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Special Report: New launching technology increases pigging efficiency
A new technology allows multiple pig launching with existing pipeline equipment ..... proposals. AMPL The Automatic Multiple Pig Launching System is a new multipigging tool ..... external power supply. Existing automatic pig launchers generally operate a complex arrangement …
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Freezing in the dark
… releases. Some are vital, many are at least helpful, but a few are what my British friends might colorfully describe as " pig -ignorant." In early January, consumer advocate Public Citizen issued a claim that there is no need for additional drilling …
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BP gets DOT clearance to restart Prudhoe Bay field
… cleaning pigs and conduct an in-line, smart pig inspection of the oil transit line. DOT's approval will allow BP to run the smart pig through a 5-mile, 34-in. segment that ..... existing profit centers. Results of the smart pig inspection will aid BP and the US Department …
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Roles of flow, metal studied in UK corrosion failures
… repairs as well as re-analyzing intelligent pig data gathered several months earlier. These ..... magnetic flux leakage (MFL) intelligent- pig inspection of the pipeline in late 1996 ..... be entirely in the weld. The intelligent pig inspection had given no indication of the …
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Equipment/Software/Literature
New acoustic pig tracker system is portable unit The SPY PHONE pipeline acoustic pig tracker monitors pipeline travelers from the convenience of your vehicle. Click here to enlarge image The unit is not a geophone. The company says that its accurate …
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Method to determine ILI intervals proven on Italian system
… intervals for conducting future intelligent pig inspections has been developed and validated ..... conducted utilizing periodic intelligent pig inspection (to monitor corrosion development ..... intervals for conducting future intelligent pig inspections of individual pipelines. The …
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In-line inspection detects early cracking on Canadian crude-oil line
… inspection (ILI) tool has arrived at a pig -receipt station after a run to detect ..... badly degraded by mechanical damage to the pig , and reinspected this section. Two runs ..... existed between runs of the crack-detection pig , the best-quality data for the region …
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INDUSTRY BRIEFS
… plans to excavate 111 sites on its products pipeline route between Chantilly, Va., and Dorsey Junction, Md., where a pig survey showed pipe walls are too thin. The line ruptured in March near Reston, Va., spilling diesel fuel into a stream and …
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SUBSEA PRECOMMISSIONING—1: Nord Stream natural gas pipeline highlights need to integrate precommissioning
… Nord Stream precommissioning. Successful pig tracking allowed good control and operational ..... subsea pipeline not traversing the permanent pig traps or permanent valves. • Flooding, cleaning ..... flooding, cleaning, and gauging (FCG) pig train design ensured that the operation …
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New tools, techniques allow deepwater ILI
… for the entire Black Sea length of the pipe. Pig recovery Ensuring that no tool would get stuck ..... at the rear of the train allowed a recovery pig to push the train. PII demonstrated that a recovery pig could be maneuvered behind the stationary …
