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NDT Global celebrates 25 year anniversary

NDT Global, a provider of non-destructive testing and ultrasonic inspection solutions, has announced it is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2025. Since its founding, the company said it has been dedicated to driving technology innovation and advancing safety and operational performance in the energy sector.

 
 
 
 

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.

 

Automating data collection

The powerful combination of IoT sensors and satellite connectivity can transform unpiggable pipelines into a valuable data source, says Tom Krikke, HiberHilo.

 

Pigging Q&A

World Pipelines asks Italmatch Chemicals some questions about pipeline pigging.

 

Join NDT Global at PPIM 2023

NDT Global are delighted to announce their attendance at PPIM 2023 in Houston, Texas.

 

Black powder: the enemy within

Tony Joynston, Eclipse Magnetics, discusses some common downstream problems often arising from the pigging process.