Indawo esetshenziswayo yokuhlangana kwetafula lamapayipi ngokuyinhloko iwuhlelo lwamapayipi ezimboni. Ilungele ukukalwa nokulawulwa kwegesi yemvelo, igesi ye-petroleum ewuketshezi, i-petroleum namanye amagesi angagqwali.
Ukuhlanganiswa kwemitha yepayipi eqondile kunokusebenza okuhle kokuvala, kungaqinisekisa ukunemba nokuzinza kwemitha, inhlanganisela ithatha uxhumano lwentambo, ukufakwa kalula nokuhlakazeka, ukugcinwa okulula nokushintshwa kwemitha.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuhlanganiswa kwetafula lepayipi eliqondile linokumelana nokugqwala kanye nokumelana nokucindezela okukhulu, okungakwazi ukuhambisana nezidingo zezindawo zokusebenza ezinzima.
Ngamafuphi, inhlanganisela yemitha yepayipi eqondile idlala indima ebalulekile ekuxhumekeni nasekufakweni kwezinsimbi ohlelweni lwepayipi yezimboni, futhi ukufakwa kwayo okulula nokusheshayo nokuxhumeka, ukusebenza kahle kokuvala kanye nokumelana nokugqwala, njll., kuyenza ibe yimishini ebaluleke kakhulu ukukhiqizwa kwezimboni.