Soil moisture plays biggest role in underground spread of natural gas leaking from pipelines

Dallas TX (SPX) Nov 14, 2022

Soil moisture content is the main factor that controls how far and at what concentration natural gas spreads from a leaked pipeline underground, a new study has found.

Pipeline operators need to factor how the amount of water found in surrounding soil affects gas movement when trying to determine the potential hazards posed by a pipeline leak, said SMU’s Kathleen M. Smits, who led the stud
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