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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Around one-third of the world's gas pipelines can be inspected using 'pipeline pigs'. These cylindrical devices have figured in three James Bond movies, in one case being modified to secretly ...

Enduro’s advanced pipeline pigs, also known as "intelligent pigs" or "smart pigs," use high-powered neodymium magnets to collect ferrous debris, detect defects, and track their location within the ...

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 ...

Statoil has extensive experience in both dual-diameter pigging of subsea pipelines and the environmental ramifications of pipeline commissioning. This second article in a two-part series discusses pig ...

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 ...

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 ...

STILLWATER, Okla., Aug. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- USA Rare Earth (USAR), Inc. (Nasdaq: USAR) (USAR or the Company) today announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Enduro ...