Pipes Entry and Exit points

Instead of Tunnelling or burying pipes, it would be great if we had tunnel "entry" and tunnel "exit" pipes. this way you don't have to pipe everything everywhere. The game "Automation Empire" has a very similar concept, and it works brilliantly. This way you would set up your storage tanks and pipes entry and exit points only. Attached a screenshot from that game. The yellow tank is linked to the yellow pipe exit and the blue tank to the blue pipe exit. I think this would help eliminate a lot of clutter and spaghetti of piping everywhere. The tech would need to researched not applicable right away.