tubería ...

A few months ago, we were translating a lot of plumbing codes for the Venezuelan project.

The term "tubería" was used a lot, obviously.

One thing I noticed was that both "piping" and "pipe" get translated to "tubería", when going from English to Spanish. For going from ES>EN, I think we need to be thoughtful about whether the target should be "piping" or "pipe", depending on the situation.

Here's how I understood it:

Generalized or "non count" tubería = piping
Specific piece or "countable" tubería = pipe

I just found on the glossary that "tuberia de vestimiento" = "casing" !!

http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/es/Terms/c/casing.aspx

Piping vs pipe would depend on the context. Good catch on the glossary term.