While buildup in a pipeline can cause transmittal slows or even plugging of the pipeline, cracks or flaws in the line can be disastrous. A form of flow assurance for oil and gas pipelines and ...

Long-distance gas pipelines generally have complex, undulating sections. Trapped air pockets are often present at the high points or ends of pipelines. This article carries out an experimental ...

The maintenance and integrity of pipeline networks are critical to global energy infrastructure. Pipeline inspection and pigging operations employ specialised devices – commonly known as PIGs ...

Of all the technologies available to maintain the United States' 2 million miles of pipelines, one of the most critical devices evokes images of a muddy farm animal — the pig. Now erase the image. The ...

Pipelines are cleaned and maintained via a process known as pigging that allows work to go on even while the pipeline is maintained. But the traditional process requires venting of a portion of the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The shutdown of a satellite field on Alaska's North Slope will not stop BP PLC from beginning the process of cleaning out a corroded transit line in the nation's largest oil field ...