The feasibility justification of the study and assessment of the pipeline transportation as a global alternative and its development prospects

Abstract

The current state of the use and development of pipeline transportation systems (PTS) in the context of globalization
of the world economy has been reviewed and assessed, the need for and the importance of continually improving
the theory and practice of the PTS use according to their geopolitical, economical, environmental and social
importance have been demonstrated.
Reclassification of PTS on the basis of definitions proposed by the authors of such basic elements as the
"pipe", "pipeline" and "pipeline transportation system" with the simultaneous differentiation of the terms by the
material of manufacturing , driving forces, and transportation facilities has been conducted . This has allowed to
generalize and to analyse the known examples of the use of PTS in various fields of human activity from the standpoint
of identifying and evaluating promising directions for its innovative development through the dissemination of
the achievements and benefits of a specific scope of their use into the other. In this case, it has been proven that,
although the pipeline transportation of the twenty-first century ideologically continues to be based on basically the
same design, same engineering and technological solutions that have been proposed by its inventors more than
5,000 years ago, the emergence of new designs , materials and construction technologies opens up new possibilities 

for their use in providing for the needs of mankind in the development of natural resources and the rationalization
of life space of the planet could turn PTS into an alternative to traditional transport facilities in the future.