Right now, we rely on pigs in the pipeline to do this. It's called “pigging”. Pigs are inspection gauges that can perform various maintenance operations on a pipeline—from inspection to ...

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 ...

or urethane foam. Like other pigging systems and components, they often include an integral wire-brush. Pigging systems and pigging products include many different accessories. Examples include pig ...