But a lack of launchers and receivers the equipment that allow pigs, spheres, and ili tools often referred to as smart pigs to enter and exit the pipeline while product flow continues makes pigging impossible. List of publications clarion technical conferences. For more than 35 years, the pipeline rules of thumb handbook has served as the goto reference for solving even the most daytoday vexing pipeline workflow problems. To define pigging, it i s a process in which a properly sized device, be it spherical or cylindrical is propelled through a pipeline by manipulating the pressure and. How to determine the gas pipeline pigging cycle onepetro.
Once a pipeline has been installed, the best way for an operator or regulator to inspect it is to use a smart pig. For existing operational pipelines pigging is normally performed without stopping the flow of the product in. The book begins with an overview of pipeline risk management and engineering assessment, including data collection and regulatory approaches to. Introduction to pipeline pigging paperback april 4, 1995. Pipeline pigging refers to the practice of using devices or implements known as pigs to perform various cleaning, clearing, maintenance, inspection, dimensioning, process and pipeline testing operations on new and existing pipelines. The pipeline pigging handbook third edition formerly published asall about pigging a reference handbook for the desig. Oil pipeline testing methods federal minimum pipeline safety regulations that establish minimum requirements for liquid pipeline safety integrity management allow four approaches to assess pipeline integrity. Formerly known as all about pigging, this third edition contains the very latest information about the rapidly changing products and services now available. These devices travel in the same way but are much more sophisticated. Additional pigs may also be run to ensure that as much moisture as possible is removed from the line. Presented in easytouse, stepbystep order, pipeline integrity handbook is a quick reference for daytoday use in identifying key pipeline degradation mechanisms and threats to pipeline integrity.
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