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Why a pipeline is a border that does not look like one

A cross-border pipeline is a customs and political line, even though it looks like buried pipe.

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From the opening

Where a pipeline crosses from one jurisdiction into another, the crossing is a border even though there is no road, no gate, and no queue of trucks. Metering, valves, and the law that applies to the molecules are the border post. The opening covers the meter is the crossing point, a valve can close the frontier, and transit states sit in between.

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Inside

  • The meter is the crossing point
  • A valve can close the frontier
  • Transit states sit in between
  • Continuous flow is not merger
  • Where the idea stops applying
  • A distinction worth keeping

Sources

  • Cross-border pipeline custody transfer
  • Gas interconnector nominations