دیکشنری تخصصی مهندسی نفت - نسخه آنلاین

n: the first cross-country pipeline with a 24-inch (61-centimetre) diameter. The 1,340-mile (2,157 -kilometre) Big Inch was begun in 1942 with government financing as a part of an emergency construction program (War Emergency Pipelines) to meet the demand for petroleum products during World War II.

n: a 20-inch (50.8- centimetre) products line constructed during the same period as Big Inch as part of the World War II effort. See Big Inch.

n: (WEP) a government financed, nonprofit corporation of eleven oil and pipeline companies established during World War II to build desperately needed pipelines such as Big Inch and Little Big Inch.