Data flow in the pipeline

摘要

There are more than 2mn miles of transmission pipeline infrastructure globally, and that amount will grow in the next few years. In the US, for example, oil production is currently at a 27-year high of 8.5mn b/d and is expected to touch a 43-year high of more than 9mn b/d in 2015 as more production comes online from the Marcellus and Utica shale plays and elsewhere. Industry analyst IHS estimates that in the US alone, there will be an average of $80bn invested annually in petroleum infrastructure between 2014 and 2020.