gas before the natural gas is delivered into a mainline transmission system. Wide-diameter, high-pressure interstate transmission pipelines that cross state boundaries and intrastate transmission pipelines that operate within state boundaries transport natural gas from the producing and processing areas to storage facilities and distribution centers. Compressor stations (or pumping stations) on the pipeline network keep the natural gas flowing forward through the pipeline system.
"I WILL end fossil fuels..." - Joe Biden
originally posted by: TheToastmanCometh
a reply to: Creep Thumper
and yet we sent a bunch of money to Ukraine
originally posted by: MaineLakes
Why the heck do people keep their heat so damn high? Seriously, I've got a cheap programmable thermostat. I run at 60-61 most of the time. I run it at 63 for a couple hours in the morning when I first get up and get my kids to school. Daytime it sits at 60.
I live in Maine, not in the willy wags mind you but still out there a bit. Single digit nights are the norm in winter wth last year seeing lots and lots of subzero temps. I can't even imagine how much gas or oil I'd be using if I kept the heat at 65+. Do people in other states not know how to wear a hoodie or sweater, close the windows and doors, and maybe even put on some socks in the house? If I kept my house as warm as these folks are doing in the winter then I'd be wearing shorts inside and going topless often.