DETERMINATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF USING THERMAL INSULATION MATERIALS FOR UNDERGROUND OIL PIPELINES
The paper considers the most common complication in the transportation of fluids by linear oil pipelines - the formation of asphalt-resin-paraffin deposits. The main methods of dealing with this complication are described and an algorithm is given that allows evaluating the technological efficiency of changing pipeline materials or using heat-insulating materials in order to increase the temperature on the inner surface of a linear oil pipeline in the section under consideration. Based on the application of this algorithm on the target oil pipeline, the most effective materials were selected both for the pipeline itself and for its thermal insulation.