Pigging and inspection news

Dave Forster, Propipe, UK, describes taking an open approach to developing new pipeline pig designs and types.

Simon Bell, iNPIPE PRODUCTS, UK, describes the cassette arrangement, enabling multiple pigs to be loaded into a launching trap at any one time.

AGA joint comments recommend improvements to PHMSA proposed rule.

ROSEN has entered into a strategic partnership with Speir Hunter.

Sub-Atlantic Mohican ROV system equipped for inspection tasks, NDT, pipeline surveys, and more.

Pipeline operators must quickly launch and retrieve inline inspection (ILI) tools and cleaning pigs without compromising the safety of field personnel, damaging equipment or releasing hydrocarbons into the environment. A quick actuating closure (QAC) or quick opening closure (QOC) can provide the solution to these issues.

Rolf Gunnar Lie and Neil McKnight, T.D. Williamson, discuss a new approach to the safety and design of pig trap quick actuating closures.

NDT Global achieves outstanding year with first run success rate and on-time reporting.

Mapping and surveillance have shown a repeated high return on investment for asset management, says Luke Brouwers and Ibtesam Hasan, Fugro.

Shell and TSC Subsea explore advanced high-resolution wall thickness for coated unpiggable subsea pipelines.