Pigging and inspection news
Successful launching and receiving
Simon Bell, iNPIPE PRODUCTS, UK, describes the cassette arrangement, enabling multiple pigs to be loaded into a launching trap at any one time.
AGA and others recommend improvements to PHMSA proposed rule
AGA joint comments recommend improvements to PHMSA proposed rule.
ROSEN and Speir Hunter announce strategic partnership
ROSEN has entered into a strategic partnership with Speir Hunter.
FET supplies electric observation-class ROV to University
Sub-Atlantic Mohican ROV system equipped for inspection tasks, NDT, pipeline surveys, and more.
A new approach to safety and design of pig trap quick actuating closures
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.
Closures that comply
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 announces 2022 KPI
NDT Global achieves outstanding year with first run success rate and on-time reporting.
Gathering geo-data
Mapping and surveillance have shown a repeated high return on investment for asset management, says Luke Brouwers and Ibtesam Hasan, Fugro.
Acoustic resonance technology
Shell and TSC Subsea explore advanced high-resolution wall thickness for coated unpiggable subsea pipelines.
Percepto ushers in new era of autonomous drone inspections
The company’s FAA nationwide regulation waiver removes operational and cost barriers, enabling mass autonomous drone deployments across the US.