ALL ABOUT PIGGING

6.5 SOLUBLE PIGS 6-9

6.6 OTHER SPECIALIST PIGS 6-9
6.6.1 Pressure by-pass pig 6-10
6.6.2 Pin-wheel pig 6-10
6.6.3 Shunting pig 6-10
6.6.4 Spray pig 6-11

7.0 GEL PIGS AND PIGGING 7-1

7.1 FLUID GELS 7-1
7.1.1 Sealing and Separation gels 7-1
7.1.2 Debris pick-up and Cleaning gels 7-1
7.1.3 Carrier and inhibitor gels 7-2
7.2 PRE-CAST GEL PIGS 7-3
7.3 SPECIAL GEL “PIGS” 8-1
7.3.1 Plugging gels 7-3
7.3.2 GELBLOK Valve Sealant 7-3
7.3.3 Foamed fluids 7-4

8.0 IN-LINE INSPECTION PIGGING 8-1

8.1 GENERAL 8-1
8.2 METAL LOSS SERVICES 8-1
8.2.1 General 8-1
8.2.2 Technologies 8-2
8.2.2.1 Magnetic flux leakage (MFL) 8-2
8.2.2.2 Ultrasonics (UT) 8-4
8.2.2.3 Eddy currents 8-5
8.2.3 Typical services using MFL tools 8-5
8.2.3.1 Linalog (Tuboscope Vetco Pipeline Services) 8-6
8.2.3.2 MagneScan (PII Pipeline Solutions) 8-6
8.2.3.3 Corrocontrol (TRAPIL) 8-7
8.2.3.4 HiRes Metal Loss Mapping (H Rosen Engineering GmbH) 8-7
8.2.3.5 Vectra MFL Tool (BJ Process & Pipeline Services) 8-7
8.2.3.6 MFL/DMR Tools (3P Services GmbH) 8-8
8.2.3.7 Magpie MFL Tool (T.D.Williamson Inc.) 8-8
8.2.3.8 High ReSolution Tool (Cornerstone Pipeline Inspection Group) 8-8
8.2.4 Typical services using UT tools 8-9
8.2.4.1 UltraScan WM (PII Pipeline Solutions) 8-9
8.2.4.2 Ultrasonic Inspection Tool (NKK Corporation) 8-9
8.2.4.3 Ultrasonic Tool (BJ Process & Pipeline Services) 8-9
8.2.5 Services using Eddy Current tools 8-10
8.3 GEOMETRY SERVICES 8-10
8.3.1 General 8-10
8.3.2 Technologies 8-11
8.3.2.1 Electro-mechanical 8-11
8.3.2.2 Eddy currents 8-11
8.3.3 Typical services using electro-mechanical tools 8-12
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