Pigging and inspection news

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.

The company’s FAA nationwide regulation waiver removes operational and cost barriers, enabling mass autonomous drone deployments across the US.

Alejandrino Ruiz, John Healy and Bradford Edwards, Pipecare US LLC, discuss detecting and sizing small diameter ‘pinhole’ type defects.

Major upgrade offers completely revamped VXinspect module, broadened quality control capabilities, interoperability with robotics systems, and unprecedented usability.

Newly formed specialist manned submersible services provider choses underwater tracking systems from marine technology company to support underwater vehicles.