Discuss six factors that may discourage the use of pipeline as a means of transporting petroleum products in a country

      

Discuss six factors that may discourage the use of pipeline as a means of transporting petroleum
products in a country

  

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- Lack of technology: If a country lacks technology for the
installation of pipes
- Lack of capital: the country might lack adequate capital for the
installation of pipeline.
- Nature of products if the country does not have oil then no need for
existence of pipeline transport
- Other means of transport if there are other cheaper means of
transporting oil that are available then the pipeline transport can be used
- Terrain: If the terrain is rugged and hence will cause heavy machine to
pump the petroleum, it may discourage use of pipeline
Githiari answered the question on September 20, 2017 at 09:16


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