Why Industrial Steel Pipe Still Rules the Pipeline World Having spent a fair chunk of my career around industrial installations — sometimes knee-deep in grease and blueprints — I’ve learned one thing: steel pipes aren’t just pipes. They’re often the unsung backbone of infrastructure, quietly bearing pressurized fluids, gases, and sometimes who knows what else. Oddly enough, the more technology advances, the more people seem to appreciate the trusty old steel pipe’s dependability. You can’t overlook the sheer versatility industrial steel pipe offers. Whether it’s in oil refineries, chemical pla…