[Tie-in points occur in many other industries, as well as oil & gas.

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A tie-in point is a location on an existing plant where a new installation is to connect to.
Until such time as new installation is built and ready for testing the tie-in points will be
unused.
It is common to specify the fluid properties avaliable at the tie-in points for the use of the
future installation equipment's designers.
It is thoughtful and helpful to install a valve-with-blank at tie-in points for prospective
future installations when constructing the original installation, or at maintenance
shutdowns on the system. Utilities delivery networks (steam, cooling water, compressed
air, gas....) are obvious examples of long-life systems whose use can change with the
arrival and departure of shorter-life equipment, and not having a suitable valve-with-blank
can cause serious timing issues with other users when commissioning becomes due on
new equipment.
Flow diagrams for the shorter-life equipment will most likely show tie-in points at the
package boundary, for project design, and contract definition and administration purposes.



A tie-in is the location & specification for any piping connection made
to a vessel, piece of equipment or other pipeline.


Being in the piping industry in paper mills and other places that run
year round, 24 hours a day tie-in points can be a pain in the keester.
We somtimes must plan ahead as much as 2 years for the right
moment of "down-time" to install tie-in points for future projects.
Most of the time they consist of a valve arrangement that is installed
in the existing piping so that we can continue to run the system till
the new equipment is installed and to switch over afterwards.
Somtimes when we just have to make the tie-ins on the run we utlize
a "hot tap" machine as well as other methods to tie into energized
lines.


in cross country pipeline construction 'tie-in' points are left every
kilometer or so and at road crossings and the like. A tie in crew comes
behind the main line lower and lay to weld the tie-ins and thus make
a continuous line.
A Tie-in Point is the point where the new piping connects to the
existing pipe.