Rainer Kurz, Roman Zamotorin and Mat Lubomirsky, Solar Turbines Incorporated, USA, explore how pipeline availability is affected by station configurations and ambient temperatures. The rising global demand for gas has created the need for new gas pipelines that can deliver gas to markets located a long distance from the supply source. For long distance pipelines, gas transportation costs include increasing customer delivery costs, which can amount to 30 - 50% of the total cost for the receiving terminal. These transportation costs can be controlled by optimising fuel consumption, equipment acquisition casts, equipment maintenance costs and the equipment's reliability and availability.
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