With the rapid construction of long-distance oil and gas pipelines, big pipeline network was gradually formed in China and its surrounding areas, therefore the management of pipeline production becomes increasingly complicated and difficult. In this paper, we propose a data model for pipeline production to support the planning, scheduling, distribution, metering, energy consumption, process technology, professional computing and the other business in pipeline production. We also present a query

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... language that can be used for discovering resources of interest in pipeline production based on the descriptions attached to the resources. Following our model and based on the actual business needs, we have implemented a pipeline production management system (PPMS). The system provides services for group company, professional companies, regional companies and their affiliated grassroots units, and overseas companies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of pipeline production management as well as safeguard the accuracy and the completeness of data.