Piping and Pipeline Assessment Guide Prelims-H7880.qxd 2/1/06 9:59 AM Page i Prelims-H7880.qxd 2/1/06 9:59 AM Page v This Page is Intentionally Left Blank Piping and Pipeline Assessment Guide A. Keith Escoe AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Gulf Professional Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier Prelims-H7880.qxd 2/1/06 9:59 AM Page iii Gulf Professional Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USA Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone: (�44) 1865 843830, fax: (�44) 1865 853333, E-mail: