Drip Box

I just had to email the Director of Sales and Marketing at Bingham and Taylor to find out what this thing is. He patiently explained that this is a 'drip box', 'an access point to bleed off condensation / water that could be in the gas line'. Yeah, natural gas can condense.

 

Whodathunkit?

 

And guess what the condensate is called? If you said 'drip gas', you're right!

 

'Drip gas is another name for natural-gas condensate, a naturally occurring form of gasoline found near many oil and natural gas wells, in natural gas pipelines, and as a byproduct of natural gas extraction. It is also known as "condensate", "natural gasoline", "casing head gas", "raw gas", "white gas" and "liquid gold"'

 

We walk over these utility boxes every day and never even see them any more, let alone wonder what they're for or who made 'em. This one was made in America by a company that's 164 years old - and counting. And they're making things that'll probably last another 100 years.

 

Bingham and Taylor - www.binghamandtaylor.com/

Wikipedia on Drip Gas - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-gas_condensate#Drip_gas

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