Of all the technologies available to maintain the United States' 2 million miles of pipelines, one of the most critical devices evokes images of a muddy farm animal — the pig. Now erase the image. The ...

Before a North Dakota wheat farmer discovered an oil spill on his land on Sept. 29, the owner of the pipeline had used a high-tech device to detect problems on the line. San Antonio-based Tesoro ...

Baker Hughes has acquired Cornerstone Pipeline Inspection Group, a privately held company that owns a fleet of so-called "smart pigs" for doing pipeline inspections. In this case, the pigs are not ...

They may not say "oink" or eat from a trough, but Pacific Gas and Electric Co. officials hope the company's "Smart Pig" pipe inspections will help save their bacon. A robotic "Smart Pig," made and ...

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 ...

Last year Kirkland, Wash.-based National Energy Systems Company (NESCO), operator of the gas-fired Sumas 1 cogeneration plant in Whatcom County, Wash., conducted an extremely thorough examination of ...

An in-line inspection device called a smart pig deploys nonlinear harmonic (NLH) sensors against the inside surface of a pipe. Fluid flow propels the pig through the pipeline. The sensors look for ...

Don’t count the cross-Cascade fuel pipeline out just yet. Officials of the Olympic Pipe Line Company, which runs the north-south pipeline that went boom in Bellingham last month, said they’re only ...

A few weeks ago British Petroleum, administrator and partial owner of Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay oil field, announced that recent tests had revealed corrosion in the pipeline system and shut down production ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Europe Smart Pigging Market by Technology, Application, End-user and Country 2014-2025: Growth Opportunity and Business Strategy" report has been added to ...