BP decided to shut down its largest Alaskan oil field after inspections by "smart pigs" — multimillion dollar robots that root through the pipelines — showed damage from corrosion. But the pigs still ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Officials with the University of Alaska Museum of the North say Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. has donated an oil pipeline cleaning device called a pig. “Super Pig Hybrid-B” is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A high-tech cleaning device has broken apart in the 800-mile Trans Alaska Pipeline, raising the possibility ...

When Canada's National Energy Board gave a conditional green light this spring to reversing the Line 9 oil pipeline between Sarnia, Ont. and Montreal, the main issue being debated in the news was the ...

The ice PIG (pipeline inspection gauge) is transforming the way drinking-water pipes are cleaned and maintained. Developed by Professor Joe Quarini to clean pipes more thoroughly and produce less ...

The University of Bristol’s patented ice pigging technology for cleaning pipes has grown into a global industry. Until the early 2000s, the essential cleaning of industrial pipes was only possible ...