The blockage prompted a partial closure of the pipeline and forced the Capital Regional District to truck sewage solids from ...

Pipeline pigging is the practice of propelling a device (“pig”) through a pipeline using product flow or a separate driving fluid to clean, inspect, or separate batches. It safeguards throughput, ...

To keep the country’s pipeline infrastructure safe and free of leaks and accidents, operators turn to a variety of foam or metal contraptions affectionately known as pigs. Named in part for the squeal ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The operator of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System was on the lookout Monday for a piece of a cleaning device -- called a pig -- that mysteriously got dislodged somewhere ...

The maintenance and integrity of pipeline networks are critical to global energy infrastructure. Pipeline inspection and pigging operations employ specialised devices – commonly known as PIGs ...