An oil pipeline carries crude oil from Northern Alaska to the year-round port in Valdez, Alaska, for shipment to refineries for processing. For one horizontal section of straight pipe that is 10.0...

An oil pipeline carries crude oil from Northern Alaska to the year-round port in Valdez, Alaska, for shipment to refineries for processing. For one horizontal section of straight pipe that is 10.0 miles long (16.1 km) and 4.0 feet (1.22 m) ID, what is the pressure drop for oil traveling at 7.0 × 105 barrels per day (42 U.S. gallons per barrel) (Figure 1.22)? The pipe walls may be assumed to be smooth (ε = 0). The kinematic viscosity (i.e., ratio of viscosity to density) of the crude oil at the flow temperature is μ/ρ = ν = 7.0 centistokes (1 stoke = 1 cm²/s) and the density of the crude oil is 800.0 kg/m³.