pipeline company
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- noun
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- Unocal, an American pipeline company, thought it might and began negotiating with the Taliban for transit rights from Central Asian oil and gas fields to Pakistan.
- gas pipeline company
- natural gas pipeline company
- large pipeline companies
Examples
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The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration was a full participant in the development of the standard and has proclaimed that pipeline companies meeting the standard will meet the OQ regulations.
Academic text (2006) -
Hence, a pipeline company could confidently invest in new facilities if it could sign contracts with local distribution companies and producers guaranteeing both markets and supplies for decades into the future.
Academic text (1990) -
The development team recognized that large pipeline companies, as well as very small gas distribution operators with only a few employees, would use the standard.
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In the mid 1980s, pipeline companies began to organize their systems into a hub-and-spoke configuration.
Academic text (1993) -
The standard applies to individuals performing any covered task, whether they are company employees, contractors, union craftspeople, or mutual aid employees from another pipeline company.
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Gas pipeline companies historically have used gas-fired internal-combustion engines and gas turbines to drive their compressors because the fuel was readily available in the pipeline.
Academic text (1996) -
Gas-pipeline companies and electric utilities are meeting this challenge by installing electric compressors instead of gas turbines or reciprocating engines at compressor stations.
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El Paso became the largest natural gas pipeline company on the continent in 1999.
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The agency developed a system to alert pipeline companies when any digging occurs nearby.
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In the mid-1980s, many pipeline companies started to organize their infrastructure more efficiently.
How Large
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward noun + noun composition: a 'company' that works with 'pipelines', so a B1 learner who knows both words will infer it denotes an organization that builds, operates, or provides pipeline-related services. Although in tech contexts 'pipeline' can mean data pipelines rather than physical pipes, the overall meaning is still directly derivable from the constituents and context will disambiguate the domain.
Etymology
Pipeline company comes from the clear picture of long metal pipes carrying oil over land. These firms build and look after those pipes and watch for leaks, so the name means a company that owns or runs oil and gas pipelines.