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Pipeline Pigging Technology

Fig.l. 36-in deformation tool

the system's performance for the most minute changes. This allows year-to-
year comparison of data, to allow the operator to see change as the change
occurs and mitigate the cause.
Tool packaging is field proven. In fact, this design of equipment has
successfully logged in excess of I6,000miles of pipeline. Most of these miles
were in extremely-hostile pipeline environments. The longest single run of an
ILI tool was accomplished by this unit when it logged 635miles of 40-in
pipeline in a single pass.

TOOL CAPABILITIES

The D/S tool is capable of running in crude oil, refined products, natural
gas, and other petroleum products. In addition to petroleum, the D/S tool can
be run in many other atmospheres, such as compressed air or water.
Desire by operators to better detect and identify mechanical anomalies,
pipeline configuration, temperatures and pressure profiles and change in
pipeline position is not new. An ILI tool that has the capabilities to answer the
operators' requirements has been a requirement that could not be met until
now.

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