Engineering Guidelines for Installing Temporary Pipelines within the Right of Way

2019PDFTech Report0-6886-P10-6886GuidelinesInstallationMaintenancePipe layingSeawaterTemporary structuresUnderwater pipelinesUnited StatesTexas A&M Transportation InstituteQuiroga, CesarHolik, William A.Li, JingTexas A&M Transportation InstituteUnited States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway AdministrationTexas. Dept. of TransportationUS Transportation CollectionThis guidebook describes recommended practices for the accommodation, installation, operation, and maintenance of temporary pipelines within the right of way. The recommendations are based on the findings and lessons learned from Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Research Project 0-6886 and focus primarily on above-ground temporary pipelines (4). The scope of the research did not include underground pipelines. The guidebook is intended for three main user groups, as follows: 1) TxDOT division and district personnel responsible for leasing the right of way; 2) Oil and gas operators and their subcontractors; and 3) TxDOT district personnel responsible for inspecting and managing temporary pipelines in the field. The topics covered in the guidebook follow the life cycle of a temporary pipeline and range from applying for a lease, water characteristics, constructing pipelines, pipeline crossings, maintaining the right of way, maintaining temporary pipelines, and removing temporary pipelines. The guidelines focus on critical information for TxDOT and operators but not on prescriptive mandates about how things are to be done.88