Last week, when we reported on the first pig-to-human heart transplant, we complained that the commercial company behind the operation wasn’t more forthcoming about the genetic engineering that ...

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 ...

Pigging is a sustainable strategy that can aid in cleaning and product recovery and improve a manufacturing line's efficiency and throughput. As pharmaceutical manufacturers strive to find green ...

Pushing a piston like object through a pipe to clean the pipe walls is known as ‘pigging’. This technique is widely used in the hydrocarbon recovery and processing industries and is beginning to be ...

Continual maintenance of oil and gas pipelines is critical to avoid build-up of solids that cause flow decrease or even plugging, which can result in corrosion of flaws in the line and cause catastrop ...

Statoil ASA has installed and commissioned about 8,000 km of subsea pipelines in the North Sea area since 1985, including several of the world’s largest offshore gas trunklines. Commissioning and ...

Liquid product recovery (“pigging”) systems are widely used during the manufacture, processing, and packaging of food and beverages. Pigging recovers residual liquid from pipelines that would ...